Isadora thought that there was something wrong with her ears. "Minerva, what did you say?"
Minerva smiled and cried at the same time. "Isadora, come quickly. I saw Uncle Holden. It must be him. Come quickly."
Isadora was completely stunned. She was at a loss for words for a very long time.
"Isadora? Isadora?" Minerva called out at the other end of the phone.
"Yes." Isadora's voice sounded like a ghost.
Indeed, Holden had always been on Isadora's mind all day and every day, but she had never imagined that Holden could be alive. What was going on? Was it truly Holden? Did he not die? Isadora had no clue. At that moment, Isadora's senses and her heart were reacting slower than usual, so she only responded after a long time when Isadora called out to her.
"I will wait for you at the hospital. Come over quickly. Oh, right, take Aino with you. My uncle likes Aino the best. Quickly come over. I will first go and keep my uncle here so that he doesn't leave."
After saying that, Minerva hung up the call.
"Minerva..." A busy signal was already coming from Minerva's end of the call.
After Minerva hung up the call, she practically jogged all the way to the outside of the operating room. She wanted to wait here. She was thinking that no matter how long she had to wait, he had to come out after he was done with the operation. Minerva strongly believed that that man was her Uncle Holden. He must be him.
Just two hours ago, Minerva came straight to the South City Hospital after she landed and split up with Aino and Isadora. She originally wanted to report to her mentor, but she only learned after arriving at the hospital that her mention still had an operation that was not done. Minerva, who had nothing to do, then wandered around the hospital.
The South City Hospital was large. All the best doctors in the entire country were gathered there. If Minerva was able to keep on working there, she believed that she would also be a skilled medical professional after ten years and when she is in her thirties. By then, she would be able to help the sick and dying and also have a stable job. After that, she would marry Nigel and have a few children. How great.
One day, she would then take her husband and her children back to that island to let her parents take a look at them. She wanted to let her parents know that even though a member of the Payne family had left the island, she was still able to make a name for herself. Also, the outside world, even South City, was not like what her father had said. Sebastian was not intolerant of the Payne family. On the contrary,
Sebastian was very nice. Minerva called Sebastian as Uncle Sebastian. Sebastian did not feel put off by it, and he also often encouraged her to study well and be a good doctor with ideals and ambitions.
Life was great to her. The only thing was that her Uncle Holden was no longer able to return to the world of the living anymore. After Minerva came to South City, although she did not say anything, she had actually always felt very lonely. Even though Nigel had always been taking care of her, she was still very lonely for the majority of the time. It was that kind of loneliness that stemmed from being forced to be separated from her family and her life in the past, and also being forced to grow up. 1
She knew she had to be strong and unyielding. She knew that she could only make something of herself b y not relying on anybody. It was only then that she could make the Payne family proud. Therefore, this kind of loneliness had always been forcibly endured b y Minerva until she met her Uncle Holden in South City one day.
Her uncle was in grave danger, but even in such dangerous circumstances, he still protected her with all his might and main and left the last money he needed for fleeing and saving his life to her as her tuition fee. He told her as a child from the Payne family, she was not to rely on anybody. If there was anything that she needed, he would resolve it all for her.
At that moment, Minerva truly wanted to burst out bawling. However, before she was able to talk to her uncle, he had already escaped and there was no news of him anymore.
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