The doctor did not want to promise anything. "Sir, it is hard to say when madam is going to be able to move around, but judging from the current situation, it shouldn't be long before she can move around."Josiah thought that the doctor did not actually answer his question and simply glanced at him.Josiah's phone rang in the meantime. It was a phone call from the Shelby mansion.As soon as he answered the call, Lily's anxious voice was heard from the other end of the call. "Sir, Miss Meredith is losing it, she insisted on going out of the house, and her daughter…""Tell her that she can forget about leaving the house unless she gives me back my son," Josiah responded coldly and ended the call before Lily could even finish her sentence.Ever since Meredith was kept locked up in the house, she had been insisting on leaving the house over the past month, and Josiah had already gotten used to it.He would not allow Meredith to run away with Zade Brooks, especially not after Zade had
"Miss Meredith, I'm afraid that Nia would not be able to overcome this crisis." Doctor Sean shook his head helplessly.Even though he was annoyed by the fact of the overdue payments for Nia's medical bills, Nia was after all one of the longest patients that he had taken care of. He too felt heartbroken.The notice of critical illness slipped off from Meredith's hands. Shaking her head in disbelief, Meredith sobbed, "No, Nia will be okay, she will be! I've signed the notice several times but Nia was able to overcome the situation every single time."Bending over to pick up the notice from the floor, Meredith signed her name, all the while her hands were shaking."I've signed it now. Doctor Sean, you must save Nia, please!"Doctor Sean shook his head.Meredith was anxious. "Why are you shaking your head? You're the doctor, aren't you?""Miss Meredith, I'm only a doctor, not God."He was right. He was only a doctor and there was only so much that he could do.But Josiah had a tea
Meredith froze and she stopped crying.She had just lost her last ray of hope.Like always, Josiah had refused to help her."Nia, Nia…"At the thought of Nia still waiting for her, Meredith got herself off the floor and headed back to Nia's ward.Wren knew that there was nothing that they could do for Nia anymore when she saw Meredith returning alone.She walked up to Meredith and held Meredith in her hands. Wren tried to comfort her, "Miss Meredith, you've done what you could. Don't be too hard on yourself now.""No, I didn't and it's all my fault. I should've done a better job…it's all my fault…" Shaking her head, Meredith looked up at the clear skies and cried, "God, if you hear me, please save Nia. Please let her go, she's still so young. If you let me, I'll die in her stead…"Josiah looked worriedly at his grandmother and asked the doctor, "What's going on?"Josiah's grandmother's body was quivering and she looked like she was trying to say something.Her blood pressure
Meredith felt her mind go blank as her world came crashing down on her."Miss Meredith!" Seeing Meredith was about to collapse, Wren hurriedly ran over to her to hold her."Are you alright, Miss Meredith?""How can I be…okay…" Meredith shook her head softly and went on, "how can I be alright when Nia has left me…how…""Miss Meredith, it hadn't been easy for Nia to hold on for so long. You should probably head inside and take one last look at her.""No! Nia is not dead! She's not going to leave me all alone!" Meredith ran toward the doctor, pulled his sleeve, and begged, "You're the most skilled doctor in the department, aren't you Doctor Sean? You've saved Nia over and over again, you should be able to do the same this time!""I'm really sorry, Miss Meredith. There's only so much that I can do."There was nothing else that the doctor could do anymore to save Nia.The words stabbed into Meredith's heart like sharp knives. The wrenching pain gnawed on her as she cried her heart o
Josiah had always hated the sight of Nia and he hated to hear the mention of her name.Because it would always remind him of the fact that Meredith had cheated on him.Nia's name was like a taboo to him.But for some reason, he felt a wrenching pain in his chest at the sight of Nia lying lifelessly in Meredith's arms.He should not be having this kind of feeling because Nia was not related to him in any way. He should not be feeling sorry for Nia.He knew that he should walk away but his legs were somehow glued to the floor.The doctor pleaded with Josiah. "Sir, would you mind talking to Miss Meredith and having her let go of Nia? The poor girl…had already left us.""She's left us…?""Yes," The doctor nodded and went on, "but Miss Meredith is not willing to let go of her. She's insisting on bringing the child to another hospital."Looking at Meredith who was bawling her eyes out, Josiah finally said to her, "Meredith, let go of the child and come home with me."Meredith stopp
Josiah was stunned by her request.She wanted him to hold Nia and he had never thought of holding Nia in his arms.When Nia was alive, Josiah did feel sorry for her situation. But now that she was dead, Josiah did not have the courage to hold her.Seeing how Josiah was not moving, Meredith cried in despair, "Josiah, will you not even hold her? You won't ever get the chance to hold her anymore!"Josiah leaned toward Meredith.And Meredith hurriedly passed Nia to him.But Josiah's hands passed by Nia's body and reached for Meredith's hands that were grabbing onto his trousers and pushed them away. Straightening his back, Josiah then walked out of the room.Staring at Josiah who was leaving, Meredith yelled in despair, "How could you be this cold-hearted? You don't deserve to be Nia's father! You don't deserve to have such a good daughter! You don't…."Don't go, Josiah Shelby! Please don't leave!"Meredith finally passed out.By the time she was awake, three days had already pas
"No! Who said he could lay his hands on my daughter! I never said that he could!" Meredith was about to lose her mind as she cried in despair, "When Nia was alive, he didn't even care to look at her, and now he thinks that he can just take over Nia's funeral? Who does he think he is?""Merelyn, please calm down…"At Shelby's mansion.Josiah was sitting behind his desk and on it was the paternity test report that Yoseph had given to him.The test results had proven that Nia was his daughter.No words could possibly describe how he was feeling after receiving the test results. He felt as if his world had come crashing down on him yet at the same time, he felt his heart being wrenched tightly together.His heart was aching like never before.Yoseph knocked on his door and walked in. "Sir, news about you abandoning your wife and daughter and even killing your own daughter is all over the internet. Do you want to make a statement to clarify that Nia…""It's fine," Josiah cut him off
Meredith stayed quiet but it did not last for more than five seconds. She pushed him away and slapped him across his face. "Now that Nia is gone, I am not related to you anymore so don't you dare to touch me from now on!"And, please give me Nia's ashes."The crowd let out a gasp when Josiah was slapped.Josiah was a respectable and influential CEO and this was the first time the crowd had witnessed Josiah being this 'humble' in front of a lady.Josiah was not irked by the crowds' gossip. Instead, he licked the blood that was seeping out from his lips that were torn.He thought of kissing her again to shut her up.Meredith grabbed his shirt in her hands and yelled, "Nia is not related to the Shelby family! She is mine! Please give her back to me!""Are you done, Meredith Leighton?" Josiah looked down at her. "It's time for you to go home."Home? Since when did she still have a place that she could call her home?Ever since her mother had passed, Meredith had stopped renting th