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.

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

how tired her kids looked, she nodded and replied, “All right, Mr. Rivers. We'll return to the

and Jonathan

turned toward Shane as

nodded, and the four of them walked out the

getting into the car, the driver

commit suicide,” Natalie said with reddened eyes along the

away and looked at

she explained, “Joyce came to see me a few days ago when I was leaving for the airport. She mentioned something about her running out of time. I felt something was off about her, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it, so I didn't give it

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

upon hearing that and

know you can't make sure of it. You can't possibly be around Joyce all the time, can you? Eventually, you two will have to go your separate ways, and she'll be free to do whatever

feel bad for missing the opportunity to stop her when I clearly had

have to. Joyce turned out to be fine, didn't she? Now, stop thinking too much about it and get some rest,” Shane whispered while

that Natalie soon drifted off

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