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    “Sister Eve…” 1


    Ste’s soft voice from the doorway broke the warm bubble surrounding Evelyn and


    Oliver.


    Both of them turned toward the sound.


    Ste stood there, tears in her eyes, trying and failing to hide her emotions. Behind her, Laura hovered close, equally misty–eyed, clutching her hands together as if she were the one recovering from surgery.


    “Oh! Aunty Ste… Laura…” Oliver brightened instantly. He twisted around on the bed and waved enthusiastically. “Come here. Hurry… My mommy already woke up!”


    He announced it proudly, as if the heart monitor and very much awake Evelyn were not enough proof.


    Ste and Lauraughed at the same time, the tension easing as they stepped into the VIP ward.


    “Ste, youe…” Evelyn said weakly, attempting to shift her body and sit up straighter.


    Before she could move an inch, Ste rushed forward.


    “Sis, stay on the bed. Don’t make a move!”


    She adjusted the pillows with brisk efficiency, checking Evelyn’s posture like a hawk. Only when she was satisfied did she finally rx.


    Evelyn sighed and let herself sink back. “I’m fine. Dr. Ste, no need to act like I’m a cripple…” she said teasingly.


    Ste sat on the edge of the bed and shot her a look.


    “I know you’re not paralyzed, but you still can’t move normally. You’ve had multiple surgeries. Broken ribs, knee, and shoulder. You’re basically a limited–edition human right now.”


    “You sound exactly like my doctor,” Evelyn teased.


    Ste lifted her chin proudly. “That’s because I am a doctor. In a few years, I’ll finish my


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    internship and be a surgeon in this hospital.”


    Evelyn raised an eyebrow. “So I’m your practice patient?”


    “Don’t worry. You survived,” Ste replied calmly.


    Evelyn can’t help but smile.


    “Aunty Ste!” Oliver’s small voice…


    through the conversation.


    tely, her expression melting.


    “Yes, dear?” Ste turned to him


    “I want to be a doctor too.” He dered.


    The room froze.


    Ste blinked. “You do?”


    “Yes.”


    “Really?” Ste tilted her head. “Didn’t you say a few days ago you wanted to be an astronaut? And the day before that, a pianist? Andst week, a dinosaur?”


    “I still like dinosaurs,” Oliver admitted seriously. “But I want to be a doctor.”


    “Why?” Ste asked again.


    Evelyn and Laura exchanged surprised nces, both listening quietly.


    Oliver turned toward his mother, his small face unusually solemn.


    “If I’m a doctor, I can heal Mommy, Daddy, and my siblings when they’re sick. So Mommy won’t have toe to thi


    ce, and Mommy won’t feel hurt anymore.”


    Silence fell over the room.


    The words were simple, innocent, and impossibly sincere.


    Ste felt her chest warm in happiness. Laura blinked rapidly. Evelyn’s eyes filled with tears she refused to let fall.


    “That’s a wonderful reason, Little Oli,” Ste said


    reaching out to ruffle his


    hair. “Aunty will be happy to have another doctor in our family.“.


    Evelyn gently squeezed her son’s hand. “You are very kind, sweetheart. Mommy will support whatever dream


    you choose.”


    Oliver’s cheeks flushed bright red. “Thank you, Mommy…”


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    Laura leaned forward, smiling mischievously. “Young master, if I’m sick too, will <b>you </b>


    heal me?”


    “Of course!” Oliver nodded eagerly. “Everyone, including my Cloud and Browny, too…”


    “Then thank you, Doctor Oliver,” Laura said happily. “And since doctors need energy, would you like some donuts? Jimmy bought a lot. And your favorite too…


    “Really?” Oliver’s eyes lit up like fireworks as he stared toward the living room.


    “Yes, really.”


    “I’ll go


    check!” he dered, already sliding off the bed.


    “I’ll go with him,” Laura said quickly, catching his hand. “Young master, slowly… Doctors shouldn’t run in hospitals.”


    “I can walk fast,” Oliver protested, but he allowed himself to be led out.


    Before he passed through the door, he turned to Evelyn and said, “Mommy, please wait. I will bring a blueberry donut for you.”


    “Thank you,


    sweetheart…”


    The door closed softly behind them, leaving the room quieter.


    Ste giggles as she watches the door, “Damn it! My little nephew is such a cutie pie… I can’t resist his cuteness…”


    “He’s so cute… I want to squeeze him, but I can’t,” Evelyn replied softly.


    Neither spoke for a moment, as if reality had frozen them in ce.


    Evelyn felt a surge of sadness once more, painfully aware of how terrible her condition had be.


    While Ste… she watched her sister with sadness.


    “Are you off today?” Evelyn asked finally. “Or are you going back to the emergency department?”


    Ste shook her head. “I took the day off. I’m staying with you.”


    Evelyn frowned slightly. “Ste, you didn’t have to-”


    “I wanted to,” Ste said gently.


    Evelyn hesitated before adding, “Alright. But, don’t tell Alice about my ident.”


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    Ste didn’t respond.


    The silence lingers. Enough to give Evelyn a hint that her little sister has already exposed her ident.


    Evelyn narrows her eyes at her, “Ste?”


    “She already knows.” Ste smiled apologetically.


    “You-”


    “I’m sorry, sis… I didn’t have a choice,” Ste said quickly. “She panicked.”


    Evelyn stared at her. “Panicked?”


    “Yes. Because I didn’te homest night. I also didn’t answer my phone. She panicked and started to imagine many terrible things.”


    “I can imagine how worried she was…”


    “She was about to call the police,” Ste added.


    “Of course she was.”


    “So, that’s why this morning I told her everything,” Ste continued. “About the ident. About the surgery.”


    Evelyny back against the pillows, speechless.


    “Well,” Ste said carefully, “the good news is she didn’t faint.”


    “That’s the good news?”


    “She cried. A lot.”


    Evelyn closed her


    eyes.


    “That means everyone


    will know.”


    Ste nodded. “Probably.”


    “I wanted peace. And n to let them know once I’m returned home.”


    “You married Axel Knight, and you are injured,” Ste said dryly. “Peace was never an option.”


    “Hahaha, fair point.”


    “At least Mom is slightly calm now,” Ste added. “She’s already nning toe hereter.”


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    Evelyn sighs again. “That would be too much trouble for her. I was only injured lightly…”


    “Come on, sis, this is far from a light injury. In fact, you look terrible…” Ste shook her head.


    Evelyn smiled faintly. “You’re right. And I suppose I should be grateful.”


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