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.

said, “How about you two head back for now, Nat? I'm sure you must be

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

thing,” Caitlin and Jonathan replied in

turned toward Shane as she said, “Let's go,

of them walked out

the driver drove straight for

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

phone away and looked at her. “What

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

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

froze 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 she wants without you stopping her. So, you see, there's no need for you to hold

feel bad for missing the opportunity to stop her when I

know, but you don't have to. Joyce turned out to be fine, didn't she? Now, stop thinking too much about

that Natalie soon drifted

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255