The afternoon sunlight was glaring, the midsummer Los Angeles sun beating down relentlessly. The camphor trees lining the streets drooped under the heat, their leaves listless. Leah felt similarly drained.
After leaving the clinic, she drove aimlessly, avoiding returning to Orchard View Villa right away. She let the roads guide her, meandering wherever they led.
Dr. Bian had said she had too much money.
He wasn’t wrong. She had visited over a dozen hospitals, spending freely for a conclusion she already knew.
Leah didn’t know how many loops she had driven on the highway before finally pulling off at Xiangfu Bridge. She parked at the same spot where, a few weeks ago, she had seen a rainbow for the first time. She lingered there for what felt like ages.
Truthfully, Leah had ne
