Chapter 36

Emma was still lost in her dreams when a familiar figure slowly walked toward her... "Mom?" The moment she saw her mother, Emma broke down in tears. "I've missed you so much, Mom!" She threw herself into her mother's arms, clinging to her tightly, the whole scene just tugging at the heart. "My baby girl, don't cry, it hurts me to see you like this." Her mother, though aged, still looked graceful. She gently wiped away Emma's tears, her eyes full of tenderness. Emma couldn't even remember how long it had been since she last saw her mother. After that car accident, her dad had told her... Mom had gone to another world. Meanwhile, Ethan sat quietly by her hospital bed, watching her sleep. A tear rolled down from the corner of her eye. He reached out, carefully brushed away the teardrops on her cheeks, but the tears kept falling like a broken bead necklace—uncontrollable. He had no clue what she was dreaming about that made her cry so bitterly. All he knew was that the woman before him, th