Chapter 386
After what seemed like a long time, Cynthia saw Patrick nod gently.
Then, she was taken into a dry and warm embrace. She choked up, having a feeling that all her
waiting and efforts hade to an end in this hug!
"Goodbye, Cynthia."
"Goodbye... Patrick."
After seeing Cynthia off, Patrick was about to leave for Roxxon when his cell phone rang in his
pocket. He took it out to have a look and found it was from home. "Hello, it''s me."
The next second, the maid''s rattled voice came, "Mr. Patrick, something bad has happened! Mrs.
Eve... Something happened to Mrs. Eve!"
Amelia received the news slightlyter. When she learned from Florence that Eve had taken too
many sleeping pills at homest night and had been sent to the emergency room, she was so
caught off guard.
Florence, who could not bear it anymore, cried, "Amelia! Why is it that in such a few days, our family
seems to have changedpletely? Dad ran away, and Mommitted suicide. Amelia, do you
think our family is going to fall apart?"
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Exaggerated as her words had been, they showed that Florence valued her family more than
anything else. As the youngest kid in the family, she was beloved the most by Howard and Eve. The
fact that her parents'' rtionship had deteriorated to such an extent was obviously a blow to
Florence.
"No, it won''t..." Ameliaforted her, not very convincing.
When Amelia drove to the hospital Florence had told her, she found Patrick was standing still
outside the operating room like a statue. Beside him was only Florence, whose eyes were red from
tears.
Looking at Patrick, who was full of sorrow, and Florence, who was no longer smiling, Amelia had an
impulse to hug them and share their sadness.
Just as she was walking towards them, Florence, who had her back to Amelia, turned to Patrick and
asked, "Patrick, who exactly is this Jocelyn? Where is her home? I''m going to find her now. I''m
pulling her here to kneel in front of Mom and pray for Mom to be safe!"
Amelia paused slightly at her sudden announcements.
Patrick, who had seen her wife long ago, raised his eyebrows cruelly at Amelia''s flustered face.
"Florence, don''t worry. I''ve sent for Jocelyn."
His words were neutral, but the hostility was obvious in it. Amelia clenched her fists and perked
herself up before getting closer to them again.
"Patrick, Florence!"
Hearing Amelia''s voice, Florence turned back immediately. The hatred for Jocelyn in her eyes had
not disappeared yet, which left Amelia a wrong feeling that Florence hated Amelia, too.
It was not until Florence spoke to her that the strange feeling was dispelled. "Amelia, Owen said
that he has found out where Dad is. Now he is bringing Dad here with Nora."
Amelia asked, somewhat absent-minded, "How many sleeping pills has Eve taken at one time?"
"A whole bottle!" Out of her surprise, it was Patrick who answered her this time.
Amelia could hardly count the number of sleeping pills in a bottle. She thought it was Eve''s trick of
forcing Howard back by hurting herself, but now it seemed that Eve did want to die.
"I heard that patients who have taken sleeping pills would not be at risk as long as the doctors pump
their stomachs in time. Don''t worry, everyone."
Amelia''s constion resulted in Patrick''s cold remark. "Save it. I''m sick of your hypocrisy."
Amelia froze.
"Patrick! How can you talk to Amelia like this!" Florence took Amelia''s forearm and retorted.
Patrick had long regarded Amelia as Florence''s helper and refused to be kind to her. "Florence,
have you forgotten that you''re a Hopper? Come here!"
"Patrick..." Florence looked confused.
Patrick had always sided with Amelia in serious issues. Why was he so angry and treating her so
weirdly today? He even couldn''t stand that Florence was closer to Amelia.
Seeing Florence''s perplexed look, Patrick only med Amelia for hiding her true color too well. No
one knew what sordid business Amelia had done except him. "Florence, do you want me to tell you
the truth? The woman you''re holding is a college ssmate with Jocelyn''s daughter. When Amelia
heard that I''m acting against Jocelyn and her daughter, she secretly called Dad and inspired him to
run away. And, do you remember what Grandma said at home yesterday?"
Florence nodded nkly while digesting the information in Patrick''s words. "Grandma wanted Dad
to marry another woman."
"Huh..." Patrick nced at Amelia''s nervous little face and sneered, "And what did your sister-inw
say?"
Florence pondered for a moment before she answered, "ording to Amelia, she should
sympathize with Dad and said something like hoping Dad would be happy."
At this point, Florence could understand Amelia. After all, Howard''s attitude toward Amelia was
totally different from the terrible way Eve had treated her.
Patrick''s gaze was sharp when it went straight to Amelia, "Sympathize? You are wrong. The reason
she said so is that she took Dad''s money secretly!"
"What?" Florence let go of Amelia''s arm subconsciously and looked at her with wide-opened eyes.
"Amelia, Patrick is lying, isn''t he?"
Amelia said honestly, "No, I did take one billion from Howard... This is one of his wills..."
Sad and disappointed, Florence said, "Amelia, how can you do that? Mom did treat you badly, but
she is still your mother-inw! Let''s put aside the will thing for the time being. The fact that you
called Dad and caused him toe up with the idea of leaving is already unforgivable to me!"
Amelia pressed her dry lips. "Florence, sorry, I..."
Florence took a step back and said stiffly, "Don''t apologize. I won''t ept it! Amelia, I didn''t expect
you to be such a kind of person!"
If it weren''t forthat Amelia gave information to her dad, Patrick would have long destroyed Jocelyn''s
family! Florence found it hard to excuse Amelia for helping outsiders instead of her own family
members!
Amelia was silent for a while before she gave way to Florence. "Now we should focus on Eve. Let''s
stop having pointless arguments, okay, Florence?"
As the older one, Amelia shouldn''t make a fuss about it when Florence was angry with her.
Otherwise, wasn''t Amelia just another Eve?