Chapter 60 The Hollowness She Left Behind
The door clicked shut behind Tess.
Once again, she had no home.
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Tess was determined not to drag anyone else down with her, even if it meant sleeping on the streets with Layla in her arms.
Bessie offered, “I’ll walk you to the bus stop.”
The two of them walked in silence until they reached the station. Before getting on, Bessie turned back and gave a few last words of concern, her voice filled with worry.
Tess nodded along with a grateful smile, watching as the bus pulled away before finally turning to leave.
She took Layla straight to the Lock Group Private Hospital.
Charles had already done more than enough for her. She didn’t want to burden him any further.
Still, she knew that if Charles found out she was leaving, he’d try everything to stop her.
To avoid that, she handed the keys to the front desk nurse and asked her to pass them on to Charles.
And with that, Tess walked out, carrying Layla in her arms.
The nurse glanced down at the keys in her hand, then made her way toward Charles’s room.
But just as she reached the door, it opened from the inside–and she nearly bumped into Zane.
She gave
him a polite nod, then stepped inside.
Charles was sitting up, his eyes vacant and unfocused.
The nurse hesitated for a moment, then held out the key.
“Mr. Jackman, Ms. Ember asked me to give this to you.”
A flicker of light sparked in Charles’s eyes. He stared at the key as it slowly came into focus-
his house key.
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Chapter 60 The Hollowness She Left Behind
He suddenly bolted upright. “Where is she?”
Startled, the nurse answered truthfully, “S–she just left.”
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Charles threw back the covers and tried to get up. But he was still hooked to an IV, and the nurse rushed forward to stop him. “Mr. Jackman, you can’t! You’re still on fluids!”
She couldn’t hold him down alone and had to call for help. Several nurses and a doctor came running in.
Eventually, Charles collapsed back onto the bed, utterly drained. His eyes were hollow and dull.
The nurse wrung her hands; she seemed torn. “Mr. Jackman, I know you want to find Ms. Ember, but please be patient. You’ll likely be discharged tomorrow.”
Charles was unconvinced, his face pale and unreadable.
“Did she say anything else?” His voice was hoarse, almost breaking.
The nurse shook her head. “No… nothing.”
The small spark in his eyes dimmed out completely.
Of course. He should’ve known.
No wonder she had acted so strange that day.
Tess had probably decided to leave just so she wouldn’t burden him any further.
His hands curled into fists as his mind replayed the earlier conversation with Zane.
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That man
stood awkwardly beside his bedside, struggling to relay a message.
“If you’ve got something to say, just say it,” Charles had told him.
At those words, Zane stopped beating around the bush. “Mr. Lock has a few questions for you.”
Charles wasn’t surprised. With his hands folded calmly in his lap, he waited in silence.
“Your relationship with Mrs. Lock,” Zane began, “and the child is she Mr. Lock’s?”
Two questions, both exactly as Charles had expected.
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