Half of Jackson’s smile disappeared.
Of course, he was talking about his little sister.
Niamh caressed his little head and said to comfort him, “She’s sick, and she’s receiving treatment in the hospital. I’ll take her home once she’s better.”
“Can’t I go to visit her?” Jackson’s eyes were filled with longing. It was clear that he missed his sister a lot.
Niamh thought about Lillian who was currently in F Country, and she shook her head remorsefully. “ You can’t because she’s treating her illness somewhere really far away. It’s difficult for you to go there.”
“Oh…” Jackson lowered his eyes in disappointment.
“Then I’ll wait for her to get better. I believe that she’ll come home very soon!”
When Niamh heard his son’s energetic and optimistic answer, Niamh smiled, feeling content.
Soon after, Kendrick returned home as well.
The old house was a little livelier today. After all, there were two more children around.
However, whenever the young, innocent siblings asked about Cathy and Adam, Niamh did not know how to answer them.
She could only tell them that Adam and Cathy went someplace very far away.
That place was so far that they could never reach there.
Niamh and Kendrick had a discussion and decided to go to Gray Villa together for the time being.
Although they knew that Carter would not hurt Shirley substantively, when they thought about how reluctant Shirley had been in the hospital, they still decided to bring Shirley back.
Among their reasons were Adam’s assistance in the past and their friendship with Adam.
However, when Kendrick and Niamh were about to leave, Carter arrived at the entrance of Waldburg Manor in his car.
When he saw Niamh and Kendrick about to leave, he opened the car door coolly and walked up to them with a cold aura about him.
“It seems that you were about to head out. Were you going to look for me?” Carter asked slowly.
Niamh had no intention to beat around the bush with Carter, so she went straight to the point.
“Carter, Shirley doesn’t want to go with you. Why are you forcing her?”
As Carter listened to Niamh’s question, he lifted his cold and arrogant eyes. He scoffed, then spoke without answering her question.
“She gave you the only anti-toxoid test reagent for AXP69, ” Carter said as he looked at Kendrick. “Then, she handed the anti -toxoid test reagent that can clear the poison in your body to you. Now, the two of you don’t have to worry about the poison affecting your bodies and lives.”
As Carter said that, his eyes turned cold. “But do you know the price of that stupid woman’s actions?”
As Carter spoke, his face fell. “The price was our child becoming a puddle of blood water.”
His eyes glared with smoldering hatred as he said this.
“Heh.” He chuckled again and looked at Niamh and Kendrick with his hostile eyes.
“You have three children, right? You must feel delighted and blessed to be parents, right? How will you feel if your children died?”
“Carter,” Kendrick interrupted Carter. He would not listen to statements like this. How would he allow someone to curse his three treasures with hypothetical statements like this?
“Carter, Shirley miscarried because you indirectly killed Adam and Cathy, causing her to lose her will to live and to have these negative thoughts. And that’s what caused the tragedy. You’re really something else for blaming that on us.”
When Carter heard what Kendrick said, he laughed. “Kendrick, do you think that’s the truth?
“The truth is that she never wanted the child because she has the poison of APX6g in her body. Plus, she used the anti-toxoid test reagent back then so that the child would have a large possibility of being disabled at birth.”
His hateful eyes were fixed on Kendrick’s face as he spoke.
“You’re the one who injected the AXP69 into her body. So, do you understand now, Kendrick? Do you understand how my child died?”
Carter was obviously targeting and pushing all responsibility on Kendrick.
However, Niamh would not allow Carter to deflect the blame like this.
“Carter, of course, we understand. You’re the one who doesn’t.”
Niamh retorted immediately.
Carter seemed stunned. He looked at Niamh in displeasure.
Niamh boldly met Carter’s hateful gaze.
“Carter, you must understand how AXP69 came about and how I got this poison inside me in the first place.
“Shirley’s already doing everything she could to make up for the wrong things she did in the past. Why can’t you face your problems and keep pushing the blame to the innocent victims?”
After Carter heard what Niamh said, he scowled. His expression turned darker and darker.
After a long while, he smiled knowingly and creepily.
“I won’t let my child be lonely. Just you wait, I’ll make you feel the way I feel.”
Carter spoke, turned around, and got into the car. He casually drifted then drove away.
Niamh did not care about Carter’s threats. At this moment, the thing she cared about was how Kendrick felt.
She lifted his eyes to look at the man next to him. Kendrick was indeed frowning; his expression was slightly dark.
Niamh knew Kendrick must be blaming himself right now.
“Kendrick, are you thinking about Shirley’s child?” Niamh asked directly.
Kendrick did not speak. He only lowered his eyes and shifted his gentle gaze onto Niamh’s face.
“We all must take responsibility for our actions. I can understand how you felt when you injected AXP69 into Shirley. If I were you, I’d do the same too.
“Nia, I don’t think I was wrong. But if I had hurt an innocent life, I would feel some remorse.”
“So would I. After all, the child was innocent. But think about it, if I had been the one who was pregnant, do you think Shirley and Carter would’ve stopped coming at me? They wouldn’t have.”
Niamh gave a firm answer and smiled.
“But I do know that if you’d known Shirley to be pregnant, you wouldn’t have done it.”
When Kendrick heard what Niamh said, he felt as if the pressure on his heart lifted.
Niamh was right. One would have to bear the responsibility for their chosen path.
The reason Shirley ended up the way she did today was because of her karma. This had nothing to do with others.
If she truly wanted to find someone to bear the responsibility, this person would have to be Carter.
Gray Villa.
Camille knew that Carter brought Shirley back again. After she thought about it, she decided to go speak with Shirley.
Shirley had initially been hungry and thirsty. After she was brought back here by Carter, she lost her appetite. She only laid in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Camille was bringing the bird’s nest porridge she had just made into the room. When she saw Shirley staring at the ceiling motionlessly, she could not help but frown.
“ I know that you’re feeling dreadful right now and that you blame Carter, but there’s no need to make it difficult for your body.”
As Camille spoke, she brought the porridge over and asked the maids to help Shirley up.
However, when the maids reached their hands out, Shirley moved her face to avoid the maids.
“Thank you for your kindness, but I really don’t have any appetite.”
Shirley said weakly and turned her head to look at Camille.
“I hope you can take me home. I don’t want to stay here, and I don’t want to see him again.”
Camille sighed upon hearing that. “You know Carter’s temper. You’ve known each other for more than ten years. If it’s something he wants to do, no one can stop him.”
When Shirley heard that, she faintly said, “He always respects your wishes.”
“Yes, he respects me. But do you think he can face this situation reasonably?”
Camille sounded helpless when she said that. She could not bear looking at the haggard-looking Shirley as well.
Camille glanced at the maids, hinting them to leave. Before long, Camille and Shirley were the only ones left in the room.
Camille gently placed the porridge on the nightstand then turned around to sit down on the side of the bed.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.