Chapter 236
After hanging up the phone, Ethan Meyer returned to the hospital room. Ines was awake, stared
nkly at the ceiling, totally oblivious to his presence. It was a stab to Ethan''s heart. He approached
her, "Izzy, don''t be like this. I''m really worried about you."
"Ines," Ethan softly called her name.
"Izzy, what do you want to say?" Ethan held her hand.
"Ethan, I forgot to ask him a question. What kind of feelings does he really have for my mom? He
should know my mom''s character. She can''t tolerate ws. Why would he bring the children of
another woman to A City, knowing well that my mom couldn''t ept this? Why on earth would he
do this? I didn''t get to ask him clearly before he left. I still have so many questions!"
As Ines spoke, she became more and more agitated. All Ethan could do was hold her tightly, "Izzy,
don''t overthink."
"I can''t help it. My heart hurts. I want it to stop hurting, but I can''t control it. It hurts so much here,"
Ines pressed her hand over her heart, her face lost.
"Izzy, you need to calm down for our two children. We can''t afford any idents."
Ethan ced Ines’s hand on her slightly swollen belly. Her hand trembled. Eventually, she calmed
down.
Ines looked up at Ethan, her face pale, "I haven''t recalled his good sides, everything about him.
Why did he have to leave."
"Izzy, you''re doing great. Even though you resent him, you stepped up whenever he needed you.
That''s already pretty remarkable. He smiled when he left. He heard you call him ''Dad''."
Ines smiled weakly, then suddenly asked, "What happened to him? Wasn''t he supposed to have six
months left?"
Ethan ryed everything he had heard from Ss. "Ethan, you might be overthinking. He probably
wanted to die. Otherwise, why would he take hypertension medicine in the middle of the night and
fall down the stairs?" Ines gave a bitter smile.
"Izzy, if it weren''t forst night''s call, I would have thought that he found out from the diary that
Shirley Dave once forced your mom and felt remorseful. But when I called himst night, he told me
he wasn''t that fragile, not enough tomit suicide."
"Perhaps he lied to deceive you, said that on purpose. His demeanourst night was almost like he
was leaving hisst words. Emma Galeana said so too. She had a deep talk with himst night."
"Izzy, he was a firm man. He might have said that because he was happy. Both his daughters are
pregnant, and you''re expecting twins. Older people love children. You should know this from the
behaviour of our family members."
Ines thought for a moment and found Ethan''s words reasonable. Hunter Galeana had bought gifts
when hended, indicating he valued her children.
He wouldn''tmit suicide. And a man who knew he was dying wouldn''t do anything unnecessary.
"Ethan, I think it has something to do with that mother and daughter. They''re the only ones in the
house with a motive."
"Don''t worry. I''ve already asked Ss to call the police. They''ll be here soon to investigate. You take
care of yourself. Whoever it is, we won''t let them off easily."
The police arrived soon after, gathering everyone for questioning. After hearing this, Ethan helped
Ines out of the room.
"What are you doing? Dad just passed away, and you''re calling the police. What are you trying to
achieve? Can''t you let dad rest in peace?" Emma protested hoarsely.
Emma''s eyes were red and swollen as if she had been crying for a long time.
Ines didn''t respond.
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"Ms Emma, we just received a report. Mr Galeana''s death may not be a simple ident. It could be
a deliberate murder," the police officer told Emma.
Emma staggered and Ss quickly supported her. She muttered, "No, maybe dad didn''t want to live
anymore. He said a lot of thingsst night that we would never say. I knew something was wrong,
but I was careless, I just went to sleep after showering."
Ines looked at Emma seriously, "He hadte-stage lung cancer. He went for treatment a while ago,
but it didn''t work. He only had six months left. Why would hemit suicide?" There was no point
hiding it now that he was gone.
Emma gaped at Ines in disbelief, "You said it was just a neck difort. How could it be lung
cancer?"
Ss also looked surprised, "Ms Ines, you''re saying the overseas treatment didn''t work?"
Ines nodded, "He hid it on purpose, but his primary doctor is Ethan''s friend. He couldn''t help but tell
Ethan."
"I should''ve guessed it. I was so stupid to let him go back to work at the Galeana Group," Ss gave
a bitter smile.
"He probably hid it because he feared you would stop him."
The police officer, a man around Ethan''s age, had dealt with him before.
"Officer Lin, it''s not that simple. You should investigate," Ethan said.
n Lin nodded and asked Ss, "Aside from you all, are there any other people in the house?"
"We have a few servants. They''re all at home now."
n Lin nodded and told the other officers, "Find a ce to question them and take notes. Some of
you go to the Galeana family, question the remaining people and take notes. Don''t miss anyone and
question them thoroughly."
"Understood, Officer Lin."
The hospital didn''t have a special ce for questioning, so the officers just found some simple
ces to sit down. Ines and Ethan had finished their questioning, Emma had also finished, but
Shirley was nowhere to be seen. Ines couldn''t help but ask, "Where''s Shirley?"
Emma seemed a bit out of it like she hadn''t quite bounced back from the news just yet. After a bit,
she finally said, "My mom said I can''t starve. She went to grab me some breakfast."
No sooner had they finished talking than Shirley walked in from outside, carrying some food, and
handed it straight to Emma. "Eat up. We can''t let Jasmine starve. Your dad is super pumped for her
arrival, don''t let him leave with a worried mind."