Chapter 30: Nora’s dicine
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Keira looked at the photograph with bewildernt.
In the photo, she and Mrs. Olsen were at the seaside.
Both wore white chiffon dresses. She was in the front with Mrs. Olsen in the back, and both were beaming. They indeed looked like a mother and daughter with a close relationship.
But Keira didn’t have a white chiffon dress…
She left the Olsen family when she was in junior high and hadn’t seen Mrs.
Olsen since, how could there be a picture of them together?
She took Old Mrs. Horton’s phone and zood in on the photo.
Then she found so clues!
The photo was photoshopped. The thod was quite unprofessional, and it seed like they found a picture of a mother and daughter online and then replaced their faces with hers and Mrs. Olsen’s.
She looked at Old Mrs. Horton. “When did I send this to you?”
Old Mrs. Horton shook her head. “I don’t rember.
“How did I send it to you? Email? Or text ssage?
Old Mrs. Horton kept shaking her head. “I can’t rember.
Keira didn’t know what to say.
Old Mrs. Horton occasionally said one or two surprising things, but then was unable to explain them, which frustrated Keira.
But Old Mrs. Horton was very firm. “Granddaughter-in-law, she’s your mother.
You can’t ignore your mother…”
If Keira could, she really wished Mrs. Olsen was her mother…
Keira lowered her eyes to hide the bitterness in them. “…I know.”
She took Old Mrs. Horton back to the ward.
Lewis did not enter the room and only stood in the corridor.
Tom quickly ca over. “Boss, we figured it out. Miss Olsen went to work at
that private restaurant again and ran into the Olsen family…
She went ho to shower and change clothes, while Lewis and Tom thought
she was going on a date with her boyfriend!
Lewis smiled faintly and asked indifferently, “Is Horton Group not paying her
much?”
Otherwise, why would she go work elsewhere?
Tom answered, “That’s not the case. Old Mrs. Horton made the arrangent! Maybe the work arranged by Jalen for her is too difficult, and she’s afraid she’ll be fired?”
Keira’s situation in the company was all under Tom’s supervision.
However, Lewis didn’t think it was that simple. “What were the Olsen family doing at the private restaurant?”
Tom replied, “They had arranged to et Dr. South. Mr. Jake also went because
of this.”
“Where is Dr. South?”
“He didn’t show up in the end…”
A faint light flickered in Lewis’s deep eyes, and an idea began to form.
But he thought this idea was too absurd.
After a two-hour rest, Mrs. Olsen felt much better. She started coughing as she
spoke. “Isla, let Jake go ho first.”
Hearing this, Isla’s expression turned slightly awkward.
Jake stayed here not because he was worried about Mrs. Olsen, but because he was here for Dr. South!
She hesitated and said, “Mom, Dr. South…”
Mrs. Olsen realized what she ant and imdiately said, “Hand the phone. I stood Dr. South up today. I need to give an explanation.” After she texted Dr. South and rearranged their eting, Isla sent Jake out the door.
Isla said, “Jake, don’t worry. There won’t be any problems with Dr. South.” Jake said, “Isla, right now Horton Group’s R&D departnt has a few hard nuts to crack, and they don’t respect at all. Jalen is one of them. As long as we can invite Dr. South to join us, I’ll make a great contribution to the R&D departnt and can gain a firm foothold. So, Dr. South is very important to , you must convince him.”
“Ok.”
The two were talking as they entered the elevator.
After they left, Keira ca out of the corner.
She didn’t want to confront Isla in front of Mrs. Olsen, for fear that Mrs. Olsen would get overly emotional and worsen her condition.
She arrived at the ward, pushed open the door, and entered.
Taylor’s face darkened imdiately when he saw her. “What are you doing here?! Get out!”
Keira’s eyes turned cold, and then Mrs. Olsen’s clear yet gentle voice rang out.
“Is it Keira? Let her co in.”
Taylor glared at Keira and warned her, “Don’t upset Mrs. Olsen anymore!
“As I said, it wasn’t Keira’s fault. I was just exhausted from not sleeping well for a few days…”
Mrs. Olsen nagged a bit, then held Keira’s hand. “Poor child, you must have been frightened today, right?”
Although Mrs. Olsen was thin and didn’t seem approachable, her hands were very warm.
Keira smiled. “No.”
“That’s good. You should co ho more often in the future.”
Mrs. Olsen lay on the bed and spoke in a kind voice. “And your husband, your mother said he’s a little punk, but I don’t believe that. Keira, you have good taste and good judgnt. I’m sure the man you have chosen has his rits. Introduce him to soday.”
Keira felt like crying. “Of course.”
From the day she got her marriage certificate, all she received was abuse and humiliation from others. Only from Mrs. Olsen could she hear such caring and concerned words.
Mrs. Olsen wanted to say sothing else, but she started coughing violently again.
Taylor said, “Okay, don’t talk anymore. You need to rest.”
Keira stood up. She took a bottle of white pills from her pocket and put it in Mrs. Olsen’s hand. “This is a cough suppressant that I… asked soone to buy. If you can’t sleep at night, you can take one.”
“Okay.”
Keira didn’t want to disturb Mrs. Olsen’s rest, so she said goodbye and left.
After she left, Mrs. Olsen looked at the bottle of dicine and sighed. “Keira still cares about .”
However, Taylor disdainfully said, “Will soone who cares about you not co ho to see you for ten years? How could you be tricked by a bottle of dicine from who knows which small clinic?!
He threw the bottle into the trash can. “I heard that Nora is developing a cough suppressant that’s effective in clinical trials. I’ll find connections to get it for you!”
Mrs. Olsen’s eyes dimd. “You actually believe such rumors. Chronic neurogenic cough is a rare disease, who would bother developing a drug for it? They’ll never make up for the cost…”
Taylor held her hand. “We have to try. You’re coughing all night and can’t sleep. It’s too uncomfortable. It hurts to see you like this…”
Mrs. Olsen could only nod.
It was well into the night.
Mrs. Olsen suddenly started coughing violently again.
Although she was extrely tired, she just couldn’t fall asleep.
She lay on her side, suppressing the itch in her throat, not wanting to wake up Taylor in the next room.
No one knew how desperate she was.
Chronic neurogenic cough couldn’t be completely cured…
The disease was getting worse and worse, and the anxiety from lack of sleep even made her have suicidal thoughts on many occasions.
If she wasn’t so strong-willed, she might have killed herself a long ti ago… But she didn’t know how much longer she could hold on…
Lately, she had been feeling weaker every single day, Perhaps she wouldn’t live to see her daughter get married.
Mrs. Olsen was thinking pessimistically when her eyes suddenly fell on the bottle of dicine in the trash can.
Sohow, she picked up the bottle, opened it, took out a white pill, and put it in her mouth….
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