CHAPTER 871: CHAPTER 871: MELISSA MERCE FINDS OUT

As she reached the stairs, she took careful, quiet steps downward, straining her ears to catch their conversation.

"Finn, Hailey, thank you both." Claudia couldn’t help but tear up again, "If you have time, I hope you can spend more time with her."

"Hailey, thank you for your tolerance and understanding. Please forgive the mistakes I made in the past."

"Auntie, don’t say that." Hailey Hale’s tone was light, "I’ve forgotten the unpleasant things."

Melissa Merce descended the staircase, feeling something was odd.

After a while, Finn Morgan and Hailey Hale left, and her mother also went into the living room. Melissa hid behind the door and watched as her mother went upstairs.

Her throat suddenly felt uncomfortable, she coughed a couple of times, and hurriedly grabbed a tissue to cover her mouth.

After coughing a few more times, she noticed the glaring bright blood on the tissue!

She was completely stunned!

Her fingers trembling as she held the tissue, "How is there blood?"

Upstairs, her mother entered her room, "Cindy? Cindy?" Glancing around, she didn’t see anyone, "Strange, where did she go?"

Clearly, she hadn’t gone out just now!

"Melissa!"

Downstairs, the girl quickly threw away the blood-stained tissue, regaining her composure, and put away all her suspicions and unease.

She looked up towards the corner of the staircase, "Mom."

"Weren’t you upstairs? When did you come down?"

"Mom," Melissa said with a smile, her tone relaxed, "I’ve arranged to meet a classmate, planning to go out for some fresh air, I’ll be back soon."

"Don’t go out." Claudia was very anxious.

"Why?" The girl was surprised.

But she couldn’t answer, "..."

The sense of unease made Melissa certain she needed to visit the hospital.

She took out her phone to check the time, "I’m leaving now, I’ll be back soon! Remember to make lunch!" After speaking, she took the car keys from the coffee table and turned to leave the living room.

"Cindy!"

Claudia worriedly followed to the living room door, but her daughter had already gotten into the car, and it quickly drove away.

She stood at the door for a long time, still unable to believe that someone recovering so well could only have one month to live?

Could Dr. Shelby’s diagnosis be wrong?

He’s just a human, not a god; how could he achieve zero mistakes?

Claudia watched the direction in which the car disappeared for a long time...

When she returned to sit on the sofa in front of the coffee table, she inadvertently saw the blood-stained tissue in the trash can, her heart thumping violently, scaring her pale!!

She was dazed for a while before bending down to pick up the tissue, then glancing towards the door...

She knows?

Where did she go??

Claudia was deeply worried, quickly calling Melissa, but the call was declined.

She called Melissa’s friends one by one, but the news was the same: she wasn’t with them, and they hadn’t been in contact.

Soon, Melissa’s car arrived at the entrance of another hospital in Veridia City.

She registered and got a physical examination.

Two hours later—

When she received the examination results and clearly saw the words "terminal lung cancer," she was so scared she collapsed onto the bench!

Staring incredulously at those four words.

The doctor said, "At most, you have one month left, miss. Cherish every day."

Recalling what the doctor had just said, her tears of despair rolled down; no one wishes to die.

Thinking back to the recent change in attitude from Finn Morgan and Hailey Hale, all of her doubts were explained.

"So because I’m going to die, you all pity me?" Melissa’s heart was a tangled mess of emotions, painfully aching.

Sitting alone on the bench, surrounded by people coming and going seeking medical help.

Her figure appeared somewhat desolate; her whole being seemed wasted, and her coughing gradually worsened...until she finally collapsed.