However, the people in Glass Manor were all Gerald’s men. They could not be bothered to watch Patricia’s act.Seeing how stubborn Gerald was, Patricia trembled with anger. She gritted her teeth and decided to forcefully feed Gerald!“Hey, Ms. Patricia, give me the porridge.”Suddenly, North took the bowl of porridge and wiped her nonexistent tears.“You’ve moved me. You’re right. There’s no such thing as a feud between mother and son. I believe that you sincerely made this bowl of porridge.”North’s eyes were cold, and her entire face was hidden in the dark, making it impossible to see the expression on her face.North secretly sprinkled something into the porridge, then scooped a spoonful and fed it to Gerald.“Gerald, give Ms. Patricia a chance and have a bite.”Gerald narrowed his eyes.North blinked crazily at him.Gerald paused for a moment before slowly lowering his head and accepting the bite.Patricia’s heart almost jumped out of her throat. She stared at Gerald and
When North heard this voice, she was no longer sleepy. She sat up from the bed with a whoosh and pushed Gerald excitedly.“Quick, stop sleeping! Get up, and watch the show with me!”Gerald was still awake. He was indeed very curious about what happened to Patricia, but when he saw North’s excited expression, he remained silent for a long time.After such a loud scream, Connor and the butler were also woken up. Connor cursed Patricia and Mike countless times in his heart, but he still came to look for Gerald.Gerald put on his jacket. “What’s wrong?”Connor was at a loss for words. “Sir, Madam Patricia seems to have been disfigured.”Gerald paused and looked at North meaningfully. “Disfigured?”“Yes, Mike said that Patricia was poisoned. Patricia called the doctor and…” Connor gritted his teeth. “She even called the police.”North almost applauded. Patricia was really quick!Gerald nodded lightly. “I understand.”After saying that, he looked at North vaguely. “Mrs. Howard, do
What Patricia hated the most was Gerald’s expression. It reminded her of Paige back then. She had clearly taken everything from Paige, but even when Paige was about to die, she still looked at her with such a calm gaze!Patricia was both angry and frustrated. She screamed angrily, “Capture this unfilial fool. Hurry!”No one dared to move.Patricia was flustered and exasperated. “Alright! If you don’t have the guts, I’ll do it myself!“It’s all your fault, you jinx. If I had known, I would have taken care of you twenty years ago—”“Oh, you wanted to have Gerald killed twenty years ago?” North stood in front of Gerald and grabbed Patricia’s wrist. She twisted it, and a scream sounded.Patricia’s hands trembled. “Who do you think you are? Get lost! You have no right to interrupt me when I’m talking to Gerald! You unfilial son, how dare you poison me? I’m going to put justice before family today!”North curved her lips and spoke slowly in a very affected tone.“Ms. Patricia, what a
“I… I…” Patricia was dumbfounded.She was clearly the one who was disfigured, so how did North become the victim?!No, Gerald must have done something. No matter what, she had to…“The police are here!” Suddenly, the butler ran in with two police officers behind him.Patricia’s eyes lit up. If Gerald was taken away by the police, regardless of whether he was convicted or not, his reputation would be ruined!“North, let’s see how you can argue now!”After Patricia finished speaking, she hurriedly went up to them with tears in her eyes. “Officer, you must seek justice for me… I came to see my eldest son out of goodwill, but I didn’t expect him to disfigure me for no reason…”Mike seemed to be defending her, but he was actually hurting her cause. “My mother woke up in the middle of the night and realized that she and I were both poisoned. At that time, there were only four people in the entire manor. I believe that the person who poisoned us was not my brother, but…”The two polic
North’s lips curled up slightly.Everyone fell silent.After a long while, a doctor muttered to himself, “Could that bottle in Mr. Mike’s hand contain poison…?”Patricia was poisoned at one in the morning.Mike walked into Patricia’s room with a bottle of medicine when the surveillance camera showed that it was 12:55 a.m.This was too much of a coincidence. No one would believe that the person who poisoned her was not Mike. Otherwise, why would he enter her room in the middle of the night? Was he going to talk about the mysteries of the universe?Everyone looked at Mike strangely.Mike felt a lump in his throat and looked terrified.What was this?!He did not remember going out at night, let alone poisoning her! This person was not him!“So… The person who poisoned her was Mr. Mike.”Amidst the strange silence, North spoke slowly.“Mr. Mike, although Ms. Patricia is not your biological mother, she treats you so well. How could you poison her? You even said that the person w
Why would Gerald do that? What motive could he have had?“It’s because he’s jealous of Mike and thinks that Mike stole his identity. He’s vicious and cruel, and he can’t wait to kill Mike!”North replied meaningfully, “So, because Gerald hates Mr. Mike… he wants him dead?”Patricia felt a lump in her throat. “That’s exactly it!”“But…” North’s lips curled into a half-smile.“If Gerald wanted Mike dead, why did he only poison him so mildly? Ms. Patricia, you said it yourself. Gerald is ‘vicious and cruel.’ How could a ruthless person like him only hurt him with such mild poison?”Everyone was stunned.There was a small scar on Mike’s arm that could not be seen if he wore long sleeves. How was he affected?If Gerald really hated him to the core and found such a good opportunity, why didn’t he just kill him? Why would he let Mike live and testify against him?It could only mean that Gerald had never thought of poisoning Mike!Moreover, in the surveillance footage, Gerald had nev
