Chapter 65

SEBASTIAN

She looked at me briefly. “If this is about Dahlia, I have no say in her decision. She deserves to choose whom she wants to spend her life with without nobody’s intervention.”

“I know that. It’s not Dahlia.”

“What is it, then?”

I didn’t hesitate any longer. “If you could change three things about your situation... what would they be?”

She stopped walking. Didn’t sit. Just stared ahead at the flowerbed.

“My health”, she said, without hesitation. “So Dahlia wouldn’t have to carry me the way she does. She’s too young to be that tired.”

I nodded slowly.

“I’m sorry about your health.”

“You don’t have to. The deed has been done. The best you can do is to take good care of my baby girl… If she chooses you.” She added casually.

True, if she chooses me. But I choose her.

“What would the second thing be?”

She continued, her voice quieter now. “The death of my husband and my son. I miss them so much. They both de