Chapter 40

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NEXT DAY★ CAMBRIDGE HIGHSCHOOL, LUNCH BREAK**

Jade haven't touched her food as she sat alone in the cafeteria, she kept pacing out, thinking about her mother, sister and everything.

Tiffany refused to eat since yesterday even this morning, she's just crying and worrying about Nora.

Maybe if Nora finally wakes up, she'll try to make peace with her so as to ease her mother's burden.

Someone dropped a tray of food on her table and she looked up to see Micah sitting in from of her.

"What do you want?" She frowned.

"I heard your sister got into an accident and is in the hospital now, I came to see how you're doing" he replied and she frowned even more.

"I'm fine, you can leave now" she said dryly.

"Look about that morning, I was not in my best mood, I didn't mean all what I said" he told her.

"You said it, you can't take it back and I don't care please leave" Jade scoffed.

Micah sighed and stood up, he gave her a look before leaving.

"He's such a jerk, he couldn't even try harder" she muttered and stabbed her lunch with her fork.

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Declan was arranging the lunch he and Charlie would eat together when the van opened and Charlie stepped in.

"You're here, I just made our lunch," he smiled.

Charlie forced a smile and came to sit opposite him.

"Here, try this chicken" he shifted a plate of garnished chicken over to her side.

"Thank you" Charlie muttered, she used the fork and knife to cut a piece and put it in her mouth then chewed slowly.

"Are you okay?" Declan asked, noticing the expression on her face.

"Hmm" Charlie nodded.

Declan sighed and took her hands.

"Tell me please, you look so worked up and I'm nothing but worried" he said.

Charlie sighed and looked at his face.

"The thing is my friend doesn't like the fact that we are together so we are not talking anymore" she told him.

"What? Why?" Declan asked with furrowed brows.

"I don't just know where to start from in explaining but can we not talk about this now" she said.

"Sure babe I don't wanna work you up, let's eat" he passed some rice to her plate.

"Thank you" Charlie muttered and began eating while Declan stared at her face slowly.

"Right I heard Nora is in the hospital" Charlie then changed the topic.

"Heard that too" Declan replied and Charlie nodded while still eating.

"Do you feel bad?" He asked after studying her face closely.

Charlie looked at him but didn't say anything.

"You see you shouldn't feel bad, you did nothing wrong, it wasn't your fault for getting the first position, it wasn't your fault for her failure and it's still not your fault that I chose you" he said softly.

Charlie bit her lips slightly.

"It's just that I want her to be okay," she said slowly.

"And I understand" he smiled and took her hands again then squeezed it.

"I understand that you mean no bad, you're so pure that even the fishes in the sea would notice, I'm so lucky to have someone like you" he said, his eyes looking sincere.

Charlie smiled and stared at his face for a short while.

"I love you," she said.

"Love you too" he smiled and she faced her food and continued to eat.

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VINA CARE HOSPITAL**

Jade rushed to the hospital when she heard it was time for Nora's operation.

"Mom, have they taken Nora to the operation room?" Jade asked immediately if she saw Tiffany.

"It's what they are about to do" Tiffany replied and Nora's ward opened.

She was in a stretcher as the nurses took her to the operating room, Tiffany and Jade wanted to follow behind but they didn't let them.

"Please take good care of my baby" Tiffany begged in tears.

Jade brought her to sit on a chair.

"Mom stay here and pray for Nora, I'm going home to change and get you something to eat okay" she said but Tiffany didn't reply to her.

Jade sighed and left the hospital.

In the operation room, the nurses were assisting the doctor into helping Nora but no matter what they were doing they weren't responding.

It was like they were treating a dead person that's somehow still alive, really complicated.

The doctor removed his nose mask.

"Take her back to her ward, the patient's case is so complicated, we'll need to undergo more testing later" he said.

The nurses turned off all the devices and began doing as they were told.