“How are you supposed to investigate the case when you’re pregnant? Why not just count on Zachary?” Sandra tried to convince Yvonne.“If she really has something to do with my mother’s death, she’ll show the cloven hoof. There’s no way she’ll be able to hide the truth. I’m going back to the Summers’ house to expose her true colors!”“You’re pregnant, you shouldn’t take the risk for the sake of your child. Susan is an evil woman, I doubt that we can find something on her that easily. “ Sandra strongly disagreed with Yvonne investigating the matter alone. “The most dangerous place happens to be the safest place. Now that her daughter is pregnant too, she won’t have the galls to do anything to me. If something happens to my baby, she’ll be the first person we suspect. She’s not that stupid.” Yvonne sneered. “I used to think that it isn’t appropriate to fight for something. Now, I’ve realized that sitting back without doing anything is a stupid act. I’m going to fight! As long as it
Calvin still did not say anything, so Jackson continued, “Right. I almost forgot to tell you the secretary’s name. It’s Jared Summers, do you find the name familiar?” “It’s indeed familiar,” Calvin finally said something. “One more thing, the secretary’s wife is from Cat Lane. She used to be called La Rosa. Your cousin had the same nickname too, am I right?” "How is that possible?" Calvin looked at Jackson in astonishment and could not help but wonder, 'If my cousin Susan is actually the secretary’s wife, how could she ignore me? I’ve been serving my sentence for so many years. I have such a good relationship with her and she even knows the injustice that I’m suffering from. If she’s the secretary's wife, she’d definitely help me.'Jackson chuckled. “I brought you the photos of the secretary and his wife. Please take a look.” He passed the photos to Calvin.Calvin’s face changed when he saw the photos. Jackson spotted the changes on his face. “I’ve asked both the judge and lawy
Yvonne was planning on returning to the Summers’ house but did not expect Jackson to call and ask if she wanted to visit Jared since he was hospitalized. Yvonne saw the news on TV about Jared having a meeting in the province yesterday. He did not look sick at all but Jackson told her that Jared was hospitalized all of a sudden?Yvonne assumed that Jared might have faced some problems during his meeting in the province, which was probably why he chose to malinger like last time. Hence, Yvonne was not really bothered this time.Ms. Lane called not long after Yvonne had her dinner. Ms. Lane told her that she should visit Jared as he had fainted and was now hospitalized. When Yvonne rushed to the hospital, there was only Jared and Ms. Lane in the ward. She did not see Susan nor Fiona. Yvonne wondered, ‘Shouldn’t the two be trying to please him now? Why aren’t they here today?’Ms. Lane stood up when she saw Yvonne enter the ward. She then pointed at Jared who was still asleep. “He’s
Jared nodded, and the driver quickly helped him up. “Secretary, is there anything you’d like to eat? I’ll get it for you,” Ms. Lane said in a warm tone.Jared glanced at the driver. “Buy me some stew.” The driver responded and left. Jared moved his gaze back to Ms. Lane. “Is she home today?”She knew that he was referring to Susan, and Ms. Lane shook her head. “She went out early in the morning. She said she’s going out with someone to shop. She was still outside when I left home.”“What was she wearing when she went out?” Jared asked with a gloomy face.Ms. Lane then described the clothes that Susan wore this morning. “Secretary, did something happen?”Jared remained silent. He had seen a man and a woman kissing in a car from the corners of his eyes today. The figure of the woman was the same as Susan, and his heart sank. After seeing the woman who looked so similar to Susan, he was so pissed that he started feeling dizzy and could not breathe. If he had not felt so dizzy and s
Jared had given Yvonne countless apologies, but the apology this time was completely different from before.Yvonne could sense that something about him had changed. She poured a cup of water for Jared. “You’re not the one who should be sorry. I was depressed before but I have thought things through now. You brought me into this world and it’s the greatest blessing that I can ever have. I have no right to ask you to do anything or hate you.”The more Yvonne spoke, the more uncomfortable Jared was. “Yvonne, I’m the last person you and your mother should forgive. I hope that I can still make things up to you. I know I’m unable to do the same for your mother. I only hope that if I meet her again in the afterlife, I’ll be able to ask for her forgiveness.”Yvonne looked at Jared and recalled what Roxanne had said to her. She controlled her emotions and said, “I want to ask you something. Has my mother ever cheated on you before?”“No! Your mother was a kind woman who didn’t even complain
Susan and Fiona were shocked when they saw Yvonne and Leo coming back to celebrate Jared’s birthday. They looked into each other’s eyes and instantly understood what this meant. Did Roxanne not say that Yvonne would be leaving South City very soon? However, why were things totally different from what she said? It seemed that they had to talk to Roxanne when they had the time.However, they still tried their very best to show smiles at Yvonne and Leo. Susan even praised Leo. “Leo will definitely grow up to be handsome since he looks so cute right now!”Fiona went along with her mother. Leo asked Yvonne, “Mommy, who are they?”Yvonne pointed at Susan and Fiona while explaining, “This is Madam Summers and this is her daughter, Miss Summers.” Leo nodded his head. “Hello, Madam Summers and Miss Summers!”Susan and her daughter choked when they heard that. Seeing that Fiona had a huge belly, Leo was curious. “Mommy, Miss Summers' belly is bigger than yours.”“Yes, dear. Miss Summers is
