Love You Enough to Leave You

Chapter 309 Guilt

After a tensed silence, Oscar looked at Olivia and spoke sincerely. “Mom, it was my fault that Amelia left, but I won’t give up on her.”

Olivia scoffed. “Look at you. You’re indeed your father’s son, for you are both stubborn. The woman treated you badly, but you insist on siding with her! Will you stop only when I suffer from a heart attack?”

Sighing, Oscar answered, “Mom, Amelia isn’t like that. You used to adore her, right? Why are you being so harsh on her?”

His answer only serve to aggrieve Olivia further.

“I was blind to treat her well! If we weren’t on good terms, I wouldn’t feel this bad right now. I made sure she ate well, sleep well, and lived well. I also never cut off her allowance or limited her freedom. It was also her who caused Stephanie and me to argue back then. As her mother-in-law, I did my best. How did she repay me? By taking Tony away from me! I didn’t even expect that. How could she? That ungrateful woman doesn’t deserve my kindness!” she declared angrily.

Oscar pursed his lips silently.

“You got no retort for that, huh? Oscar, I’ll be blunt with you. Even after you find where Amelia is, I won’t allow her to marry you. I don’t want a hypocritical daughter-in-law. You have to pick between me or her,” Olivia stated firmly, and there was a finality to her tone that warned him to make the correct decision.

Oscar frowned as annoyance rose in his heart.

“Mom, you weren’t like this previously. Why are you acting this way?”

“That was in the past. You know me well, don’t you? If I like someone, I’ll treat her well. But once I grow to hate someone, she’ll never enter my good books, ever. Cassie is one, and Amelia has achieved that, too. You can say I’m inflexible, but I’ll never accept someone I dislike,” she declared.

Silence ensued.

Olivia stood up from Owen’s arms. She parted her lips to say something, but a grating pain gripped her heart, and she passed out without warning.

“Olivia? Olivia!” Owen held her before she fell to the floor and yelled, “Oscar, get the car!”

Oscar ran out and drove the car to the entrance of the Clinton residence in a swift manner. Owen immediately brought Olivia to the car.

Flooring the accelerator, Oscar arrived at Principal General Hospital in the shortest time possible. Robert, who had been informed of the news, was already waiting at the entrance with his team of medical staff. Once the car rolled to a stop, they hoisted Olivia up to the stretcher and pushed her to the operating room.

Outside the operating room, both Oscar and Owen stared at the red light anxiously. An awkward silence ensued.

Some time later, Oscar broke the silence. With his head hung low, he said guiltily, “Dad, I’m sorry.”

spared him a brief glance. “We shall talk about it after your

out of

ticked by. Time had never seemed so slow. Every second went straight to his heart like an iron shard, and the anguish was

was inside, but there was nothing he

outside for three hours before the light above the operating room finally flickered off. The

and Oscar rushed

is Olivia

Lancester, how is my mom doing?” Owen and Oscar asked at the same

at them before saying, “Let’s

look at Olivia, who had just been pushed out, and nodded quietly. He followed behind Robert, and Oscar immediately went after

“Owen, what happened? Didn’t I tell you to make sure Olivia lives comfortably? Why did you allow her to overthink? Do you know

stern, Owen demanded, “Robert, be

send her to the hospital in time, she would’ve died. Her heart isn’t faring well, so she can’t be too distraught. If she gets slightly emotional, her

Owen looked sullen.

Oscar said, “Mr. Lancester, it was all my fault. I shouldn’t have anger Mom. I’ll make sure never

Amelia’s disappearance had given Oscar a huge blow. After she left with Tony, the Clinton

go along with her wishes. She isn’t healthy to begin with, and getting older means more problems will arise. Though she has aged well, don’t forget that she’s in her sixties. You can’t risk her life by upsetting her,”

Oscar nodded in response.

alone. I need to talk to

left as told and stood next to a window. He looked down at the garden blooming with flowers as his expression

a deep puff. Thick plumes of smoke

packet of cigarettes in one day. Back then, he would only smoke a few occasionally. Now, he wouldn’t be seen without one. He missed Amelia terribly, and Olivia kept pressurizing him to locate Tony. He wasn’t afraid of anything

another. Soon, cigarette stubs were all over the floor.

at his

my best to persuade her to change her mind. But after you find Amelia, we need to get Tony’s custody back. That’s not up for discussion,” said Owen as

Oscar said nothing.

not being mean to Amelia. She was the one who left with

to him, Oscar announced, “Dad, Amelia’s not an unforgivable criminal. I don’t think she should be at the receiving end of that punishment. I love her, and I won’t marry anyone

stared at each other for a long while.

If you put your mom in a tight spot, I’ll kick you out of our family. It’s either