Chapter 28 Money Can’t Buy You Out of This
“You taught me everything–except how not to have a heart, Ste replied.
If she had been heartless, no one would have been able to hurt her. Just like with the Reed family–because she didn’t care, nothing they did could truly wound her. But the Dawson family was different…
Her mother had loved her <b>so </b>much. From a young age, she <b>had </b>known she <b>wasn’t </b>Abraham’s biological child, that he had taken her in.
But her mother had always treated her as her own, <b>cherishing </b>her like something precious, holding her in the palm of her
<b>hand</b>.
Abraham let out a cold snort. “Hmph!”
Ste asked, “How is Mom, <b>really</b>?”
“She’s <b>fine</b>. She’s been going to church and praying for three years–afraid that divine retribution would catch up to you out there
Ste went quiet. Divine retribution?Is he saying I am too sheltered, incapable of surviving on my own?
But hearing that her mother had been praying for her all this time still made her heart ache with <b>emotion</b>.
She looked up at Abraham eagerly. “Mom has been doing that for three years<b>?</b>”
Abraham flicked her forehead. Ste winced, covering her head, not daring to cry out.
Abraham continued, “Three years <b>ago</b>, there were reasons for what happened. But what about the Reed family? <b>And </b>Ethan?”
Ste wasn’t sure if she was imagining it, but when Abraham said Ethan, his tone grew noticeably colder.
She answered, “They have nothing to do with me.”
Yes, the Reed family were her biological parents, but at the time, Kelly had been hounding her relentlessly. Returning to the Reed family, even getting engaged to Ethan, had been her way of finally getting rid of Kelly.
Once she got engaged to Ethan, Kelly had never contacted her again.
<b>Abraham </b>raised an eyebrow. “Nothing to do with you?”
Ste exined, “Kelly was threatening me. I got engaged to <b>Ethan </b>to <b>make </b>her and Derrick let their guard down
Under Abraham’s sharp gaze, Ste spilled everything.
Now that Kelly was in prison, there was no reason to keep anything from him anymore.
As expected, <b>Abraham’s </b>expression finally eased.
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Ethan watched helplessly as <b>Lillian </b>writhed in pain, tormented by her illness.
<b>Just </b>yesterday, she had been <b>able </b>to walk into his office. Now, she was <b>confined </b><b>to </b><b>a </b>hospital bed. Susan was beside herself with worry.
“Ethan, we need to get Dr. Rianne <b>back </b><b>as </b>soon as possible. The team of <b>specialists </b>said that Lillian’s most pressing issues are her liver <b>and </b>uterus<b>.</b>”
A <b>liver </b>surgery was unavoidable, and she would also need heart surgery. If Rianne could <b>treat </b>her uterine cancer naturally. they hoped to spare her from another painful operation.
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Her suffering was physical, but those by her side were being tormented emotionally. Susan felt awful. Ethan felt even worse.
“I know,” he <b>said</b>.
Even if Susan hadn’t said anything, Ethan already knew–they had to get Rianne back immediately.
He grabbed an unfamiliar phone and dialed Ste’s number.
At Kingston Heights, Ste was still being interrogated by Abraham when her phone suddenly rang.
<b>Just </b>as Abraham was about to say something, the call interrupted them.
Seeing an unknown number, she instinctively ignored it and declined the call. But the caller was persistent–it rang again.
Abraham’s voice was firm. “Why aren’t you answering?”
“It’s not an important call, Ste replied without thinking.
The whole ordeal with her divorce from Ethan had be a huge scandal. She had already blocked Ethan and the Reed family’s numbers.
With things blowing up the way they had<b>, </b>she knew they would reach out to her if things didn’t go their way.
So at this hour, if someone was calling from an unknown number, it <b>could </b>only be Ethan or Susan.
She didn’t want to answer, especially not in front of Abraham. So she hung up again<b>. </b>But the phone rang once more, the caller refusing to give up.
Ste was about to decline <b>again </b>when Abraham suddenly stretched out his hand in front of her.
Ste’s eyelid twitched. “What?”
“Do you want me to answer it for you, or will you do it yourself?”
Her mouth twitched. “It’s not an important call.”
<b>Abraham </b>raised <b>an </b>eyebrow. “Not important? Then why do they keep calling?”
Ste was speechless. Under <b>Abraham’s </b><b>intense </b>stare, she had no choice but to reluctantly answer.
The moment the call connected, <b>Ethan’s </b>exhausted voice came through.
“Tell me what you want, I’ll give you <b>anything</b>”
His tone was drained and full of surrender. The speaker waen’s loud, <b>but </b>it <b>was </b>enough–both Ste and Abraham heard it clearly.