Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 213

Chapter 213

Scarlett’s POV

I rushed through Mayo Clinic’s corridors, shoving past a cluster of nurses and staff gathered outside Laurel’s room.

“Move! Let me through!” I pushed my way to the front where a security guard waited.

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“Mrs. Rose,” he said, relief washing over his face. “Miss Rose has been like this for thirty minutes now.”

“What’s the damage?” I asked, straightening my jacket..

“We’ve tallied everything,” he replied as something crashed inside the room. “The doctor wants to sedate her, but we need your permission first.”

“No sedatives,” I said firmly. “I’ll handle this.”

I squared my shoulders and walked in.

The smell of antiseptic hit me as I entered the disaster zone that was once a pristine hospital room. Broken glass covered the floor, equipment lay overturned, and shredded pillows left fabric floating in the air.

I picked my way through the debris, my heels crunching over glass.

“Laurel,” I said simply.

She sat on the edge of the bed, looking up with cold eyes. “What do you want? Haven’t you done enough?”

“If it weren’t for you,” she continued, voice rising, “I’d have made Blake hate Audrey by now. It’s your fault! He’s falling for her again!”

I took a breath. “Laurel, maybe it’s time to let go. Things that aren’t meant to be yours… Blake never really liked you from the beginning. You’re just – ”

“Why doesn’t he like me!” she screamed, grabbing the water glass from her bedside and hurling it at my head.

The glass struck my forehead with a dull thud before shattering on the floor. I felt warm blood trickle down but didn’t

move.

with me?” she demanded, eyes wild. “What makes

approaching her. ‘Laurel, calm down. Nobody’s saying you’re worse

forget who your daughter

your other daughter did?”

stopped me cold. My outstretched arms froze midway. The color drained from my face

that,” I said quietly. “Im always on

head. “I only

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looking away. “I need to figure something out.

silence stretched between us until Laurel’s expression suddenly

her eyes.

softly, “I know what

continued, “because of me, Parker Group has given Rose family businesses so many advantages. You know how much we’ve made from

slightly. “If Blake finds out I’ve been lying all this time… he’ll cut ties with

suddenly earnest. “Mom, we

“Please help me. Helping me means helping our family,

in my eyes, and I whispered. “Alright,

her eyes, leaning close to

to make Rachel

Audrey’s POV

through me. James wasn’t an option; I didn’t want to give him false hope. And Ethan had already

drama.

I thought, feeling more alone than I

properly for taking me in when I

too much, but I needed to bring something. Arms full of bags, I headed to her building, trying to remember

black car pulled up as I approached the entrance. Andrew Jensen, that lawyer, stepped out from the driver’s side. I almost called out when he circled around and helped

I froze, watching them.

doctor friend lives here?” Scarlett was saying, nose wrinkled as she

in this dump?”

is known for being thrifty,”

need to be thrifty. I’ve never known what it’s like

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