Rebirth Reclaiming Her Self by Fleur Delacour

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Joseph felt a sense of unease as Scarlet abruptly grabbed him and spoke frantically.

He was originally anxious for a while when a rush of realization hit him. He recalled Christopher mentioning yesterday that Zacharias‘ match had been arranged, and Scarlet seemed to have agreed, too.

In the midst of his confusion and Scarlet’s urgency, he had completely forgotten it. What’s going on? Something seems off.

Scarlet continued to be restless, and her voice grew increasingly desperate. “Bring that wretched Angela here! If something happens to Zacharias, let her make amends with her life!”

Her voice had become raspy, and her eyes were bloodshot red.

“Mom!” Joseph shouted suddenly as if trying to snap her out of it.

He gripped her arms tightly and stared into her somewhat dazed eyes. “Mom, Christopher said you agreed to the match arrangement before. Don’t you remember?”

He wanted to confirm the truth of Christopher’s words.

The rush back here, on top of Scarlet’s incessant questioning, caused his thoughts to go in various directions. His mind went blank, and he somehow forgot Christopher’s words.

Scarlet remained bewildered as if stuck in a trance. “I don’t know!”

She shook her head incessantly, and her already disheveled hair resembled a mop.

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Seeing her complexion turn paler by the second, he felt both worried and anxious. He knew pressing her for answers now wouldn’t get him anywhere. “Mom, please try to calm down,” he urged. “Please, just try to relax.”

But Scarlet couldn’t calm down at all.

She clung tightly to his arm; her face was drained of colors, and her body trembled uncontrollably. Still, she stubbornly gritted her teeth and insisted, “You’re not allowed to use Zacharias‘ kidney!”

Upon hearing this, he immediately made a promise. “Mom, I promise, even if the match is successful, I won’t let him donate.”

At his pledge, she suddenly passed out.

quickly called for a doctor, who reassured him that Scarlet had simply passed out from the shock and exhaustion, with no serious. consequences. Only then did

ward, Fanny burst in. “Joseph, what’s going on with Mom?” she asked anxiously, her

and it seemed she had

her already fragile health, her face was now deathly pale

and vulnerable, Joseph felt a tug at his

worry. Mom’s alright. But you need to take care of yourself. Your health isn’t fully

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Maybe I should stay here with her,” she suggested.

firmly. Scarlet’s collapse had been too sudden, and he hadn’t had the chance to fill Fanny in on the kidney

kind–hearted. Knowing that Zacharias wants to donate his kidney to her

she didn’t insist on staying. She hesitated and said, “Then should we let Christopher take care of him? He has

expression darkened at the mention of Christopher’s

not!” His sudden firmness startled

and uncertainty

and startled, he realized he needed to reassure

leave,

were still twenty minutes until 2 o’clock, and the cethey had agreed upon was about twenty minutes

ming out, and

soon as

the ward and took a

after Jonathan took Angela to the coffee shop, Joseph hurried

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her side in her meeting with Joseph, so as

glanced at him,

he couldn’t play with it on the table like before, so he had

quickly checked the time and noted that it was exactly one minute past

and he seemed in a hurry. As soon as he arrived at the private room, he didn’t even sit

expression clearly

and she nodded toward the glass on the table as a gentle

her hand from Jonathan’s firm grasp, she sensed his unease toward Joseph and decided to

sticking close out