"There's still some time left, I will make sure to get the best doctors to handle our problem, we still have time, don't worry too much."
Matthew comforted her as he rubbed her back gently.
Dolores closed her eyes slowly; she had been worried all this while.
"Don't worry; I'll take care of everything." Matthew kissed her forehead, "Sleepy?"
Dolores shook her head, "Have you eaten? I told mom to keep some food for you."
"I've eaten."
He didn't, he had no appetite.
"Take a walk me with me then." Dolores didn't want to go back to her room, she felt suffocated.
Matthew nodded and walked with her, holding her hand.
It was a breezy evening, not too hot or too cold.
Dolores held onto his arm and said, "Stay home tomorrow morning, will you?"
Matthew looked at her.
"Tomorrow is September first," Dolores said, smiling.
Matthew forgot about the date until she reminded him.
He missed the birth of his children, and he did not want to miss their first day of school.
"Do we need to prepare something?" Matthew became excited slightly, his children were going to school.
"It will be too late if I wait for you," Dolores said as she threw him a glance.
Matthew was speechless.
She had everything prepared.
At the Miller residence…
Boyce visited the Miller residence after the police station. He wanted to cut the chords between Wendy and him the soonest he could.
The Millers were shocked to see him. Officer Miller was the first to spoke, he raised his voice at Mrs. Miller, "What are you doing frozen? Let him in."
Mrs. Miller then welcomed Boyce in an instant.
"You are finally back, Boyce. Wendy worried so much after you went missing. She couldn't eat or sleep well and had lost a tremendous amount of weight."
Mrs. Miller was trying hard to create a good impression of her daughter.
While Wendy was still in shock by Boyce's sudden appearance in front of her, "Boyce…" she mumbled.
Boyce on the other hand apologized calmly, "I'm sorry to have made you worried."
"It's alright. Most importantly you come back alive. I've been crying since your disappearance, though you and Wendy have not married, I treated you as my son-in-law. I'm so glad that you come back alive." Mrs. Miller pulled Boyce's arm, "Come sit down, have you eaten? Let me prepare something to eat."
Boyce's appearance shed light on Wendy's future, Mrs. Miller was eager to show her concern over Boyce.
"There's no need, I'm not hungry," Boyce said.
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