Which is why she could not drag Noah and his mother down with her.
To her surprise, Noah said, "It's our lives! If that Poole guy dares to kill you, I will beat him to death with my backhoe. We already have nothing, so why should we b e afraid of him??"
Jane shook her head in tears. "You don't understand, Noah. That man is merciless. You two don't have to die with me."
Noah gave her a bitter smile. "You are wrong, Jane. I... Ever since I lost my son, I didn't want to live. The only reason I am alive is because I still have my mother, but how long does she have left? Back when we were staying in the mountains of South City, I planned on commiting suicide once my mother died of old age because I couldn't bear to live by myself. Jane, it was you and your unborn child that gave my widowed mother and this mid-aged man who lost a son something to look forward to. What do we have to live for if you are gone?"
"If we can't escape death, we might as well face it together. We need to stay together wherever we go so that we can take care of each other. If one day, there's truly no way to run, we will die together and keep each other company in the afterlife, okay?" Noah said
sincerely.
Jane ran into Noah's arms. "Noah, you are so kind to m e. I could never repay you."
Noah chuckled. "I don't need you to repay me. We are one family, so we are supposed to stick together, alive or dead."
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