After Yolanda Greenwood lay down, the tears breached their dam in an instant.
The words lissa Greenwood had just said cycled continuously in her mind, as if everyone around her suffered because of her.
It turned out that the person who deserved to die had always been her.
She didn’t know what she had done wrong, nor did she know what she could still do.
The effects of the sleeping pills ca quickly; she fell asleep in a daze, but her mind seed to stay awake.
She seed to be asleep, yet it was as if she wasn’t.
The next day, Yolanda looked even worse; her complexion was ashen, and her eyes had lost all their light.
"What’s happening?" Lola Gold was frantic, "When is Adam Sterling coming back?"
"Probably around noon," Noah Coldson was also anxious, "I’ll send him a ssage later and hurry him up."
The two stood at the door, feeling that Yolanda inside the sickroom was like an old person at the end of their days, yet she was clearly in her twenties.
"It must have been sothing lissa Greenwood said yesterday, that bitch, may she die a horrible death," Lola couldn’t help but curse.
"Go in and keep her company, talk to her," Noah Coldson patted Lola’s shoulder, now they had to stay strong and walk this journey with Yolanda.
Yolanda greeted them with a faint smile when they entered.
At noon, Adam Sterling finally returned.
Lola inford Adam of Yolanda’s condition, "What should we do? What else can we do?"
"I’ll go talk to her," Adam said as he entered the sickroom.
As soon as he entered, he smiled, "Good news, that kid confessed."
Yolanda frowned, not seeming to catch on imdiately to what Adam was referring to.
Adam knew this was also a symptom of depression patients, so he sat by the bed, smiling as he reminded her, "The one who hurt your dad."
"What about him?" Yolanda visibly tensed up.
Adam breathed a sigh of relief.
If anyone else had gone through Yolanda’s experiences, they might have died hundreds of tis over.
But this woman, who seed so small and weak, always had love in her heart, always cared for others.
That’s why she could stand up ti and ti again.
"Sobody set him up, and the police have already sent soone; there should be a conclusion very soon," Adam said happily.
"That’s good, that’s really good," Yolanda’s face faintly showed signs of life.
When Lola Gold and Noah Coldson saw this, they smiled at each other and also let out breaths of relief.
At the sa ti, lissa Greenwood got the news too; the guy who was caught had turned traitor, and she was advised to think quickly about how to save herself.
She knew she couldn’t completely trust Eliana Reed, the fool, but fortunately, she had made arrangents with the other side.
After much consideration, it was a relief that it had always been Eliana Reed who contacted those people; as long as she could find a way to pin all the bla on Eliana alone, she would be fine.
She hurried to et Eliana.
At this ti, Eliana Reed was sipping red wine, obviously knowing nothing.
"Mom, I keep feeling like sothing bad is going to happen," lissa tested her.
"What’s wrong?" Eliana was clueless, "Don’t worry, those people are professionals; they won’t trouble us again after they received the money."
lissa asked her, "Have you ever ntioned to them that there’s soone else involved?"
"No," Eliana shook her head, "lissa, what’s gotten into you? They are paid professionals, and that guy is locked up; there shouldn’t be any problems."
lissa nodded, "But what if that guy betrays you?"
"lissa?" Eliana beca anxious, "You’re not scaring , are you? Has sothing happened?"
"Nothing, just hypothetically speaking," lissa tugged at the corner of her mouth, "If they rat you out, you wouldn’t rat out too, right?"
Eliana Reed furrowed her brow, suspicion already taking root in her mind.
lissa continued to deceive her, "Mom, if by chance sothing happens, we can’t both end up inside; otherwise, who would be out here pulling strings for us?"
"Mom, if you end up in jail, I’ll definitely find a way to get you out, but if I end up in there too, then all hope is lost."
"lissa, sothing’s happened, hasn’t it?" Eliana Reed was on high alert at this point, with the matter involving jail, she wouldn’t be so foolish.
lissa knew she couldn’t keep it a secret any longer, especially since the police might co looking for her soon.
"Mom, they say a psychologist at the station managed to pry open that kid’s mouth, and he’s turned traitor."
"What?" Eliana stood up in shock, "Turned traitor? How could this happen?"
lissa nodded, "The people you contacted will probably be caught soon and then..."
"It’s over, all over," Eliana Reed’s soul almost fled in terror, "I’ll have to go to jail too, I won’t be able to escape..."
"Mom, don’t worry, I’ll find a way to get you out," lissa said sincerely.
But who would have thought Eliana Reed would shrug her off, "Get out? You’re fooling ghosts? I bet once I’m in there, you’d do everything possible to dissociate from , and you might even wish I’d die inside."
"How could that be? You’re my mother, why would I harm you?" lissa was desperate enough to cry.
Eliana Reed scoffed coldly, "Don’t try to fool with those words, I know my own kind; I know what you’re thinking."
She had to run, "Give ten million right now, I need to leave Gray City, no, I need to leave the country."
"Ten million?" lissa suppressed the anger in her heart, "Mom, we’ve just managed to put together ten million, where would we get another ten million?"
"I don’t care, you must give ten million, otherwise, forget about marrying into the Coldson Family and go stay in prison with ."
lissa bit her lip and said nothing.
"lissa Greenwood, you should still have a conscience; if it weren’t for , could you have beco the daughter of the Patriarch of the Greenwood Family?"
Eliana Reed went on in a panic, "Do you know how much gambling debt your deadbeat father owed?"
"You’ve been the daughter of Patriarch Greenwood for over twenty years, enjoyed the blessings for over twenty years; it’s ti to show so filial piety."
"Ten million, get it together right now."
"Mom, calm down, don’t you know how good you’ve been to ?" lissa sighed deeply, "I just didn’t expect you to have no faith in ."
"Faith in you?" Eliana Reed let out a cold laugh, "I don’t even trust myself, we’re both foxes of the sa hill; don’t play these gas, hurry up and get the money; nothing else matters."
"Alright, mom, don’t worry, I can put the money together quickly; I’ll sell the house," lissa reached out to pull Eliana Reed, "You sit down first. Once you have the money, you need to get out fast, understand?"
Eliana Reed hesitated, then nodded.
lissa further instructed her, "Never co back here, when you run out of money, contact again; I’ll find a way to give you more."
"You... really?" Eliana Reed dared not believe it.
As a result, lissa embraced her, "Mom, it’s just that we might never see each other again, take good care of yourself, understand?"
Hearing this, Eliana Reed’s eyes also turned red, "You too, take good care of yourself."
"Mom, let toast you one last ti." lissa let go of Eliana Reed and picked up the red wine from the table, "I hope in the future, both of us will thrive and prosper."
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