Susan had a dream that night. She dreamt about what had happened on the road outside the cafe that day. Cindy was covered with blood and lying in a pool of blood. Susan stood at the door of the cafe and watched her struggle in pain with her gloomy eyes. She watched the blood drain from Cindy’s body, and she felt pleased with the sight.However, the pleasure lasted only a few seconds. Cindy, who was lying on the ground, suddenly jumped up and pounced straight at her. She yelled, “Susan Lowe, you shall pay for my life!” Susan was so terrified that she wanted to run away but she could not move at all.When Cindy’s bloody hands were about to clutch onto her neck, Susan immediately opened her eyes. The residual fear made her turn over and sit up. She could feel the cold sweat that had broken out on her back. Jared, who was beside her, was awakened by her movements. He muttered, “What’s the matter?”“It’s nothing, I’m just thirsty and want to get a cup of water.” Susan gently got up after
Susan's words reminded Cindy about it. She had always helped Jared clean his clothes after he came back from trips. It was true that he lost one of his underwear when he came back from that business trip.She had found it strange at the time, and Jared’s reaction was a little unnatural as well. However, he said that he lost it, so she did not think anything else about it.She just did not expect him to lose it in her best friend’s house. It was hard to tell what she was feeling, and Cindy glared at her. “Susan Lowe, I’ve always regarded you as my best friend. Why did you choose Jared out of so many men? Why?”Susan sneered at Cindy’s confrontation. “You should be asking your husband this question instead of me. He wanted to have a relationship with me, could I refuse him?”“I didn’t expect that you’d be such a shameless person. Well, I guess I was blind. Susan Lowe, from now on, you’ll go your way and I’ll go mine!”Cindy contemptuously looked at her, but she was not as mad as Sus
Jackson had to run back and forth as he had to take care of Yvonne while checking on Leo’s condition. He was most concerned about his son, although the cord blood had been successfully transplanted into his body but it was not guaranteed that everything would be fine. The doctor informed Jackson that after the cord blood was transplanted into Leo's body, he still needed to pass through the infection barrier, reposition in the body, and the rejection barrier before it could truly be considered as a successful transplant.The rejection stage might be the most difficult to overcome. The rejection reaction may occur at any time such as fever, vomiting, and difficulty in eating, diarrhea, etc. Leo had to receive medical treatment according to his condition, along with his cooperation. Once he was fully recovered, he would be sent to the general ward after 3-4 weeks.Jackson would visit his son every hour. Due to the uncertain factors, he was extremely anxious but he could not show even
The heart-wrenching scene finally drew to a close. The umbilical cord blood transfusion was successfully completed and Leo’s heart rate returned to normal—everything seemed to have fallen back into place. Jackson could feel the weight of a boulder lifted off his chest.As soon as the doctor walked out of the transplant chamber, Jackson stepped forward and took his hand, showering him with words of gratitude.All this while, Yvonne had been trying her best to stay awake. She was dying to hear of Leo's condition post-operation, but ultimately gave in to the anesthesia and drifted off. She felt utterly drained and all she could hear was a gentle whisper by her ear—it was Jackson. “Yvonne, don’t fret,” he said, “Our child will be just fine. Rest without a worry, my dear; when you wake up, all will be well.”And so she slept. She slept for a long period of time and did not even realize that she was wheeled into the ward. In her deep slumber, she could vaguely hear familiar voices, many o
Fiona and Pearlie were about to slip away after beating her until she miscarried. However, they did not expect to see the police standing in front of the door, both of them were then arrested and the pregnant lady was also carried out. The two realized in shock that the lady was not Yvonne, but a random stranger. “What’s happening?” Fiona pointed at the pregnant lady as she asked Donavan in a hysterical scream. “What do you mean by what happened? Didn’t you ask me to kidnap this woman?” Donavan asked.“You… How dare you deceive me?” As matters stood, Fiona had realized that she got fooled. However, it was too late for her to turn things around as the police had charged both of them for kidnapping and murder. Section 239 of the Criminal Law prescribed a minimum of 10 years of penalty in prison or life imprisonment for the crime of kidnapping for the purpose of extorting money. Furthermore, kidnapping another person as a hostage would either result in a fine or confiscation of pro
