By the time Nancy cleared the table after breakfast, Celica was gone.At first, Nancy thought she might have gone to play in the garden, but she could not find her. Then, she realized Kandy had forgotten to lock the door when she left to go grocery shopping this morning.Nancy felt that she needed to consider letting go of the housekeeper for being careless all the time.Moreover, she discovered Yaacob's car was no longer parked outside her mansion.He must have gone to the airport. Could it be that he took Celica with him?Nancy was about to remind herself to stop suspecting Yaacob. After all, he did put in a lot of effort to help rescue Celica yesterday.However, she received a text message from Yaacob shortly after. He told Nancy that he had brought Celica to visit Athenapolis.Nancy quickly called him, but his phone was off. He must be on the plane by now."That bastard!" Nancy cussed.At that moment, Nancy was panicking again because Celica was taken away from her again.
Nancy finally landed. As soon as she walked out of the airport, a black sedan pulled up in front of her.The chauffeur got out and said, "Ms. Lawson, Mr. Getson had arranged for us to pick you up."Nancy was careful and played it safe, so she asked, "Why didn't he come in person?""Mr. Getson is busy… babysitting."Nancy was speechless.Although Celica was usually well-behaved and cooperative, a child at her age could be a handful. That was especially true at night. If Nancy was not around, getting her to settle down would be a challenge.After Nancy got in the car, she noticed that they were not heading toward the Getson Estate but were making their way to Amethyst Coast.Many years ago, Yaacob and Nancy had a house in the neighborhood when they first got married. Yaacob had lived here by himself ever since the divorce.Nancy did not know the intensity and brutality that took place during the presidential election. She had no idea of the cascading effect on the internal strugg
"Breaking off the engagement?"The news surprised Lynn and President Keating early in the morning."What…what happened?" President Keating was confused. He looked at Yaacob and asked, "Why would you decide not to marry Lynn out of the blue?""Mr. President, I am sure we are both well aware. The reason why we made Lynn and my relationship public in the first place was to divert her attention and suppress any scandalous press. However, three years had passed and everyone would have forgotten about what happened back then. Lynn has been recovering very well psychologically too. Besides, I had no feelings for her all these years, so it is only natural that we part ways," Yaacob explained."But you declared that you will marry Lynn to so many people. Yet, you change your mind now. Isn't that deception? What would people think of her now?" President Keating asked.He was very worried that it would be very hard for Lynn to marry a good man after what had happened to her in the past. Maki
Lynn was here to catch them in the act.However, she started to run away after having recognized Nancy.Perhaps it was because Nancy would remind her of the horrific nightmares from three years ago.As Lynn was running away frantically, Celica was puzzled and asked, "Mommy, what is she doing?""I don't know," replied Nancy.Nancy patted the leaves from Celica's body, picked up her ball, and brought her back inside.She felt she had to let Yaacob know Lynn was here and had seen her.Yaacob was busy making pudding in the kitchen because Celica said she wanted some. He did not bother to go to the office today and had been cooking up a storm since morning.However, when he heard that Nancy had run into Lynn, he dropped everything and chased after her.He left in such a hurry that Nancy and Celica could feel a gush of wind sweeping their hair as he walked past them.She tucked her hair behind her ear and looked up at Nancy, asking, "What's wrong with Uncle Yaacob?""Who knows?" N
" Mr. Getson, come in, please. Dinner is ready."As Lola led Yaacob into the house, she was not surprised to see Nancy carrying Celica following behind him.When Yaacob made it known to the reporters at the airport that Celica was his daughter a few days ago, the news spread like wildfire across the nation.Randall had not revealed anything to Lola, but it was not difficult to guess that Celica was Nancy and Yaacob's daughter when she saw the news.Lola was smart enough not to pry because she knew that would upset Randall.Nancy sat Celica down at the dining table, and she noticed that all the dishes were takeout. The name of the restaurant was clearly shown on the dishware.Nancy recalled that when Rowena was still around, Randall would tend to his vegetable garden and make an effort to cook frequently. He was a rather good cook.The residence somehow felt more desolate than before despite the new mistress in charge and the new member of the family.Lola did not like to cook b
Randall knew Rowena was working at this hospital.However, it was the nearest hospital, which meant Randall had not gone there on purpose.Lola was feeling uncomfortable with the arrangement and asked, "Can we ask for someone else?""Sorry, I'm the only doctor on duty tonight," replied Rowena indifferently and leaned forward to check Ethan's wound.Ethan was unwilling to let the nurse check on him just now. However, he stopped struggling now that Rowena was tending to him.As she cleaned the cut, dressed, and bandaged him up, Ethan did not make the slightest move or sound.Even though his hands trembled, he bit his lower lip and tried to act tough.The nurse had seen a lot of little boys acting up the same way. She smiled and said, "We are lucky to have a pretty lady such as Dr. Peck working here. All the kids who came to this hospital tend to be well-behaved with her around.""Why do you keep calling her a pretty lady?" Lola suddenly cut off the nurse.It seemed like certain
Lola finally relented and agreed to help her after Lynn persisted."Tell me what your thoughts on Mr. Getson are. Are you willing to let go, or…""I'd never let him go!" Lynn cut Lola off before she finished her question."Yaacob is my fiance; why should I let him go? We were supposed to get married, if not for Nancy! If that bitch did not show up, we wouldn't end up like this!" moaned Lynn bitterly."But Nancy has a daughter, and Mr. Getson made it known that is his daughter too! I think he never truly forgot about Nancy. You don't stand a chance against Nancy," Lola said objectively.Lynn refused to accept that and said, "They've separated for so many years. If he could never let go of her, why did they divorce in the first place? We've been together for the past three years. Besides, my father and Yaacob have each other's back in their career and business. He's been good to me. I'm certain we are the best suited for each other!"By the way, Lola, I dug up some dirt on Nancy. F
"Kandy, tell me clearly. Wasn't Benson just fine? Why did he suddenly spit out blood?""That…"Kandy was stumbling on her words, and Nancy said firmly, "What exactly happened?""This is what happened. A guest came yesterday afternoon. She said she was a friend of yours from Athenapolis, so Sir and I welcomed her warmly. Yet, she just started to curse and shout, and she said a lot of… nasty things about you.""What did she say?""She said that you were cheating on him… She said that your relationship with Mr. Getson is still unclear. That's the gist of it. It made Sir very angry."Kanday paused for a moment and said somewhat suspiciously, "Madam, I saw that Mr. Getson said on TV that Celica is his daughter. What's going on? Why didn't you come back after so many days after going to get Celica?"Nancy could not say that Celica and she had been trapped in the Getson household and unable to return home.She had been telling Benson the past few days that she was fine so he would not