Chapter 364

Rodney, on crutches, laboriously walked down the hallway fast,

stumbling from anxiety.

"Mia, where are you? Mia!"

His voice echoed in the empty corridor.

Suddenly, he was unsteady on his feet and nearly fell. Luckily he was

steadily held by Cecelia, who was coming towards him.

"Daddy, look out.” Cecelia heard Rodney shouting from afar, and he

sound unusual and urgent, shouting Mia's name, so she rushed

towards the source of the voice.

Fortunately, she arrived in time to avoid Rodney's fall.

Rodney was old, and a fracture would be a big problem.

"Oh, Cecelia. Quickly! Quickly help me find her!" Rodney squeezed

Cecelia's arm hard, looking eager and flustered.

The force was so strong that Cecelia couldn't help but frown in pain.

"Dad, what are you looking for?"

"Mia! I just saw Mia, literally, right over there." Rodney pointed to the

middle of the hallway.

"She was accidentally bumping into me and holding me steady, and

when she looked up, I got a good look at her. I was so shocked that I

didn't have time to react, and when I came back to my senses, she was

gone. Quickly, quickly, you help me find her!" Rodney was so anxious

that he kept hitting the ground with his cane.

Charlotte had never seen Rodney so nervous, and she hid behind

Cecelia in fear.

Cecelia laughed and softly soothed Rodney, "Daddy, how can that be?

You must be mistaken."

“No, it's impossible to be wrong, it's really Mia! I saw it with my own

eyes! If you don't believe me, I'll go find her myself!" Rodney shook off

Cecelia with force, stubbornly turned around and walked away.

“Dad, stop it! Let's go home." Cecelia stepped forward and pulled

Rodney. How could someone his age be just like children and have

tantrums from time to time.

"Go away! I'll find it myself!" Rodney was really angry, his eyes were as

wide as copper bells, far angrier than when he was talking about the

marriage in the box just now!

Cecelia froze, Rodney didn't seem to be confused.

She asked, "Okay, Dad. When you said you saw Mia, how old was

she?"

Rodney pointed to Charlotte, "Just about her age, early twenties."

"Puff!" Cecelia could not help but laugh, "Dad, you must be joking! Mom

has been dead for dozens of years, and if she was still alive, she would

at least be in her seventies, how could she still be a young girl in her

twenties?"

She stepped forward and took Rodney by the arm, coaxing, "Well, you

must be mistaken. She looks like Mom at best. But it can't be Mom."

Rodney was in a trance, unable to hide his disappointment, repeatedly

reciting, "Yes, Mia, if she is still around, should also be my age, how

can she still be so young, just like when we first met."

"That's right. Well, we're going home." Cecelia gave Charlotte a wink.

Charlotte rushed forward to help Rodney and called out sweetly,

"Grandpa, we're going home."

Rodney sighed. He didn't seem to be willing to leave, and kept looking

back up the corridor.

But in the empty corridor, there was no longer the figure of the girl just

now.

“It's so similar, it looks so much like Mia."

Cecelia helped Rodney slowly down the stairs, feeling a mixture of

emotions.

Rodney had been in the field all his life and truly loved Mia. He had

never forgotten Mia and never got married again.

Even after the Heath family threw away all of Mia's belongings, burned

all the photos, eliminated all traces of Mia's existence, and was

determined to get Rodney to forget about Mia and start over...