The surgery took a long time, almost sixteen hours.

There were some hiccups, but it was ultimately successful. The only thing was, Mason didn’t wake up. He was still lying on the operating table quietly. He didn’t know that the surgery went well for Yanni and that she was sent out of the operating room.

He didn’t even know what would happen to him tomorrow.

All he could do was lie down wordlessly as the universe meted out its sentence to him unfeelingly.

Cecil took off his mask and read