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Throughout the rest of the journey, Susan did not dare to engage in a conversation with him. Instead, she
pretended to sleep all the way.
I've humiliated myself in the most massive way ever.
Fortunately, Ian did not bother about her. He found a book to his liking and started reading quietly. Perhaps the
concept of electronic book was all too new to him, he was very focused.
Two hours later, they arrived in Jadeborough.
“Ladies and gentlemen, our aircraft has arrived at your destination. Please get ready to deplane.”
A soothing voice of the flight attendant made a landing announcement as the plane made its way to the runway. At
the same time, a sense of weightlessness came along and washed everyone over.
Susan woke up to find her head resting on Ian's shoulder. I fell asleep? Oops, I did.
She opened her eyes bigger and saw a wet patch on his blue shirt with white stripes.
She blanked out all of a sudden.
Thump!
The landing was a rough one, resulting in quite a turbulence felt by all the passengers.
Right then, Susan wanted to wipe off the saliva marks on her face, but her effort was in vain. She swayed to the
side, slid down from his shoulder, and fell into his arms.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWhat an ill-fated voyage!
A wave of colors flushed her cheeks at once. A faint fragrant from his body snapped her back to her senses, and
she quickly jumped up to her feet as though she was electrified.
“Um... I'm sorry, Ian. I... dozed off just now.”
“It's okay.”
Coincidentally, Ian looked down too, and their eyes met. Apart from his stiffened body, a tinge of red crept up on his
otherwise pale ears.
The young man grew up in an extremely comfortably and lavish environment. Due to his health issues, his parents
had never made him go for extra training like what they did to his brother.
Hence, he had very fair and silky skin. It was totally not exaggerating to say that his skin was more delicate than
most girls.
Upon getting off the plane and exiting the airport, Susan felt much better.
“Ian, shall we call a cab?”
“Nope, Mommy knows that I'm back. So, Mark is waiting for us outside.”
Striding ahead, he did not say much.
Upon receiving his response, Susan trailed behind closely.
If Sasha had known about Susan's situation, the latter knew that she would not need to worry about anything. This
was because the kind-hearted Sasha would certainly help her out.
She will definitely help Mom!
Just as they had both expected, Mark did not bring them back to Oceanic Estate when they got back to
Jadeborough. Instead, he drove them to the General Hospital.
“Your Mommy has brought the patient to the hospital the moment she received your call. Dr. Wallen is arranging for
her check-up as we speak. Let's go and have a look.”
“Sure.” Ian nodded.
Susan was moved to tears when she heard those comforting words.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at the internal medicine department. Susan scanned around and spotted her
mother coming out of the examination room.
She ran toward her. “Mom, are you okay? How are you feeling?”
Tears welled up in her eyes again when she saw her ill mother. She's not getting any younger. Fear, anxiety, and
trepidation was written all over her face.
Sigrith said nothing.
Meanwhile, Sasha walked over and consoled the terror-stricken Susan, “Glad to have you back. Don't worry, Dr.
Wallen says that the cancer hasn't reached its terminal stage. We just need to wait for the report to be out and
treat it accordingly with a surgery.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmUpon hearing that, Susan felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulders.
“Thank you so much, Sasha. My brother and I wouldn't know what to do if not for you.”
“Don't mention it, we're family. Why didn't your mom inform us that she's sick? Are we outsiders? She's my aunt
and I'm your cousin-in-law. We're the closest kins, so please don't act like strangers.”
Sasha was a little frustrated.
Susan did not know how to respond to the overwhelming concern and kindness that Sasha had demonstrated
toward her family.
She assisted her mother as she said, “You're right, Sasha. My Mom is like that. She doesn't like to trouble others.
Rest assured that I'll remind her that we're family, and there's no need to feel embarrassed when asking for help,
right?”
“Exactly! That should be the way.” Sasha let out a smug grin.
Soon, the test results were out. Thankfully, it was just like what Grayson and Sasha had suspected. Sigrith's
condition was not that critical. Hence, everyone discussed and finalized the date for her surgery.
“All right, I'll only return to campus after Mom's surgery,” Susan stated resolutely after making up her mind to stay
and take care of Sigrith.
Her decision instantly fetched an objection from the lady host of the entire Jadeson family.
“Why do you need to do so? Is there no one else at home? The Jadesons are a huge family. We can easily get two
people to take care of your mother. There's no need for you, a student, to bother yourself with the nitty-gritty. You
can return to campus with Ian tomorrow.”q
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