There was no signature.


    "Oh, there''s no signature on the card so you might need to ask around to see which one of your friends wrote this," Anne continued.


    Lucas held onto the card for dear life; even without a signature, he knew that it was from Irene because she was the only one who would call him Mr. Lucas''.


    "Isn''t Irene dead?" he thought. "When did she write this card? Before she died?"


    "Ma''am, do you know how often the feedback box is opened?" he swallowed hard and asked.


    Anna shook her head. "I''m not so sure about that. Should I call and ask?"


    "Please do."


    She picked up her phone and called the dean''s secretary and asked the question on Lucas''s behalf.


    "We do it randomly, depending on my schedule. I sometimes open it once a month, sometimes once every other month, but I won''t leave the box untouched for over three months at a time." The hope that rose within Lucas vanished as he was led to believe that Irene wrote him the message before her death.


    "Why did she put it in the feedback box, though? Did she think that I would see this if she did so?" he thought. "That has to be it. If she hung it on the tree, I probably wouldn''t have seen it." Tears welled in his eyes at the memories of Irene.


    "Lucas, why are you crying?" Anna handed him a box of tissue paper.


    He was a distant person and rarely spoke to any of the faculty members or his ssmates. Under normal circumstances, he would never share his personal thoughts, but he could not suppress the sorrow that overwhelmed him any longer.


    "She is dead," he muttered and tears rolled down his cheeks.


    The thought that she traveled such a long way to Edelweiss only to write him this message filled his heart with regret.


    "I should have never been so rude to her. I should have let her see me off at the airport. Had I known that she didn''t have much longer to live, S would have listened to everything she had to say and said a proper goodbye to her."


    Meanwhile, in Aryadelle, after the trip, Ivy started getting ready for university.


    The night before admission, La returned home to chat with her younger sister.


    "You don''t know anyone, but don''t worry because you will have plenty of friends soon," La said.


    "Yeah," Ivy said.


    "If you encounter any difficulties, remember to tell Mom and Dad or the faculty staff. They will be around to help."Material ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    "Okay." Ivy had no doubt that she would get used to university life if others managed to do so.


    "By the way, Uncle Mike and Uncle


    Chad gave you a house, right? You probably haven''t had the time to check on it. I have time now so I will go to Bridgedale soon," Layl@said. "I will furnish your house."


    "I thought you were really busy at work? You don''t have to worry about it. I''m sure Uncle Mike will get everything done," Ivy said, not aware that La wanted to travel to Bridgedale for something else.