NovelOnlineGerald's weathered face went pale with shock.
“Mr. Howard, you can't...”
Howard didn’t even glance back. As he left, he tossed one last warning at the Lloyds.
“I've said what | needed to say. If Rachel doesn’t ccrawling towithin a week to apologize, your family
can start preparing for bankruptcy.”
“Mr. Howard...”
Gerald gripped his cane, trying to follow, but his age betrayed him-he couldn't keep up. Once Howard was gone,
the living room fell silent.
Sasha turned to Gerald, smug as ever.
“See? | told you, Rachel’s nothing but a curse. If you'd just listened toand cut ties with her earlier, would
Howard have ever cafter the Lloyds?”
Gerald's head throbbed. Rubbing at the few strands of hair left on his scalp, he snapped, “Do you really need to
rub salt in the wound? This whole house is in ruins because of you! Tellthis-where’s Yvette? | haven't seen
her around these past few days.”
At that, Sasha's smile grew sly, almost triumphant.
“Why don’t you ask your precious eldest granddaughter what she’s been up to-like how she managed to get her
own little sister thrown into a police station.”
Gerald froze.
“What are you talking about?”
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Sasha, savoring every second, painted the story of Rachel and Yvette in the most damning light possible, piling
exaggeration on top of accusation.
Gerald sat there, her words pouring into his ears like poison, every phrase hitting him harder than the last. The
room seemed to spin. Before Sasha could even finish, his world went dark, and he collapsed
onto the floor.
Startled, Sasha screamed.
“Old man!”
Rachel and Tyler had barely returned to the hotel when her phone rang. It was Jim.
“Rachel, can you cto the hospital? Your grandfather fainted. He's been admitted,” Jim said in a panic.
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Hearing that Gerald had been admitted, her heart clenched with guilt. Could this be because of her?
She steadied herself enough to ask, “Which hospital?”
“The sone I'm at. Sasha brought him in.”
“Ill be right there.”
Ending the call, Rachel turned to Jerry. “Jerry, taketo the hospital first.”
“Got it.”
Although she didn’t like Gerald much, the thought that he might have collapsed because of her left a heaviness
in her chest. The last thing she wanted was to shoulder more blame.
Tyler, noticing her expression, leaned
back with arms crossed. A one
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takes the blame, it'll be me. Not you.”
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She studied him quietly. He looked steadier now than he had earlier, but there was still an undeniable
weariness about him.
“Why don’t you go back to the hotel and rest?”
“No. I'm coming with you.”
“But you look exhausted.”
“And whose fault do you think that is?”
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like a simple remark ha Rachel"!
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She pursed her lips and gave him the side-eye.
“Shut up!”
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