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.

what seemed like forever, Jonathan turned toward Natalie and said, “How about you two head back for now, Nat? I'm sure you must be tired coming all

at Shane and her two kids in response. Upon noticing how tired her kids looked, she nodded and replied, “All right, Mr. Rivers. We'll return to the hotel and get

and Jonathan

Shane as she said, “Let's

the four of them walked out the door

the driver drove straight for

that Joyce would commit suicide,” Natalie said with reddened eyes along the

and looked at her. “What do you

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 too much thought afterward. If I had

are all separate individuals, so we can't control what others do. Even if you did figure out Joyce's intentions and stopped her from committing suicide, how would you be sure that she won't attempt it

hearing that and went

you? Eventually, you two will have to go your separate ways, and she'll be free to do whatever she wants without you stopping her. So, you see, there's no need for

was right about everything he said. “I just feel bad for missing the opportunity to stop her when

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

so calming that Natalie soon drifted

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