The next day, Daisy came to visit Jolie. Noticing Jackie in the room, she frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

Jackie replied with a friendly tone, "I'm Miss Quin's caregiver. And you are?"

Daisy's expression shifted briefly before she responded, "You can leave now. There's nothing for you to do here."

Jackie grew wary and glanced at Jolie for guidance.

Jolie said calmly, "Jackie, I'd like some fruit."

Jackie immediately understood that Jolie was subtly asking her to step out.

"Alright," she nodded and left the room.

As soon as the door closed, Daisy turned to Jolie. "Jolie, did you look into that caregiver? What's her background? Is she reliable?"

Jolie met her mother's gaze, her tone flat. "Sure. I'll investigate later."

Daisy hesitated for a moment as if she suddenly remembered something. "I'm sorry, Jolie. Yesterday I forgot about you. There was an issue at the company, and your father and I were tied up until late. Were you alright? You didn't go hungry, did you?" Jolie found it laughable.

That was just an

was nothing more than her father's attempt to make her bend to his will by

fine," Jolie replied evenly. "If you don't want to arrange a caregiver for me, I can find one

looked uncomfortable. The Quin family had always prided itself on how much they cherished

in the room

her bandages, the pain was almost unbearable. After forcing down a few bites of breakfast earlier, she now felt pale and drained, with no energy to engage in conversation. She finally spoke, her voice faint. "Mom, if there's nothing else, you should go. I need

and you're actually trying to

have to leave if you don't want to, but I'm going to

that, she closed her

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was annoyed but couldn't bring herself to express it as she looked at Jolie's pale, fragile face. After a moment of silence, she

words, she

curled into a silent,

no one from the Quin family showed up. Jolie had expected this, so

surprised her

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