Chapter 691

Mia glanced at Luna, then quickly covered her mouth, faking a smile. “Shelly, let’s not say things like that. We wouldn’t want to upset Ms. Maynard.”

“Luna is incredibly understanding; she won’t take offense,” Shelly insisted.

Mia couldn’t help but notice Luna struggling to maintain her composure.

“I understand, but for individuals like us who casually indulge in luxury items, bags and shoes are merely superficial possessions. Ms. Maynard seems to attach excessive importance to them,” Mia remarked.

Shelly readily agreed, “Exactly. For people from more modest backgrounds, a luxury item could represent their entire year’s salary, so they tend to attach great significance to it.”

A hint of bitterness flashed in Luna’s eyes. Despite her inner turmoil, she forced a composed expression and inquired, “Shelly, how is Grandma Laura’s condition?”

“They’re still doing everything they can to save her. It’s difficult to predict when it will all be over,” Shelly replied.

Glancing at the time, she realized it was already quite late. Had Laura’s condition not

suddenly deteriorated, Shelly wouldn’t have been summoned to the hospital by Harriette to

attend to Laura.

After all, Harriette had made it clear that she needed to behave well in front of Timothy to continue receiving her monthly allowance.

have found herself at

emerged from the consultation

how’s Grandma? I heard she received the reishi mushroom. What did the doctor say?”

concern for Laura, yet deep down, she dreaded the

Laura’s condition had deteriorated to the brink of death. Yet, to Luna’s dismay,

responded, “We still have to await the results of

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the treatment.”

“Considering Mrs. Barrett Senior’s prolonged illness and weakened state, a single

improve her chances, but ultimately, there are no guarantees of her recovery. All we can do is await the results of the treatment and hope for

a sigh of relief. It seemed the

in such a short time was virtually impossible, especially considering the four years it took to locate

realization, Luna could finally

long as Laura remained in her comatose state, the secrets of that fateful year would

remain buried.

but ponder Caleb’s

stalk

an extra

her memory loss persisted,

her brothers to keep collecting rare herbs, such as reishi

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