Chapter 1024

"Go to bed." Judy was not planning to say anything else. Her mother died when she was eight right in front of her eyes. She had only forgotten because she had a high fever that damaged a little of her brain back then. Perhaps that was a blessing in disguise. She did not know how to comfort Hope. Even if she did, she would not want to because that felt like an insult to her mother. So, Judy chose silence. Hope lay down in bed. Through the sheets, she tugged at Judy's arm. "Judy, can you not hate me, please?" "I don't hate you." "But you don't like me either," Hope said rather aggrievedly. "If you spend more time with me, you will surely like me." Judy secretly sighed. "Sleep." One always had some inexplicable sense of confidence when one was young. There was always time, and anything could be achieved. They could become billionaires. They could travel to the moon and save worlds. They could make everyone like them. Judy envied people of Hope's age. If she were Hope's age, perh