Chapter 342

Arthur was quite brazen. He didn't even care if someone would report him for engaging in shady dealings. Arthur was visiting, so I couldn't go in there. But I didn't want to go to Ellie's ward either, so I wandered into the hospital's little garden. "Miss, can you play ball with me?" I hadn't been sitting on the bench for long when a little girl of about three or four years old ran over, looking at me with eager eyes. Honestly, I didn't want to play, but faced with those eyes, I couldn't refuse. "Alright." I thought I'd humor her for a bit and then be done with it. But as we played, I started thinking about the times when I was little and how my parents used to play ball with me. "Madeline, you're a bit clumsy." "Madeline, you got hit again." "Madeline…" I was the young girl's playmate, yet I was still being criticized. How ridiculous! But, honestly, I was having a great time. "Tiffany!" With that call, the girl stopped in her tracks. I saw a beautiful woman dressed in a tub