Chapter 945


    All these things, they were all wounds he had inflicted on her himself. He was thest person who


    had any right to say he could protect her.


    Keh furrowed his brow. Frustration drove him to snatch the cigarette right out of Everett''s hand.


    "Tell me! What the hell happened to Dorothy? I saw her today, looking all skin and bones, and knew


    something was off!"


    "You knowing won''t change a thing." Everett wasn''t mad about losing the cigarette; it was probably


    for the best anyway, since Dorothy hated the smell of smoke.


    He turned to leave, but Keh quickly stepped in front of him and blocked his way.


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    "Everett!"


    Everett didn''t even look at him but simply said coldly, "She''s fine. I won''t let anything happen to her."


    ...


    Huxley and Paloma Turner rushed back to Eldorria City non-stop. The moment theynded, they


    headed straight to the hospital.


    "Karen, you''ve been through a lot!" Paloma said, holding Karen''s hand. Her concern was genuinely


    heartfelt, not just some superficial show of sympathy.


    "Mom, I''m okay! You and Dad are rushing back like this, you must be exhausted. Jeffrey, could you


    please take them hometer? Please take a good rest and thene visit me, okay?"


    In that moment, Karen seemed to have suddenly grown up. The carefree little girl she used to be


    seemed like a thing of the past.


    "I''m not going home today; I''ll stay here overnight! I''m worried the night nurse won''t take good care


    of my granddaughter. I want to be here myself!" Despite the jetg keeping Paloma awake for over


    twenty hours, she was too excited to feel tired.


    "You should go home and sleep. Please let Jeffrey stay tonight." Huxley finally spoke.


    It wasn''t that he was worried about his wife; he just felt that with a newborn, there were surely a lot


    of things they needed to discuss privately between the couple! With his wife around, those


    conversations would be difficult to have.


    Paloma caught on to her husband''s hint and reluctantly nodded, "Right, right! I''lle back early


    tomorrow!"


    "Okay." Karen smiled, then looked up at Dorothy, "Dorothy, you and Everett should probably head


    back too. The hospital has a night nurse and doctors; I''ll be fine. Plus, you have Abigail and


    Langston waiting at home."


    She was too exhausted today to inquire why Dorothy had lost so much weight.


    "Alright, just call me if you need anything. Don''t keep it from me." Dorothy said, finishing her


    sentence just as Everett and Keh returned to the room.


    She moved closer to Everett, her voice soft, "Shall we go back? Let’s give Karen some rest."


    "Okay."


    After Jeffrey saw everyone out, he returned to the room and lifted his daughter from her crib to


    Karen''s side, whispering, "Karen... I''m already worried about some punk swooping in and stealing


    my girl. What do we do?


    I''m thinking of sending her to an all-girls'' school! No way am I letting anyone be my son-in-


    law!"


    Karen had predicted he would react this way upon meeting his daughter.


    "Do you want her to end up alone?"


    "I''ll spoil her! She can have all my money. I’ll make her so spoiled she won''t look twice at any guy."


    After saying this, Jeffrey sighed, "Do you think... all the bad karma I''ve racked up could end up


    affecting my daughter?"


    Ever since he knew Karen was expecting a girl, this had been his biggest worry. Anxiety gnawed at


    him at the mere thought of it.