Anya left three days later during which her mom was completely unconscious again while Dr. Choffard told her to be patient and time will cure.
But it was reasonable for her to be anxious because four years of treatment made her mom respond to the outside a little. If she was to depend on time's treatment, did it mean another four years?
She knew treatment was in its nature a matter of time yet, so she suppressed her negative energy and tried to part with Lorie as calmly as she could.
"Mom, I really need you. I wish you to pull through this and get back on your feet."
"I'm going to study abroad. Nina and her friends are right about me. If I'm not strong enough, how could I support your life in the future and how could I return the grievance and humiliation to the people who get us involved."
"You don't need to worry about me too much because I would not do anything stupid to hurt myself. And because no one would take care of you if I do it."
Lorie did not respond at all even though Anya said goodbye to her before her studying abroad.
Anya was very sad about that.
But there was nothing she could do about it. She stayed late at the hospital and left in the middle of night. She was to go abroad tomorrow morning but she went back to a hotel since she rested at the hotel nearby these days.
She saw someone familiar when she entered the hall of the hotel — Phil. She even thought she mistook him for others.
He sat indifferently in the rest area, distancing himself from the outside. There was a cocktail before him and there was no telling whether he was waiting for someone or doing something else.
The hotel was not so famous as to hold some classy banquet. Why people with Phil's status would appear here? And in the middle of night?
But Anya stopped looking at him and wondering why he was here then because they were divorced and she did not care about his business.
Therefore, she just pretended not to see the great guy, pacing to the elevator and going to her room.
She had the premonition that Phil was here for her which made her seem to be narcissistic, but that was her guts indeed.
She took a shower, dried her hair and packed her package for tomorrow. After all this, she looked for beers in a small refrigerator and emptied them one by one.
She was sad but she did not know why.
She was worried about her mom, anxious about the coming overseas life alone. She was kind of spoiled by Phil and she was grumpy…
Her luggage was simple: just some daily necessities while clothes and other stuff would be bought when she landed.
Maisie and her friends knew that she changed the university she applied, but she asked Maisie not to tell Phil, not to mention Tristin who was the reason why she did so when choosing university.
Tristin was in contact with her these days — asking the process of applying to study overseas, date to leave or some daily matters. Anyway, she could feel his attempt to get close to her.
Anya responded ambiguously, withholding her final choice from him. By the way, her departure formally marked the disappearance of the band they set up. Actually, it kind of disappeared these two years.
Among three girls in the band, a junior girl who played violin went abroad, so there were only Anya, Tristin and Arianna who played cello left. They refused to take on new members, making the band less active than before.
The other reason was that Phil hated it when she was with Tristin, which made every rehearsal less satisfactory than they had imagined. Sometimes, Phil even accompanied her to the rehearsal, making the other members highly awkward.
Even though Phil was in the corner and completely silent, they felt depressed under the influence of his gravitas.
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