When Yvonne returned to Hope, she was still thinking about Kendrick. Without realizing it, she walked up to Jade's ward.

Coincidentally, Howard had just come out of the ward and bumped into Yvonne. "Ms. Y."

Yvonne looked at him and came to her senses. She said awkwardly, "I'm here to see Jade."

"She's just fallen asleep. Could you come back later?"

"I see …" Yvonne looked at the ward.

"Alright, I'll come back at a later time."

Seeing Yvonne turn and leave, Howard called her out in hesitation. "Ms. Y, can we talk?"

Yvonne nodded and smiled without giving it any second thought. "Sure."

Then, they headed to the garden for a walk.

Howard found a bench under a huge tree and invited Yvonne to have a seat next to him.

The leaves rustled above them under the light breeze.

Howard took a deep breath and said slowly, "I can see that Jade's situation is bad. She doesn't have much time left, right? Lesser than you all predicted?'

Yvonne was stunned. She hadn't managed to think of a way