Wilfred pondered briefly after hearing Karina's words. "I'm coming with you. Don't rush to refuse. After what happened last time, I don't think I need to remind you of the situation. If I hadn't been there, leaving the Stone family might not have been so easy." Karina couldn't argue, especially when she remembered Kieran's aggressive demeanor during her last visit. She took a deep breath and smiled faintly. "I'll have to trouble you again, Dr. Wilfred."

Wilfred's lips curved into a faint smile. True to his word, he personally drove Karina to the Stone residence that very day.

As they arrived, Karina stopped at the door. "You can wait here. If things get bad, you can come in."

Wilfred glanced at her phone. "Keep the phone on you."

Karina held it up for him to see. She had already set him as her emergency contact. "If anything happens, I'll call right away."

Prepared, Karina used the key she still had to open the door and walked in.

The moment she stepped inside, Mr. Stone's face darkened. "You've got the nerve to come back? I thought you were dead out there. Your brother said you won't answer calls or give him money. Now that you've made something of yourself at a fancy hospital, you think you can just abandon us, huh?"

why I'm here,"

hesitantly from the kitchen, looking conflicted. She seemed to want to speak kindly to Karina but faltered

her hands on her apron. "He's been upset these days because he couldn't reach you. But don't blame him-you know how

help but laugh bitterly. "He's twenty-three, and you still think he'll grow out of it?

Stone stammered, unsure of what to

herself for this, but the wave of disappointment

past, it was bearable Mr. Stone openly favored Kieran,

after

"I'm here to talk to him. Please call

Kieran's room. She barely knocked when an irritated

try talking to him. He'd probably be willing to see you." Karina didn't even bother correcting her. It wasn't her he wanted to see it

I'll handle

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