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.

“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

she nodded and replied, “All right, Mr. Rivers. We'll return to

thing,” Caitlin and Jonathan replied in

as she

nodded, and the four of them walked out the door

into the car, the

known that Joyce would commit suicide,” Natalie said

looked at her. “What do you

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 put more effort into picking up the signs,

pulled her into his arms. “This isn't your fault. We 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

froze upon hearing that and went

he continued, “See? You don't know what to say because you know you can't make sure of it. You can't possibly be around Joyce all the time, can you?

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

to be fine, didn't she? Now, stop thinking too much about it and

calming that Natalie soon drifted off to sleep in

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