Halle couldn’t feel a thing after she heard what happened to her mother. Her mother has cancer! The woman she saw about two weeks ago at that restaurant was fighting for life. Evelyn was fighting for her life but she, her daughter was criticizing her. She looked so healthy that she couldn’t have known she was sick. Halle recalled the manner in which she spoke to her mother and now she had left her at the restaurant abruptly.
“Where is the hospital? I will like to see her.” Halle directed the speech at Jerome.
“I can take you whenever you are ready.” He passed a look towards Lachlan.
“She is my mother, Jerome. There is no need to ask for permission from Lachlan.” Halle struggled to swallow the tears that were threatening to drop down her eyes.
“Easy now, Halle.” Lachlan stood from his c
