Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 78

Chapter 78

Since the start of her workday, Joycelyn had been feeling assassey nor of forenting

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She had been busy all day, not even having time for a sip of water, as it’s demands meze irzotikly high

At 4 PM, her phone, which had been sitting on her deck, beges rising ano–dog

At first, Joycelyn thought it was from the Mercer family, ano de ipsosende, alking up to block the munker But then a text message popped up.

It read that her mother had collapsed and was bleeding from her mouth

Accompanying the message were three pictures.

Two were of her mother in the midst of coughing up blood, a gruesome sight, and the tied sowed her mother bying werk and hooked up to an oxygen mask in the hospital

Her heart immediately tightened in worry, but the suppressed the urge to respond

The images stirred painful memories of the Mercer family’s past mistreatment, and the cold reality and her again er own mother had never once stood up for her.

Her heart slowly turned colder as she thought about it

Just as she was about to block the number, another message came through [Dad’s been detained. I have to go to school, so you should come over, take care of Mom, and pay for her medical bills. If you don’t, you can come pick up her body later. I won’t deal with it.]

As she read this, Joycelyn’s face turned icy, and her hands began to shake with anger

This was how her mother’s stepdaughter treated her–hoping she’d die at the most crucial moment. Meanwhile, Joycelyn had been bending over backwards, trying to maintain good relations with them, treating them like family.

Joycelyn didn’t respond and quickly blocked the number.

About ten minutes later, her phone rang again. This time it was a landline, showing it was from the hospital

a moment before picking it up.

her mother’s condition and expressing concern about the

couldn’t proceed without

she wasn’t keen on going. Her mother had stomach issues, and now she had developed an

at her unfinished work, got up, and asked Linda for leave. Surprisingly,

gathering her things, Joycelyn rushed

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necessary paperwork,

silently outside, expressionless, her face devoid of any emotion–no pain,

flashed through her mind were memories of her

now, she was grown, with her own life. She didn’t have to stay in that toxic environment

went to the nurse’s

finished making the arrangements, her phone rang again–this time a call

towing agent read out her license plate, she began to wonder if today was her unlucky day.

been fine in the garage,

there,” she replied, hanging up quickly. She gave the caregiver a few instructions before

car from front to

spotted a familiar, sinister face with a mask, staring at her through the car window.

before she could

the keys. Open the trunk,” Cedric ordered, steadying Joycelyn as his brother Tristan opened

a few minutes, the car left the garage, and Joycelyn, still dazed, was thrown into the cramped

her head, forcing

her wrists, her mouth taped shut, preventing her

her own car. It had to be Octavia and her gambling cousin, Tristan, who

Joycelyn didn’t know why they risked everything

from the front seat. “Maybe we should take her home for a bit.”

skin crawl with revulsion and anger.

bored, we can