Chapter 8

The porcelain fortune figurine crashed to the ground, shattering into fragments.

I spotted my identity and birth date, fractured into pieces, mirroring my life, seemingly beyond mending.

Abruptly, I sensed a genuine fear of mortality.

Yet I'm not prepared to perish, I haven't reunited with my mother...

I worry she'll endlessly wait if she doesn't see me again.

My mind was in turmoil, and I struck Cora, shouting hysterically, "That belongs to my mother! I do care! I truly do!"

I began weeping before I could finish speaking.

I reached out to Cora, but Wesley seized my arm, halting me.

My vision blurred with tears as I gazed at him, sobbing and then chuckling.

I berated him, "You're aware I'm dying, yet you still torment me. Wesley Miller, you're cruel."

He dried my tears and inquired, "First a cake, now death, Phoebe Johnson, do you enjoy toying with me?"

"Don't shed tears for me, I'll cease to care..."

Before he could finish, a crimson droplet landed on his hand.