Ignoring the lump forming in her throat, Natalie tried to keep her voice as aloof as possible. “What's the matter?”

Harrison shut his eyes. “I only want to tell you and Jared that I'm sorry.”

“What for?” Natalie narrowed her eyes.

Harrison breathed a sigh. “Yes. I'm sorry for not being a good father. I have wronged you, Jared, and your mom.”

“Are you calling only to admit your faults and apologize to us? Well, it's too late! My mom is already dead, and she can never hear your apology!” she scoffed.

The man fell silent for two seconds. “No, I'm calling not only to apologize but to tell you something.”

“What is it?” Natalie's brows drew together.

On the other end of the phone, Harrison gave the nurse a look to gesture her to leave his ward.

After the nurse had gone out, he said in a solemn tone, “It's the truth about your mom's death.”

rage. Jumping out of bed to her feet, she

truth about my mom's death? My assumption is right. My mom's passing

Clutching the phone

Shane had just finished showering and was coming out of the bathroom in a bathrobe. The first thing he saw was her getting all

wrong?” he asked with his

red-rimmed eyes, she looked at him. “Shane, my mom really didn't slip and

landed on the phone in her hand.

Natalie nodded her

speaker.” Shane flung his bath towel aside and marched toward

and Harrison's voice echoed in the room. “Yes, your mom died in my and Susan's hands, but I'm not the main culprit. At most,

the both of you...” Her

her emotional outburst would affect the baby in her belly, Shane squeezed her hands, signaling her to calm down

for me at the Smith Residence. After she went out, she bumped into Susan. I don't know what they talked about. All I saw was Susan sitting on the floor with a terrified look on her face, while Yulia had already fallen and was

you see Susan pushing my mom off the stairs?” Natalie

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