Even the patients and their families staying on Kathryn's hospital floor had grown tired of the spectacle. Most blamed Holden for his behavior. Only a handful tried

to take the moral high ground, lecturing Kathryn as if they had any right.

She ignored them. Pedro handled those self-righteous busybodies for her. Her only focus was recovering.

"Miss, should I get rid of him? He comes here every day, making the same scene, shouting the same nonsense. He's not tired of hearing himself, but I'm tired of listening to it," Pedro grumbled as he handed Kathryn a peeled apple. Kathryn took a bite and said, "Let him scream. It helps him let off steam. If he bottles it up, it might ruin his health." She chewed thoughtfully. "I don't care what he says. Everyone has heard it all before. Let him talk-his words don't hurt me. But I want my father to live. I want him to live a long, long life-eighty, ninety, even a hundred years. And I want him to watch me live happily. Even if I never take over Farrell Group, I'll still have a successful life."

Kathryn had built her own career.

more

own endeavors. Without the weight of the Farrell legacy, life would be far more peaceful. "For all his noise, my father is the only one making a fuss," Kathryn noted. "My three sistersin-law have kept their distance. When he's not around, they

that wasn't

terribly. Now that they were in

free, those men kept mistresses, betraying their marriages without a

their grievances for the sake of

had divorced and was now trying to

nephews now treated her much better. After hearing their father and grandfather constantly badmouth her,

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