Yosef and Ella’s engagement was being announced and Pearlie who was in the States obviously knew about it also. Hearing that Ella was Yvonne’s sister, she felt even more uneasy. ‘Yvonne is gone but now we have Ella? Did I get lured into this?’As Pearlie was still reeling from the news, something worse happened. Under the pressure of the Quimbys’, Pearlie’s parents made the move to terminate the marriage agreement for her and Zachary. She was still dreaming about marrying him after the 3-year promise, but she did not expect her parents to terminate the agreement, she was so pissed.‘It’s all because of that b*tch Yvonne Yates! If not, I will not become like this!’ Pearlie then returned to Coreulu in anger.Pearlie was thinking of a plan to ruin Yvonne’s life. ‘Since you’ve destroyed my happiness, you don’t deserve to have any either, I will make you pay.’ Knowing that Fiona was now working as a wine girl in a bar, Pearlie personally went to her and persuaded her to deal with Yvo
“Is Leo willing to give daddy a chance?”“Leo will as long as mommy gives daddy a chance.”Yvonne touched Leo’s head. “Good boy.” She then noticed a gaze staring at her from behind. She turned around and saw Yosef looking at her and Leo from behind.“Yosef, when did you get here?”“Just now.” Yosef walked over. “Yvonne, let’s talk.”Yvonne nodded and went to the garden with Yosef. He helped her to sit down on the bench. “Yvonne, do you believe in destiny?”Yvonne shook her head without knowing why Yosef said so."I never believed in destiny. I always believed that hard work could make everything I wanted, but I guess I was wrong!" Yosef looked at her delicate face. "Since that thing happened, my heart has been very hesitant. I'm struggling and I didn’t dare to face you. I thought about it for so many days and watched it coldly for so many days. Today I finally mustered up the courage to come to you."Yvonne sighed. “I am sorry Yosef, it’s all my fault.”“No! It’s not your fa
Yvonne promised Yosef that she would stay with him and also promised to forgive him but now she faced a bigger problem. After all, Ella was her sister and they have the same blood flowing in their bodies, she could not accept a man who had a relationship with her sister.Now it was not about whether she accepted Yosef or not, it was the matter whether Ella really liked Yosef. Yvonne saw how Ella looked at Yosef with a longing gaze and thinking of the child in Ella’s womb, she wanted to persuade him to accept her. Ever since their conversation that day in the hospital, Yosef avoided being alone with her and Yvonne knew that it was because he did not want Yvonne to tell him to take responsibility for Ella. Yvonne also felt bad as Yosef wasted nine years because of her and how could she persuade him to marry Ella now?As Yvonne felt hesitant, Sandra came to persuade her. “Yvonne, you should give Jackson a chance.”“You guys have been speaking on behalf of Jackson these days? Didn’t y
“Do we really need to give her money to settle this?” Sandra asked. Jackson sneered. “Why should we? Just let her file the report.”“Are we really letting her do it?” Most of the people knew about the paintings, if it was further exposed, it would not look good on Jared. “Fiona knew that we wouldn’t want to cause any more trouble, that’s why she threatened us that way. If we were to be afraid of her, she would be even more extreme next time, just let her report it,” Jackson explained. “I will ask someone to take care of her in there and she will know what to do by then.”“We cannot let her run amok anymore, she deserves whatever she will be getting, just let her file the report!” Yvonne agreed to his statement as well. Evil could never win against good, if they kept on tolerating people like Fiona, she would definitely take another step further. Fiona initially planned to just threaten them once to get some money so she could live a better life, but she did not expect Yvonne
Yvonne nodded while looking at Ella. Jared then called out to Jackson. “I’ve made too many mistakes in my life, I’ve betrayed my wife and wronged my daughters. I really hope that you won't repeat what I did. I am handing Yvonne over to you and I won’t forgive you if you dare to wrong her!” “Father, don’t worry, I will not let Yvonne down!” Jackson swore. “Yvonne, you are a good child. Father knows that you still love Jackson in your heart, so does he. It’s all my fault back then, for the sake of Leo and the child in your womb, forgive him!”“I have forgiven him!” Yvonne answered“I still have one last request...Please bury me...beside Cindy...after I die…” Jared panted as he spoke. Yvonne nodded. “Don’t worry, father!”Hearing what Yvonne said, Jared showed a smile of relief, and his last wish was granted so he had nothing to worry about anymore. He gradually said, “Cindy, I am coming!” and closed his eyes. “Father!” Yvonne and Ella exclaimed at the same time but Jared coul
“Don’t cry, it’s over!” Yvonne patted her shoulder gently and comforted her. “This is actually a relief to her as well!” “Yeah, it is better to die if a person is alive with nothing but pain. Since she is reluctant to die, this is the best way to relieve her at the moment.”Yosef stood aside. Seeing Yvonne and Ella hugging each other crying, he felt extremely complicated. Yvonne was a righteous person and he knew that it would be impossible for him to be with her anymore. He sighed in his heart, ‘Loving each other doesn’t necessarily guarantee a good relationship!’Ella seemed to have heard Yosef’s sigh, she looked up at Yosef with teary eyes. “Brother Turner, I will not hold you back, I won’t let the child bother you.”“What nonsense is this?” Yvonne glared at Ella, the hug earlier cleared out all the barriers between the two girls. “Yosef is not a cruel person! You are my only sister and this is his only child, he will let you have the child.”Hearing what Yvonne mentioned, Yos