Montez was tearing up again. "Daddy, you can't leave me. You just can't. I want you to live a very long life."
Tremaine was lost for words.
He frowned. "What are you even talking about?"
Yesseca walked over to them.
Her heart ached at the sight of Tremaine.
It had not been long since they had last seen each other, yet Tremaine looked vastly different. He looked exhausted, and his dark eye circles were obvious.
It seemed like the WT virus was taking its toll on Tremaine.
On her way here, Yesseca felt like she had so many things to say to him.
However, she found herself at a loss for words and just gazed at him wordlessly.
After a while, she finally said, "Tremaine, you have to stay strong and win the battle against the virus. I know you can do it. You've always been so strong and willful, I'm sure you'll be able to survive it!"
Yesseca's eyes turned red as she spoke.
She wanted to cry, but forced herself to keep it together.
Tremaine's frown grew deeper.
What were Montez and Yesseca up to, showing up so suddenly and spouting nonsense?
Just then, Noel hurried up to them.
He had not been able to catch up to Montez's car after all.
Noel's forehead was covered in sweat. He grabbed hold of Montez and said, "Mr. Montez, let me take you home."
This was not the time for Montez to be causing a fuss.
Montez refused to leave, however.
Noel tugged harder.
Montez wrested free of Noel's grip and glared at Noel. "Why do I have to leave when Daddy's about to die? I want to stay here and be with him!"
Everyone was shocked to hear him say that.
Tremaine looked at Noel grimly. "What's going on here?"
Noel was just as confused as he was.
He had no idea what was going on either.
He could only ask Montez, "Mr. Montez, what are you talking about? Mr. Tremaine's fine. You shouldn't say such nonsense!"
Montez glared at Noel.
"Weren't you the one who said that Daddy was about to die because of some virus? How is it that I'm the one spouting nonsense now?"
Noel fell silent.
He felt completely, utterly wronged.
When had he ever said something like that?
Noel quickly explained, "Mr. Montez, I had no choice but to tell you the truth the other day when you wouldn't let it go. I said that Mr. Zorion was the one who'd gotten the WT virus, not Mr. Tremaine!"
Montez was stunned into silence.
So was Yesseca.
They exchanged glances.
Soon, Yesseca and Montez found out the whole truth.
Tremaine was fine.
It had all just been a misunderstanding.
Zorion was the one who was sick.
Fortunately, he was out of danger at the moment.
After learning the truth, Yesseca was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig herself a hole and hide in it.
What was wrong with her?
It was fine for Montez to kick up a fuss about this, yet she had gone alone with him!
She had come all this way without even checking the facts.
She truly wanted to applaud herself.
Yesseca looked at Tremaine, feeling extremely awkward. "Er, Tremaine, looks like it was all a misunderstanding. It's great that you're fine. I, er, I have to get to work, so I'll be leaving now."
After that, she hurried away.
At first, Tremaine did not stop her. A moment later, he suddenly chased after her.
Madam Quartley's face fell.
She had been so taken aback by Montez's sudden appearance and outburst, but Tremaine's actions jolted her back to her senses. She watched as Tremaine chased after Yesseca.
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