With those words, Frank laughed coolly and started to leave.

"Wait... Please wait!" George cried out in anguish, dropping out of bed with a thud as he crawled toward Frank. "Please, you have to help me! I don't want to die... Not like that!"

His cries left Kendra panicking. She rushed up and grabbed her son by the arm as she begged, "Oh, just let him meet Vicky! It's really no big deal!"

“It's not as simple as you'd like to think, Mother!"

Glen explained even as he struggled out of her grasp, his cheeks heating up like a kettle, “You know Vicky's temper—if he sees her and she decides to leave with him, do you think we can stop them? I had to go through great lengths just to convince her to accept the family's arrangement. What if she regrets it once she sees him?"

Sighing, he added, "And don't forget that Titus is still outside. Do you think we can hide this from him? What would he think of us if he finds out? It's going to be a crisis!"

"B-But..."

dumbstruck. "But we can't let your father suffer and die in

replied, deflated. "The Lionhearts even brought in a foreign professor, and we know how that went. Who can we count on

way I

the doorway, his eyes flashing with determination. "Father

tried to stop him. "That's your father you're talking about! How could you just watch him die! No... This won't

he strode off into the distance, "M-Mr. Lawrence... Please! I'll let you meet Vicky, alright? I'll let you meet her, as long as you save my husband!" Frank stopped in his tracks and turned, watching Kendra and Glen

the look on the man's face, he realized that Glen did not

clearly given up on

going to do the same... And Frank would not be meeting Vicky if

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