Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)
Chapter 169

Chapter 169 Recollection

I looked at Rivaella in shock. "Didn't your mom undergo a bone marrow transplantation? Why did she die?"

I recalled Alisa saying that she found the incident strange. So, her mom probably went to Manovia for the surgery as well.

Rivaella also stared at me in shock. Then, her eyes were brimming with rage. "I knew it. You and your family knew about my mom's case, but you guys wouldn't lend us money! Why?

"Every time you came to my place, my parents welcomed you enthusiastically. How could you go overseas for pleasure and do nothing while my mom died?

"They loved you as their own, and I treated you like my own sister. Why couldn't you guys have lent us a hand? Why?" Rivaella's tears streamed down her cheeks, and she shivered uncontrollably.

I wanted to comfort her, but I didn't even know where to begin. I walked over to the door and made sure that no one was monitoring us. Then, I walked back toward her and unbuttoned my shirt.

The moment Rivaella saw the surgical scars on my chest, she was so shocked that she forgot

to cry.

"Y-You..." She pointed at me and couldn't utter another word.

I held her hand and

it on my chest. "This scar was a memento of my first surgery at Manovia. I got this other scar from my second surgery in the country."

I quickly buttoned my shirt again, and my voice was a little shaky. "My mom died from cancer. You probably don't know this. When I went overseas back then..."

"Did you have cancer? Was it breast cancer?" Rivaella's eyes widened. They were filled with guilt.

I nodded quietly. "I didn't go overseas for pleasure, nor did I run off with a rich guy. I didn't have a choice, either."

I fought back tears and held Rivaella's hand gently. "My parents wouldn't have ignored your pleas to borrow money if they had known about what was happening in your place, Riva. I don't know why you're putting it this way. "What's more, I didn't know anything about you all going overseas. I looked into it and found out that we went overseas a day apart from each other. Something's not right."

Now that it had come to this, it was better if I talked openly about some issues.

Rivaella was not a child, and she didn't let her emotions get the better of her. After she cried a

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little, she thought about it and saw how one thing led to another.

"K-Keen

told us that you and your family refused to help us when we needed it the most. He also said it's because they needed to send you overseas to transfer their money out of the country.

"Keenan lent us money and asked for a future favor from my dad in return, but Dad is..." I felt heartbroken and hugged her. I'm at a loss on how I should comfort her.

If the janitor was actually Randall, then Rivaella's dad didn't die. So, why wouldn't he reconcile with his daughter? Was it because he was afraid Keenan would do something?

I thought about how Rivaella's mom died and asked again, "Why didn't your mom go through with the surgery?"

"We couldn't replace a matching bone marrow donor overseas, and the ones that did match in the country refused to donate their bone marrow. T-That's why..."

Riva hugged me in sorrow and kept telling me the harrowing times she had to endure alone in Manovia while her mother died.

I had also been by myself in Manovia, waiting for death or hope. I could relate to her.

"Keenan's compatible, and he refused to donate his bone marrow. However, he continued to support you financially. Is that it?"

"Huh?" Riva stared at me in disbelief. "It's him? He was the one who was compatible with Mom?

"I'm not sure. That's what Alisa told me." Both of them fell silent at the same time. We weren't fools. Naturally, we could feel that something was wrong.

All of a sudden, I saw a figure by the door. It wasn't a tall person, and the figure was dressed in a hospital uniform. I ran toward the door instinctively, but the figure was gone.

I was certain that it was Randall. Just as I was about to look for him, Keenan came over with a fruit basket.

"Eva? What are you doing here?"

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