Neither of them had anything to say in objection to his statement.

Caitlin and Jonathan nodded in unison after a brief moment of hesitation.

“You're right, Mr. Thompson. We should let Joyce make that decision when she wakes up.” Jonathan said with a sigh, hunching his back even further.

Maybe Joyce would give up on committing suicide after finding out that she's pregnant...

Since Joyce had attempted to commit suicide in order to resolve the grudge between the Rivers family and the Quinn family, she would surely make another attempt later on.

Jonathan and Caitlin knew that all too well because they were planning on doing the exact same thing.

As such, the discovery of her baby was probably their only hope at saving Joyce's life.

“All right...” Caitlin sobbed.

Everyone else fell silent after that and simply stared at Joyce, who was still lying motionless on the bed.

toward Natalie and said, “How about you two head back for now, Nat? I'm sure you must be tired coming all this way to see Joyce today. You can come by again

kids looked, she nodded and replied, “All right, Mr. Rivers. We'll return to the hotel and get some rest. We'll come by again

thing,” Caitlin and Jonathan

toward Shane as she said, “Let's go,

the four of them walked out the

car, the driver drove straight for the

should've known that Joyce would commit suicide,” Natalie said with reddened eyes

and looked

about her, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it, so I didn't give it too much thought afterward. If

can't control what others do. Even if you did figure out Joyce's intentions and stopped her

froze upon hearing that and

Joyce all the time, can you? Eventually, you two will have to go your separate ways, and she'll be free to do whatever

that he was right about everything he said. “I just feel bad for missing the

stop thinking too much about it and get some rest,” Shane whispered while softly patting her on

sounded so calming that Natalie soon drifted off to

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