Too Late, Doctor: I'm The One Who's Out Of Reach Now

Leanna Brooks had never imagined that returning w

ed to visit the hospital for a proper examination. Midway through the checkup, the doctor suddenly paused. "This is a li

n the edge of the examination ta

The instant she looked up and saw who h

mptoms?" The deep, familiar voice echoed in h

most of his face, but behind a pair of rim

immediately dropped her eyes, gripping th

rately that she

nths ago, yet she had already run into

mpletely, leaving her u

r shirt," Shane instru

n their eyes locked once m

rowned and asked rather impat

g in a steadying breath, she lay back on

led into a mess of old memories and panic, and a t

d, "Did I

her head li

is voice finally broke the silence. "Al

his footsteps faded from the room that

and then sat there briefly before st

upright, typing i

d back in school-the kind of hands that would hav

s instrument. Back then, he had been surrounded by admirers, not jus

an online relationship with a freckled, overwei

ing the aches?" Shane asked,

back, swallowed, and rep

ced he hadn't

verweight girl from the past, the

rited had faded completely. Even her own mother had struggled to recognize h

finally calmed

indifferent. "Do you usually

ng, "Does going to sleep at mid

s face now. "From now on,

diently, as if respo

the next questions

N

ever had

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palms were damp

breast lump. Mild pain and swelling are quite common. However, you shou

?" A wave of cold fear

simply, still young, her skin noticeably paler tha

ly. "Starting today, keep a regular rout

eanna said, nearly calling him by his

ne and slid it across the desk. "Next time,

ips. "Could I see a

d, desperate to leave

ily surprised, and the

e report, not looking up, a

walked away, a slight c

oyd, if you keep handling patients like

rried. He's one of the hospital's be

and by the time he finished, it was already past one

." A man in a black suit appeared with

. "You're eating

h school classmates today-Lanny Barnett. He's marrying that girl from the class nex

mates' weddings. At twenty-eight, it was the age

her, "The freckled one. No one's been able to reach her all these years. She never comes to class reunions or weddings. It's like she vanished. Do you think she cu

. His hand stilled

who had left without a word and disappea