Chapter 49

Angeline dialed Zachary's number as soon as she left the airplane. "How's Anne?"

Zachary didn't dare tell Angeline the truth. "She… She's still undergoing surgery."

After hanging up the phone, Angeline didn't bother queuing up to get a taxi. She barged into someone else's ride before anyone could stop her.

The driver originally wanted to force Angeline to go back in line, but when she told him the hospital's address with reddened eyes, he immediately drove to the destination. He even consoled her, "Is your loved one at the hospital, kid? Don't panic! We should reach the hospital in a jiffy. There's not a lot of cars on the road right now."

"Okay," Angeline mumbled, her fingers turning white because of how hard they gripped her phone.

Zachary awaited Angeline's arrival outside the hospital entrance with an umbrella in hand. He paced back and forth as he waited, repeatedly rehearsing how to break the news of Anne's death to Angeline later.

But death was death. No matter how Zachary