Most of the Finch family's properties were in prime locations with beautiful surroundings, so they were quickly dealt with.
"I'm taking your mom to say goodbye to a few friends. Want to tag along?" My dad stopped to ask me as he was getting ready to leave with my mom.
"Nah, I'm good." I replied casually, engrossed in a TV show.
"Alright." My dad nodded and left with my mom.
With Hannah off to her parents' place, it was just me and Daisy at home. Daisy dozed off on the floor while I distractedly scrolled through my phone, not really paying any attention to the TV show.
"Woof, woof, woof!"
Suddenly, Daisy sprang up and started barking excitedly, wagging its tail towards the door. Startled, I jumped up and looked at the door.
The doorbell rang, and upon checking, it was Neil.
Neil and I had been keeping in touch, but since the day he saw Karina again, we hadn't met. So, I felt indifferent when I saw him, realizing that Russel was right all along.
But why was he here today?
I opened the door without deliberately avoiding him.
"What brings you here?" I asked with a faint smile.
"What kind of treatment did you receive from Karina?" Neil asked with a serious and puzzled look on his face.
Did Karina actually tell him? It seemed like professional ethics didn't matter to her. She had promised not to reveal any information about me, but she ended up telling Neil not long after.
But I understood. She told Neil about my infertility, which could make things even more hopeless between Neil and me, and that was good for her.
I went back to the living room and sat down. Daisy jumped on Neil happily. Neil petted it before it was satisfied.
"Since she told you about the treatment, didn't she tell you what it was for?" I sat down on the sofa, crossing my legs casually, no longer caring about my image.
"Is it because of your previous miscarriage that you can't get pregnant again?" Neil's voice softened, perhaps afraid of touching my wounds.
But I was no longer in pain over that. Maybe I had accepted the fact deep down, or maybe I had expected that when I found out Snow was Karina. What was the point of hiding?
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