Chapter 97 So Many Illnesses So Little Time
The moment Susan heard that Ste couldn’t be sent away. she got angry.
Jonathan said, “We might need to figure out <b>what’s </b>going on with her first.”
“What do you mean, what’s going on? She grew up in the countryside–what could she possibly have?”
“But the people she knows aren’t ordinary. Ethan said that the guy at Kingston Heights clearly had status, and it didn’t look like he and Ste had just met. And then there’s Eddie, and her studio.”
All of them were people with serious connections.
She was just a young girl, yet she ran such arge studio.
Who gave her that much money to get it off the ground. Hearing Jonathany it out like that, even Susan’s eyes flickered with doubt
It seemed like maybe she had never <b>really </b>understood her own daughter.
“Then look into it. And quickly.” Susan said. Tonight, Ste <b>had </b>nearly <b>cost </b>Lillian her life–they couldn’t afford to let her stay in Rivermount too long.
Jonathan nodded. “Got it.”
Just as the two of them were about to say more, the rm from the monitors in the hospital room suddenly went <b>off </b>
Jonathan and Susan locked eyes; both of their faces changed instantly. Then they rushed into the room.
Lilliany on the bed, <b>eyes </b>shut, face pale as a ghost,
The rapid beeping from the machine had Susanpletely panicked. “Lillian! Lillian! Get a doctor!”
Lillian opened her eyes weakly and grabbed Susan’s hand. “Mom… it hurts so much<b>.” </b>
That one sentence shattered Susan’s heart
With Ste acting so arrogantly tonight, Ethan and Jonathan were definitely going to dig into the man at her side. Meanwhile, at Verdant Vi, Ste was wrapped in Abraham’s arms; he held her close with one hand at her waist,
The other gently lifted a lock of her long hair.
He seemed to love having her sit on hisp–and ever since they were little, he’d always liked holding her like this.
But now, Ste felt uneasy. “Abraham, <b>this</b>…”
What am I even supposed to say? She had no clue.
They’d already had this talk so many timestely–about growing up, about how things between them couldn’t be the same
anymore.
But it was <b>like </b>Abraham didn’t hear it at all, Or maybe he just tuned it out on purpose.
Ste felt like her heart was <b>about </b>to <b>leap </b>out of her chest.
Abraham said, “The one you love? Who is it?”
<b>is </b>fingers curled around a strand of her hair as he asked, amused.
Ste’s <b>mind </b>went nk, her cheeks instantly flushed red. How could the <b>world </b>be this ironic? He just happened to walk in and hear that line
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Chapter 97 So Many Illnesses So Little Time
<b>But </b>despite his soft tome, Ste felt like her nerves were stretched to the breaking point.
“Um… well”
She stammered,pletely lost on where to even begin.
“Tell me who’s the one you love<b>, </b>hummm?“
“Can L, <b>not </b>say?”
“Nope. Star has to tell me who it is. I’ll back you up.
Hack me up Il’hat is he even going to back me up on Ste was ready to cry. Like she could say it..
She couldn’t. Saying what was in her heart felt way too risky; she just couldn’t afford it.
“I don’t—I was just making stuff up.”
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“You weren’t?
“Nope, Nothing”
Then why do I feel like there is?”
“You’re seeing things. Really.”
Ste shook her head quickly, terrified to go any further.
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Abraham chuckled softly and let her go, no longer pressing the issue. “Get some sleep. Don’t stay up messing <b>around</b><b>.</b>”
<b>That </b>“messing <b>around</b>” was aimed squarely at the Reed family and Ethan.
He’d figured it out–Ste was toying with them now.
Those people were probably going through hell emotionally; but even if she liked to y, she still shouldn’t stay up all night doing it.
Abraham left the room, and when Ste realized he wasn’t going to keep asking, she finally let out a breath of relief.
Abel saw hime out and respectfully stepped forward. “Mr. Abraham<b>. </b>
Abraham lit a cigarete, as he walked, “The kid’s grown up–<b>knows </b><b>how </b>to keep things to herself now.”
His voice was calm but carried weight.
Abel understood exactly what he meant.
“Ms. <b>Dawson’s </b>heart is definitely with you, sir. You don’t need to worry.”
Abraham exhaled a stream of smoke. “Yeah?”
Abel nodded. “Yes”
Hearing <b>that</b>, the corners of Abraham’s mouth lifted <b>in </b>the faintest sinile.
“Speed things up. Rivermount isn’t so great.”