North retracted her gaze, and her heart raced. She could not help but hope that she had never offended Gerald.He was terrifying!Patricia thought that the Bracken family was under her control. However, in reality, Gerald had already conquered the Bracken family bit by bit!North rolled her eyes. “Ms. Patricia, now that the real culprit who disfigured you has been found, what do you plan to do?”North continued meaningfully, “It just so happens that the police are here. Should we ask them to bring Mike back to the police station and not let Mike off lightly on account of the Howard family? We’ll punish him accordingly.”She threw Patricia’s words back at her.Patricia gritted her teeth so hard that they almost cracked!“This must be a misunderstanding. Mike…”“Ms. Patricia, you can’t possibly cover up for the murderer, right?” North exclaimed.“When you thought that the person who poisoned you was your biological son, you said that you wanted to put justice before family. In t
As soon as North finished speaking, the entire place fell silent.Anyone who knew even a little about the Howard family’s affairs was speechless at this moment.Her every word hit the nail on the head. Patricia was raising someone else’s son, and her adopted son did not know how to be grateful. In the end, he still had to be dealt with by her biological son.Patricia was furious, but she could not tell anyone the truth. Mike was her real son! Gerald was the outsider! Mike was not trying to poison her!It was Gerald… It was Gerald!Gerald broke the silence. “Dr. Chester, there are still a few hours before dawn. Why don’t you all rest at Glass Manor first and go back tomorrow morning?”Patricia had a bad premonition about this…As expected, Dr. Chester nodded.“Thank you, Mr. Gerald! It’s ironic that you were the victim in the end. I didn’t expect you to be the one who dealt with the aftermath as well. Some people are just nasty, aren’t they? They are cunning and full of evil tri
He moved his wrists and frowned.Did North sleep for the entire day? Was she disoriented?North sat by the bed with nothing to do. She watched as time passed. Strange, why wasn’t she awake yet? Was she that sleepy? Could it be that the advanced exam questions were too difficult and she did not want to wake up?North could not help but think about the questions. Hmm… they did not seem very difficult. She had thought of a solution!Indeed, people had endless potential when they were dreaming. They could even come up with answers to such difficult questions!North was afraid that she would forget and wanted to wake up quickly, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not wake up. She closed her eyes and opened them again, but she was still in the room.North frowned and muttered to herself, “What’s going on…?”Gerald looked at her silently.He also wanted to ask what was going on.“North, do you need my help?”North hesitated. Even though it was a dream, she was still a littl
North exclaimed in surprise.It turned out that Gerald could be sarcastic too!Gerald did not give Patricia any time to react. He was just short of chasing the entire Bracken family out.While the Bracken family was leaving, Gerald heard Mike grumble, “Mom… If you knew this was going to happen, why didn’t you adjust your act earlier!”Patricia was furious. “I did all of this for you. How could you fall for Gerald’s tricks?!”“But Gerald was right. They suspect that I’m not Paige’s son because of you!”…Giselle’s smile became more and more sarcastic. When the Bracken family disappeared, he said, “Accompany me pay respects to Paige. Also, get someone to clean Glass Manor inside and out.”He wanted to get rid of the bad vibes the Bracken family had brought in.…A few days later, when they returned to Royal Sights Residences, the Bracken family actually stopped causing trouble.North was about to graduate, and she had one final exam. She saw the class group chat exchanging adva
“Why? Do you think that I’ve forgotten how Paige died?”Giselle never expected that this shameless family would have the audacity to make an issue out of Paige’s death.“You make it sound so simple. Even if Patricia dies today, you would never disregard her last wishes. Is everything you do for the good of the Bracken family?“Still, the only person the Bracken family has ever had to sacrifice was Paige!”Virgil snapped, “Nonsense! I’m Paige’s biological father, how could I…”Giselle sneered. “Stop putting on an act. You didn’t look for your daughter when she was missing. You didn’t feel sorry for your daughter when she returned. You kept asking her to tolerate the adopted daughter. When she was sick, you even stopped her treatment so that she would die and let your adopted daughter marry her husband.“Virgil, I’m sick. I’m not dead yet, and I haven’t lost my memory. If this happens again, I’ll destroy the entire Bracken family!”Giselle looked at the bodyguards she had brought
