Chapter 3Echoes of Us

Mia and I were both poor.

She struggled even more than I did. She was an unmarried mother, and her daughter was born with a congenital heart defect.

She put the phone down and fell asleep next to her daughter.

I couldn't sleep.

I floated around the room a few times, until finally, a phone screen lit up.

I floated over. It was my phone.

It was a web news notification. When I saw the headline, I was shocked.

#CEO of CloudTech Crashes into Guardrail Late at Night#

Ethan Vance was the CEO of CloudTech.

The location of the accident was on Oak Street.

Was he hurt?

I couldn't care about anything else and immediately floated toward Oak Street.

When I arrived, a section of the road was indeed cordoned off, and a crowd had gathered.

There was also a Maybach with a crushed front end.

My heart pounded. I immediately floated into the crowd, searching for Ethan's figure.

I couldn't find a trace of Ethan in the circle of people. I was frantic.

"Mr. Vance, your hand is injured. Let me take you to the hospital."

Hearing the voice, I whipped my head around and saw Ethan sitting on the curb.

His arm hung limply, and blood dripped from the back of his hand.

My heart ached looking at him.

He didn't say a word and silently got into the car that came to pick him up.