Zya was the one who helped Meredith hire the nurse. The nurse was a distant relative of Zya too, so it was considered more reliable.Meredith called her on the phone to come out to meet her. After asking about Nia's condition for the past two days and telling her about Nia's illness, Meredith left the hospital reluctantly.Meredith took her mother's medical records, initially wanting to bail her mother out on medical parole. When the staff saw her mother's medical records, the staff immediately refused. "Miss Meredith, your mother does not have any serious illnesses. We cannot release her for medical treatment.""How is it not considered serious?" Meredith was anxious. "Look properly. She has long-term stomach problems and high blood pressure, also…""I'm sorry, Miss Meredith. Your mother has not fulfilled the conditions for medical parole," The other person rejected Meredith's request firmly.Meredith looked at the other person leaving in a daze. Then, she immediately chased af
Alayna was indeed very sick already. It was so serious that she needed support when she walked.However, when she saw Ysabelle, she still struggled forward and pleaded, "Ysabelle, I beg you. Let me go, please, I beg of you.""Aunty Alayna, why do you want to go out so badly? Isn't it good staying in? You can eat for free. You don't have to rely on your daughter, saving some money on food."Ysabelle looked at her. "Aunty Alayna, I remembered back then that you were quite the woman too, with my dad tightly held in your hands. Why have you turned out like this? Tsk, just like your daughter. You're cheap and cowardly!"Alayna only wanted to live well and get well to become Nia's donor. She no longer cared about Ysabelle's mocks. She pleaded with tears in her eyes, "Ysabelle, whatever resentment you have must have been gone after so many years, right? Why are you still torturing us?""How is this considered torture?" Ysabelle shook her head. "Aunty Alayna, you're overthinking this. I
"Uh…" Lily immediately said, "Sir, how could Miss Meredith place the rat inside? It must be because recently the cleanliness of the mansion was not cared for properly which was why rats invaded. It's my fault. It's all my fault…""For so many years, there were no rat infestations in this mansion." Josiah looked at Meredith. "Let alone rats that would bite people."Clearly, he had already determined that it was Meredith who did it.Meredith looked at Ysabelle's despicable face. If this rat was really placed here, only that vile woman would do it! Meredith calmly looked at Josiah and said, "Mister Josiah, do you think I will risk my mother and daughter's life to place a rat here to bite Yena?""Only you'll know clearly whether you would or not." Josiah sneered. "Anyway, she won't die from it. You don't have to bear the responsibility too, do you?""Sir, you could find fault with me in every single little thing. I'm already so afraid that I don't even dare breathe, afraid that I wo
"Meredith Leighton, you're quite sharp-tongued, aren't you?" Clenching his jaws tightly, Josiah charged toward her, grabbed her chin in his hands and hissed, "Let's see how much longer you'll stay this stubborn.""Kill me if you dare!"Meredith had run out of options and she did not want to live for another second.How could she when she could not even save her mother and her daughter?She would finally be free once she was dead.But at the thought of Nia who was waiting for her at the hospital, Meredith could not bring herself to think of dying. She had no right to die.Once again, she was conflicted."You want to die? Do you think I'll let you die this easily?" Josiah stared at her with his cold piercing gaze. "Don't worry. I will make sure that you'd live a long, long life. I'll make sure your life is a living hell. Now get the hell away from me!""Josiah…""Miss Meredith, let's go." Lily was worried that Meredith would anger Josiah even more hence she hurriedly pulled Mere
"I'll be fine," Meredith added bitterly, "she's right. Josiah will only get angrier if he sees you shielding me from the rain."Seeing Meredith was determined, Lily could only walk back into the house, taking the umbrella with her.The rain was getting heavier and the temperature was dropping.Meredith's face and lips turned pale, her body shivering from the cold.Her legs had already gone numb.But she did not stop kneeling. Biting down on the pain and cold, she continued kneeling.When Ysabelle walked into Josiah's study with a tray of supper in her hands, she saw how Josiah was staring out the window with a grave expression on his face.Following his gaze, Ysabelle noticed that he was actually staring at Meredith who was kneeling in the front yard.The heavy rain was hitting hard on her body and Meredith was shivering and shaking. It looked as if she was not able to hold it out any longer.Ysabelle stole another glance at Josiah before putting down the tray of food in front
"Josiah, what are you still waiting for? Hurry up and bring her inside."With her words, Josiah came back to his senses. Carrying Meredith in his hands, Josiah took big strides into the house.It was then that he realized that her entire body was cold. Even her cheeks were ice cold.Ysabelle said, "Josiah, get her upstairs quickly. I'll make a call to Doctor Zach."She then rushed to the living room to make the call.Carrying Meredith to the bedroom on the second floor, Josiah turned up the heater. When he turned around, he saw Meredith waving to him and calling out to him weakly, "Joe…"Josiah hurriedly rushed over to hold her hand in his and he sounded gentle, "Meredith Leighton, what are you planning to do again?"Shaking her head, Meredith ignored his question. Instead, she held his hand tightly and said, "Joe…if I ever die…please…please promise me that you'll run a paternity test with Nia, please…"Furrowing his brows, Josiah asked, "What did you say?""Get a paternity te
How could the child be his daughter? Josiah refused to believe that Nia was his daughter.But since Meredith had insisted on him doing a paternity test, Josiah thought that there was no harm in doing one.Fixing the blanket over her, Josiah made a call to Wesley.Wesley, who was on the other end of the phone was startled when he heard that Josiah wanted to do a paternity test. "Sir, didn't Miss Meredith use birth control? If so, there's no need to run the paternity test, right? Why the sudden change of mind?"With his gaze fixed on Meredith, Josiah said, "Meredith is claiming that Nia is my child. I want to believe her once.""Right, Sir. I will make the arrangements tomorrow morning.""Get over here and get the samples," ordered Josiah.Without any hesitation, Wesley replied, "Sure, I'll come over right away."After ending the call, Josiah reached out his hands and stroked Meredith's pale, white face as he murmured softly, "Meredith, I'll believe you this once and I hope that
Let her go and leave her to her own fate?It was impossible that Josiah would agree to that. It did not matter if Nia was her daughter or not, there was no way that he would let her go.It would be the best outcome If Nia turned out to be his daughter and he would not let her leave his house.But if Nia was not his daughter, he would not let her escape from his grasp. He would make sure that she faced the consequences of all of her wrongdoings."Sir, to be honest…" Wetting her lips, Lily mustered up her courage and said, "I think that Miss Meredith is not the type of person you think she is. You know better on how she is full of pride, how is it possible that she'd fall for a lowly servant and even have sex with him? Don't you think so too?""We'll know tomorrow if she's that type of person," Josiah replied.Lily did not understand why he would say that but she did not say anything else.Josiah had finally agreed to run a paternity test and had finally believed that Nia was his