After returning home, Patricia rolled up her sleeves and started cooking in the kitchen.Fannie was watching cartoons, while Charles sat in front of the computer, habitually accessing the Ivara City Hospital website and forum.Since mommy started working at Ivara City Hospital, the first thing he did after coming home from school most days was to check the hospital's website and forum for the latest updates.Today was no exception. As soon as he opened the forum, he saw a hot post with over eight thousand replies.The title of the post read: ‘Personally Appointed by Mr. Langley, Professor Brown Makes a Strong Comeback.’Charles frowned at the intriguing title and clicked onto the post to open it. The first comment that popped up was about Debbie returning to work.“This afternoon at three o'clock, Mr. Langley personally issued the order to restore Debbie to her previous position. The Thomas family's Bobby is now under her full responsibility.” One of the posts read.The comments belo
Debbie looked at Greta, who stood there unsure, in disbelief. She forced a smile and asked, "Greta, how did you come here?"Greta stepped out of the shadows, staring at Debbie with a gloomy expression, her body trembling with anger.As best friends for more than a decade, just one expression was enough for Debbie to know that Greta must have heard the entire conversation between her and Patricia earlier."Greta, you misunderstood. Patricia..." Debbie's words were cut short as Greta rushed over, gripping her arms tightly and angrily asking. "Debbie, is what she said true?"Debbie's arms were hurting from Greta's grip, and her face twisted in pain."Greta, after our friendship of over ten years, do you really believe her and not me?" Debbie defended.Greta's emotions remained stirred up as she spoke."I heard Patricia say with my own ears that my brother's condition is not suitable for surgery and should be treated conservatively. Surgery would be very dangerous in his situation."Debb
The three teachers, seeing that the others had successfully taken Charles away, exchanged a knowing glance before leaving once Jade rejected them again. Jade straightened her disheveled clothes and sighed. "These people are so annoying. I've already said 'no' multiple times, yet they keep pushing their sales pitch. It's really frustrating."Pouting, Fannie said reluctantly, "Jade, I want that Barbie doll."Jade readily agreed, "Alright, I'll buy it for you. After dinner, I'll take you to the mall to have a look!"Upon hearing this, Fannie was ecstatic, nearly jumping up and down with joy. As she Jumped, she exclaimed excitedly."Jade, I love you so much! You're amazing!"Jade affectionately rubbed her little head. "Stop flattering me. Let's go buy groceries first. I'll make roasted lamb chops for you guys today!""Great!" Fannie said happily.Thinking about having a Barbie doll soon, Fannie suddenly felt that Jade's cooking wasn't that bad.Jade held Fannie's hand and instinctively
Jade immediately caught up with her."I'll go with you; two pairs of eyes are better than one!"Patricia shook her head in refusal."No need, stay at home and take care of Fannie. Charles is already missing, if anything were to happen to Fannie, I wouldn’t be able to go on." Patricia said solemnly. Her words reminded Jade."Well then, you stay at home and watch over Fannie, I'll go out and look!" Jade insisted.Patricia shook her head again, "No need, I know Charles's habits. Maybe he left some secret signs along the way. You take care of Fannie; I'll go find him."With the conversation reaching this point, Jade couldn't say anything more and reluctantly agreed."Alright, if anything happens, contact me immediately." Jade pressured Patricia."Okay!" Patricia nodded, about to leave when Jade seemed to remember something and grabbed her hand, suggesting, "Patricia, why don't we find Martin?"Patricia's mind went blank for a moment. "Find Martin?"Jade nodded, "With Martin's skills and
The next day.Alan went to the hospital to collect some documents from Martin.Martin's sharp and unwavering eyes stared at him, their depths murky and unfathomable, making it hard to discern his emotions.Alan felt a chill run down his spine from being stared at like that, and a sense of foreboding overwhelmed him, urging him to escape from there."If there's nothing else, boss, I'll head back to the company." Alan tried to excuse himself.Martin reclined on the sofa, elegantly crossing his long legs together. He twirled a jade thumb ring on his left thumb.His look expressionless, as he asked in a deep voice usually reserved for intimidation tactics in negotiations."Are you hiding something from me?"Alan felt as if he had been thrown into an icy cellar, his whole-body shivering. Under the piercing gaze of Martin, he remained frozen.With his neck stiffened, Alan shook his head and tried to sound calm as he replied."No, how could I hide something from you?" Martin tugged at his li
Realizing that she almost spilled the beans, Patricia forcefully swallowed the unfinished words.Martin stared intensely at her, saying, "Actually what?"Patricia clenched her teeth and bit her lip seeing no other way out, she pleaded in a low voice."As long as you promise to help me find Charles, I'll do anything for you! I'll do whatever you ask."Her implication didn't soften Martin's heart. On the contrary, his face grew darker, his eyes burning with anger. He gripped her jaw, forcing her to look at him, and through gritted teeth, said."Patricia, what do you think I am? A despicable person taking advantage of any opportunity?"Patricia hurriedly explained, "No, that's not what I meant."Martin's face was full of mockery, "Then what did you mean? Do you think I, Martin, would still touch a woman who has another man's child?"Patricia felt embarrassed, her face turning red, tears welling up in her eyes."Charles is not an illegitimate child, he is the flesh that fell from my body
Roger looked at the bottle of medicine without reaching out to take it. "What is this?" he asked.Debbie retorted, "What do you think it is?"Immediately, Roger grew agitated. "He's just a four-and-a-half-year-old child. Are you really so malicious to poison him? We agreed before that sending them out of Ivara City would be enough!"Debbie stared at him as if he were an idiot."This is a sleeping pill. One pill will make him sleep for a whole day! Give him one daily to prevent him from influencing all of you." Debbie said in a seething voice. Relieved to hear that it was a sleeping pill, Roger let out a breath and took the bottle from her hand.Debbie urged with concern, "Remember, one pill every day until you send them out of Ivara City."After leaving the earthen house, Debbie instructed Sean, "You can take action against Patricia now! She's easy to deal with because she's constantly searching for Charles everywhere."Since the incident at the detention center, Martin had been as
In her semi-conscious state, Patricia regained some consciousness during a bumpy ride. Faintly, she heard voices conversing."Should we go to the dock now?" One of the people in the vehicle questioned."Martin has blocked all the routes out of Ivara City, so we can't leave normally. We'll have to smuggle ourselves out! Sean has arranged two cargo ships for us. You take the little boy on one ship, and I'll take this woman on the other.""Why not send them away together?" the second man questioned."Sean said they shouldn't be kept together and shouldn't be sent to the same place. They need to be separated, never to see each other again in their lives.""Damn, Sean is so cruel! Separating a mother and child, isn't that a death sentence for them? This little boy is only four and a half years old. Abandoned alone in a foreign country, how can he survive? He will starve to death on the streets one day.""Yeah! The little one is definitely on a one-way road to death, and the older one... we