Maddox's grin froze on his face, and the bowl in his hands clattered to the floor.

Heads turned at the sound.

"Maddox, you just broke Natalia and Yasmine's favorite bowl, you're so screwed, man! Say goodbye to your wallet!"

"Oh, Maddox, when will you learn? You handle things like a bull in a china shop, and look what happens!"

"Oopsie, don't be mad, Natalia and Yasmine, I'll buy you a new one and make Uncle Maddox here pay up!"

Trying to keep cool, Maddox forced a smile and turned to the girls. "Sorry, Natalia and Yasmine, but I cut my hand pretty bad. Doesn't anyone feel sorry for me?"

Luke immediately whisked the two kids away. "Girls, remember not to date a guy like this one."

Yuri and Fredrick also quickly made their exit, unable to watch the embarrassing scene any longer!

After everyone left, Karen pulled out a small bottle of antiseptic powder and sprinkled it on Maddox's wound, which healed quietly.

"No need to look so surprised, Maddox. Without Frost, I'd have less than a 2% chance."

Karen smiled at Maddox and added, "Just don't tell Dad, okay? I don't want him to worry. Just say I'm off to find Frost's dad, and it'll be a long time before I can come back, alright?" Maddox fought back tears, his eyes reddening but not allowing a single tear to fall.

Even with Vivienne and Karen working together, they only had a 2% chance of success. That left Maddox thinking...

"Sasha, can't we just not do it?" Maddox struggled with the idea one last time.

"No, we have to do this," Karen replied with certainty.

accepting that

were locked in a tense game of chess,

Jasper suddenly asked, "Vivienne, what's your mom up

she managed a smile. "Oh, just out for dinner,

head lightly. "She's my daughter; she

longer hold back, and her chess piece landed with

It could

into the air, followed by his grave voice. "I knew it. She was too chatty tonight, fussing over this and that. She's up to something, isn't she? And she didn't plan on telling

bit her lip. "She doesn't

in his voice. "Tell me the truth, Vivienne. What are

clenched her fists, the words barely escaping

eyes, the procedure had only a

have so easily repaired Calista's failing organs.

mysterious ST-1 into Karen and

wouldn't even be a one percent chance. And that one percent was only for the surgery itself; for the medication, she had no confidence at all. Jasper nodded,

looked up into his reddened eyes and said, "Sure,

this. Pretend I'm clueless so she

knew his daughter was tough on the outside but carried a heavy heart. She was aware

this, he couldn't burden her. He would pretend to be oblivious, letting his precious daughter take her path

today. Next time, we'll have

the chessboard from Vivienne's eye as she stared at the

pressure on her. They had chosen to

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