"It's my fault. It's all my fault!" Toph cried out. "I'm the one who pushed her to do this... I didn't apologize or resolve our conflict. Instead, I pushed her to this point...

"Mom, I'm the reason Renee tried to take her own life! I messed up!"

He raised his arm, intending to hit himself, but Zephyr tightly gripped his wrist before he could.

"Calm down!" Zephyr growled. "You're a man, look at yourself!"

"Dad..."

Nicholas also tried to console him. "Toph, you're gentle and kind. That's why you try to shoulder all the blame. But you're not truly at fault. So, please, stop blaming yourself."

Toph stood there with teary eyes, and Cordelia felt a deep sadness seeing him like that.

Meanwhile, she had an inkling of what was going on. It seemed that Renee had captured all of Toph's attention with this incident.

Zennie was part of the emergency team and soon emerged from the emergency room.

to save her in time. Her life is no longer in

like all his strength had been drained from him, and he leaned weakly against

with complex emotions. "Trust your aunt's expertise. I won't let anything happen to

many sleeping

few," she replied honestly. "There were some remnants even after the first round of stomach pumping, so we had to do it again. We can't take any risks, though those procedures have been completed. We need

"Is it that serious?"

"That's correct."

He followed Renee's gurney as she was wheeled out and continued calling her

meaningful look, seeing the doubt and helplessness

Cordelia whispered. "I thought she was just playing childish games to win him back. I never

would gamble with her own life,"

can persuade Toph right now," Cordelia

"Wifey,

was taken aback. "You

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