However, Caroline really didn’t want to divorce Kirk. It had taken so much for them to get to this point.

Plus, after meeting Marietta, Caroline was slowly trying to welcome the role of mother. Now, everything was progressing to a good place.

“Carrie, can you really not fulfill this last wish of mine?”

Jude raised his weathered hand and grasped Caroline’s hand.

“Carrie, this is my only wish. If you don’t fulfill it, I can’t leave with my mind at ease. Only by

handing Eddy to you can I feel at ease. Let me go in peace.”

Caroline looked speechlessly into Jude’s eyes, feeling hurt and torn. Jude’s pleading voice resounded in her ear

“Grandpa, don’t don’t force me. Don’t force me. Ah!”

Caroline was screaming as she sprang up into a sitting position. She instinctively looked for Kirk’s familiar, warm hug. However, she found no one there.

As she sniffed, Caroline’s rationality slowly came back to her. With that, she realized that she was still in Morrison Manor, not in her own home.

“Caroline, what is it?” Eddy’s sudden, anxious voice came from outside the door.

anything, I’ll kick the

said this, the door

stumbling and limping Eddy and nearly burst into

going on,

had.

and supported himself on the

scream. I thought someone had barged

the best security system in all of Easton. How could anyone

in here?

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Eddy asked, worried, “Are

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Eddy. When it came down to it, he had been the one who incited

she said,

if news gets out that

drawing a clear boundary between them. With that, he recalled the call

words were combative. “You’re so cold to me. I’ve never seen

blocked his phone

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