Chapter 298 Kasie In A Coma


    Debbie put her doubts behind her, and joined Carlos to make arrangements for Dous'' funeral. What


    else could she do? She had no answers, and no one would give her any. In the dead of the night,


    Carlos pulled Debbie close, tears streaming down his face. He started pouring out his feelings about


    his grandpa.


    It was the first time that she had seen him cry. His voice was choked with emotion.


    Her heart broke. She tried tofort him by stroking his head and kissing his cheeks. In a soft voice,


    she said, "Grandpa passed away, but you still have us. Honey, please stop crying. Grandpa''s watching


    you from heaven. I''m sure he wants you to be happy."


    Carlos held Debbie tighter for a second, his eyes closed. He took in her unique fragrance, and finally


    rxed. By her side, he was a king. She could always make him feel better.


    After what seemed like forever, he finally got a hold of himself. Then he whispered a shocking secret in


    her ear.


    She stared at him, eyes wide and mouth agape. He nodded at her with firm eyes.


    It turned out that her joke was actually reality.


    She still remembered her first visit to the Huo family''s residence. Carlos'' father had thrown a thick book


    at him. She had once asked James and Valerie whether they were really Carlos'' family.


    Now Valerie was truly Carlos'' grandma, but James was not his biological father.


    No wonder James didn''t act much like a father to Carlos.


    No wonder Miranda was always nice to Debbie, but uncaring toward Lewis. Actually, Miranda was


    Carlos'' biological mother and Debbie''s real mother-inw.


    Instead of James and Tabitha, Wade and Miranda were Carlos'' biological parents. That was the secret


    that the Huo family had kept all these years.


    Valerie had once exposed that Lewis was not Miranda and Wade''s biological son. Actually, Lewis was


    James and Tabitha''s son.


    Everything made sense to Debbie now.


    Carlos was cold and aloof, just like Miranda.


    Lewis was unfaithful like James and cowardly like Tabitha.


    More than twenty years ago, Wade and Miranda had two sons, Frasier and Brooks. James and Tabitha


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    had been married for several years, but produced no offspring.


    James and Tabitha went to a fertility doctor to find out why. The doctor told them that James was


    afflicted with low sperm motility—his sperm wasn''t healthy. Unable to ept the truth, James always


    threw tantrums for no reason and Tabitha cried every day.


    Then Miranda got pregnant again. She went to the hospital and the doctor told her the infant was a boy.


    Valerie asked Miranda, who already had two sons, to give the baby to James and Tabitha after giving


    birth.


    Miranda, of course, refused at first. But Valerie and Tabitha always cried in front of her, and Miranda felt


    sorry for them.


    The Huo family members lived under the same roof. If Miranda gave the baby to James and Tabitha,


    she could still see her son every day. Despite her reluctance, she gave the boy to James and Tabitha


    after he was born. That boy, of course, was none other than Carlos.


    Unexpectedly, when Carlos was a year old, Tabitha got pregnant.


    James had beaten her after he found out, and insisted she must have cheated on him. During the third


    trimester, she underwent a paternity test, and it proved the baby was James''.


    They had raised Carlos for a year and gotten quite attached. They were not willing to return him to


    Wade and Miranda. Valerie intervened in it again, and James and Tabitha gave their new born boy to


    Wade and Miranda instead. That boy was Lewis.


    Then the two boys grew up.


    Carlos became a sessful businessman, yet Lewis was a yboy and spendthrift. Their parents kept


    this from the two men all this time.


    Dous had admitted all this to Carlos before his death. And now Carlos told Debbie. But none of the


    other family members knew that Carlos had been informed.


    That was when Debbie remembered what Miranda had told her at the hospital. She guessed that


    Miranda knew Dous would tell Carlos the truth.


    After a couple of days, Carlos took Dous'' ashes back to Y City and poured them in the river in front


    of the Huo family''s old house.


    This was the so-called "fallen leaves returning to the roots."


    Although the Huo family members had spent awhile preparing for Dous'' death, they still couldn''t


    ept it. Valerie fell ill and remained in bed. When Carlos took Dous'' ashes back to Y City, Debbie


    stayed in New York to take care of Valerie. She didn''t leave the city until she had to go to Ennd for


    exams.


    Everything seemed to go back to normal. Half a month passed, and it would be Curtis and Colleen''s


    wedding soon.


    Staring at the calendar, Debbie mused, ''Curtis and Colleen''s wedding is in a week. So when should I fly


    back? I miss Carlos so much.''


    After they separated, Carlos called her from time to time. But she was too proud to tell him how much


    she missed him. But she still cared for him. She called Emmett to ask about Carlos'' health. She felt


    relieved after knowing that Carlos had recovered.


    Before long, some bad news came from Y City. This was urgent. She immediately packed her


    belongings and flew back.


    Kasie had been in a car ident.


    It was a hit-and-run, and Kasie was still in aa.


    The moment she stepped off the ne, Debbie hailed a taxi and went directly to the hospital where


    Kasie was recuperating.


    Kasie''s mother, Mia Fu, who used to be bright and bubbly, was a changed woman. She sat beside the


    bed, weeping quietly.


    Kasie''s father, Mason Zheng, sat on the couch with a deep frown marring his features.


    When she saw Debbie, Mia Fu wiped her tears and forced a smile. "Hi Debbie! When did you fly


    back?"


    Debbie dropped her suitcase and came over to them. "Hi Uncle Mason, Aunt Mia. I just got off the


    ne. How''s Kasie?"


    Mason Zheng stood up to his feet and sighed, "She''s not well. Kasie is still in aa. She had a


    broken rib, a broken left leg and a slight concussion..."


    Debbie''s heart broke at his words. Tears welled in her eyes and streamed down her cheeks. Her world


    got darker. She stood beside the bed and looked at the girl.


    There were scratches on her face. Her forehead was swathed in bandage. Her leg was in a ster


    cast. She looked pretty bad.


    Debbie didn''t even dare to touch her friend. In a choked voice, she asked Kasie''s parents, "What


    happened? How did she get like this?"


    "She was hit by a car when she was out for a walk. The driver took off," Mason Zheng said through


    gritted teeth. "Once I find out who did this, I''ll kill him with my bare hands."


    A hit-and-run ident? Debbie''s heart skipped a beat. "That bastard! We need to find him! Where did


    she get hit? Did you call the police?"


    "Yes, we called the police. She got hit on Por Road. The CCTV camera was broken, though, so we


    don''t have footage. The case is still under investigation."