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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?"

here," Karina replied coldly.

conflicted. She seemed to want to speak kindly to Karina but faltered under Mr. Stone's

his room," Mrs. Stone said awkwardly, wiping 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 he is. He'll

think he'll

stammered, unsure of

for this, but the wave of disappointment and bitterness still

In the past, it was bearable Mr. Stone openly favored Kieran, and Mrs. Stone was too timid to stand up to her husband or son. Even so, they hadn't

changed after

said, "I'm here to talk

while Mrs. Stone nodded and moved toward Kieran's room. She barely knocked when an irritated voice bellowed from inside. "What's all

how he's been. Maybe you could try talking to him. He'd probably be willing to see you." Karina didn't

forward. "Fine, I'll handle it.