Chapter 140

The company went on an extended break after the annual banquet with three extra days off. Work only started on the tenth day of the new year.

Zoey packed a simple suitcase. She’d already bought plane tickets back to Southgrove earlier on. It was more difficult to buy plane tickets during the new year was more difficult, and it was more expensive as well.

Before she left, Zoey went to the hospital. She’d visit her mother in the ward every weekend, hold her hand and talk to her, although she still showed no response.

Sometimes, she’d stare at the heart rate monitor and wonder if she should really be keeping her mother here. She kept feeling that her mother would wake up someday. That day could be years away, but she could wait. She really couldn't bring herself to give up, selfishly holding on to a ray of hope.

Zoey went to consult the doctor, and he said in the gentlest way possible, “There is hope, but it's not very likely.”

Whether her mother would wake up from her coma was up to god