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.

now, Nat? I'm sure you must be tired coming all this way to see Joyce

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

and Jonathan replied

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

the four of them

the car, the driver drove

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

put his phone away and looked at

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

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 again in

hearing that and went silent

caring look as 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? Eventually, you two will have to go your separate ways, and she'll be free to do whatever she wants without

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

turned out to be fine, didn't she? Now, stop thinking too much about

voice sounded so calming that Natalie soon

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