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.

it not for financial considerations, Shelly wouldn’t have found herself at the hospital in the dead of night,

emerged from the consultation room.

received the

displayed apparent concern for Laura, yet deep down, she dreaded the prospect of

passed, and Laura’s condition had deteriorated to the brink of death. Yet, to Luna’s dismay, Timothy had somehow obtained a stalk of reishi

he 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 stalk of reishi mushroom can only offer limited

would greatly 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 the

exhaled a sigh of relief. It seemed

second stalk of reishi mushroom in such a short time was virtually impossible, especially considering the four years

could finally

her comatose state, the secrets of that fateful year would

remain buried.

Mia couldn’t help but

stalk of reishi mushroom, and coincidentally, she

extra

didn’t have any sick relatives, her memory loss persisted,

brothers to keep collecting rare herbs, such

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