The night after Lily finished doing clinical trials on her serum. She immediately went to see Mr. Graff. "Hey, Dad!"
Mr. Graff put down the glasses he was wearing. He looked at Lily and smiled at her. "Hello, dear."
"We work in the same laboratory, but we rarely get to talk alone," said Lily.
Mr. Graff laughed softly. "Because we both want to do the best for this research. At the same time, you are trying to destroy the cancer cells suffered by Matthew. I wanted to learn how Matthew's cells worked after so many years of being half-dead. By the way, how was the clinical trial?"
Lily smiled as she put the iPad she was carrying on Mr. Graff. "The results just came out. Hopefully, these results are enough to start the procedure."
Mr. Graff immediately took the iPad Lily had given him and saw the results of Lily's clinical trial. He read the clinical trial results while nodding his head. Meanwhile, Lily played with her lips while waiting for her father's response regarding the results of her clinical trial.
"Everything seems good," said Mr. Graff. He put Lily's iPad back on his desk.
Lily immediately took her iPad. "So, we can use this serum already?"
Mr. Graff nodded his head. "The results have been good. We can use it on Matthew."
Lily laughed softly. "I'm getting more impatient to see Matthew face to face."
Mr. Graff took a deep breath as he smiled at Lily. "Do you have an appointment tonight?"
Lily shook her head. "I don't have any promises."
"With Ryan?"
"He's in New York," Lily replied.
"Then, would you like to have dinner with me?"
Lily's eyes widened in disbelief. "Really?"
Mr. Graff nodded slowly. "Looks like we haven't had dinner together in a long time. We're both too busy with what we're doing. I just realized that we rarely spend time together."
"We only spend time together when we're doing research together," Lily said.
Mr. Graff then stood up from his seat and immediately put on his navy coat. "Then let's eat together. We can get drunk together too."
Lily laughed at her father's words. "Are you sure you want to drink with me? We never drink together."
"Tonight will be our date," said Mr. Graff. "Come on."
Lily glanced at Mr. Graff as she stood up from her seat. She then half ran after Mr. Graff had already walked towards the door of his room. Once out of the office of Mr. Graff, Lily immediately wrapped her arms around Mr. Graff.
"I'll treat you to tonight, Dad. What do you eat?" Lily asked.
Mr. Graff thought for a while and muttered softly. "Shall we eat steak?"
"Okay. Whatever you want," said Lily.
The two then laughed together and walked out of the laboratory where they were working. "Wait here a moment. We use my car, "said Mr. Graff as soon as he and Lily arrived outside the laboratory.
Lily nodded, and Mr. Graff immediately went to the parking lot to pick up his car.
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"Holly!" murmured Mr. Graff when he opened his car door and smelled a slightly unpleasant smell from inside his car. "What smell is this? It seems a few days ago I used this car. Why does it smell like this?"
Mr. Graff then opened all the windows of his car and started the engine. He also adjusts the air filter in his car so that the unpleasant odor emanates from the vehicle. After confirming that the bad smell was gone from his car, Mr. Graff immediately got into his car.
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Lily chuckled as she watched her father's car arrive in front of her. Mr. Graff got out of his car and immediately opened the door for Lily.
"Thanks, Dad," Lily said.
Mr. Graff closed his car door again and ran slowly around his car. After that, he got back in his vehicle.
"When was the last time you drove this car, Dad?" asked Lily as soon as Mr. Graff sat behind the wheel.
Mr. Graff smiled awkwardly at Lily. "As I recall, I drove this car a few days ago. I don't know why it smells like this either."
"Looks like you have to wash your car immediately after we have dinner," said Lily.
"I agree with you. Don't forget to wear your seat belt." Mr. Graff then glanced at Lily.
Lily immediately pulled her seat belt and put it on. "Done."
"Good," said Mr. Graff. He also put on his seat belt. After that, he returned to his car, and they left the laboratory.
On her way to one of the best steakhouses in Phoenix, Lily checked the dashboard of her father's car. She wanted to see what objects were still stored on the dashboard. Lily then found a small photo album on the dashboard.
"Why did you put this here, Dad?" Lily asked Mr. Graff while showing the photo album she found.
"Sometimes I can get very sentimental when I'm passing through a place I used to go to with your mother. So, I'll stop my car and look at the photos there, "said Mr. Graff.
Lily opened the photo album in her hand. The photo of a woman wearing a brown floral dress suddenly caught her attention. "This photo must have been taken long before I was born. Mom looks pretty."
"The photo was taken when we both just finished college. We were traveling to Yellowstone at the time," explained Mr. Graff.
"Sounds like a lot of fun," Lily said.
Mr. Graff laughed softly. "She's the best partner I've ever had. It was never boring to be by her side."
"Do I feel boring to you now?"
Mr. Graff turned to Lily and chuckled softly. "Now I feel like I'm with her right now. Your eyes always remind me of your mother. You two are both women I love."
"I love you too, Dad," Lily said.
"I apologize to you because we don't have much time together like this," said Mr. Graff.
"But we do research together. You are the best mentor and father to me."
"Max says I'm a scary Dad."
Lily laughed softly. "Don't mind what Max says. Even so, you are still his favorite boss."
"That's because he doesn't know where to work anymore," said Mr. Graff.
Mr. Graff and Lily then laughed together. It didn't feel like the car they were riding in had arrived at one of the famous steakhouses in their area. Mr. Graff and Lily immediately got out of their vehicle as soon as they stopped at the restaurant entrance. A valet officer swiftly got into Mr. Graff's car and took it away from the restaurant lobby. At the same time, Lily and Mr. Graff walked into the restaurant.
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