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 down! 3,

this,

at the stumbling and limping Eddy and nearly

this going on, Caroline had

had.

state he was in and supported himself on the couch’s armrest.

scream. I thought someone

Manor has the best security system in all of Easton.

in here?

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worried,

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to it, he had

she said, going

for us if news gets out that I was in a room alone with

that Caroline was drawing a clear boundary between them. With that, he recalled the call Caroline had received

again, his words were combative. “You’re so cold to me. I’ve never

blocked his

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