When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 81

Chapter 81



When I slowly came to, I didn't need to open my eyes to know I was back in the hospital.

But this time, there were no familiar faces by my side, just cops.

The doctor's expression turned even more grave during the examination. "Ms. Crawford, I've told you before, this is a recurrence. You need to take care of yourself, otherwise..."

"I know, another relapse might be terminal."

I looked at the doctor calmly, saying, "Sorry for the trouble, again."

The doctor opened his mouth to say something, glanced at the police, but ultimately held back. He only mentioned my condition was critical, that cancer cells could spread at any moment. Honestly, I'd been living on borrowed time for months. Perhaps, there really was no need for me to do much more.

I understood he was speaking in my defense, and I nodded at him gratefully.

My situation wasn't hard to investigate, and the police must know I had no reason to kill Isla. After all, I was already planning to divorce Clyde, and over the years, he had countless affairs. If I cared about reputation, I would have divorced him long ago.

The lady cop lightened up a lot, promising me they'd find out what really happened.

new lawyer and wished to

the hospital bed, Jade broke down in tears. The doctor was right; my condition was severe, there was

many issues now falling on Kemp's shoulders at the Patterson Group, and his team not specialized in homicide cases, a change was indeed necessary. I also had the lawyer prove

what about the

limit, I

I could hold on with my condition, so I left everything

was painted as a villainess, desperate to seize control of the Patterson Group by any means, causing the company's stock to

have hypoglycemia, is it that severe?" Merritt eyed me curiously, somehow having managed to enter the

get my energy up. "I've had a lot on my plate lately, have

words at face value, even nodding in agreement. "Retreating to advance, smart. Don't worry, Gemma will get a doctor to help, so you can stay in the

was faking it, but I had no need to explain. However, there was something I

Jade knows my safe's combination, and she has some surveillance footage; there's definitely

drugged Clyde,

expected, Merritt could think of many possibilities, but I shook

her looks, and her qualifications didn't match the job. She should've been screened out before

interfere with the Design

could connect the dots, and everything pointed to Kayla

no one noticed where she went. With Clyde in a coma, her

Merritt started to see the discrepancies. He frowned, seemingly tackling a