Chapter 7. The Secret of the Fiancée

Following the instructions of the nurse, I was taken to my mother’s hospital room. The doctor’s instructions were still ringing in my ears, making it impossible for me to concentrate.

“Patient Rowan Ambar has terminal breast cancer. Based on the patient’s health condition, perhaps the patient has only a year to live. The patient needs radiation therapy as soon as possible.”

I sighed, holding my mother’s hand. My mother is in a coma in bed, looking very tired. She looked much older than her actual age, perhaps because she had been miserable all her life.

My mother, whose full name is Rowan Ambar, is an accomplished ballerina. She has been invited to perform at government guest houses and major national ceremonies. People used to call her White Angel. My mother used to be a beauty icon and a woman loved by everyone, until she fell in love with my father.

She gave up ballet and became an ordinary woman. Her only desire was to become a member of Joan’s family, to