Even in Darkness She Chose to Rise (Tatiana and Jasper) novel Chapter 389

Chapter 389 The Brain’s Cry for Help

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The atmosphere grew thick with tension, and everyone looked as if they were bracing for a storm.

Tatiana, however, remained composed. She reached out and gently patted Hubert’s head. “Don’t be so nervous. It’s alright; your daddy does have very fair skin.”

“Mommy…” Hubert whispered.

“You don’t need to walk on eggshells around me. He is your father, and that is something that will never change.”

Tatiana knew well that while Jasper might not be a good husband, he was an exemplary father. He owed the children nothing, and she felt a lingering sense of gratitude toward him for allowing them to come to the island to be with her.

In truth, her desperate desire to leave that day wasn’t entirely about escaping him; it was because she had realized her own body and mind were beginning to fail her.

Hubert hesitated before gripping her hand and looking up. “Mommy… Daddy told me to give you a message. In secret.”

“Oh?”

“Daddy said he will change, and he will wait for you.”

Tatiana froze, a flicker of emotion crossing her eyes before it vanished. She simply patted her son’s head again and gave a soft reply. “I see.”

Ann stood by, looking worried. “Mommy, are you really okay?”

“Don’t worry. I’m fine, and I’m going to get even better.”

To keep the children from worrying, she began to cooperate fully with Dr. Lucas’s treatments. She filled her daily schedule to the brim, attempting to use busyness to numb her nerves and ignore the agonizing bouts of episodic headaches.

She told herself she had children, a career, and a future; she wouldn’t let a simple headache defeat her. She believed that as long as her resolve was firm, she would recover.

But reality proved otherwise.

As time passed, the symptoms didn’t fade; they grew more severe until they were impossible to ignore. The spirit she had regained when Ann and Hubert arrived began to wither under the relentless assault of the pain.

The children sensed her weakness and stopped their mischief entirely. They stayed by her side like two tiny guardian charms, refusing to leave her even for a moment.

Alita was frantic with worry, spending every day trying to cheer Tatiana up while helping with the kids. Hanson stepped in as well, forcibly stripping Tatiana of her duties to lighten her load.

A dark cloud seemed to settle over Steele Island, casting a heavy shadow on everyone’s heart,

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Chapter 389 The Brain’s Cry for Help

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When Lucas discovered that Tatiana was suffering from cardiac arrhythmia, he knew he couldn’t wait any longer. He had to take drastic measures. The problem was that her current condition was too fragile to survive a month–long voyage at sea.

Looking at her wasting body and remembering the promise Jasper had made, Lucas finally made a decision.

“You can’t leave. Stay on the island. I’ll go out myself and find a more specialized doctor to bring back here.”

Tatiana looked at him and let out a series of heavy, ragged coughs. Lucas quickly handed her a clean handkerchief.

In their few months together, even though Lucas had been hired by Jasper, he had become a true friend to Tatiana. He had grown to love the simple life on the island and truly didn’t want to see her fade away.

Even in her weakened state, Tatiana found the strength to tease him. “So worried about me? Are you afraid of what Jasper will do if I die?”

“I thought we were friends,” Lucas said earnestly.

She blinked, letting out a dry laugh. After a long silence, she spoke softly. “Don’t tell him.”

Lucas’s hand tightened into a fist at his side. He was trapped in a brutal dilemma.

Tatiana turned his own words back on him. “I thought we were friends.”

Lucas was defeated. He took a deep breath. “Fine. I won’t tell him for now. But you have to promise me one thing: stay alive until I get back with help.”

Tatiana managed a rare joke. “Don’t worry. I’m not ready to give up yet.”

“You’d better not be.”

He exhaled slowly. He knew he was taking a massive risk, but his gut told him that if he told Jasper now, Tatiana’s mental state would only deteriorate further.

No normal person could endure 24–hour constant headaches without losing their mind. He had scoured medical texts to find a possible cause.

Amnesia wasn’t like a storybook–it wasn’t just a matter of two lovers meeting and forgetting their past mistakes. It was a ticking time bomb inside the body. The memory storage in the brain is incredibly delicate, like a high–precision instrument; once damaged by trauma, the data is lost.

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