Chapter 663


    Molly managed to force a smile. “Joe, there’s no need for such hostility. I’ve


    son.”


    Joe’s expression hardened into a sharp, menacing re. “Get out.”


    ways thought of you as my


    “Joe!” Edwin roared in fury. He had hoped time would soften Joe’s stance, but it seemed to have


    only made him more unyielding.


    Molly’s expression darkened. “I’ll leave now.”


    “Just because I don’t voice my thoughts doesn’t mean I’m unaware. I simply refuse to dirty my wife’s


    ears with these matters. You’d better leave the hospital while I’m still rational.” Joe’s tone was icy,


    full of contempt. Old grievances buzzed in his mind like gnawing insects, stirring nausea in his gut.


    The two before him were middle–aged, yet the stains of their past sins lingered in Joe’s mind, vivid


    as


    ever.


    Skr sensed Joe’s emotional turmoil and gently sped his hand. He applied a strength to her


    grasp


    that even he hadn’t realized.


    Joe snapped back to reality, peering down at Skr. He felt the queasy feeling in his stomach


    abruptly diminish.


    Molly’s face turned pale, and she quickly left without saying a word.


    Edwin appeared somewhat restrained. He nced at Edgar unwillingly and said, “Take good care of


    Mrs.


    Martin Senior.”


    “I will,” Edgar replied.


    After Edwin and Molly left, Joe’s expression softened considerably.


    Edgar looked at Skr with some concern. He worried that the earlier scene might have upset her.


    But seeing her calm demeanor, he realized Gloria was right. Anyway, her judgment had always


    been spot on.


    “Dr. Colon says Mrs. Martin Senior’s condition is stable for now Edgar said softly to the young


    couple.


    If Gloria were awake, she wouldn’t want to see them so worried.


    “What did he say to Grandma?” Joe asked Edgar.


    You two don’t need to worry too much,”


    Edgar nced at Skr and then shook his head. “I was busy then and didn’t hear what Mrs. Martin


    Senior and Mr. Martin discussed.”


    Skr could guess what their conversation had been about.


    “I’ll stay here to take care of Grandma. You two should go back and get some rest,” Skr told Joe


    and Edgar.


    Edgar was older. He shouldn’t stay up all night at the hospital. Joe had just confronted his father, so


    his emotions were likely in turmoil.


    Skr suggested staying behind to care for Gloria, as she was emotionally stable and more suited


    to the task.


    “Let me stay. There are other staff and nurses here. You two should return to Gxy Vi ande


    back to the hospital tomorrow morning,” Edgar offered.


    Joe nced at his watch and checked the time.


    It was already midnight. Returning to the vi and back was impractical.


    “Alright,” Joe agreed. He then led Skr out of the hospital.


    He didn’t take Skr back to the Gxy Vi. Instead, they stayed at a hotel nearby.


    After the earlier ordeal, neither felt like sleeping once they arrived at the hotel.


    Joe held Skr in his arms. He remained silent for a while. He only spoke when he sensed that


    Skr wasn’t sleeping either. “Were you scared at the hospital?”


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    “No, I’m not that easily frightened,” Skr replied honestly.


    After witnessing various forms of human nature and betrayal, she was no longer afraid of much.


    “Don’t let their attitudes toward you today bother you too much,” Joe said, his voice growing


    somber.


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