Unbeknownst to them, Sage hadn't been deeply asleep. He had actually awakened the moment Timothy took him from Mia's arms.

However, he had apprehensions about the situation becoming awkward if he were to wake up in Timothy's embrace.

Hence, he decided to continue pretending to be asleep until they arrived home.

After stealing a glance at Ginger and Sage, Mia softly closed the door behind her.

She couldn't help but notice the perspiration glistening on Timothy's forehead.

"Here, have a sip," Patricia offered, handing him a glass of water.

"Thanks," Timothy said, accepting the water and taking a gulp. "I should probably get going now."

As Mia observed Timothy's silhouette fading away, she eventually trailed behind him to the door. Meeting his gaze, she reassured him, "You don't have to dwell on Mrs. Barrett's words."

Timothy's footsteps came to a halt at Mia's words. "She was speaking the truth," he conceded.

Watching him walk away, Mia decided not to follow.

her wonder about the emotions Sharon had been wrestling with over the years whenever she was around Timothy. Before long,

trying to ease Patricia's worry. "We spontaneously decided to visit the amusement park today, and the

Mia. "Mia, are you and

the kids to

late. I think I'll turn

letting out a faint

made his way to the hospital,

Sharon was already aware of his true lineage caught him off guard, sparking a feeling of self-reproach

turned on his

As she observed Timothy's departing figure, her

evident that Luna wasn't about to

on the bed, connected to a ventilator, her

to have spent the past five years lying in bed like a corpse? "When I came to you back then, I wasn't asking for a fortune. All I wanted was a chance for Asher and me to survive, just a bit of financial support to get by. "Yet

of the Barrett family

frail Laura, Luna pressed on, "Of all people, you should have been the one to go. Life would have been so much

you had allowed

a second thought, Luna decisively unplugged Laura's ventilator. Watching Laura struggle for breath,

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