Chapter 361 Living In Humiliation? No Thank You Polly fiew from tree to tree. No matter how quickly Bellflower could move, it was still a four-legged creature!
Bellflowerâs whiskers were twitching with irritation.
Meowâ I rather die than live on in humiliation!
Polly continued to dodge cach lunge and sent Bellflower crashing into the bushes.
âMeowITT The parrot returned to the second floor once it got tired of playing and made sure to fasten the window latches.
Polly admired the sight of the cat scratching frantically at the glass while happily enjoying her food.
The cat had caught her off guard the last time. It was a shame that would stick with the bird for the rest of her life.
She finally got her revenge!
Lilly had just arrived at the hospital alongside Bettany when an ambulance whizzed by, A child was wheeled out accompanied by a woman crying Johnny! My Johnny!â
Lilly turned to look.
A closer look made her wonder why the crying woman seemed so familiar. It then occurred to her that she had met her yesterdayâ¦
âThatâs Rubyâs cousin, Pablo helpfully supplied.
Lilly was shocked. She had only seen signs of Huxley having one foot in the grave and failed to notice the boy who was also present.
She wouldâve offered up a warning if she did but it was now too late.
âLetâs go,â Pablo said.
His expression was placid. The sight of life and death was par for the course. Heâd seen a lot but could not interfere with othersâ fates. It hardened him.
Lilly silently trailed after Bettany but kept turning back to steal glances.
If we canât stop it even if we see it, then why do we catch ghosts, Master?â She asked.
Pablo looked at her with downcast eyes and said warmly. âYou can stop it but do you know what butterfly effects are?
âBy changing oneâs fate, you are also affecting the destinies of a million others connected to them.â
Letâs say Mike grew up to be a criminal. He murders and commits arson. Ten people will die because of him. Mike, however, shouldâve died in an accident as a child. Those ten people wouldâve survived if fate ran its course.â
âBut by saving him today, he would grow up to become a murderer with the blood of ten people on his hands.â
âItâs fate.â
It wasnât as if he were indifferent to it. There was just no way for him to guarantee that his decision to interfere would be right or wrong.
Lilly pursed her lips. âWhat if Mike was a hero?â
What if Mike grew up to be someone who saved ten people? Wouldnât she be condemning ten people to their graves if she chose not to save him?
Pablo nodded. âIndeed but the reason boils down to how we cannot predict where Mike would turn out to be a good or bad person. We donât know if heâs a hero or a murderer.â
âItâs exactly because we donât know that we donât intervene. We canât recklessly interfere with someoneâs fate just because weâre more powerful than the average person.â
Lilly couldnât fully understand him.
There were some truths she couldnât grasp as a child. Perhaps sheâd understand with experience.
Bettany was used to Lilly talking to herself and chose not to interrupt. It was Zachary who spoke up.
âYou should just call the cat Fortune Cat, Lilly.â
You like money. The more the merrier.
Lilly was taken aback. ââ¦â
âI think you should get hospitalized, Zac!â
Why did Zachary seem so much more dimwitted after she stopped being vigilant against the Crawfords?
She shook her head.
Bettany handled the hospitalization procedures in an orderly manner.
Rubyâs cousin, meanwhile, was still crying before the intensive care unit.
âJohnny. My darling Johnnyâ¦â
By her side were her relatives. Even Joel was there.
âWhat happened?â Joel, who had just sobered up, was sell confused. âJohnny was fine yesterday. Did he roll out of the bed because you didnât pay attention to him last night?â
Rubyâs cousin slapped him. âShut up!â
Joel was annoyed for having been slapped but the glares their relatives were sending his way made him comply.
It had nothing to do with him anyway. He huddled in a corner to play on his phone and treated it as if it Chapter 361 Living In Humiliation? No Thank You were a normal hospital visit.
The doors to the ICU opened and the doctor stepped outside with a report.
#25 Bonus âYou apprised my colleagues about the situation on your way here, yes? Thereâs something very important. that I need to know. The child drank alcohol yesterday?
The woman was shocked to which another answered, Just a small mouthfulâ¦â
âWe excluded trauma and ruled out food poisoning. The biggest possibility is now alcohol poisoning or alcohol allergy. You do know children arenât supposed to drink?â The doctor said seriously.
That was when she remembered what happened yesterday and muttered, âJohnny fell asleep after drinking that mouthful of wine. He didnât wake up even after I brought him home. He did shift around. I didnât think too much of it because I assumed he had tied himself out from playing. He didnât wake up in the morning and his complexion had changed for the worstâ¦â
To thinkâ¦
She felt her blood turn cold. How was she going to find the money to fund her sonâs stay in the hospital?
The doctor continued to speak and said they mightâve sought help too late. There was no guarantee that the child would survive. Even if he miraculously recovered, it was likely he would suffer brain damage. They were asked to prepare themselves for the worst.
Rubyâs cousin went insane. The moment the ICU doors shut behind the doctor, she lunged at Joel and forcefully slapped him!
âYou! Itâs always you! Why did you feed my son alcohol! Give him back!â
Joel had been focused on TikTok shorts of women dancing and was barely paying attention to what the doctor was saying. He was slapped before he could even process what had happened.
âHey! What are you doing?! Stop!â He tried to stop her but why would she when everything was coming apart at the seams?
She was screeching and hitting him!
It was the relativesâ discussion that made him realize that Johnny was admitted to the hospital because of the alcohol.
The revelation shocked him. It was just one mouthful of wine. How was that possible?
The final diagnosis hadnât even been announced!
âAre you crazy?! The doctor only suspects that to be the cause. It has nothing to do with me!â He exclaimed and tried to leave, only for a trash can to hit him in the head.
Rubyâs eyes were bloodshot. âJoel Jenkins! You put my father back in the hospital again. I told you over and over to stop trying to make him drink. Look what youâve done. Do you want to send him to his grave before youâre satisfied?!â
It turned out that after Johnny was whisked away by emergency services, Huxley also collapsed.
He felt a dull pain in his abdomen after drinking yesterday but let it be because he didnât think it was a big deal. He collapsed the next morning. It was only after was wheeled into the ER that they realized he was hemorrhaging from his surgical site.
He was now being resuscitated.
Ruby was beyond anxious and livid. She exploded after learning her cousinâs son was also in the ICU because of alcohol consumption.
There were no weapons at the hospital but there were multiple trash cans in the corridor.
She grabbed it and hammered it against his head with no mercy. Fruit peels, cigarette butts, and tissues all came tumbling down on Joel.
Her cousin meanwhile was entranced by the sight of a brick that held the security exit openâ¦
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