Ashlyn cocked her eyebrows and stared at him with a frosty look in her eyes. “The more you try to distract me, the more I want to know who on earth you are hiding in the attic. What secret are you keeping from me?”

The violent coughing started again.

At such proximity, the coughing sounds were clear and ear-piercing!

Ashlyn widened her eyes in disbelief. This familiar voice…

Fury surged through her as she pushed open the door forcefully!

The first thing she saw within the constricted space was a small bed. A pale-faced elderly was lying on the bed, all curled up.

The attic was extremely run-down and poorly maintained with trash scattered across the floor.

The air inside smelled stale, as if the room had not been ventilated for a long time.

In fact, it would be surprising if anyone who stayed there for a long time did not get ill.

when she saw the frail

“Grandma!”

whose small frame was curled up like a ball, was Susan Blackwood. She was falling in and

heard the familiar voice. As her clouded eyes gradually regained focus, she managed

sounded weak and was

Ashlyn knelt beside Susan’s bed

lovingly at her granddaughter before shutting her eyes

pulse at once while ringing the hospital. “I’m Ashlyn Berry, please send an ambulance to the Berry Residence immediately. The address is XXX street,

the phone, she swept her

Ashlyn nervously.

“Shut up!” Ashlyn bellowed.

yell at dad! You have really

her attention back to Horace again. She fixed her icy gaze on her dad and said, “All

No one tortured her. We fed her well and tried to satisfy her every whim. She was the one who complained that it was too noisy

her, you even tried to lie and keep it from me. What was that for? Ashlyn narrowed her eyes and continued, “Mary Canter, are you really taking me for

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