Ann Vaughn looked coldly at Jude Halloway’s back, took a deep breath, walked up to Reese Lynch, and handed her so tissues.
"Thank you, Miss Vaughn." Reese Lynch accepted the tissues and wiped her eyes, her voice even weaker than when she had just woken up. "My attending doctor told that thanks to you, my life was saved this ti. Otherwise, it would have been dangerous. Really, thank you."
"No need to thank ." Ann Vaughn sat down by the bedside, contemplating for a few seconds before hesitantly saying, "You’ve just woken up. By rights, there are so things I shouldn’t tell you at this ti, but I think it’s better for you to know."
Reese Lynch’s heart tightened, "Is it about my daughter? Is she...not doing well?"
"It is sowhat related to your daughter." Ann Vaughn pursed her red lips and tactfully inford Reese Lynch about the residual saffron toxin in her body.
Reese Lynch’s newborn daughter also carried a small amount of saffron toxin from her mother’s body.
Although the amount is small, over ti, it can have certain harmful effects on the body.
"What did you say? There’s saffron in my body!?" Reese Lynch covered her mouth in disbelief, "That’s impossible. I was very careful with my diet during pregnancy. There’s no reason I would inadvertently consu it..."
At this point, Reese Lynch’s voice was abruptly cut off, as if soone had suddenly muted her.
Ann Vaughn looked up at Reese Lynch and saw her face grow paler and paler, faintly showing so embarrassnt.
"I rember now... When I first found out this one was a girl, my mother-in-law brewed so traditional dicine, claiming it was to stabilize the pregnancy." Reese Lynch said with difficulty, "But I didn’t like the taste, so I drank it twice and secretly poured out the rest."
Reese Lynch covered her eyes with her hand, "No wonder, no wonder she initially wanted to abort the child, but then brewed pregnancy-stabilizing dicine. I thought she had a change of heart."
If she hadn’t stopped drinking those "pregnancy-stabilizing dications," she might not have escaped the fate of miscarriage.
What exactly does the Halloway Family take her for?
A breeding tool?!
Ann Vaughn didn’t know how to comfort her, so she said, "When your daughter is a bit older, I can help her remove the remaining toxins in her body, so it won’t have much of an impact on her health. But your body... has suffered too much damage and can only be slowly nursed back to health."
Every family has its hardships, but the one Reese Lynch faces seems particularly difficult.
"Thank you, Miss Vaughn, I will certainly rember your kindness."
Recalling the earlier events, Ann Vaughn couldn’t help but ask, "What do you plan to do next?"
Reese Lynch wiped the corners of her eyes. She still looked frail, but there was determination in her voice, "After I’m discharged... no, tomorrow I’ll ask him for a divorce. I’m a person, not an animal. Why should I let their family treat this way?"
"Miss Lynch, I support you!" An assistant entered, saying excitedly, "You’ve finally figured it out. If Uncle and Auntie knew, they’d be very pleased."
Ann Vaughn clearly noticed Reese Lynch’s expression dimd. She hadn’t intended to ask, but she heard her say, "Ever since I willfully decided to marry Jude Halloway, my parents cut ties with . They haven’t been willing to see for so long."
How could Reese Lynch bring herself to call them now and explain her grievances?
Parents...
Ann Vaughn’s eyes darkened slightly, then she said to Reese Lynch in a calm voice, "At least you still have family you can contact. So things, if you don’t do them now, you might never have the chance to do later."
Like her, wanting to contact her own parents.
Only to realize she had no parents at all.
Reese Lynch was visibly moved, but when she picked up her phone, she was too fearful to dial that familiar number.
"Miss Vaughn, I... I’m afraid..." For so reason, even though Ann Vaughn looked much younger than herself, Reese Lynch couldn’t help but want to lean on her.
Ann Vaughn took her phone. "I’ll make the call for you, don’t make a sound for now."
The call was answered in less than five seconds, and an elderly, resonant voice ca through.
"What business do you have calling?" The tone sounded indifferent.
"Hello, Uncle. I’m Reese Lynch’s friend. My na is Ann Vaughn." Ann Vaughn’s expression instantly turned anxious, as if about to cry, "Reese suffered a massive hemorrhage during childbirth. Her situation is critical, but no family mbers are around, so I had to use her phone to call you."
There was the sound of a teacup clattering, which only stopped after a mont.
"Is what you said true?" Mr. Linden couldn’t maintain his indifferent tone anymore, "What hospital is Reese in? How is she now? Hemorrhage... Reese is B blood type, is there enough in the blood bank?"
"At the Imperial Capital First Hospital. The surgery is over, but the doctor said Reese hasn’t passed the critical period. I’m worried sothing unexpected might happen..."
"Her mother and I will book a flight imdiately and co over, young lady. I’ll have to trouble you in the anti." Mr. Linden said solemnly.
"It’s no trouble. Uncle and Auntie, please be careful on your way, or else... there will be no one to stand up for poor Reese."
There was more to Ann Vaughn’s words, and soone as astute as Mr. Linden couldn’t miss it, making his mood even heavier.
After hanging up, Mr. Linden imdiately called his personal secretary to quickly book plane tickets.
"Commander, shouldn’t we report this to the higher-ups first? After all, your health..."
"Do I need to file a report to see my daughter? Who stipulated that? Just book the tickets, I’ll handle everything else!"
The secretary could only comply, "Yes, Commander."
anwhile, Reese Lynch and her assistant, having witnessed Ann Vaughn’s series of "performances," were both stunned.
When Ann Vaughn was putting on the "pity act," her voice was choked and urgent, as if the sky was falling.
In reality, her face showed no expression at all.
If she hadn’t been looking directly at her expressionless face, Reese Lynch might have thought she was at death’s door, let alone her unsuspecting father.
"Miss Vaughn, now I understand why your acting in ’Phoenix’s Rise’ is so good." The assistant gave a thumbs up.
Even before being captivated by her role as Green Jade, the assistant had privately wondered why Ann Vaughn, a skilled traditional Chinese doctor, would go into acting.
Now it seed, she had been narrow-minded.
Calmly, Ann Vaughn returned the phone to Reese Lynch, quietly savoring her achievents.
But...
"You know ’Phoenix’s Rise’? Then do you know the na of the actress who plays Green Jade?"
The assistant laughed upon hearing this, and coincidentally was reading reviews of ’Phoenix’s Rise’ on her phone. She pulled up the cast page to show Ann Vaughn.
"Miss Vaughn, look, your na is on the cast list. How could you not rember it?"
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