Chapter 167 - Rose Garden (2/2)
”Caspar? Hmm... I don't know that name. The person who came here said he was your friend, Heinrich. He is German. Colmar is close to the German border, so he can come here often.”
Oh, that must be Caspar, Finland thought. She remembered last night dreaming of the man. Apparently, Caspar often came to Colmar to visit Finland's father's grave
”When was the last time he came here?” Finland asked again. ”Is he tall, with black hair and blue eyes?”
”Yes, that's right. He hasn't been here for a while. It's been over a year.”
”Oh...” Finland was disappointed. She realized that Caspar stopped coming to Colmar after he asked Finland to return his mother's ring and separate from Finland.
At the grave, Uncle Etienne told Jean about Aleksis Makela's story. It was only then that Jean understood the efforts he made to find Finland's father many years ago. In his heart, he was happy because finally he could give an answer to Finland about her family.
Finland herself was becoming increasingly sad because she missed Caspar very much. She did not know Caspar constructed such a beautiful grave for her father and was often here after they separated in Paris.
Caspar was very fond of his parents and he was saddened for decades after losing them. Maybe he also understood how sad Finland felt when she found out that her father was gone.
After chatting with Uncle Etienne for several hours, the two returned to the inn. Tomorrow Jean and Finland would return to Paris and immediately leave for Singapore.
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Before Finland could buy her tickets to Singapore, Jean's manager insisted on buying her tickets so they could fly together. Finland felt that it would be rude to reject the offer. Their departure to Singapore was to meet Terry and check Finland's compatibility to be the bone marrow donor.
Upon their arrival in Singapore, they stayed at the Raffles Hotel which was close to the Stamford Hospital and wasted no time. They immediately went to the hospital.
Kendrick Chan and Silvya Chan welcomed her arrival with tears in their eyes. They were very grateful because the girl was willing to come all the way from America to meet their child. Finland was also touched when she saw Terry's condition.
The little boy looked like Jean's spitting image and deep down she was grateful that a few years ago, she was really broke and had to sell her egg cells to pay for her grandmother's hospital cost. Now, the Chan family could have a child like Terry.
”Okay... if you are ready, we will immediately prepare for the biopsy,” said Doctor Chou.
Jean accompanied Finland during the biopsy because he knew the process and the pain involved. He tried to distract Finland from the pain by talking about various things.
Everyone prayed that Finland could become a compatible donor.
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