Meredith's calm front finally came crashing down the moment she saw her mother through the video on Ysabelle's phone, laying on the floor as blood was dripping from her mouth."What happened to my mom?" She reached out her hands, wanting to snatch Ysabelle's phone but failed.Meredith finally fell apart. Dropping to her knees, Meredith begged, "Tell me Ysabelle! What happened to my mom?""There, there. Calm down, I'll tell you," Looking at her in disdain, Ysabelle took a step away from her before going on, "your poor mom suddenly started coughing up blood and passed out. She's being treated in the hospital now but no one can be sure that she'd be able to get past this."Looking at the video that was playing on her phone, Ysabelle clicked her tongue and said, "I heard that she hasn't been doing well lately and now she's even coughing up blood. I think it'll be hard to save her."Putting away her phone, Ysabella then asked, "Oh no, what do we do? It's possible that you wouldn't even
Lily went to check on Meredith the first thing when she got home from getting groceries.She was aghast and horrified by the sight of Meredith laying in a pool of blood.Quivering in fear, Lily quickly made a call to Josiah.Josiah was in the middle of a meeting in the meantime and Yoseph was supposed to update Josiah's personal matters after the meeting.However, at the news of Meredith wanting to commit suicide, he had to inform Josiah. Indeed, at the mention of Meredith trying to kill herself, Josiah's face darkened. "How is she?"Yoseph shook his head. "Lily sounded like she was in a bad shock and she was stuttering. But I've asked her to call for the ambulance right away."Josiah got up onto his feet abruptly and walked toward the door of the meeting hall.Mister Yoseph informed the attendees of the meeting. "Something urgent came up and requires Mister Josiah's immediate attention. That'll be all for the meeting today."He then quickly followed up to Josiah.By the tim
Turning around, Josiah then headed for the door.Behind him was Meredith who was on her knees, begging while crying, "Nia is not Yoel's child, you have to believe me, Josiah. Please believe me once more…please save her…"Josiah had turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to her pleadings and cries.To Lily, he said, "Keep a close watch on her and send her back to the basement!"Lily could not bring herself to say anything.She did not dare to plead with Josiah and could only turn to Mister Yoseph for help. "Even though Miss Meredith's life is not in danger anymore, she did lose a lot of blood. Could we let her stay in the hospital for a few more days?"Yoseph replied, "Don't worry, I'll try to talk to Mister Josiah."By the time Yoseph rushed to the entrance, Josiah had already gotten into the car.He quickly got into the car. He waited for quite a while before finally asking, "Sir, what do you plan to do with Miss Meredith? We can't possibly keep her locked away in the basement fore
"Huh? You're Meredith Leighton?" The nurse exclaimed as she studied Meredith all over. "You are really Meredith Leighton?""Yes.""Are you even hearing yourself? How is it possible for Mister Josiah's ex-wife to look so hideous?"Meredith instinctively adjusted the mask on her face."I am not lying. You can call him and check with him," In desperation, Meredith added, "I'll give you his number. Tell him that my mom's life is in danger and she's dying soon. She needs to be treated right away."The doctor was still feeling skeptical, yet at the same time, he was worried that he would miss the golden timing to save Mister Josiah's mother-in-law.After a moment of hesitation, the doctor called Josiah.Meredith, on the other hand, held her breath, waiting for Josiah to pick up.When the call was picked up, the doctor glanced at Meredith before walking away and said into the phone, "My apologies, Sir. I'm one of the surgeons from the E.R. department…""What's wrong?" Josiah cut him
"Mom-" Grabbing tightly onto her mother's hand, Meredith cried, "Mom! Didn't you say you were only going to take a nap? How could you lie to me? Hurry up and wake up now -""I'm really going to get mad at you if you don't wake up! I'm not going to talk to you anymore! Mom…please wake up, hmm? Please don't leave…"No matter how much she cried, Alayna did not wake up.Seeing how Meredith was crying her heart out, one of the nurses could not help but try to comfort her, "Miss, my deepest sympathies but your mom is already gone.""No! She will never abandon me like that, she will wake up!" Meredith tried to stop the nurses from pushing her mom away. Shaking her head frantically as tears rolled down her cheeks, she said, "Give me a moment, I'll ask Josiah for help! I'll go beg him! I'm willing to give him my life!"The nurses exchanged a look with each other and could only shake their heads.They simply assumed that Meredith had lost her mind from the shock of her mother's sudden pass
Biting down on her lips, Ysabelle went on, "Oh, and one more thing, Josiah. Meredith's mom just passed away and I don't think she'd be able to come home for the time being. Please be understanding of her situation."Josiah who was about to go through some of his work felt his heart sink at Ysabelle’s words. Looking up at her, he asked, "What did you say?""I just heard from my dad earlier. He received a call from the hospital saying that Meredith's mom is dead and my dad is required to be present at the hospital for some after-procedures. I'm guessing that Meredith won't be coming back here to serve you. I came here to tell you that."Meredith's mother was dead? But there were no signs at all.Josiah could somewhat imagine how devastated and heartbroken Meredith was.Of course, he was not entirely concerned about Alayna. What made him uncomfortable were Ysabelle's words - that Meredith would not be coming back to the Shelby residence.Ysabelle added carefully, "So Josiah, let me
"Yeah, because I wronged Josiah, you snatched everything away from mom, and went on to stay together with that new lover of yours," Smiling through her tears, she added, "but why are you the one who gets to stay?""I was the one who managed the company for so many years, of course, it shouldn't be me who is supposed to leave!""Indeed. You've been trying to turn the company to yours little by little, and Josiah simply gave you a reason to abandon your wife and your daughter. Listen, Marvin Leighton, you are the one who killed mom…"Ysabelle and Josiah too.Each of them was more wicked, crueler, and more ruthless than the other.Meredith had kept tabs on each of them.Feeling guilty, Marvin turned his head away to avoid looking at her eyes which were filled with tears. "I don't have the time to be arguing with you over this. Do yourself a favor and go."Watching him as he left, Meredith said coldly, "Marvin Leighton, you and my mom are not related anymore. You don't have to colle
"Meredith Leighton, what is this? Why are you avoiding me?" Josiah demanded with a gloomy look on his face.Finally lifting up her head to look at him, Meredith stared right into his eyes. "Josiah Shelby, I am not running away from you. I'm just utterly disgusted by you, hate you, and I don't want to see you."Pulling her wrist from his grasp, she added, "Oh, and let me tell you a piece of good news. My mom has finally died because of you. You must be exhilarated, huh."And one last thing. Now that you managed to force my mom to death, you can forget about using my mom as an excuse and threaten me to take care of that lover of yours, to be your maid, to be tortured by you, or to be forced to sleep with you."For some reason, her words did not sit well with Josiah. He felt somewhat suffocated.Josiah closed into her until her back was against the wall. Looking down at her, he corrected Meredith, "I'm not the one who's responsible for your mother's death. This is simply what you get