Settle Down Upon hearing her words, Scorpius refused without hesitation. “What are you talking about? I’m so rough and tumble. Who would want to marry me? Besides, I have no intention of settling down.”

Queenie knew that deep down, everyone longed to have a family of their own. For most of her life, she had been searching for her daughter.

With a helpless smile, she finally admitted, “Scorpius, I don’t have much time left.”

Her words hit him like a bolt of lightning.

His ears buzzed, his mind refusing to process what he had just heard.

“What are you saying? What do you mean by that? Stop overthinking things.”

But Queenie remained calm, as if she had already accepted her fate. With a chuckle, she said, “I’m not overthinking. It’s what the doctor told me. He said if I make it past two years, it would be a miracle.”