The surroundings suddenly fell silent.Virgil found it hard to breathe. “Let go! Are you crazy?!”“I’m asking you a question. Where is Paige buried? Tell me!”Virgil’s brain was deprived of oxygen. Without thinking, he roared, “How would I know? Let go, you crazy woman!”Patricia screamed, “Madam Giselle, what are you doing? Let go of him. Do you want Dad to die?”Gerald’s second uncle also shouted, “Madam Giselle, why are you doing this to us? Don’t treat your husband like this!”“You don’t know? You don’t know at all, do you?” Giselle ignored everyone. She looked unremorseful. She scoffed.“You claim to be severely depressed about your daughter’s death,” Giselle retorted. “Despite that, you actually don’t know where your daughter’s grave is!”As soon as she finished speaking, the entire place fell silent.When Virgil realized what he had just said, his face turned pale and he stopped screaming. He trembled as he spoke to Giselle hatefully. “You did this on purpose…”That wa
Mike said weakly, “North, we paid our respects to my mother before we went out today. We didn’t say anything because we were afraid that Grandpa wouldn’t be able to accept it.”As expected, Virgil clutched his chest and looked like he was about to faint.Patricia cried out, “Gerald, are you satisfied now that your grandfather is trembling in anger? We’ve kept it a secret for so many years. Despite that…”Everyone sighed. So, that was how it was.It was indeed Ms. Paige’s death anniversary today. However, the old man had fallen into a state of depression from the intense guilt. He then mistakenly thought that his daughter had passed away in May.As his family, Patricia and Mike could not bear to make the old man feel more guilty. Thus, they maintained the facade.In fact, they would pay their respects to Paige every year.This made sense. After all, Virgil was old and could not stand such harsh emotions.The people from the Bracken family jumped on this chance to scold Gerald. “
Everyone was dumbfounded. North was really bold!North blinked. “What’s wrong, Mr. Virgil? Why are you so angry? Did I say something wrong?”“What nonsense! Paige is my daughter! How could I intentionally let her die?!”North widened her eyes. “I didn’t say that you intentionally let her die! It’s just that the Bracken family didn’t like her and looked down on her. The medical staff didn’t care about her either. In the end, they didn’t even treat her and let her die.“I know. It’s not your fault. After all, you were so busy. How could you have the time to take care of a daughter you don’t love?”Virgil clutched his chest. “What nonsense…! Shut up!”“North!” Patricia screamed. “Gerald, are you just going to watch her anger your grandfather? Your grandfather’s health isn’t good…”“What did I say wrong?”North sighed. “Look at what Mr. Virgil said. Ms. Paige passed away at the end of May, so why didn’t he treat her for two whole months from the end of March to the end of May?“Th
Mike knew that he had fallen into North’s trap and was speechless!He was so anxious that his expression changed. His forehead was covered in cold sweat, and huge beads of sweat dripped down. “Um… I…”“Mike!” Patricia saw that the situation was not good, so she hurriedly interrupted Mike and pulled him behind her.Then, she took a deep breath and pretended to be helpless and upset.“Gerald, what nonsense are you talking about?! We’re family. If you have anything you’re upset about, just tell me. There’s no need to cause trouble at the banquet and make an issue out of Paige’s death anniversary!“We’re all Paige’s family, and Dad is also Paige’s biological father. How can we not know when her death anniversary is?“Paige’s death anniversary is at the end of May. It’s not today at all. You… You’re too much!”Virgil looked aggrieved. He nodded and said, “That’s right. Paige’s death anniversary is in May. Gerald, I know you don’t want to give up her inheritance. Moreover, I didn’t fo
Everyone’s eyes fell on Gerald.Gerald looked up slowly and said calmly, “Ms. Patricia, why did you choose today to hold a banquet for Mike?”“It doesn’t matter what day I chose!” Patricia roared.“So, you did choose the date.”Gerald looked down at Patricia from above. His cold gaze made Patricia suddenly feel suffocated.Her “son” had a murderous look in his eyes. “Any other day would have been fine, but not today.”Patricia hated the look in Gerald’s eyes the most. Why was he so arrogant? Why was he looking down on her? Why was he like that b*tch?She screamed, “Gerald, I’m your mother! Mike is your brother! It’s fine if you don’t love me, but you keep finding fault with me. What right do you have—”“Today is the anniversary of Paige’s death.”Gerald interrupted her.Patricia’s face turned pale, and the words that she wanted to say were stuck in her throat. The scene instantly fell silent.What did Gerald say? What day was it today?Today was the anniversary of Paige’s d
Patricia felt a lump in her throat. “You…”“Connor, come out.” North interrupted her.Then, a group of people dressed in black walked out of nowhere and played mournful music. Connor walked in the middle and placed a memorial tablet on the table.Everyone looked at the memorial tablet curiously, wanting to know whose memorial tablet it was. When everyone saw the name “Paige”, they instantly fell silent.North and Gerald paid their respects. Then, they placed the bouquets beside the memorial tablet.Their actions stunned everyone.Had they come to pay respects to Paige?Patricia was trembling. She stared fixedly at Paige’s name on the memorial tablet. She clenched her fists.Paige!Gerald had paid his respects to Paige at a banquet for Mike. Was he crazy?! She was so unlucky! Paige was already dead, but she was still the center of attention at Mike’s banquet!After paying her respects, North turned around. “What are you waiting for? Aren’t you going to pay your respects?”