In a wedding studio.
Aisha and Jazlyn accompanied the bride and groom to try on their wedding attire. Although Mary and Barry were the ones who were to get married, Aisha and Jazlyn seemed more excited. The two women's enthusiastic chats filled the shop, making it livelier.
"It's too late to order a tailored wedding gown, so you have to wear ready-made one." Standing aside, Barry held Mary's hand with an apologetic look on his face. "If you're not satisfied, we could make another set particularly for you in the future."
"It doesn't matter." Mary smiled at him reassuringly and added, "I don't really mind."
"Mary! Mary!" While they were talking, Jazlyn ran to them with a gown in her hand. "This wedding gown is very beautiful!" she exclaimed while blinking her eyes.
Mary looked at it. It was a gown with a strapless top and long trailing tail. She nodded in agreement. "It's indeed beautiful."
"This one is beautiful too!" Aisha also came over holding a wedding gown. "Look! This one is better!"
Mary looked at the one in Aisha's hands. The gauze and ball gown looked like a princess's gown. "This one is also very good."
"So which one do you want to wear?" Aisha and Jazlyn asked in unison while staring at Mary expectantly.
"Well..." Mary looked at Barry for help. "What do you think?"
"I'm sure you'll look beautiful no matter which one you wear," Barry answered with a look of adoration in his eyes.
At this time, the shop assistant approached them and politely said to Mary, "Excuse me, Ma'am. You can go to the fitting room to try them on, so you would know which one suits you better."
"Yes, she's right. It's useless to just look and compare, Mary!" Aisha nodded and pushed Mary towards the fitting room.
Barry was led into the fitting room as well.
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"I hate you!" All of a sudden, Elissa pouted and glared at Jazlyn. "Victor is not your dear!" she roared.
"Geez." Jazlyn shrugged. "Elissa, I know Victor is yours. I won't take him away!"
"That's right! Victor is mine only." Elissa nodded in satisfaction.
"Mary, do you want a grown-up son-in-law?"
"Yes, why not?"
"Ha ha!" Everyone's laughter filled the studio.
In the children's inpatient area of People's Hospital of A City.
"Ray, be a good boy. We have to remove the stitches today," said Selah comfortingly while holding her son in her arms. "When the stitches are removed, you will be able to see everything. That means your eyes have completely recovered."
"I'm so happy, Mommy!"
"When you recover, how about I take you on a trip?" Selah asked absent-mindedly as she looked in the distance.
"That's awesome!" Ray nodded in delight. "But where are we going? And are we going alone?"
"Yes, only Mommy and Ray," she replied. "Where do you want to go, Ray?"
"Wherever you want to go!"
"I see. I'll take you somewhere random then," Selah replied jokingly but her smile was sad. All she knew was that she wanted to leave this city where her heart shattered into pieces.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
A knock was suddenly heard on the door.
"Come in, please." Selah quickly stood up to welcome the doctor that would remove Ray's stitches.
But the person who came in was no doctor. It was Barry. As he pushed the door open, he met Selah's eyes, making him lose in thought for a moment. After leaving the wedding studio, he came to the hospital without hesitation. He wanted to see his own son right away.
Stunned, Selah's body went rigid. She opened her mouth to speak, but only uttered a few wary words. "Mr. Gu. You... What are you doing here?"