The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 570

In the end, Hendrix made the call. It was the first time in over two years that he had contacted Nathan. But to his surprise, the person who answered wasn't Nathan.

"Who are you? Are you a family member of Nathan's?"

The way the person spoke on the other end made Hendrix frown. He immediately sensed something was wrong. "What happened to Nathan?"

"He was in a car accident, and the wound got infected," the person replied. "If you're a family member of his, you'd better come quickly and have him transferred to another hospital."

The country Nathan had gone to had extremely poor sanitation and healthcare. Countless people died from malaria every year. Even the locals struggled to get access to quality medical care. What was more to say for someone like Nathan, who was alone with no support?

Hendrix had originally planned to let Nathan fend for himself there. After all, from the very beginning, he had never intended for him to return alive.

with countless possibilities about what Nathan might have said to Noelle. Could that have been the reason she

and have an honest conversation. Hendrix didn't have the answers to all his questions, but he

someone stationed in that country. First, they needed to arrange for Nathan's transfer to a better

time for that to happen, and there was no guarantee that Nathan would

days happened to coincide with the mourning period for Ophelia. As the eldest grandson, Hendrix was expected to keep vigil at the funeral home. He also had countless company matters

Sometimes, even when he was utterly exhausted physically, he often

the third day after Ophelia's passing, Hendrix saw Noelle in the funeral home, and beside her was

need to come. After all, she and Hendrix were divorced. So technically, she no longer had any ties to the Freeman family. But she reminded herself that, in the end,

the end, she still came, and Dylan didn't object—he simply accompanied her. Noelle wore a simple black dress. Her hair was

middle of a

had no real power,

while ostensibly