Chapter 1565


    While speaking, she nced at the ward. “Don''t worry, Dad. I won''t let you go to jail. If he wants me to


    get rid of the child, I''ll do that.”


    “Are you out of your mind, Joyce?” Caitlin asked in shock.


    Joyce smiled and shook her head. “I''m not, Mom. I know exactly what I''m talking about.”


    “Then why would you be okay with aborting the child?” The older woman furrowed her brows.


    Joyce turned to her father. “Mom, Dad, trust me on this. I''m not out of my mind or being rash. I''ve


    thought a great deal about it on the way here. Everything we''re going through now is happening all


    because I insisted on keeping the child. I''ve caused us so much trouble, including the possibility that


    you''ll have to go to jail. There''s no way I can ept that. Besides, I care way more about you than the


    child inside me that hasn''t even grown any limbs yet. So if I had to choose between you and the baby,


    of course, I''d choose you, Dad.”


    Even if it''ll hurt so much when my memoriese back and I realize I''ve lost my child, I know I''lle


    to terms with it if it means keeping Dad out of jail.


    Both Jonathan and Caitlin knew how much the child inside Joyce''s womb meant to her.


    From the start, Joyce had thought of taking her own life, hoping that doing so would quell Stanley''s


    grudge against her family.


    Yet, she changed her mind upon learning that she was pregnant, which meant she had decided to live


    solely for the child''s sake.


    The woman was even willing to run far from home to make sure Stanley didn''te after the child, not


    to mention undergoing hypnosis to forget her feelings for the man.


    To her, this child was her life.


    However, she was now willing to give it up for her mother''s and father''s sake.


    “Joyce...” Heartbroken, Caitlin pulled her daughter into an embrace. “Don''t worry. Your father will be


    just fine. I won''t let you sacrifice yourself.”


    “Your mother''s right,” Jonathan chimed in with a sigh. “I won''t let that happen either. We''re your


    parents, so we''ll pay the price for whatever happens. There''s no way we could ever let you bear the


    burden, so don''t even think about it. Do you hear me?”


    Joyce lowered her head and kept mum.


    Seeing that made Jonathan helpless. He knew she had no intention of listening to him.


    Even so, he understood why. If he were to put himself in her shoes, he would''ve been left with no other


    choice either.


    She wouldn''t choose her unborn child over her father, right?


    He knew how filial his daughter was. The young woman would loathe herself if she really were to


    forsake her father because of the child.


    That was why she could only choose her father over her child.


    Otherwise, she would forever be condemned by everyone.


    Of course, making this choice meant she would lose her child, and the pain was hers to bear alone.


    Jonathan didn''t want her to have to resort to this, and he certainly didn''t want his daughter to give up


    her child just to save him.


    I''m old, anyway. It doesn''t matter if I die or go to jail at this point.


    In any case, he wasn''t going to let any member of his family sacrifice themselves for him.


    If worstes to worst and I die, I''ll take Stanley down with me. That''s the only way my family can live


    in peace.


    After that, the three of them no longer engaged in conversation. Instead, they remained quietly seated


    on the bench, waiting for Stanley to wake up.


    Yet, by nightfall, thetter still showed no signs of waking up. ording to the doctor, he had a mild


    concussion and might only regain consciousness two dayster.


    Left with no other option, Jonathan could only hire a caretaker and go home with his family.


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    He then contacted Natalie, hoping to have her send someone over to take Caitlin and Joyce away.