Chapter 4

Tomorrow, when he was away on a business trip, it'd be the ideal moment for me to slip away unnoticed.

I just replied quietly, "Yeah."

Dylan gently patted my head. "I'll bring you a gift when I get back. I need to head to the office and prep for the trip."

I swallowed my food and said coolly, "Goodbye."

Goodbye forever, Dylan! That was the last he would ever see of me.

That afternoon, Sophia showed up in my hospital room again.

"Evelyn," she called out, putting on her usual syrupy act.

I leaned back against the headboard, my voice…