Chapter 356 Gavin Passed Out
"What did you say? Jonny and Joyce are my grandchildren! You can''t take them away from me."
Gavin''s eyes flew open. Outraged, he continued yelling at Rachel,"Rachel, let me be straight with you.
You can leave, and I''ll return your mother to you. However, you can''t take my grandchildren with you!"
"Can''t I? Dad, you are right. Jonny and Joyce are your grandchildren, but they''re also my children and
my mother''s grandchildren. You showed no mercy to my mom and me. Why should I pity you?"
Rachel got to her feet. She refused to kneel before Gavin any longer.
"Rachel! You……"
Rachel''s defiance angered Gavin. He became short of breath, and his heart began racing. A moment
At the hospital, Joanna and Lydia waited at the door of the emergency room. They had rushed to the
hospital with Gavin. Once Hiram had been informed of his father''s health, he also hurried to the
hospital from thepany.
Rachel stared at the floor in a daze as she waited on the bench outside the emergency room.
What Gavin cared about the most at his age were his grandchildren. He had been distraught when he
heard that Rachel was going to take the two children away from him. The exertion hadn''t been good for
his heart. With his body under such stress, he passed out.
When Hiram arrived at the hospital, he spared Rachel a nce who was silent before walking toward
his mother,"Mom, how''s dad?"
"Hiram, you''re finally here. Your dad is receiving emergency treatment now. I don''t know what is
happening in the emergency room. No one hase out to tell us." Joanna held Hiram''s hand and
said anxiously.
"Hiram, could you tell Rachel not to see Dad? Dad is old now. I don''t know what Rachel said to anger
him so much, but now that he''s in this condition, he cannot afford any more stress." Lydia shot Rachel
a cold look as she spoke to Hiram in a low voice.
Joanna sighed and said,"Hiram, I know that at this time, Rachel is racked with guilt. But you know your
father''s temper. I don''t know what else we can do to keep him from getting angry again."
Hiram patted Joanna on her hand and said in a gentle voice,"Mom, don''t worry. Dad will be fine."
Afterforting his mother and sister, Hiram walked toward Rachel.
"Come with me." He held Rachel''s hand and walked to the other end of the corridor.
Rachel followed him expressionlessly. She knew that he would me her for what had happened. But
what other choice did she have at that time? Rachel couldn''t stand aside and watch helplessly when
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her mother was in trouble.
"Can you trust me to handle things with my parents? Leave the issue to me. Don''t confront dad again."
Although Hiram spoke in a low voice, it didn''t feel as though he was ming Rachel.
"I didn''t want to exasperate him, but he was the one who caused the trouble. If he had shown my
mother and I a little mercy for the sake of our children, I wouldn''t have been this extreme." Rachel fixed
her eyes on Hiram as she spoke. She wanted to see what his reaction would be.
Hiram let out a sigh before gently cing his hand on her shoulder. He said patiently,"I know you''re
worried about your mom, but trust me to handle my parents, okay?"
Rachel turned her head and looked away,"Hiram, it''s not as simple as you think. Your dad is not only
nning on retaliating against my mom. He also wants me to leave you. He said I should stay away
from you for the rest of my life!
What can you do? Your choices are limited to either defying your father because of me, which I know is
impossible or listening to your father and breaking up with me. If you have chosen to leave me, it won''t
matter whether I trust you or not."
Hiram frowned slightly and said,"What if I have another solution?"
"Hiram! The doctor hase out."
Lydia shouted at Hiram and Rachel.
Hiram loosened his grip on Rachel''s shoulder and said to her in a low voice,"Honey, wait for me at
home. I have to see dad now."
Then he walked toward the doctor who was waiting outside the emergency room.
Rachel didn''t leave the hospital immediately. She wanted to hear what the doctor had to say about
Gavin''s health. She left when she heard the doctor say that Gavin was out of danger.
After leaving the hospital, Rachel walked the streets aimlessly. Anxious and unwilling to leave her
alone, Carl drove the car alongside her.
"Rachel, get in the car. It''s going to rain." Carl pulled up in front of Rachel. He leaned across the
passenger seat, lowered the window, and said to her.
Rachel looked up at the sky. It was gray, hazy, and misty.
Before long, raindrops started to fall.
Rachel had no intentions of getting into the car. She ignored Carl''s plea, walked past the car, and
continued to walk on the sidewalk. Carl put the car in gear and followed.
No matter what Carl said to her, Rachel refused to listen.
"Rachel!
Rachel!"
Seeing that Rachel was determined to walk alone in the rain, Carl pulled over and hurriedly searched
for the umbre. He knew they always kept one in the car, but he couldn''t find it. ''Where is it?''
As Carl anxiously searched for the umbre, he saw Hiram walking toward Rachel.
"What are you doing?" Hiram said as he caught up with Rachel. Hiram grabbed her arm and spun her
around to face him,"Are you out of your mind? You just recovered from your illness. Now you dare to
walk in the rain?" Hiram scolded Rachel. Then he gently led her toward the car parked on the roadside.
As soon as he saw Hiram and Rachel walking toward the car, Carl quickly got out and opened the door
for them.
Hiram ced Rachel in the car before taking off his coat and putting it around her shoulders. Then he
turned to Carl and instructed,"Turn up the heater."
"Rachel, are you listening? Don''t be so stubborn!" He reprimanded tenderly as he took a tissue and
began to wipe the raindrops on her face.
Rachel snapped out of her trance and brushed away Hiram''s hand. She looked up at him and
spoke,"It''s none of your business. I know you don''t want to see me. You''ll be happy if I die today."
Hiram''s eyebrows knitted together when he heard Rachel''s outrageous statement. He raised her chin
with one hand and said,"That''s bullshit! I just want us to calm down. We can only make the right
decision when we''reposed."
Hiram had stayed away from Rachel for a few days as he had been upset. He hadn''t wanted her to see
him in that state.
"Is that true? Over the past few days, what I saw was that you were happy. You not only stayed away
all night with Flora, but you also had dinner with Lydia. You can apparently live a happy life without me."
Rachel said before chewing on her lower lip. Her eyes welled up with tears as she voiced the pain she
was feeling.
Hearing what Rachel said, Hiram raised his eyebrows slightly. He was sure that Rachel had seen him
having dinner with Lydia yesterday.
"Are you jealous?"
Hiram said with a sly smile as he raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. With a
concerned expression Hiram exined,"Flora is just my friend. Nothing happened between us. Lydia is
my sister. You are overthinking everything. Honey, sometimes I find that I need a little space and time
to think. However, I swear to you that I wouldn''t do anything that would make you question my love for
you.
Don''t cry. You have cried so much these past few days." Hiram said with a sigh. He never wanted to
see Rachel crying. But he found that things had not gone as nned and that Rachel was heartbroken.
So many things were out of his control, and he had hurt her.
"Carl, I don''t want to go home. Drop me at a bar!" Rachel suddenly wiped away the tears and said to
Carl who was driving.
She didn''t want the children to see her so upset. She was also afraid that she would break into tears
when she got home. It was best if Rachel went somewhere else first to calm down and release the
negative feelings that were overwhelming her.
Only when she felt better would she go home to the children.
Carl looked at Hiram, not knowing what to do.
"Do as she said." Hiram instructed. He gazed at Rachel tenderly. Now that she wanted to go to a bar,
he decided to go with her.