How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 278

Lucinda couldn't help but wonder-was Elodie implying she hadn't been much of a mother? That she had no right to ask anything of her?

But almost immediately, Lucinda dismissed the thought. Elodie would never dare to think that way.

Without checking if Lucinda understood her meaning, Elodie merely nodded, then turned and walked away.

Lucinda frowned at Elodie's retreating figure. In the past, she would have been pleased with Elodie's polite, distant manner. It meant Elodie knew how to behave.

But now, for some reason, it just felt... insulting.

The next day, Elodie visited the hospital to meet the specialist Elias had recommended-a man named Dr. Latham.

He was not yet forty, an expert who had returned from abroad alongside Elias, and his office was filled with photos of them treating patients all over the world. Clearly, the hospital had spared no expense to bring him back.

After reviewing Emile's case, Dr. Latham said, "We can schedule the surgery. Elias already briefed me. Don't worry, I'll do everything I can."

Elodie thanked him, but her gaze drifted to a framed photograph of Dr. Latham and Elias together. Below Elias's image was an unfamiliar name, spelled out in English.

She couldn't quite make it out.

Latham caught her lingering glance and smiled. "Fergus. That's the name he used while working

looked up in

named Fergus. After all her searching, it turned

was still reeling when she returned to the offices of VistaLink Technologies. Now that she knew Elias was Fergus, hope fluttered in her chest. If he couldn't personally

had barely stepped off the

into her office and pressed

for you," Esmeralda said, her expression complicated.

engagement party invitation-from Ivan and Queenie

got one. The party's this Friday. Remember at the Jett

Esmeralda of how Jarrod and Sylvie had stolen the spotlight at that event, jointly donating to several

the invitation, he passed along a message from Ivan: he hasn't invited a single person from the Harcourt family. If you don't show

realize he meant it. And knowing him, whatever he did

didn't change. Instead, she asked, "So everyone who went to the charity

others did too. It's a great networking opportunity-no one's going to turn

set the invitation on the desk, unconcerned. "I'll

her congratulations. Who

interested her was that Elias had also attended the charity gala. The Jett and Warwick families did business together. There was a good chance he'd be at