When Angela returned to the ward, only Zoe was with Dolly.She asked, “Where’s Donald?”Zoe replied, “He went out with you. He still hasn’t come back.”Dolly spoke weakly, “I called Daddy just now too, but he didn’t answer.”“Then we won’t take his car. I’ll have the driver bring the van,” Angela said.She didn’t care where Donald had gone. She stayed at the hospital with Zoe a while longer.As they were leaving, she caught sight through the car window of Sunny, who had just been picked up from school by Nathan, as if tugged by invisible threads, Angela’s gaze followed the little girl.When the car turned, she twisted around, pressing to the window to keep looking for Sunny.Only when she could no longer see her did she lower her eyes, a quiet loss settling in.She probably wouldn’t hear that little girl call her Mommy ever again.The sigh deep in her heart was one only she could hear.Back at Rosewood Manor, Angela felt as if she’d stepped into a former life.The buildings hadn’t chan
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