Tonight, Liliana had no plans to go home.
The sky darkened, and the lights in the hospital room were turned on, bright as day.
It made her already fair complexion look even paler, and the red, swollen bruise on her forehead was shockingly prominent.
Her reflection in the window showed a solitary, cold figure exuding a deep sadness.
Her mind was consumed by what Jude had said earlier.
"Miss Preston, your brother's condition can't be rushed. We have to take it step by step. During this process, it's very possible for him to lose control of his emotions or act out. The caregiver will watch him twenty-four hours a day. All you can do is wait."
Wait? Waiting was the most agonizing part of any ordeal.
She could be waiting for many possible outcomes.
Only one was good: Hale's full recovery.
But there were countless bad ones.
Hale had finally quieted down, sleeping soundly in his bed.
Liliana sat in the chair, her feet propped up on the chair's legs, her head tilted back as she gazed at the bustling, neon-lit cityscape outside.
Her mind was a complete blank; she didn't even know what to think.
Too many things were tangled up in her heart like a messy ball of yarn, and she couldn't even find a loose end to start unraveling it.
She didn't know what to do next.
Outside the room, Cedric stood with his hands in his pockets.
He watched her back with an indifferent gaze for a few seconds, then glanced at his watch.
After some thought, he took out his phone and sent Liliana a message.
[What time are you coming home?]
It was still early, not yet seven o'clock.
Usually, Liliana wasn't home at this time either.
Cedric never took the initiative to ask her.
When Liliana saw his message, she fell into deep thought.
He was probably just checking to see if she was coming home tonight.
He didn't care what she had been through or why she was at the hospital.

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