Chapter 509 To The Hospital

“Since you hate me so much, why go through all the trouble to come to me? I’ve made my intentions to never call her my mother clear. Isn’t that what you want?”

I did not take Janette’s snide remarks seriously as she was an unimportant person to me.

“If it weren’t for her declining health, do you think I would stoop to come to you? If you have a heart, you would visit your own mother.”

We regarded each other with intense and mutual dislike in the ensuing silence. In a funny way, we tolerated each other’s existence for the same reason—our mother. If Janette was not Alicia’s daughter, I would have already had security escort her out of the building.

“If I have a heart?” I repeated incredulously, my temper rising once more. “Whether or not I pay her a visit isn’t any of your concern. I’ve had enough of you, Janette. Either you leave quietly, or I’ll have security rough you up before throwing you out. I don’t have the patience to be civilized with you.”

“You’ve gone too far, Anna!” she shouted, thoroughly angered at that point. “I’ve already swallowed my pride by coming here to beg you to visit our mother. What else would you have me do?”

“You are the one assuming that I would do that,” I answered coldly. “As I’ve made it clear, I’m never going to reconcile with her. Let me remind you that you came to me today. Weren’t you all high and mighty back then?”

“You’ll regret this, Anna!”

At that final ominous threat, she turned and marched out of my office.

I did not like to be blackmailed. As Janette was already out of earshot, I swallowed the savage retort that was already at the tip of my tongue.

wondered how many more times I had to deal with this going forward despite having already

twinged guiltily at the news of Alicia’s

my mother, after all. Though she had done something to hurt me, I could never repay the debt of being nurtured in her

I arrived at work. Though it did make me feel more at ease, I could not help feeling a

by-product of the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter. Soon, my worst fears were realized

felt before in my life. I did not remember feeling as terrified as I did when I pictured her being diagnosed with

some of the resentment I had

up, I felt completely lost in my panicked

was the first person I thought of. I called him blubbering in tears and he did all he could to comfort

a panic attack as he screeched to a halt outside my office building

I had never felt as frightened as that moment as I

a gentle voice as he reached out to give my hand a squeeze, looking into

He has just informed me that she was

wasn’t until I felt the immense weight lifted from my shoulders that I realized how much his words

hearing that Alicia was not affected by anything life-threatening, I felt slightly ashamed of how

despite repeatedly voicing my reluctance to reconcile with her, I allowed myself to become jumpy and nervous at the slightest threat to her health. It

relief,” I murmured absently, distinctly aware of the extent of

that had rushed over me at the news of her well-being made

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