Over time, he felt like something must have happened while he was in his coma. Although it was normal to have nightmares, it was far too odd to have repetitive ones.
Afterward, a doctor recommended Dr. Liddell to him. The doctor said Dr. Liddell was one of the professionals in studying patients in the vegetative stage. Thus, he tried to send his medical profile to Dr. Liddell last night.
Everyone had been telling him it was difficult to make an appointment with Dr. Liddell as she was a busy person, but who would have thought she would contact Steven’s assistant personally after viewing his information and medical profile? She said she was interested in his case and requested to fly over to diagnose his condition. Steven took a deep breath and entered the airport. He genuinely hoped Dr. Liddell could give him the answers he wanted.
He wanted to know what had happened to him during the five years he was practically unconscious.
Why was he experiencing random headaches? Why did he have the same nightmare over and over again? Why did he have no feelings for his fiancee but kept on reminiscing about a woman he did not know?
After he entered the main hall of the airport, he saw a woman sitting on her baggage while waiting to pass the security checkpoint from far away. Unlike those people rushing around her, she looked pale and emaciated. She was spacing out as she looked at the crowd around her. Her eyes looked dull as if there was no soul in her body.
Steven trembled when he saw her. ‘Is she…leaving already?’ He remembered she arrived in Saigen City just a few days ago. Why was she leaving so soon?
A voice appeared in his mind, telling him to approach her and bid her farewell. As such, he followed the instruction from the voice in his brain and headed toward the woman.
However, Steven stopped after taking a few steps. They did not know each other and were strangers to each other. Even when he thought he had crossed paths several times with her, there was a high possibility she did not notice him at all. He thought from her perspective and realized it was quite absurd for him to walk up to her and bid her goodbye
Suddenly, his phone rang. It was a call from Kate.
He furrowed his brow as he stared at the caller’s name on his screen before he made his way to the washroom at the side. The main hall of the airport was too noisy, and he was afraid Kate would suspect something.
After Steven walked away, Gwen finally noticed him. “That person looks like Luke. His height, body, and even the way he walked,’ she thought.
Back in the past, she would have ran right up when she saw someone looking similar to Luke, but at this moment…she finally accepted the fact that he was no longer in this world. She also made it clear that no matter how similar Luke and the other person were, they would never be the man she loved.
She only paid attention to Luke in the past, so she did not know there were so many people who looked similar to him in this world–namely Kate’s boyfriend and the man she just saw. She already saw two people looking like him in this small city.
Her lips curled into a small smile as she looked at Bethan, who was on her phone, far away from her.
Originally, Bethan was queueing up at the counter to proceed with the check–in procedure with Gwen. When it was their turn, Bethan’s phone rang! It was Theo. They had not talked for a long time.
“Why are you calling me all of a sudden?”
Bethan answered the call while checking in at the counter. “How are you and Rachel doing?”
She remembered the last time she contacted Theo was because of Rachel.
Theo paused for a while before talking as he heard Bethan mention Rachel’s name. “Bethan, your family told me you are in Saigen City.”
Bethan nodded. “Yes, I’m in Saigen City now.”
“Rachel, she…”
Theo paused. “She is also flying there now. I think she is going to land half an hour later.”
Bethan furrowed her brow and looked at her boarding ticket. Her flight was less than an hour from now. Half an hour later, she would be on the plane waiting for the plane to take off.
“Why is she coming to Saigen City?” she furrowed her brow and talked while looking for Gwen.
“She said she received a very interesting medical record from a patient, so she decided to go and visit in person.”
Theo fell into momentary silence before he added, “I think it’s better that you know about this.”
He took a deep breath and said with a serious tone. “I saw the information of that patient. His name is Steven Hughes, but… I saw his photo. He is Luke. He looks identical to him. Have you seen…this person while you are there?”
The hand Bethan used to hold her phone trembled. ‘Steven Hughes? Isn’t he Kate’s fiance?’
“I didn’t know about this before. I’ve been looking for Rachel, and because Caleb couldn’t stand me, he told me Rachel is on her way to Saigen City because she found an interesting case. He even showed me the patient detail Rachel received in her email. I opened it and took a look.
“That’s…when I saw Luke’s photo,” explained Theo.
He paused for a while before asking, “So, are you and Gwen still in Saigen City?”
Bethan bit her lip. She felt like something had hit her heart while her brain was in a mess. She turned and stared at Gwen, who was a safe distance from her.
