Chapter 1381


    However, their method turned out to involve paying with their lives as well.


    Natalie couldn''t bring herself to tell Joyce''s parents to go through with that method, so it seemed that


    the grudge between the two families would never be resolved.


    Natalie took a deep breath and patted Caitlin on the hand as she said, “I understand what you and Mr.


    Rivers n on doing, but I hope that you two will not go through with that n. Joyce tried to kill herself


    in order to settle the grudge between both families, and look how much pain her action has caused the


    two of you. Had you two killed yourselves, Joyce would surely suffer even if she were able to find a


    new lover and start up a new family.”


    “Nat is right. I''m sure there''s another way to resolve this issue, so please don''t do anything rash.”


    Shane, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up all of a sudden.


    The two kids nodded in unison as well.


    Caitlin and Jonathan exchanged nces upon hearing that. They felt touched when they saw how


    worried Natalie and her family members were.


    “Don''t worry, you two. We understand what you mean, so we won''t do anything rash for now. Joyce still


    needs us, after all!” Jonathan said with a forced smile.


    Caitlin nodded. “Yeah, that''s right! We won''t do anything rash!”


    “I''m d to hear that. Now, let''s go check on Joyce, shall we?” Natalie said.


    Jonathan then led the way and entered the ward with them following closely behind.


    Joyce was lying on the bed with her eyes tightly shut, and her face was so pale that she looked like a


    corpse.


    Her left hand was wrapped in thick bandages, and she had an IV drip hooked up to transfer blood into


    her body. It pained them greatly to see her in such a haggard state.


    “ording to the doctor, Joyce cut really deep into her wrist when she attempted tomit suicide. In


    fact, her artery waspletely severed. Had we found her even a little bitter, she wouldn''t have


    survived the trip to the hospital!” Caitlin sobbed as she gently caressed Joyce''s cheek.


    Natalie felt a mixture of heartache and anger when she saw the state of her best friend.


    It hurt her to see what Joyce had done to herself, but she also felt angry at how well Joyce had kept her


    intentions a secret from everyone.


    None of them suspected a thing about her nning onmitting suicide.


    “By the way, Mrs. Rivers, is Joyce''s baby all right?” Natalie asked while staring at her tummy.


    Caitlin nodded. “Yes, her baby''s fine. To be honest, I was thinking of having the doctor abort the baby


    when I first found out about it. I assumed she got pregnant because she was raped by some scumbag,


    and I didn''t want her keeping his child. However, the doctor said Joyce had lost too much blood from


    her suicide attempt, so she probably wouldn''t survive the abortion procedure. In the end, we decided to


    keep the baby for the time being. The baby is still very little, so the abortion can wait till Joyce gets


    better.”


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    “I suppose that''s true...” Natalie nodded in agreement as well.


    “Now that you know Stanley is the father, would you still want her to abort the child? Or would you


    choose to have her keep the child instead?” Shane asked all of a sudden.


    “Um...” That question caught both Jonathan and Caitlinpletely off guard.


    They were actually nning to have Joyce abort the baby regardless of who the father was, and


    Stanley was no exception.


    First of all, Stanley didn''t love Joyce, so he wouldn''t care about her and the baby even if he was the


    father.


    Although they couldn''t care less about Stanley, they were concerned about how Joyce would feel about


    all this.


    It was highly possible that Joyce would choose to keep the baby if she knew that Stanley was the


    father. Because they knew how much she loved Stanley, they believed Joyce would not regret her


    choice of keeping the baby even if doing so would make her life incredibly difficult.


    However, they also knew that aborting the baby without Joyce''s consent would upset her to no end,


    and they didn''t want her to end up going crazy because of it.


    As such, Caitlin and Jonathan were at a loss as to what they should do.


    Noticing that they had both gone silent, Shane nced at Joyce and said, “In that case, maybe we


    should let Joyce decide for herself. She''s the mother of the baby, so she has the right to decide if the


    baby stays.”