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"Huh?" Cordelia was perplexed.
Zephyr elaborated, "He hasn't smiled for a few days. Isn't that enough hardship?"
At that moment, laughter echoed from the living room. Toph and Arya were brimming with joy over their freshly
drawn comic, so they shared a high-five to celebrate.
Wendy served the food, urging them to dig in.
Toph settled at the table and eagerly grasped a pork rib, wasting no time in devouring it. It had been days since his
last proper meal, and his hunger was evident.
Cordelia felt a wave of relief wash over her as she witnessed her son's happiness. Her mood lifted considerably.
Zephyr grinned. "Darling, shouldn't we join them?"
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Oh, please!" She glanced at him. "We'll dine in the other room!"
He pouted, harboring more words but choosing to keep them to himself. Cordelia's phone suddenly vibrated as they
made their way to the adjacent room.
Linda's panicked voice came through as soon as Cordelia answered, "Cordelia... Are you all at home?"
"What's wrong?"
"I-I'm at the hospital..." She struggled to form a sentence due to her emotional state. "I-It's Renee. She... Why didn't
I take better care of her? It's my fault..."
Cordelia's heart squeezed upon hearing Linda's trembling voice. She promptly asked Toph to accompany them to
the hospital.
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Linda sat on a bench outside the emergency room, her face drained of color, unable to stop trembling. Nicholas
paced anxiously nearby, his expression grave.
Zephyr approached them. "Could you please explain what happened? Linda was unclear on the phone, and
Cordelia was so frantic that she insisted we come along!"
"Did Toph come with you?" Linda suddenly looked up.
Toph had an ominous feeling. He froze in his tracks, his gaze fixed on the entrance to the emergency room.
"Toph!" Linda hurried over. First, she held Cordelia's hands, then turned her gaze to him as she spoke. "Renee...
tried to end her life at home."
"What?" Cordelia's heart skipped a beat.
Toph's mind went blank. It felt as though every cell in his body had fallen silent. He remained stunned for what
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmseemed like an eternity, his vacant eyes suggesting his soul had left his body. Then, an excruciating pain pierced his
heart, radiating from his limbs to engulf his entire being.
Renee had attempted suicide? Was it because of him?
Toph's knees gave way, and he crumpled halfway to the ground, gasping for air.
"Toph!" Cordelia was shattered. She squatted down and enveloped him in her arms, just as she did when he was a
child. He instinctively clutched her arms. After a prolonged daze, he began to sob.
To a person who had never confronted life and death, this was a devastating blow.
"Did she really try to end her life?" Zephyr grabbed Nicholas. "Did she display any signs before this happened?"
Nicholas heaved a long sigh and shook his head.
"She had been down for the past two days, locking herself in her room since yesterday," Linda explained. "Today,
she didn't emerge at all, and I grew concerned. No one answered the door when I knocked. I tried to open it, but it
was locked.
"I realized something was amiss, so I had someone fetch the spare key...
"When I opened the door, there she was, lying on her bed with an empty bottle of sleeping pills beside her."
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