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

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

and Jonathan replied

Shane as she said, “Let's

nodded, and the four of them walked out the door hand in

car, the driver drove straight for

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

looked at her. “What

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 too much thought afterward. If I had put more effort into picking up the signs, I might've been able to figure out she was

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

froze upon hearing that

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 she wants without you stopping her. So, you

he said. “I just feel bad for missing the

Now, stop thinking too much about it and get some

so calming that Natalie soon drifted off to

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