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.

kick the door

this,

stumbling and limping Eddy and nearly burst into

With all this going on, Caroline had forgotten

had.

in and supported himself on the couch’s

thought someone

system in

in here?

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asked, worried,

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When it came down to it, he had been the

she said,

woman. It won’t be good for us if news gets out that I was

clear boundary between them. With that, he recalled the call Caroline had

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

had even blocked his phone

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