Super Mommy and Her Triplets

Chapter 702 Gone Their Separate Ways

Bailey gave Veikko a meaningful stare before striding toward the door.

She sighed again as she placed her hand on the door handle.

“Veikko, they may be your enemies, but they're also your family. I hope you can avenge your mother, but please don't drag innocent people into this.”

She left the study without awaiting Veikko's reply.

Veikko stared at her back, his hands slowly curling into fists at his sides.

Painful scenes surfaced in his mind. The hatred he had barely managed to tamp down threatened to burst forth in full force again.

I put up with the humiliation for so many years, flirting with danger just for the opportunity to destroy my enemy and avenge this ignominy. The opportunity is now ripe. I won't just change my years-long stance over someone's well-meaning advice, not even if it comes from Bailey. No one can truly understand my pain until they've been in my shoes.

Veikko's past was a nightmare he could never outrun. Only bloodshed and violence could quell the demons in his heart.

In the corridor outside, Lindsey clung to Bailey's elbow and cast wary glances toward the study.

She asked timidly, “Who was that young man, Bailey? Why is he so hostile toward me? Is there some sort of bad blood between us?”

Bailey shot her a sidelong glance, appearing conflicted.

Frankly, the Carter family's well-being had nothing to do with her.

Yet the young woman beside her was close to Edmund, and at one point, Bailey even believed she would be the one to break the walls around Edmund's heart.

She even wished Lindsey could spend a long and happy life with Edmund.

The significance of Lindsey's identity as the eldest daughter of Epea's most prestigious family only struck Bailey then. That makes her Veikko's...

Bailey snapped out of her thoughts and answered Lindsey's question with one of her own. “Why do you think he hates you? Have you met him before?”

Lindsey shook her head hastily and said, “No, no, I don't know him at all. He looks like someone who runs in underground circles. His hands are probably stained by the blood of countless men. Why would I know someone like him?”

Bailey's gaze dimmed.

That's right. Veikko runs around with gangs and has plenty of lives on his hands. He's from a totally different world from the naive, sheltered daughter of a prestigious family. But does she know that the two of them share the same blood? He's simply not as fortunate as her. Her mother is the official wife, while his mother is a lowly mistress. The two of them are biological siblings, yet your lives have diverged in such extreme directions.

Something compelled Bailey to advise Lindsey, “You'd do well to stay away from him in the future, Lindsey. He's a loner, plus—”

Surprise cut off the rest of her warning. Lindsey suddenly increased her pace and dragged Bailey toward the elevator, muttering, “I don't know him, Bailey, and I don't think we'll ever meet again. Let's not talk about him. Bring me to see Edmund.”

Still, Bailey hesitated.

Edmund doesn't want to see anyone. Would he throw a fit if I brought his admirer to him? It would be tactless of me to infuriate him while he's recovering.

“Lindsey, he's in an ICU ward now, and it's a clean room. Anyone who wants to enter his ward must endure several rounds of disinfection to ensure they don't bring in any germs that could infect his wounds. Why don't you watch him from outside his ward inside? I'll ask them to open the curtains to the floor-length window,” suggested Bailey.

An objection appeared to be on the tip of Lindsey's tongue, yet as though remembering something, she merely nodded obediently, accepting Bailey's suggestion.

Lindsey said, “I hated you so much when I was rushing back because you landed him in this state. But I heard from Mrs. Chivers that you saved his leg, so I don't hate you anymore. Since you said he's not in a state to receive visitors, I'll take your advice and not cause a commotion by going to his ward. I'm happy to see him from the outside.”

Her surprisingly mature assessment of the situation impressed Bailey.

She used to think the Carter family's daughter was a sheltered princess who steered clear of the difficult things in life. It was quickly becoming evident that her family was responsible for most of the sheltering and that Lindsey was not avoiding adversity but simply experiencing it later in life.

Love can sometimes teach a person the best lessons in life. I suppose Lindsey has become more mature while pursuing Edmund.

Bailey's thoughts continued to wander. The real test will come when Veikko and her brother begin their battle. Eventually, I will support Veikko, and if Lindsey sides with her family, she will be Veikko's and, by association, my enemy.

No one could change or escape the course of fate. Acceptance, willing or not, seemed to be the only answer.

In another area of the medical base, Victoria carried a thick stack of documents and entered Lionel's ward.

Lionel scrambled to sit up in bed once he saw her.

He asked, “Vicky! Didn't you return to the Saunders residence? Why are you back at the medical base?”

Victoria placed the documents on his bed and replied, “I only want the Saunders family's shares. You can have everything else.”