Cecil reached for the kitchen knife with a swift motion.


    The de glimmered menacingly, reflecting a cold light that shed into Maria''s eyes. "Ah-"


    Terrified, Maria screamed and fainted on the spot.


    ire''s pupils dted in shock.


    "Maria! Maria! Oh my, Maria, wake up, please don''t scare me, Maria, Maria!"


    Cecil showed no concern for his daughter, brandishing the knife at ire threateningly.


    "Listen here, I''m running out of patience. I''ll ask you onest time, have you seen our son?"


    "Cecil, our daughter has fainted, please, she''s fainted. Help our daughter, please, take her to the hospital." "Answer my question first! If you''re not straight with me, we''re going nowhere, and I''ll let her lie right here!" ire was petrified.


    "I saw him, I did. I saw him at the hospital... Oh, Cecil..."


    Cecil frowned, a sh of panic crossing his eyes, remembering that it was he who...


    "Why did hee back? Did he reach out to you?"


    ire quickly shook her head.


    "No, he didn''t look for me. He doesn''t even know me! He''s living a good life, his foster parents clearly adore him. Cecil, let''s not disturb him. We don''t have the means to take care of him, he''s better off with them!


    Cecil, let''s get Maria to a doctor, please, let''s take her to the hospital..."


    So the son''s foster parents weren''t out to cause trouble?


    Cecil''s anxiety eased.


    Narrowing his eyes, he pondered for a moment, a gleam of cunning shining through.


    "Are you sure that''s our son?"


    "Absolutely, I''m a hundred percent sure. I even got a paternity test done."


    "You had the money for a paternity test, you..."


    Cecil was about to explode in anger but then paused, a thought striking him.


    "The foster parents, they''re wealthy?"


    "Yes, they are. They''re living much better than us. Our son hasn''t been mistreated."


    Cecil''s eyes narrowed further, ncing at the unconscious Maria.


    "I don''t have the money for her


    an


    treatment right now, but I''ve got idea to get some. If you really want


    AQUAS


    to save her, you''ll do as I say


    "Anything, just to save Maria, I''ll do anything."


    "Take her to the hospital, to your son."


    ire was stunned. "What... what are you nning?"


    Cecil, growing impatient, retorted, "Do you want to save your daughter or not? If you do, then listen to me!"


    ire looked down at her unconscious daughter, biting her lip in silence.


    All she could do was cry.


    An hourter, ire appeared at the doorstep of Blossom Blythe''s hospital room, holding her daughter.


    She didn''t know where Elysia and


    had gone, nor did she


    recognize Blossom, but she


    1


    knew


    Blossom knew them. Con


    belongs to


    ire knelt at the door, weeping.


    set


    "Please, save my daughter, I beg you, save her. She''s the sister of the child you saw today, for his sake,


    please save her, oh POV


    Blossom and Hollis were taken aback.


    Putting everything else aside, they immediately called a doctor to attend to Maria.


    After Maria was rushed to the emergency room, Hollis asked her,


    "The child you mentioned, is he the one who visited our room this morning?"


    "Yes, he... his name seems to be Emmett. I heard that beautiful woman call him Emmett."


    "You are Emmett''s..."


    "I''m his mother, his biological mother. I carried him for ten months!"


    Blossom and Hollis exchanged a look of astonishment. Blossom quickly stepped aside to call Elysia.


    "Elysia, you need toe to the hospital. Emmett''s biological mother has shown up!"