Chapter 40 - Chapter 39

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"And apparently there is no cure for it. There are drugs to remedy the pain but you'd have to carry it for a lifetime."

I scoffed at his him whose words sounded like a death sentence.  

Then I was silent.  

There was really nothing I could argue with what he has just said. All the description he had stated fitted me perfectly.

"If you want your condition to improve you'd have to change your strenuous lifestyle a bit. I'd also want you to undergo therapies and obediently take medication," he looked for a while outside the windows in deep contemplation, his hands hidden in his lab gown pocket.

Then he turned his head to me with a smile,

"And also look at the sky more often. Blue is a therapeutic color."

I followed his gaze and just that instant, I realized it was the first time my room bathed in natural lighting. Birds chirped and the cloudy blue expanse of the sky greeted beautifully in the backdrop. This lonesome place suddenly felt alive.  

But the pounding headache I have made me instantly sour about all of it.

Eriez exhaled deeply as he took a folder at the nightstand.

"Wenziel came here earlier while you were sleeping and wanted me to give this to you."

I looked at the papers. It was the power of attorney document that I requested for him to draft in occasion that I fell ill or incapable to go to work. It'll give him the authority to handle all the company's affairs while I am gone to rest.

Eriez was the third agent I appointed to take in place in case something undesirable happens to Wenziel.

"Treat this as your vacation while Wenziel acts on your behalf," Eriez advised after I signed the document and left me alone once more in my room.

Vacation, huh?  

A couple of week is long enough and I've been missing in action for a while now due to my busy schedule. I've been longing to go back to that place once more and see her again.  

As soon as the thought entered my mind, my phone rang. Thankfully, Eriez was thoughtful enough to place the things I needed on a small portable table beside me. I took my phone and answered the call. It was Deo.

"What is it?"  

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