Chapter 197

Yancy’s expression and tone were a bizarre mix of a fifty-year-old woman and a nine-year-old girl. Despite her mature demeanor, her voice betrayed the innocence of a child.

The abrupt end to the call left Yancy reaching out, her pale hands grasping for the phone. “Diego, my son…” Her pleas echoed in the room.

Yancy’s struggles proved futile as she was held tightly by her grandmother. Though Melinda wasn’t the strongest, she possessed more strength than the young girl.

With the call abruptly severed, there was no need to fret about Yancy’s screams.

The room fell into stunned silence, with everyone, especially Oliver and his mother, Calista, taken aback by Yancy’s perplexing condition.

Oliver had encountered his fair share of peculiar occurrences, but Yancy’s situation still caught him off guard.

While Frederick and Lillian had grown accustomed to Yancy’s bouts of “spouting nonsense,” they had never actually dialed the number of her supposed “son” before.

Yancy was their flesh-and-blood daughter; there was no way she could be someone named “Gianna,” as she claimed.

The couple had disregarded Yancy’s ramblings, attributing them to her mind. being affected by a severe fever.

Calista’s insistence on calling Yancy’s supposed son left them bewildered and anxious. Frederick even entertained the thought that his daughter might be. “possessed by a ghost”!

Yancy’s struggles in Melinda’s embrace reached a hysterical peak as she declared. her intent to call the police, find her son, and return to her hometown…

Calista was visibly flustered, her earlier suspicion that her brother was concocting an excuse to ask for money now cast aside.

I’ll provide it. We have to get Yancy to a major hospital

he shook his head. “Calista, it’s not about where to go for treatment. We’ve been to several big hospitals, but they couldn’t do anything unless we take her to a psychiatric hospital. Unfortunately,

a neighbor in our area fend off

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such a situation and didn’t know how to

in, “Absolutely. I can sense that something’s off with Yancy. Hurry up, make that call. Don’t worry about the money; I’ve got it covered.

strange. It might be some

object to Melinda’s suggestion. Seeing her daughter in distress, Lillian quickly filled half a cup with hot water and

spirit was, in fact, very feeble, and she fell into a deep sleep shortly after

gradually quieted down, everyone was left catching their

isn’t a mere ploy for money; Yancy is genuinely in trouble,” he thought.

her neighbor. Unfortunately, to her disappointment, the priest was reported to be traveling and unreachable by phone. There was no certainty about

We need to, at the very least, uncover the

Yancy was asleep, he silently approached and gently took her wrist, activating the Book of Immortality

aura circulated within Yancy’s body,

troubled; how would he tackle this situation if the cause

he pondered, “If it’s a lie, as the saying goes, it takes ten lies to complete a lie. A lie is

“What if I invite her two sons over? If

first identify the cause. Since she mentioned having

initially inclined to decline, but after some thought, he asked Oliver, “They… Surely, it costs money

They are Yancy’s ‘sons. What if the neighbors see this? Won’t they make

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