There was a moment of silence, and I anxiously gripped the phone in my hand. Truth be told, I had been afraid that Anson wouldn't pick up or would say something hurtful.
In many ways, I had been lying to Millard before.
But this call was real. There had been no prior communication, and I wasn't sure if Anson would understand my hints.
Anson’s silence made me incredibly nervous. I just wanted Millard to receive affirmation from Anson in his last moments.
Once again, I was betting on Anson's kindness.
But I didn't expect Anson to react like this. After a brief pause, he immediately said, "Millard? Did you really find him? Where is he?"
"Dad, listen, Millard wants to talk to you," I said, switching the phone to speaker mode and holding it up to Millard's mouth.
On the phone, Anson called out again. "Millard?"
Millard seemed to gain some strength, as if he had been injected with a stimulant. "Dad... I'm sorry. Dad, I was wrong.”
His weak voice traversed time and space, reaching Anson's side, who seemed excited and anxious. "Is that really you, Millard? What happened to you?"
"I’ll never... see you again. I was wrong. In my next life, I... I'll be your son again."
After saying that, Millard seemed to have exhausted all his strength. He looked at me with a smile, then tilted his head to the side and took his last breath.
I stood there dumbfounded. Anson was still talking. "What happened to you? Millard... Millard, where are you? Chlo, he... where are you?"
I didn't have time to see my father. I stayed by Anya's side, comforting her. I knew how helpless she must be feeling right now. She had lost her parents, and she couldn't afford to lose her last family member.
At 4 a.m., we finally received some good news. Loak had been pulled back from the brink of death. Anya collapsed to the ground, covered her face and cried. I patted her thin back.
Before I knew it, she knelt down in front of Atlas and me, thanking us repeatedly. "Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mrs. Chloe."
I quickly pulled her up and hugged her tightly.
An hour later, the results of my father's examination came out. He had been injected with a substance from the Non-Organization, which was the same poison Trinity had been poisoned with. It was the work of the organization.
Atlas immediately decided to return to Foswood.
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