Which was why the two felt slightly awkward when they met at the airport.
"It's been years and you still look as beautiful as ever," Jed said, "But you do look a bit sickly. Have you shown any other symptoms apart from the headaches?"
Avery shook her head. "Not yet."
"Alright. Let's go to the hospital now!"
"What's the hurry? You've just arrived. Let me treat you to something! Besides, I have something I need to do today, so we can wait until tomorrow..."
"Avery, quit playing around with your own life." Jed looked at her sternly. "Does Wesley know that you are sick? He doesn't, does he? If you won't listen to me, I am calling him right now."
Avery raised her arms in defeat. "Let's hurry to the hospital then!"
"You are a doctor as well, one of the best doctors globally, at that, do you really not know how critical your condition is? You said that you had not been hit in the head before, so why are you bleeding inside your skull?" He said seriously, "This has to be a lesion."
"My old classmate, please don't be so serious. I just really have something I need to do today..."
"Whatever it is, you need to take all the necessary tests today. Once we can be certain of the cause, we need to operate on you as soon as possible."
Avery took out her phone to check for incoming messages; perhaps her urge was too strong that she really did receive a message from Gary, which told her that he could arrange for her to meet Elliot later that night.
She immediately replied to confirm and checked the time. If everything went smoothly, the tests should be over within two hours’ time and would not affect her meeting with Elliot.
She sighed a breath of relief.
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