Inside the folder was a thick stack of Idania’s medical records.
Idania raised her eyebrows in surprise, her eyes filling with tears with almost perfect timing.
“Where’s your family?” Tobias asked, his tone softer than before. “You should inform them about this as soon as possible.”
Shaking her head, she replied, “I don’t have any family left. I’m probably going to end up dying all alone at home with no one to ever discover my rotting corpse.”
Both of her parents were simple labor workers, and her father was an alcoholic who would take his anger out on his wife and daughter when he was drunk. Tobias was well aware of all of this.
The last page of Idania’s medical report stated that she was diagnosed with stage three of recurrent breast cancer.
Idania glanced over at Tobias, but she couldn’t tell what was going on in his mind.
“Don’t worry about me,” she said with a bright smile, taking the initiative to break the silence. “Now the mood’s gone all bad. I’d only meant to come here to talk about work with you and return the ring; I never expected for this topic to be brought up.”
Tobias sighed internally. You were the one who brought the medical records with you though…
“Well, we did date in the past. I’m not going to just sit by and do nothing. You can take your hands off the project and focus on regaining your health back. It wouldn’t do you any good to keep working in this condition.”
Idania opened her mouth as if to say something, then seemed to have second thoughts and closed it again. After a brief pause, she hesitantly probed, “I don’t have any relatives here, nor do I have any friends. If you have time to spare, could you accompany me for a while longer? I really do feel very lonely, and who knows how much longer I have left to live? I didn’t even get to marry someone before I die.”
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