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By the time she counted to 1038, Madison had recovered enough strength to stand. She used one hand to support herself and got
up.
She was freezing. When the car arrived, the tip of her nose was red from the cold. She couldn’t raise the arm she used to catch the boy, so she had to use the other to help her breathe.
“Miss, you must be cold. Are you going to the hospital alone? It’s getting late. You should be careful. You should have someone with you. You’re a beautiful lady. There have been a lot of stories in the news about ladies like you going missing.” The driver warned her when he saw that she was going to the hospital alone at such a late hour.
Madison put her hand down. She was warming up from the heater in the car. She watched the scenery outside the window rapidly passing by. Her mouth curled into a smile as she said, “Thank you, sir, but I’m fine. My family will be with me soon.”
She didn’t have any family.
Luckily, Vince was done with work. She had been waiting for the on–call doctor.
She saw a familiar face when she opened the door.
Vince walked in wearing a white coat and his head down. His face looked even more elegant with his silver–rimmed glasses resting on his nose.
Madison didn’t know he was working tonight. It would be too obvious if she backed out now. Vince lifted his head while she was deliberating on what to do.
The eyes behind the glasses became more vibrant at the sight of her. Then, they quickly turned into a look of concern.
He didn’t think Madison would come and see him this late. He rushed over quickly. “Is something wrong?”
Madison was so cold. Her hands were numb, and her arm ached.
She said quickly, “Vince, my arm hurts.”
The look on Vince’s face changed the moment he heard that the arm with the mediport was hurting. “Quick, let me see. You studied medicine so you should know this. If the mediport loosens, it can cause your heart to constrict. You could be in great danger!”
This was not a small matter. Madison had been very attentive toward that arm. However, what happened today was unexpected. Vince began to examine her. Thankfully, the mediport was intact. Vince let out a breath of relief.
Without apprehension, Madison suggested, “Vince, help me take it out.”
“Take it out? You still have a few more rounds of chemotherapy…”
Madison looked into his anxious eyes and said lightly, “I’m done with them.”
Vince had no idea what she had gone through the past few days. She used to have an inspirationally strong will to live. But now, her eyes had a dark intensity to them, something he had never seen.
They were pools of still water, devoid of ripples.
“Was it him? Did he do this to you?”
Madison shook her head. “No.”
“But he has something to do with it, right? The Madison I know wouldn’t make this decision.”
Hurt flashed across Vince’s face. He looked at the snow drifting on the wind outside the window and sighed. “Maybe he did love you once, during that one winter. But this winter, he’s chosen someone else. You should let him go, Madie.”
It was obvious that she had been blinded by love and lost herself. She was oblivious to the history the both of them had and was refusing to give up.
Madison knew that Hunter’s love for her was in the past. Even if he let go of his hatred toward her, Leia’s death would be a constant needle buried in his heart. It would leave him in agony for the rest of his life.
Since he decided to marry Andrea, she would use whatever was left of her life to find closure and make amends. Even if Jeff regained consciousness, Hunter wouldn’t make things difficult for him.
This was the best decision for everyone involved.
Vince looked at her again. The vulnerability in her eyes was replaced with a rare determination.
He sighed. “Since you’ve made your decision, I have nothing to say. Madison, you know the consequences of removing the mediport. Are you sure?”
He seemed to love asking Madison this. Madison smiled and firmly said, “Yes.”
She pulled off part of her clothes and revealed her pale shoulder and her arm. The wound from before had healed over.
She insisted on doing it without anesthesia. It was a simple procedure for Vince.
Although she was lucky that the mediport was still attached, her arm took subdermal damage from Connor’s fall. Her skin was bruised.
Vince carefully treated her wound. The sharp scalpel cut open her wound that had just healed over. A suffocating pain spread through her and into her heart.
She resisted the urge to scream. Vince felt sorry for her seeing her wincing.
His hands were still moving when he said lightly, “You can scream if it hurts.”
It was what the doctor told her the last time. Madison insisted on bearing the pain as she gritted her teeth, one hand gripping the cold table tightly.
Vince quickened his pace. Her arm hurt so much that it felt numb when the wound was sewn up. She was drenched in cold sweat and lay on the chair lifelessly.
Vince brought her a cup of water. He sat opposite her and said patiently, “Madison, I’ve followed up on your dad’s condition with his doctor. There’s an eighty percent chance that he’ll wake up if we can get the world’s best neurosurgeon, Leo, to operate on him.”
“I’ve looked him up. Leo vanished after an accident five years ago. No one lmows where he is.”
Madison recovered with some water and rest. She could barely breathe from the pain from the wound touching the gauze. Yet, she forced herself to stand and was prepared to leave.
“Thank you, Vince. You don’t have to worry about me from now on. It doesn’t matter if I’ve divorced Hunter; he won’t let me interact with other men. I don’t want to cause trouble for you.”
Madison stumbled as she stood up. She smiled frailly. “I fell in love with him the moment I laid eyes on him. I’ve loved him for so many years. I–I can’t just let him go.”
Vince saw tears streaming down her face. He wanted to wipe them for her, but he was in no position to. He could only stay still and look at her.
Tears slid down her chin. Madison smiled wryly. “I know it’s suffocating. But, the thought of watching him marry another girl hurts more than my cancer. I have no reason to live, so I’m choosing to die.
“I recently stumbled upon a saying. If you knew you were destined not to end up with the man you love dearly, would you choose to live through the joy and hurt and watch it end, or turn around and leave before it even starts?”
Madison laughed at herself. “If I hadn’t met him, I would have chosen to turn around and leave. However, such is fate that I am unable to escape. He and I agreed that he would keep me company for another month. We will get divorced after. By then, I will take the step back to look around, like you want me to.”
Vince looked at how clumsy each of her steps were. Her right hand rested on her left shoulder as she walked. She kept her back turned to him as she said, “Vince, thank you for everything you’ve done for me. I don’t deserve you.”