?<strong>Chapter 976:</strong>


    “I didn’t trust her medication. I asked a doctor to check it. She got angry and smashed it before we could examine the medicine.”


    Lacey remainedposed as she exined, “That’s true, and I know I shouldn’t have destroyed the medicine. However, you provoked me first. As a doctor, why would I ever harm my patient? Calvin, you were so convinced my medicine was faulty that you even had a doctor examine the leftovers. Did you find anything wrong with it?”


    Calvin was rendered speechless. This was what puzzled him: there was nothing wrong with the medicine.


    Lacey fought to suppress augh, her face adopting a feigned expression of grievance.


    “So, you didn’t trust me. That’s why Elma missed her medicine. You say you’re here to protect her, yet you keep meddling with my treatment. Don’t you want Elma to get better? Or are you hoping her condition remains the same, so she can’tpete with you for your father’s attention?”


    Calvin’s face flushed with anger.


    “That’s absurd! Elma’s my sister. She’s everything to me. Why would I want her not to get well? How dare you make such assumptions about me?”


    Lacey shot back with a sneer, “Then who gave you the right to judge me?”


    Calvin didn’t hide his contempt for Lacey.


    “Because you’re not a good person. If you were, you wouldn’t keep provoking us. A vicious woman like you is unfit to be my stepmother.”


    Calvin had exposed Lacey’s true motives, and though she was rattled, she quickly masked her unease, forcing tears to flow.


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    “Mr. Reeves, I never intended any harm. I’m only trying to help you with Elma’s situation. I’ve been doing everything I can for Elma’s recovery. I can’t understand why Calvin keeps using me.”


    Jake’s voice cut through the tension.


    “Enough!”


    Then, Jake turned his head and fixed Calvin with a stern look.


    “Apologize!”


    Calvin’s eyes shot wide with disbelief.


    “You expect me to apologize to her?”


    “Yes!” Jake’s expression hardened.


    “A man must be bigger than his doubts. If you’re suspicious, seek proof. You can’t just let your feelings dictate usations. You’ve already looked into it and found nothing. You ndered her. Now, apologize.”


    Lacey stood just behind Jake, a smug smile ying on her lips as she shot a triumphant nce at Calvin.


    Fury zed in Calvin’s eyes as he took a few steps back, his lips curling into a sneer.


    “Fine. So, you’d rather take her side than believe your own son? If that’s how it is, I’ll never call you Dad. Even if you beat me to death today, I’m not apologizing.” With that, Calvin stormed out angrily, leaving Lacey watching with disdain.


    Lacey had once thought Calvin was a force to be reckoned with, but now she saw his tactics as mediocre at best.


    When Jake turned around, Lacey put on a pitiful expression. She pretended to speak for Calvin.


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