Lost Me Gained Regret

Undoubtedly, the message was from Kane.

Gregory snatched the phone from my hands and dialed back immediately.

-No answer.

I took my phone back and stepped out to the balcony to call Pearl.

Hearing my voice, Pearl seemed rather upset, even surprised, "Jane, you're still alive..."

Her voice trailed off, "What do you want calling me?"

Pretending ignorance.

I didn't have the patience for beating around the bush, so I got straight to the point: "Pearl, I know you want to fight for Dorothy's share of the Myers family estate. Fine, I agree. Everything that Ramona left me in her will, I'm willing to give to Dorothy. Is that satisfactory?"

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing this, Pearl sounded pleased, leisurely saying, "Are you negotiating with me, or... begging me?"

I glanced through the sliding glass door at my grandmother, sleeping peacefully, and suppressed my anger, "Take it as you will. Right now, I just need the antidote. If something really happens to Ramona, it won't be good for you either, right?"

They were always afraid that if Ramona regained her sanity, she would bring me back into the Myers fold. But actually harming Ramona and risking her life was a step they dared not take.

possibility that the Myers estate would end up in my hands as per

Ramona were to suffer because we couldn't administer

I can't afford to

it's

lightly, "Have you thought this through? The Myers estate might not be what it was a few years ago, but to the vast majority, it's still an unreachable status. Are you really

in black and white. The

you sure?" She

seven now. Bring the antidote and the contract to the hospital by ten, and

agreed, confidently saying,

Gregory looked at me, already guessing what

"She agreed?" he asked.

she did." I

their elaborate schemes, this was exactly what they

been on the phone,

my arm, which had somehow gotten dirty in the abandoned factory,

"Let me handle

okay?"

"No need."

be the last people you want to see, right? It's better for you to stay out of

from this situation, since