Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 297

When I woke up at noon, Neil was already gone from the bedroom.

I rubbed my sore eyes, got up, got dressed, and then headed downstairs.

Hannah had already made lunch. Seeing me, she flashed a little smile and said, “Ms. Finch, lunch is ready”

“Where’s Neil?” I asked.

“Mr. Whitmore went to the office,” Hannah replied. “He said you were really beat, so he told us not to wake you up.”

Her smile was even more pronounced after she said that

My eyes skimmed over the living room sofa. The battlefield was still a mess, and my clothes were not taken back to the bedroom.

The staff must have guessed what happened. I felt pretty embarrassed.

I went over to the dining room and started eating.

My company was already on holiday, but Whitmore Co. wasn’t, so he’d be pretty busy these next few days, not having much time at home.

I didn’t know what Neil said or did with Bonnie after I left last night…

I had some suspicions but didn’t really think much of it.

Since Neil chose to come back in the end, he probably didn’t do anything he wasn’t supposed to do with Bonnie.

After eating, I hopped in the car and went to visit my mom at the hospital. Even though she hadn’t woken up yet, her health was stable. The care worker was really thoughtful and took good care of her.

I hadn’t been going to the hospital much lately because I was so busy at work. The doctor suggested that I could consider taking my mom home for convalescence. If she showed signs of waking up, it would be enough to bring her back to the hospital for a check-up.

you home, but I held my mom’s hand,

woke up and

I just let out a sigh and

to get up and leave after a while, but then my phone vibrated. It was a message in the group chat from

“It just happened

is really sad news Russel is actually a good guy. I think he’s the most innocent

progression of late-stage cancer is really fast. This is

we go

replied,” Of course. We’ll go together when the time

a beat. It felt unreal. Lauretta was just gone like that?

said some harsh words to me before, in reality, she hadn’t done anything to harm me, and she was just constraining Russel, I didn’t hate her, and I actually

After all, that was his mother. Even though they had conflicts and disputes

as I left the hospital, still undecided about whether I should go with Stella to pay

I stepped out of the hospital. It was Chloe, who was in a

just cried. When she saw me, she

mom? You should know that she’s already passed away. Please don’t disturb her, okay?”

tone was a bit harsh. I could tell

to explain before

since

want me to disturb the Dawson family, I didn’t

back home, I

know what Russel would do next.

Whitmore asked me to give this to you this morning. I forgot about it earlier,” Hannah suddenly approached me and

I guess Oscar told her before that Neil wasn’t good to me.

I searched for it but didn’t

I didn’t know why, but now that I was holding this ring, it felt different than before.

I felt regret, my overall mood was still happy, and I wanted to keep it as a memento. However, thinking about what Russel did now, I feel really uneasy.

calling Neil to ask him what this was all about, but nobody picked

I didn’t