Chapter 1600

Jamie frowned. "Aren't you getting it backwards? Haven't you been the ones pushing us into a corner all this time?"

The woman stiffened and retorted sharply, "That's because we have no choice but to protect ourselves."

Perhaps she had been holding her son too tightly, because the boy squirmed and mumbled, "Mom, you're hurting me."

The woman quickly loosened her grip, her face flushed with guilt. "I'm sorry, Hugo."

The boy rubbed her arm gently and replied in his soft, sweet voice, "It's okay, Mommy. I forgive you."

Her son's reassurance seemed to calm her nerves.

Seizing the moment, Jamie said, "I think there's a misunderstanding between us."

"What misunderstanding? Are you going to deny that Mrs. Lopez ended up in the hospital because of you? You people, with your wealth and power, could crush us with no effort," the woman sneered. So it came down to this, just as Jamie had anticipated.

Fortunately, she was prepared. Before leaving the hospital, she had obtained Mrs. Lopez's medical report.

"Mrs. Zeller, I'd like you to take a look at this before you jump to conclusions," Jamie said, placing the report on the table and sliding it toward her.

flickered to the papers but she

glanced at Hugo in Fiona's arms. The boy's eyes were glued to the fruit and milk Fiona had set

you like some?" Jamie

shaking his head. But

sighed softly, catching the guilty look on Fiona's face. "Go ahead and eat it. Don't worry, there's more where that came from." "Really?" Hugo's eyes lit up as he turned to his

if to say no, but seeing her son's hopeful

old district,

to be rationed and saved for special occasions, sometimes redistributed at the end of the year. Spending on unnecessary items

watching her child go without always came with a pang of guilt. Hugo, now reassured, happily began unwrapping the milk carton. His innocent joy brought a faint smile to Jamie's lips. "See

emotions a mixture of

to buy a new home outright,

empty talk. Nothing but lies,"

shifted, a

if you've never tried? And if you read the medical

condition was due to years of neglect, not

glanced reluctantly

tone again. "Instead of doubting us, maybe you should think about who's been stirring

while, Jamie excused herself and

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