Chapter 33

Veronica's attention was now on Bianca, who was clutching the hand of a man who was lying on the bed dressed in blood, breathing in such a slow rhythm that she thought that the man was no longer with Bianca. There was a tinge of relief on her friend's face when she saw her brother. Then the woman turned around, aware of her presence. Her eyes were teary, and the woman used the back of her hand that had left a bit of bloodstain to wipe away her tears.

"Sorry. I forgot you are here and seeing an unpleasant incident like this…," Bianca laughed awkwardly, standing away from her brother. At a glance, she studied the man lying on the bed. When she first met him, she had the impression that he had been through a lot of bitterness in life. Behind the warm attitude shown to her, the look in the man's thin eyes and lips had clearly explained everything to her. But at least, the man still l