No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 354



I knew she wouldn't take it. Haley had clawed her way up to the high life, aiming for the stars, craving that glamorous lifestyle. That day at the hospital, she swallowed her pride and faced humiliation without ending it all. Why would she choose to die now?

This was just a ploy to coerce Jacqueline into revealing Conrad's whereabouts.

She suspected Conrad was being hidden by Herschel and Jacqueline, deliberately keeping them apart.

"Ms. Perez, you're playing your cards with more finesse than ever," I said as I walked in.

Jacqueline turned at the sound, panic written all over her face. She feared I might misunderstand why Haley was there.

Haley, however, wasn't as taken aback. She must have seen me coming. Yet, the way she held the pill bottle, her hand trembling, betrayed her

nerves.

Soon, her expression turned sorrowful. "I'm at my wit's end, Felicia. Rad's nowhere to be found, his phone's off... You see, I have no choice." She was playing the tragedy card, but it had no effect on me.

with a tilt of my chin. "Ms. Perez's way out seems to be right in your hand, isn't it?" Her face darkened, a clear sign I had hit a nerve. She wouldn't really take those pills; she was here to pressure

Haley had that

needs to say it himself," Haley's focus remained on meeting Conrad.

towering over her, the difference in our positions forcing her to look

"If I could

you find him here?"

mouth opened, but no words

you think Conrad would say if he knew you were disturbing

My

words caused panic t

BUMS

eyes.

her

voice trembling, "I wouldn't be here if I

to come here, to step through this door

took hold. "I