The TV was broadcasting a piece of breaking news: a woman holding a child jumped into the sea from a ferry.
The incident was inadvertently captured by a tourist. Although the footage was shot from a distance, it was clear enough to make out the woman’s face—it was... Yolanda Greenwood’s face.
Cooper Coldson sat on the ground, as if he had fallen into an icy pit, his entire body shaking.
The TV kept replaying the footage of the woman jumping into the sea, even zooming in on the woman’s face several tis to find her family.
Cooper’s eyes were fixed on that face, muttering incessantly, "Impossible, impossible..."
Isabella Ross was called out from the nursery. She saw Cooper sitting on the floor in a daze, and her face imdiately turned pale with fear.
"What’s wrong?" She almost ran downstairs, nearly stumbling, "Cooper, what’s happening to you?"
She ran to his side, trying to pull Cooper up while looking at the TV, "Cooper, get up, what on earth..."
She also saw the news report, covering her mouth in disbelief, "Isn’t that... Yolanda... How could Yolanda... how could she jump into the sea?"
Worried, she looked at her son, "Cooper, don’t scare , get up first."
"That’s not Yolanda!" Cooper suddenly said.
"What?" Isabella’s eyes grew more worried, "Cooper, stand up, talk to properly."
Cooper slowly stood up. He looked down, repeating his words, "That’s not Yolanda!"
"Cooper, don’t scare , look at , are you feeling unwell..." Isabella was so scared that she was incoherent.
But Cooper ignored her, instead taking out his phone and dialing quickly.
When the call connected, his voice was icy, "What ga are you playing? Do you think this is funny?"
Noah Coldson’s expression changed, "Cooper, what are you talking about? Did you see the news?"
"There’s nothing interesting about those deceitful things." Cooper’s face returned to normal, except for his eyes which were exceptionally dark and calm, as if without a ripple. He sat back on the sofa, "Yolanda couldn’t have jumped into the sea, let alone with Ella, so I don’t believe a word of that news."
"Cooper, I understand how you feel. To be honest, this happening doesn’t make feel any better." Noah seed unable to continue.
After quite a while, he continued, "But that’s the fact. We are all at Yolanda’s place now, co over, I have sothing to show you."
The call was suddenly disconnected, yet Cooper remained as if unaware, keeping the phone to his ear.
Isabella waited beside him. Seeing he didn’t move, she nervously reminded him, "Cooper, your elder brother has already hung up the phone..."
"He’s not my brother!" Cooper suddenly roared, "He’s a liar!"
"Cooper..." Isabella was extrely worried, having never seen Cooper so out of control, "Calm down, I know you’re hurting..."
"Why should I be hurting?" Cooper seed to rember sothing, standing up and heading out.
Isabella hurried to catch up, worriedly asking, "Cooper, where are you going?"
"I’m going to see that liar. I want to see how he plans to deceive further?" Cooper sneered, "I’ll expose his lies in front of everyone."
"Cooper..." Isabella cried bitterly, watching Cooper like this, not knowing what she could do.
She called for a driver to take Cooper out, then quickly called Noah.
"Mom?" Noah’s voice sounded utterly pained.
Isabella’s heart sank imdiately but still clung to the last hope for Cooper, "Little Noah, tell the truth..."
"It truly is Yolanda, mom..." On the other end, Noah seed unable to control his emotions any longer, crying softly, "Mom, it really is Yolanda, she’s dead, she’s dead, Ella... Ella is also dead."
"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Isabella collapsed powerless onto the sofa, "She had already made it through, why would she do such a foolish thing? And my Ella, my Ella..."
"Mom, it’s co to this, do you still want to bla Yolanda?" Noah tried to control his emotions, "If it weren’t for you and Cooper insisting on taking Gabriel back, causing such an event, yet only thinking of taking back Gabriel, would Yolanda have been driven to jump into the sea?"
Isabella could hardly speak, struggling after a long ti to say, "Little Noah, are you going to bla us too?"
"I don’t want to bla anyone, there’s no use blaming." Noah’s voice was very distant, filled with indifference.
"Little Noah, if you must bla soone, bla mom, it’s mom who forced Cooper to take back Gabriel," Isabella sobbed uncontrollably, "Cooper is already on his way to you, he’s not well right now, please have pity on mom, don’t bla him, alright?"
"I told you, I don’t bla anyone." Noah hung up the phone.
Isabella sat on the sofa, feeling like the entire Coldson Group world was about to collapse.
And upstairs there’s little Gabriel, how will they tell him? When he grows up, if he learns that his mother and sister died by jumping into the sea, how heartbroken will he be?
"My poor child, my poor Gabriel!" Isabella could no longer control herself, collapsed onto the sofa, crying out in despair, "How could this happen? How did things beco like this?"
On the other side, Cooper soon arrived at Yolanda and Lola Gold’s place.
Lola Gold opened the door, and when she saw Cooper, her swollen eyes filled with resentnt, "Why wasn’t it you who died?"
She clearly knew Cooper was coming, directly turned and went back to her room, where the sound of crying quickly began, making it very uncomfortable to hear.
In the living room, Noah and Adam Sterling were both there, tears on their faces, looking extrely sorrowful.
Cooper sneered, "You act like you’re in a real drama!"
"Cooper, at this ti, we have no reason to deceive you." Noah spoke muffledly, "Stop lying to yourself."
"How could Yolanda jump into the sea?" Cooper glared, "With Ella, no less; how could that be? She loved Ella so much, she would never do that!"
"Cooper," at this mont, Adam Sterling handed over a folder, "Under normal circumstances, Yolanda indeed wouldn’t have done this, but... she was ill, she has been ill for a long ti."
Cooper looked at the patient’s na on the folder cover, Yolanda.
He didn’t reach for it but looked at Adam in confusion, "Illness? What illness? I didn’t notice she was ill?"
He soon laughed, "I understand, another deceitful trick. I could make a hundred of these dical records, don’t think you can fool ! Where is Yolanda really?"
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