With that, Shane threw the handkerchief onto Jackson's face and turned around for the elevator with both hands tucked inside his own pockets.

Silas did not immediately follow suit. Instead, he gestured at Jackson with a finger to the two security guards so that they would watch Jackson, just to make sure Jackson did not do anything foolish. Only afterward did he go after Shane.

Although Mr. Shane was not explicit about wanting to stop Dr. Baker from seeking death, he must not actually wish to see the doctor dead. Otherwise, he would not have bothered to make the trip and to bring up Dr. Baker's parents at all. All in all, Mr. Shane must just be stubborn on the lips.

When they stepped outside the entrance to the hospital, Shane suddenly paused. Amidst Silas' confoundment, the former took out his phone to make a call.

Very quickly, Silas realized who he was calling. Shane had called Jackson's parents and told them everything; about Jacqueline's death, Jackson's resultant anguish, as well as his desire to end his own life over it.

Jackson's parents nearly fainted from their aggrievement over that.

Knowing well what sort of person Jacqueline was, they had never approved of Jackson's infatuation with that woman. That was especially the case in a recent couple of months past when Jackson and Jacqueline started seeing each other in earnest—a situation that they met with fervent opposition. The debacle with Jacqueline went as far as to drive a wedge between their son and themselves.

date. That was because they knew that Jacqueline was not serious about Jackson, to begin with.

pill by then and be able to see Jacqueline as who she really was. That was why they

they had predicted. Jackson and Jacqueline broke up shortly after, and that came to Jackson as a massive blow. As pained as they felt as parents, they were even more relieved that Jacqueline

of the shadows of his heartbreak soon after they parted ways. Never did they expect that Jacqueline would emerge as the culprit behind the killing of Shane's parents. Also, they had never expected that Jacqueline would cajole Jackson into setting her free after she had been held captive by Shane, leading to the dissolution of the friendship between

enough that Jacqueline took her own life,

that drove Jackson's parents mad

you for informing us of this. We

and

Silas thought. Shane was nonetheless unable to simply allow Jackson to

and foremost, it was because Jacqueline was not someone worth doing

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