Gwen was still sitting on the luggage with a dumbfounded look, her gaze wandering aimlessly around the airport
It broke Bethan’s heart to see how dull Gwen looked. She bit her lip and said with a small voice,”
Theo, are you sure? You know you shouldn’t joke about this.”
Bethan knew Steven Hughes was Kate’s fiance. The doctors from the Miller family’s medical organization were the ones who did Luke’s surgery. If Steven and he looked the same…
Bethan’s hands trembled. She did not know what would transpire if Gwen found out.
“Bethan, when did I ever make jokes with you?”
Theo took a deep breath on the other side. “I’m in the airport now. I’m going to fly over to Saigen City to look for Rachel, as well as you and Gwen. If you don’t believe me, I can send you Steven Hughes’ information now!”
After that, he hung up the phone. Just as the phone was cut off, there was a notification alert sound coming from Bethan’s phone.
She furrowed her brow and looked at her phone, noticing it was an email from Theo.
She furrowed her brow and opened the email. The first thing she saw..was Steven Hughes’ photo.
Her blood boiled when she saw his photo. She bit her lip and stared at the photo, her heart beating rapidly as she did.
Theo was right; Steven Hughes did look identical to Luke! Even the scar on his head was the same. He got the scar when he was saving Bethan in Sea City.
Who else could that man be if he was not Luke?
Yes, she believed there were lookalikes in the world, but she did not believe people who looked alike could have the same scar on their faces too!
She bit her lip and looked at Gwen before she continued to read the information in the email.
The email was sent by Steven to Rachel. He complained and explained how he was suffering from nightmares. The nightmares he had were identical, but the content of the nightmare was not what he had experienced before. In addition, he suffered from severe headaches so painful that he felt like his head could explode.
The email went on with how he had consulted many doctors but none could explain to him why he was experiencing those symptoms. Thus, he sought help from Rachel who was an expert in studying patients who were once in a vegetative state. He hoped to get an answer from her.
Bethan felt like her heart was about to hop out from her chest as she read the email.
Steven’s fiancee, Kate was from a family who specialized in medical research and study.
The reason why Luke contacted the Miller family was that he knew they owned the best medical organizations with the best skills and resources. He was hoping they could save Gwen.
Why, then, did Steven not seek help from the Miller family after he suffered such symptoms? Why did he seek consults elsewhere? Why did he seek help from Rachel?
There could only be two possible answers. Either Steven did not trust the Miller family…or the Miller family was unwilling to help Steven.
As Bethan thought of those possibilities, her heart thumped vehemently in her chest. Could Steven be Luke? This was the only explanation for why he was suffering from symptoms similar to a patient with amnesia. Bethan’s mother, Rosalyn, was in a vegetative state for a year too, but she did not experience the symptoms Steven described.
Bethan’s hands trembled.
“Why was Theo looking for you?”
Just then, she heard Gwen’s voice.
Bethan paused and quickly put away her phone. She looked at Gwen with a smile. “Nothing; he’s just asking if I’m still in Saigen City. He said Rachel will arrive half an hour later, and he’ll arrive around the evening. He was asking if we’re free to have dinner with him.”
Gwen chuckled at this, feeling sentimental at the thought. “Why did you think Theo tried to mess up his relationship with Rachel in the past? Look at him now. Rachel is now Caleb’s fiance, and now she’s not bringing him anywhere she does.”
She curled up her lips and looked at her watch. “It’s almost time. We should pass the security checkpoint now. There are two bottles of water in my bag. I’m going to give it to the cleaner over there.”
Bethan nodded. “Alright.”
Gwen nodded and left.
Bethan looked at Gwen’s back and quickly took out her phone to continue reading Steven’s information.
Her heart was a mess. She could not decide if she should tell Gwen about this and was unsure if she should leave Saigen City with Gwen at this moment.
In the meantime, Steven had finally comforted Kate and persuaded her that he was studying in the library. Once he hung up the phone, he left the washroom.
As he left the washroom, he saw the woman in her fluffy down jacket with a fur collar standing not far from the washroom, giving two bottles of water to the cleaner.
He furrowed his brow and headed toward the woman, even when his mind was telling him not to do it.
As he got closer, he heard her soft and clear voice. “These are new mineral waters. I bought it so my friend and I could drink it, but we didn’t drink it on the way to the airport. We’re going to pass the security checkpoint soon and we can’t bring it with us, so I thought it’s better to give it to you instead of throwing it.”
The cleaner nodded and accepted the mineral bottles smilingly. “Thank you, thank you! I’ll buy new ones for you when you come next time!”
Steven stopped walking. His heart felt warm as he saw how the woman gave the water bottles to the cleaner.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.