Chapter 1416:
Right after Nicole took off, the chaos swallowed everything else, and nobody had the chance to track where she went.
“Now, we can only wait.”
The group fixed their eyes on the doors of the operation room.
Inside Millie’s operation room, doctors and nurses moved with sharp urgency.
Machines cried out in a chorus of alarms, each one signaling another drop in her failing condition. The medical team tried every method they had to pull Millie back, but her body barely responded.
“She isn’t fighting for her life anymore. If this continues, she might not survive,” one of the nurses muttered, stepping out again and speaking quietly.
Alexia collapsed to her knees as the words hit her. She could hardly breathe.
Could it really be that bad? Was Millie’s survival tied entirely to her will to keep going?
“Millie’s heart belonged to the people she loved. Her husband’s still battling for his life, and she had always wanted to find the truth about what happened to her father.” Alexia fell silent, lost in thought.
Maybe Millie had let go of those worries.
What ran through her mind as she drifted in and out of consciousness? Did something still weigh on her heart?
No matter how hard Alexia tried, she couldn’t guess.
Giffard broke the silence. “Millie and her mother never really made up. I remember, right before everything happened, she was determined to go after Nicole.”
The group exchanged glances, unsure if this realization could change anything.
With hope slipping away, they knew it was worth a try. Still, Nicole was nowhere to be found.
Earlier that day, Nicole had escaped the chaos at the wedding. The noise faded as she rushed down the street, her thoughts spinning out of control.
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She jumped into a cab, pressed a wad of bills into the driver’s hand, and blurted out, “Just go.”
The cab driver glanced at Nicole in the rearview mirror. “Where do you want to go?”
“Just drive. I don’t care where.” Nicole pressed her sleeve to her eyes, her voice barely steady.
He nodded without question and began weaving through the city streets, wandering with no real destination.
City lights blurred past the window as Nicole’s thoughts spiraled. She remembered the struggles of raising Millie alone, and how things finally seemed to settle when she married Hayden, bringing a brief calm to her life.
Tears rolled down her cheeks as doubt gnawed at her.
Could those photographs really be genuine? Was everything Millie said the truth? If so, then what had everything even meant all these years?
The pain pressed in on her, sharper than before.
“Can you take me to Crobert Federal Penitentiary?” She drew in a shaky breath.
Nicole needed to see Hayden herself, to look him in the eye and find out what was real.
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