My Mirror Image

Chapter 0173

Candice recognized the weight of the decision resting on her shoulders. Yet she was at a loss for what action to take, her thoughts clouded and indecisive.

The sudden ring of her phone cut through the tense atmosphere.

Seizing this timely distraction, she excused herself to answer the call. “Sorry, I have to take this.”

Once outside the meeting room, the suffocating air seemed to dissipate. She hastily answered the phone without glancing at the caller ID.

Dean Schmidt’s voice, laden with urgency, came through. “Ms. Renault, your grandfather has gone to find your mother by himself. He was determined to confront her after speaking with you this morning. We managed to stop him initially, but he vanished during lunch. Security didn’t notice his departure, which likely happened during the shift change.”

Candice nearly stumbled, steadying herself against the wall.

She replied with forced calmness. “I’m on my way to Yvonne’s place now. Could you and the caregivers please hurry over to get there?”

Candice dashed downstairs after quickly finishing the call, only remembering to notify Kayla of her abrupt departure and inability to return to the meeting.

Kayla cautiously conveyed this to Alex. “Mr. Elysian, Candice had an emergency and had to leave.”

Alex’s eyes flickered with curiosity. “What happened?”

“I’m not sure, but she’s in a hurry. She should be in the parking lot now.”

”

At this, Alex paused momentarily before standing and declaring coolly, “Meeting dismissed.”

Sonia observed his retreating back, her expression tinged with bitterness.

Receiving a call herself, she quickly ended it and followed Alex, maintaining a facade of indifference.

Candice drove hastily to the motel where Yvonne was staying, her driving erratic with urgency, and ran several red lights on her way there.

called yet, but she had told him to call her as soon

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the car, then stepped

nonchalantly working at the front desk with

and asked, “I need to find Yvonne Sundance. Can

man glanced at her lethargically, about to respond, when a sudden crashing sound and Yvonne’s

up the stairs and

open door.

Joe, panting and leaning on his cane, glared at Yvonne, who knelt on the

his features as he berated her, “Is this how I raised you? You’ve even sacrificed your self–respect for

seen how people are cursing her on the internet? Calling her heartless and predicting

who deserves to die? Where has she done you wrong? What did

to you, you good–for–nothing?”

coughing at the end, and his cane was

but in his anger he was

forward, he almost lost

to assist

aback. He took

take you back to the nursing home,” she softly soothed, not wanting to look at Yvonne kneeling on the ground. “If you don’t want to go back,

mentioning Yvonne or her own troubles,

being.

eyes brimmed with tears as he looked at her, his voice shaking with

down the cheeks of the old man

to understand her pain. No

H

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was as if they all perceived her as unbreakable, devold of

her lips together, Candice fought to keep her emotions

sadness grew as he saw her