When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0996

Sebastian stayed at the Hill residence that evening, as the guest room was already prepared.

While Madison packed some clean clothes, he made two phone calls in the living room. She wasn’t paying much attention but caught snippets of the conversation. “Okay… I’ll leave it to you. Help me make the arrangements… Thank you, Mr. Cameron. Please pass along my regards to Grandpa Tyson.”

The following morning, they headed to the hospital, only to find her relatives had arrived even earlier. As soon as they reached the ward, loud voices erupted from inside.

“Mason, what are you trying to prove by acting tough in this state?”

“Madison said it was just a cold? Does this look like a cold? You’ve had a stroke! How could she be so heartless as to lie about her own father’s condition?”

The doting father, Mason, couldn’t tolerate anyone speaking ill of his daughter. He struggled to sit up and defend her, but after several attempts, his face flushed with frustration, his eyes widened in helpless fury, and his body refused to cooperate.

Audrey was nearly frantic as she had to deal with this group of relatives while keeping an eye on Mason’s condition. She feared his rising emotions might worsen his condition.

“That’s enough! Do you think we, as her parents, don’t know if our daughter has a conscience? You don’t get to decide that!”

or get upset. Just lie down and rest. Let me handle

was settled, Audrey took a deep breath and faced the group. “Noah, what’s

her a glance. Instead, his sharp gaze

between men. You have no place in it. Stand

It sounds more like it’s just you talking. What’s wrong? Bullying

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every right to speak

you’re saying you can make decisions for

you expecting us to make today? Or, to be blunt what

defensive. We’re only thinking about the family. Look, you and Mason don’t have a

knows when he’ll recover? And you’re just a woman already stretched thin taking care of him. How are you

and continued, “When tenants have requests, who’s going to deal with them? If an appliance breaks, who’s going to fix it? Or when the roof leaks or the walls start peeling, someone

to take some of that burden off your shoulders so he can focus on recovering, and you can focus on

laughed coldly. “And you think we should thank you for