Crossroads

That afternoon, Dominick had his men scour

en scour the area s

area several times, but Stephanie was nowhere to be found.

Even Scott was baffled. “She was right here. How did she sneak away!”

But seeing Dominick’s stony silence and the unnerving look in his eyes, Scott thought better of saying anything more and went back to work, pretending nothing had happened.

Meanwhile, Gary had regained consciousness at the hospital. It was confirmed that he had paralysis on the left side of his body and could no longer manage the company’s affairs. But he seemed calm, as if the illness had made him see through a lot of what had happened in the past.

“We’re only got one stomach and one mouth,” he said. “How much can we really eat or use? We’ve had our share of good times. There’s no need to chase after more money. Don’t worry about the company now!

DO

to the

Sumantha often sat by his bedside, mumbling these words, seemingly trying to comfort her seriously ill son or perhaps reminding herself. Diana stayed behind to look after them. Samantha’s change of heart and Gary’s determination in the face of his paralysis touched her deeply. She brought some homemade soup and carefully poured half a bowl. “Drink some soup first to settle your stomach. Later, you need rehab department for recovery training. The doctor said that with active rehabilitation, your condition will gradually improve…” Although Gary was still physically weak, his spirits were much better, and his mind was clear. He didn’t reach for the soup Diana brought over. Instead, he suddenly looked toward the door of the hospital room

Diana followed his gaze and noticed someone standing outside the door. However, the person didn’t come in, only cracked the door open slightly.

Confused, Diana set the bowl on the nightstand and went to investigate.

That’s weird…” Just as Diana approached, the person turned and hurriedly left.

She was about to chase after, but her attention was caught by a small trinket left at the doorway. Glancing at the silver necklace glinting in the light, she looked up again at the figure hurriedly leaving.

It was Courtney?

was the same one Courtney had thrown away

to Gary. “I

from Courtney and Madison, who chased their desires with a fiery passion that sometimes bordered on ruthlessness. It

wrong. It was just different

took over the silver necklace. This time, he didn’t grip it tightly but let

surprise, but Gary said nothing. He lowered his head and continued sipping his

some matters with the

from the elevator, her voice laced with urgency Stephanie, I

as if she were pondering something, but

her voice, looking more sincere this time. “Really, I saw

Stephanie responded nonchalantly.

Stephanie had been daydreaming a lot lately. Maybe something

Courtney was detained for some legal matters and needs to cooperate with an investigation, Molly continued. “By the way, did your know Jessica is now wanted‘ Apparently, she fled abroad. It’s all because Claire had a mental breakdown and crashed her car into us. They found out Jessica had given Claire some illegal drugs. The police uncovered that Jessica was involved with an underground group…

name, feeling a distant sense

what she deserved. She was never one to play nice, always stirring up trouble behind people’s backs, thinking she was so smart.

much and they couldn’t even remember her name.

11:20 AM d

Chapter 353

felt that all of

guess what? I heard Claire got out of the mental hospital and agreed to divorce Kevin. Molly’s voice rose with excitement.

in contrast to Molly’s fiery indignation, remained cool and collected,

why are you getting so worked up?” Two figures slowly approached them. The one in front, Scott, had his

face fell the moment she