Chapter 1387 The news startled Yoshua, and he asked, "Who are you? How did you find out about the artificial kidney?"
He told not a single soul apart from the laboratory staff about the artificial kidneyâs existence.
Waverly coldly refuted, "That's none of your concern. All you have to know is that if you don't find William now, your granddaughter will willingly give her kidney to him."
Yoshua thought of how William did ask about the artificial kidney. No matter if this was real or not, he had to see it on his own.
Furthermore, William had not appeared after that day.
Hanging up the call and rushing home urgently, he found out that Annie was not home at all!
Furious, Yoshua instantly dialed her number and soon realized the phone was switched off!
An unsettling feeling loomed over him as he contacted people to locate Annie.
William accompanied Annie and strolled around in the past few days. They had gone to the forest, seaside, garden, and mountaintop.
Today, as per Annie's request, he brought her to the sunflowers garden.
The weather was surprisingly warm. The field was full of sunflowers that reached out toward the sunlight.
Annie was in her long sleeve dress, hair braided into two ponytails, looking a little more alive.
She leaned back on the wheelchair as she gazed at the beautiful sunflowers, and her face seemingly radiated.
Annie turned to look at William and said, "Mr. Peterson, do you know? My biggest dream in life is to live like a sunflower."
Unfortunately...she was running out of time.
William looked at her gently. "Yeah, you should be optimistic like the light.
Your bright future is waiting for you."
Future?
Annieâs eyes turned a shade dimmer as she muttered, "Thank you for being with me in the past two days, Mr. Peterson. I've been happy all the while, and it all seemed like a fairy tale..."
William draped the blanket over her form. "As long as youâre happy. When I have time in the future, Iâll bring you to see more things."
Annie had a satisfied smile on her face. She looked at him for a long while before asking abruptly, "If I die one day, will you miss me?â
The question took William aback as he spoke, "Youâll have the artificial kidney. Why would you die? Don't do anything silly, okay?
I'm accompanying you now as a doctor. I sympathize with your situation, and I donât wish for you to give out your artificial kidney."
Annie looked at William meaningfully as she assessed his words, lips curling into a faint smile afterward.
She did not love the wrong man.
Annie looked at him as her breath grew erratic. "Mr. William, can I lean on your shoulder for a while?" she asked. "Just for a while?â
Even knowing that this might sound absurd to him, she could feel her breathing growing shallower.
She only wanted her dream to be fulfilled in her final moment.
William hesitated for a moment.
He had never been so close to any woman, but Annie was a patient, and he wanted her to get better.
He knelt down and offered her his shoulder.
As silence enveloped them, William pointed out, "Annie, look at the pigeon flying with the wind. When your operation is over, you'll get to fly in this world, too..."
There was a pregnant pause with no response.
William paused as he turned to look at Annie...
When he moved, her head that leaned into his shoulder slumped heavily, though William caught onto her before she fell over.
He held onto her cold hands and looked at her lifeless pale face. Williamâs heart dropped.
"Annie?"
There was no response no matter how William called for her. He reached out his shaking fingers to feel her breath and found she was no longer breathing.
He looked at her with disbelief. He could not believe that a gentle girl had departed, just like that...
A second before her death, she was still leaning on his shoulder, anticipating her beautiful future!
William felt sick. A young life was lost that day...
As he was about to carry her into the car, someone growled, "Let go of her!"