chapter 1958


    The colossal cruise started to drift away from the pier.


    Eric stood on the cruise and let the wind blow at him, loneliness and hatred still oozing from his being.


    He stared at the blue ocean ahead of him as Charmine''s words rang in his mind unceasingly.


    Will you really feel good after you''ve killed them?''


    ''You saw Susan suffering from a serious wound; would you still kill the one sibling you have left in the


    world?''


    "Forgive them and yourself.''


    Deliberating everything carefully, his lips curled into a bitter smile.


    It was true, after all, that Charmine understood him the most.


    Eric poured himself another drink and downed it with loneliness as he allowed the cruise to bring him


    wherever it would take him.


    Susan was still inside the operating room when Charmine and the rest of the Baileys rushed into the


    hospital.


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    Darryl stood before the room, his expression nk, his figure lonely and helpless.


    So many things had happened in half a day.


    He found out about his wife''s infidelity and that she had given birth to another child over 20 years ago,


    yet at this very hour, her life was in danger.


    Even though he hated her, it was undeniable that she had kept himpany for a few decades, and


    she bore him a son that he was very proud of, too.


    The family waited around half an hour outside the room before the door finally opened slowly.


    Nial, still wearing his blue medical scrubs, walked out from the inside and pulled down his mask.


    His usually carefree face was gone, reced with a solemn expression.


    He looked at the crowd and said in a serious tone, "Susan’s head was stabbed by a nail. Due to


    extreme blood loss, she’s now paralyzed and will never wake up again...” 7


    A heavy feeling loomed over him.


    Although Susan had done many wrong things, she was still his aunt. He would no longer see her in her


    luxurious clothes, and she would no longer pester him to meet a girlfriend. 4


    Everyone felt conflicted at this news, too.


    She was doing just fine before this...


    The nurses wheeled Susan out of the room, her usually elegant face pale and her head heavily


    bandaged.


    Sheid in bed, unmoving, but her breaths, though unstable, were proof that she was still alive.


    Seeing her in this state, Darryl bitterly remarked, "Good. She''s done many wrong things, after all. This


    is what she gets!" s


    His expression, however, contradicted his words. His gaze was filled with sadness, and gone was the


    steely gaze he usually had, now red-rimmed.


    The nurses sent her to a more well-equipped, special ward, and the Baileys and Charmine followed


    suit.


    Grandma Bailey stood by the bed looking at Susan, and she sighed.


    Although she did not like Susan, this oue was not what she wanted.


    Was it a punishment from above to make hery in here quietly?


    Sigh.


    Thinking of what Susan said back at the pier, Grandma Bailey turned to face everyone. "Everyone can


    head home now. All these years after Susan moved into the Bailey mansion, she’s part of us now and


    has earned her credits. In the past, I may not have sorted things out perfectly and wronged her, yet she


    bottled everything inside herself. She had taken care of me and my husband, so from now on, I''ll take


    care of her in return to make up for it."


    Grandma Bailey sighed and exuded an air of helplessness.


    Charmine stood by the side and agreed gently, "Grandma, don’t take it too seriously. It’s not your fault


    entirely."