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.

baseball cap brushed past her. The stranger felt familiar for some reason. Natalie was about to take a second

eyes? You knocked my phone to the ground!”

Natalie apologized and picked up the phone, and then handed it to him. When she looked back again, the woman was

woman’s side profile seemed to

Vivian pressed 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 hospital. Natalie

the corner. She had

face. It could only mean that Natalie wasn’t able to persuade Lydia to

She had already paid someone to pretend to be an employee

her. It was easy enough to make up a story where Brandon had bribed the police to shoot Jethro and shut him

up everything

this much of a fool, Natalie,” Vivian mocked

the room, Vivian touched up her makeup and applied more

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

inside the room

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

following this woman. She wasn’t dressed

her baby closer. “Who sent

here to help you.” Vivian always had a smile on

Lydia’s hand kindly, saying, “As long as you make everything clear for Brandon at the press conference,

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