A Farewell After Being Reborn

It was a text from Priscilla. According to her, Benjamin had been released from the police station, and he even went to her home.

She wrote, "For some reason, his winery is under investigation. The girl from the orphanage changed her statement and claimed she didn't have voluntary sexual relations with him. Benjamin's like a crazy beast who'd attack at any time, so I chased him away.

"Sage, I warned him not to try anything funny, but you still need to look out for him because he's got nothing to lose now. Get Mr. Holcomb to accompany you if you're going out.”

Priscilla thought that Sage's relationship with lan had improved, as lan had previously shown up to scare Benjamin away and sent the latter to the police.

Sage did not correct Priscilla. She merely assured Priscilla that she was not in town and would not run into Benjamin.

Priscilla replied, "I'm relieved to hear that. The police are starting an investigation to collect evidence. If the orphanage girl is telling the truth, Benjamin will be back in detention in the next few days. He'd be thrown behind bars for at least two years.”

The next day, Sage went with Donald to visit his old friend at the hospital. She had met Thomas Brent before, as Thomas visited the Joyners a few times. She was quite familiar with the old man.

After not seeing Thomas for a few years, she was shocked and pained to find the healthy and vivacious Thomas lying in the bed in pain. His hair had greyed, and he was as thin as paper.

Thomas' condition reminded her of the bedridden Thomas in her past life, and it broke her heart. Tears flowed down her cheeks.

“You silly child. I know you're glad to see Thomas, but you don't have to cry," teased Donald, who was unaware of the reason behind her emotions.

She embarrassedly wiped away her tears when she realized that Thomas was staring at her. "Thomas, how are you feeling?"

Thomas looked energetic that day. He joined in the teasing. "Well, I feel much better after seeing the two of you."

She said, "Get well soon! We'll visit you often. Grandpa and I will drop by daily to check on you over these few days."

“That's wonderful!" Thomas nodded fervently. Then, he lamented, "How time flies! The last time I met Sage, she was still in college. Now, she's a married woman!"

"Right?" Donald nodded in agreement. He inquired, "How about Zack? Is he in a relationship?”

Thomas seemed troubled at the mention of his grandson. "Oh, Zack went abroad last year. He has been busy running a new company with his friends. He's too occupied with work to think about love and marriage. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

"Anyway, he came home for a month after learning I was sick. Two days ago, he handed over some work stuff, and he'll stay in the country to keep me company from now on."

"Zack is such a good kid," praised Donald.

Thomas' son had passed away due to an accident, leaving Thomas with only his grandson, Zachary. Sage had met Zachary a long time ago, and couldn't remember what he looked like now.

Donald and Thomas had a lot to talk about as they hadn't met in a long time. Seeing the two men chatting away, Sage made an excuse and left the ward to offer them some privacy.

After taking a short stroll outdoors, she received a call from Shane. He announced, "Our target has taken the bait. Ivy is discussing the project with my people. I believe we'll sign the deal with her soon.”

Smiling gleefully, Sage exclaimed, “That's great! There won't be any issues, will there?"

He replied, "Very likely not."

"Why don't you sound sure?" Sage wondered in confusion.

Shane offered a vague reply. "It all depends on your response.”

"What response?” Recalling something suddenly, she warned him, "I won't help you to ward off women anymore.”