After the car was parked, Maia quickly entered the hospital building. “Grandpa! Look at the bouquet I got you! I hope that you’ll always be healthy and safe!” Maia handed the bouquet to Hans. “Thank you. I love them very much!” Hans smiled happily as he accepted the flowers. “Ms. Maia, to Mr. Hans your flowers are worth more than those expensive gifts!” Fernando said as he smiled joyfully as well.“Fernando, do you need any help with the discharge procedures?”“Nope, everything is done.” Maia looked at her watch in disappointment and apologized. “I’m sorry. Was I too late?”“Not at all! We’ve just finished checking out of the hospital. We wanted to wait for you, but you’ve arrived within seconds. You came at the right time!” Hans did not want Maia to feel bad. Hans looked behind Maia as he asked, “Where’s the boy? Is he at the office?”“He left for a business trip.” Maia clarified.“Business trip? When will he be back?”Maia nodded. “He’ll probably need some time.” “C

“Grandpa, Cedric left a comment for you.”Hans stole a glance over Maia’s shoulder before huffing, “I’m his grandfather, I don’t need to reply to his comment!” Maia just smiled at Hans’ childish behavior. When she finally noticed that Fischer still did not start driving, she asked, “Fischer, is something wrong?”Fischer was not in the right state. When he heard Maia calling his name, he finally snapped out of it and apologized. “Sorry, Ms. Maia. I’ll start driving now.” The car pulled out of the parking lot and started moving toward Prismara Hill. Maia took one last glance at Fischer before she looked out the window. She had an uneasy feeling of being watched, but she could not tell where it was coming from.Was it just her being sensitive? For some reason, Maia could not help but feel that something was not right as she felt restless. …Prismara’s weather was unpredictable, as the clear skies were soon covered in grey clouds. The manor on Prismara Hill looked like it was shi

“Maia?”She heard his deep voice from the other end of the phone. She couldn’t possibly hold back her tears when she heard his voice, but she was in so much pain that she couldn’t even muster up the strength to cry.The downpour rained down on her. She was both cold and in pain, but even her senses were becoming duller. ‘It is agonizing, Cedric,’ she thought to herself. ‘The pain is so excruciating. Grandpa and Fernando tried to protect me and I’m not even sure if they are alive. Please come back soon. We need you.‘Save me. Save Grandpa and Fernando. Save our baby…’There were a lot of things that she wanted to tell him, but there was blood in her throat. The rain also assailed her relentlessly. The pain she was experiencing now was sapping her energy bit by bit.Maia was in a hopeless situation, but the man wore a cold, aloof expression. “Cedric truly cherishes you. Look at it. You merely rang him for a few seconds, and he already picked up your video call.” There was a hint o

Shelly said, “Your son knew how it would end when he decided to do what he did. He was dismayed by his actions and went on to kneel here for a whole day. That’s humane of him, but it does nothing to fix all the wrongs he did.“The people lying dead over there won’t come back to life, and we don’t even know if Maia and her baby are still alive. What makes you think Fischer and your life are worth more than those two dead bodies over there and Maia as well as her baby?”Baz tugged at her lightly, hinting at her to stop saying anything. Cedric wore a cruel, blood-chilling expression and sneered, “There are only three people in the world that I consider family. Because of him, one of them is in a body bag, and I don’t even know if the other two are alive. What makes you think I should have mercy on him?”“Well, then. Let me atone for his sins. Let me take the punishment.”“Let me face my punishment, Mom. I betrayed Mr. Cedric, and that led to Mr. Hans and Fernando’s deaths as well as

Maia frowned. “There has to be a way.”Even if they couldn’t get out of this place, they had to find a way to spread the news out there, so Cedric knew that both of them were locked up in here.Before she could do that, she had to know what place this was.She reached out and rubbed her belly, but there was no joy to be had. Instead, she felt distraught. After all, no mother would want their babies to suffer with them. Maia felt she was not being a good mom to her baby.At that moment, one of the women sitting across the room stood up abruptly. She cackled before taking steps toward them.“W-Watch out! Quick, duck behind me!” Amanda said it in a hushed and worried tone. Maia looked at the cackling woman. Before she could do anything, the mad woman pounced on her.“Hahaha… What a lovely day! What a lovely day, I say! Tomorrow! Tomorrow’s going to be a sad day! Hahaha! Look. All of my ducklings are flying high. Look!” The woman was completely out of her mind. She was roaring wi