Chapter 93

Maja was still standing in the corridor, feeling p chill from what the doctor had said It wasn’t until her phone rang that she snapped out of it.

Her fingers were stiff, so she rubbed her hands to warm them up before answering the call

The time displayed on her phone screen showed that she had missed picking up Holden She quickly apologized “Grandpa, I’m sorry, my father was in a hospital. I’m with him right now, so I missed picking you up

Upon hearing the reason, Holden immediately comforted her

“Maja, why is your dad in the hospital? Is he doing better now? Don’t worry about it, you don’t have to come over for dinner tonight, just stay with him.”

Maja’s eyes welled up Her father had been diagnosed with late–stage liver cancer, she didn’t know who to tell. She couldn’t tell the Raymond family, even though Holden was nice to her. She didn’t want others to know, afraid they might think she’s trying to gain sympathy.

“He’s just feeling a bit unwell. He’s not awake yet. Grandpa, I’ll get you a gift as an apology next time.”

chuckled. “Quit being so formal with me, I’ve got a gift for you too. I’ll

welled up again, she looked up at the ceiling, “Okay, thank you grandpa.”

he took out a box from the side and handed it

forget to give it to her. Also, his father Neil’s in the hospital. He’s neither okay to Maja, so if you have time,

was also nice to the rest of the Pennyfeather family. He had looked into Maja’s life over the years. She was independent, didn’t complain when wronged, went to high school on her own, and

Maja. She said

she did. Solstice College recently got a new

of Dalia being part of the Shepard family. “The

hearing the mention of the Shepard family, lan frowned. “Grandpa, what does this have to do

defend the Shepards, Holden scoffed. “Isn’t Dalia one of Carlene Shepard’s kin? Look at what she’s done in school! With she behaving like that, I do not

“You can’t dismiss their whole family just because of one person’s actions. It’s

upset, gripping his cane

marry into the Raymond family. His daughter–in–law could only be Maja. Anyone who dared to sabotage would be his enemy “Remember to visit Neil this week, you should

just have Jeff bring

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