Tangled Up In Blue

Chapter 2 Treatment

After hearing this, Malcolm finally turned around and looked at Poppi with a frown.

"I..." Poppi stammered, as she didn't expect that he would look back at her. But upon seeing the confused look on his face, Poppi put on a radiant smile. "There's a newly released set of limited edition jewelry, bags, and shoes. I want them all."

"You can buy it with the money I'm giving you," Malcolm scoffed as he squinted his eyes at Poppi. Then, he turned back quickly to walk out the door.

"Malcolm!" she shouted after him hurriedly. "There's one more thing I wanted to ask you!"

"Yeah right," Malcolm sneered and kept walking.

By now, Poppi was briskly walking after him, her face twisted with anxiety. "Malcom! When can I see Celine? Or let me call her doctor at the very least!"

This stopped Malcom dead in his tracks. "Celine..." he uttered with a short chuckle. "If it were possible, I would make sure that you will never see her again for the rest of your life." The words that came out of Malcom's mouth were as thick as poison.

"But she's my sister! She's the only family I have left in this world! You can't do this to me!" Poppi protested as she grabbed hard on Malcom's sleeve. "Please... Let me see her..."

"Your father's still lying in bed, isn't he? Although I doubt that he would ever wake up again, at least he's not dead. Technically speaking, Celine isn't the only family you have left. Don't exaggerate things, Poppi." Malcom then brushed off Poppi's hand off him as if she was made out of filth, feeling satisfied at the embarrassed and defeated look on her face. "Besides, she's doing well on her own without having you around," he added with a sneer.

Poppi stumbled back a few steps. Her heart felt so heavy in her chest that she could do nothing but watch him make his leave. Without another glance back, Malcom shut the door with a loud bang, causing the chandelier in the living room to give a slight chime. Every single time Poppi mentioned her sister, it would always turn out like this.

It was eerily silent in the apartment.

Only Poppi's breath and the sound of the clock could be heard. Tick... tock...

her shoulders slumped forward in defeat. She bent down, picked up the documents, and headed

Even though she was the real "Mrs. Quan", being legitimately married to Malcom and all, they could only meet in secret. When Malcom did come to see her, he would leave just as quickly as he went. Every day, Poppi would see in the headlines the different women who

Malcolm was much too complicated. There was no way Malcom

up on the bed and closed her eyes. Soon, she fell asleep, dreaming about the

me! We need

are we going?

no time to explain! We need to leave Ye City. Go anywhere but here! The further,

her apartment, and the thunder that came with it seemed to intertwine with the scene from the nightmare she was

of her father getting clearer and clearer. All of a sudden, she saw a brilliant light coming from the end of the street. It was a car driving towards them with immense speed. Poppi raised her hand to cover her eyes from the blinding headlights. Hand in hand, the three of them ran as quickly as they could. They ran along that

"Poppi!"

Bang! Bang

In a daze, she slowly tried to prop herself up with her arms and tried to look at what had happened. The first

"Dad! Celine!"

to her feet. There was no strength left in her anymore, and she could do

clap of thunder echoed in the

thunder, Poppi sat up as she cried out for her family. There was cold sweat all over her face and down to her neck.

was briefly illuminated by a strike of

deep breath, she wiped her face with the back of her hand and curled up on the bed. It had been nearly four years since that incident happened. Whenever she dreamt about it, it was

that she was unconditionally grateful. To keep him alive, he had to be given special treatment, and had a lot of various of medicines and medical procedures that were undoubtedly expensive. Even when the doctor told Poppi that it would take

Malcom. With the help of her lawyer, they made a deal so that her family's shares were entrusted to him, and so the medical bills were no longer something she needed to worry about. At

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