Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 374

Grandma Emily couldn't shake the nagging suspicion gnawing at her heart, even if she couldn't quite accept it. She shook her head, murmuring softly, trying to convince either Rose or perhaps just herself. The idea that her own

granddaughter, whom she had raised, could poison her son was unfathomable to

her.

Rose, resigned, shook her head, casting a frosty glance at Grandma Emily before turning on her heel and walking away. She made another call to the prison to arrange a visit. If her hunch was right, Lillian would be facing a new charge- attempted murder. It was time to confront her ungrateful foster daughter.

After what seemed like an eternity, the emergency room doors finally swung open. Joshua, Watson, and Javier surged forward almost in unison.

"Doctor, how's Allie?" Joshua asked.

"Doctor, what's her condition?" Watson chimed in.

"Doctor, how's my daughter doing?" Javier added.

there, nerves taut, hearts pounding with hope yet dreading bad news. The lead surgeon pulled off his mask, a weary smile breaking through. "The patient is out of

a spark of hope, and the weight on his heart lightened a

doctor with gratitude. Particularly Javier, a man nearing fifty, sobbed until his eyes were red, his voice thick with emotion, "Thank you, Doctor, thank you

and left. Allison was wheeled out by several nurses, and as Joshua watched her, pale and unconscious on

gently reminded them, "Please step back. We need

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as the nurses took Allison to the ICU. The oppressive tension in the

with tears, said, "I knew the heavens would look out

soul; she

rimmed with red, sniffled, "As long as she's

breath, wiping her tears, "Thank goodness Allie's alright. I can't even bear to think of what

sw

to Allison, I'd