The next morning, Lila arrived at the hospital with various concoctions with her. She knocked on the door and entered the ward. Both Janet and her parents were genuinely taken aback at her appearance. They hadn’t expected her, of all people, to pay a visit. 

After hearing everything from Ethan just the day before, Beal and Johanna just couldn’t bring themselves to be amicable with Lila now.

 “What are you doing here?” Beal asked. 

Contrary to his characteristic disposition as a loving father, he now pulled a long face to show his disgruntlement. Johanna didn’t even afford Lila a cursory glance and kept her gaze averted from the offending woman. 

Lila really didn’t expect the two of them to be so openly cold towards her. According to what Charis had told her, she started to cry bitterly in front of her parents and Janet.

“Dad, Mom! I am so sorry!” 

on her

with them, they had always treated her as their own flesh and blood. Regardless of the fact that Lila didn’t achieve good grades at school and also didn’t have

a frown creased

clearly saw that there was something wrong with Janet’s parachute, but I deliberately concealed it from being discovered. I’m sorry.

Lila sobbed her heart out. This time, she wasn’t acting. Her eyes were bloodshot red and swollen from all her bawling. She even cowered in a subservient, apologetic manner before Janet. Janet was also frightened by this uncharacteristic behavior. She hadn’t imagined in her wildest dreams that Lila would actually put aside her dignity.

tears away and said, “Before Janet came into my life, Dad and Mom only loved me. I felt sad and couldn’t accept the

coming from a place purely of fear and not sincere regret. Why hadn’t Janet died in

sheer nervousness. Lila bowed before Janet so many times that her head actually suffered an injury. The wound was open and bleeding. The droplets of blood dripped down her forehead into her eyes. Both Beal and Johanna couldn’t help but feel compassion and forgiveness

sincerity before her own eyes, her tone became more gentle and she said, “You are not

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