Chapter 572

And yet, despite the suffering she had endured from him, a part of her still screamed that he didn’t deserve to die the way he did in Brandon’s hands. No matter what kind of criminal he was, Jethro was still her daughter’s father. Lydia had always been soft— so much that some people might even call her a coward.

She was a quiet, servile woman who had always heeded her husband’s beck and call. Perhaps it was also because she depended on him for everything. Now that he was gone, she, too, had lost any semblance of direction.

Lydia looked down at her daughter and closed her eyes in pain, tears streaming down her cheeks.

“I’m sorry, darling…” she slowly uttered to the child in her arms.

The baby, blissfully innocent and uncomprehending, waved her tiny hands and babbled at her mother.

Natalie’s heart sank deeper with every step she took away from the ward.

She was pulled out of her despairing thoughts by the ringing from her phone. She looked at the screen, her brows furrowing at the caller ID.

Why was Brandon calling her?

Sean must have told him about her visit to the hospital. Natalie didn’t answer the call, afraid that Brandon would question her. She put the phone back inside her bag and pretended not to hear anything.

out the hospital gate, a woman wearing a blue baseball cap brushed past her. The stranger felt familiar for some

knocked my phone to the ground!”

the phone, and then handed it to him. When she looked back again, the

things? The woman’s side profile seemed to

her back against the wall as she gasped for breath. She then gingerly poked her head out from her hiding place to look at the gate of the

the corner. She

forlorn look on Natalie’s face. It could only mean that Natalie wasn’t able to persuade Lydia

already paid someone to pretend to

Natalie could get to her. It was easy enough to make up a story where Brandon had bribed

everything

even deal with a woman and a baby. I didn’t take you for this much

nothing money can’t fix.” Before entering the room, Vivian touched up her makeup and

simple. She would make Lydia to change her mind later and then take the credit for saving

inside the

the door as another woman came in. She looked at her new visitor. The woman wore bold make up, and a strong scent

following this woman. She wasn’t dressed like

instinctively held her baby closer. “Who sent you

to help you.” Vivian always had a smile on

“As long as you

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