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Chapter 271 Having No Daddy Anymore
Chapter 271 Having No Daddy Anymore
Martha nodded, staring at Stefan on the bed. No matter when he woke up, she would wait for him.
After acting for a while, Giana and Amanda left the hospital together.
Martha and Bianca followed the nurse to transfer Stefan to a VIP general ward. They didn't return to
Doyle Manor until everything was settled.
On the way, Bianca checked on Martha's pale face, worried about her.
She wasn't sure what Martha's feelings for Stefan before. Now, she could confirm that Martha still loved
him.
So, Bianca also understood how upset Martha was.
With a thought, she took Martha's hand and repeated, "He'll definitely wake up."
Martha nodded at her in response but didn't utter a word.
She also wished Stefan could wake up. Yet it was challenging for a vegetable to become conscious.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the Doyle Manor. Entering the living room, they saw Maxwell waiting
for them on the couch.
He heard their voices, looked over, and asked worriedly, "How's he doing?"
Martha looked at him sadly and glanced around the living room. "Where's Jimmy?" she asked.
"In his room." Maxwell noticed her pale face, feeling sorry for her.
Martha nodded and whispered to him about the diagnosis. "The doctor said he'd become a vegetable.
It's hard to predict when he'll wake up."
Maxwell, sitting on the sofa, was taken aback. He pursed his lips and said nothing.
Bianca patted her shoulder and said, "Martha, why don't you rest? Stop thinking too much. He'll be
well."
"OK," Martha replied, walking towards the couch.
Bianca heaved a sigh and said in a tiring tone, "Let me check on Jimmy."
"Bianca, let's hide this matter from him for the time being," Martha reminded her, looking exhausted.
She knew Bianca wanted to leave a private space for her and Maxwell. Yet Jimmy was too young. She
was unwilling to upset him.
Bianca nodded in agreement and answered, "I know, Martha." Then she went towards Jimmy's room.
After she left, Maxwell and Martha were alone in the living room. After a moment of silence, Maxwell
said, "Hollie was executed yesterday."
He learned what had happened in the past weeks and had no comment on what Hollie had done. He
raised Hollie for 20 years, but she almost killed Martha.
Nodding, Martha looked at him. "Dad, are you upset?"
Maxwell shook his head and muttered, "She asked for it."
He was indeed upset. After all, he had taken Hollie as his younger daughter for 20 years.
Yet Hollie had committed crimes and should pay the price.
Leaning against the sofa, Martha rubbed her temples to ease her intense migraine. "Dad, you must be
upset. However, she was a grownup and should reap the consequences for what she had done."
Maxwell nodded but didn't speak.
Martha glanced at him and hesitated for a while. Finally, she decided to tell him what had happened the
previous day.
"Dad, I smelt something fishy after Hollie had escaped from the prison. When I wanted to ask Libby in
the jail yesterday, she had been dead miserably."
"Her expression was weird. She was poisoned and looked like she had committed suicide. Yet my
hunch told me she was killed."
Her words shocked Maxwell, who gaped at her in disbelief. "The jail is heavily guarded. Who could
have entered it to kill her?"
Martha shook her head solemnly as she had no idea.
Suddenly, she recalled Hollies, her hands clenching tightly.
"When Hollie was in the hospital, I went to see her. She told me she was only an accessory in Mom's
death. Someone else wanted to kill her," she said in confusion, "Dad, I wonder who the heck wanted tonovelbin
kill Mom.
Maxwell frowned, lost in thought.
He had always thought Ariya had passed away in an accident.
However, Martha informed him Hollie had purposely murdered her.
Maxwell found it hard to believe that Hollie was young yet scheming and vicious back then.
Martha shocked him again by telling him Hollie was just an accessory. Maxwell couldn't help wondering
who wanted to kill his wife and what secrets had been behind it.
He wondered for a while but failed to figure out any clue, shaking his head in confusion. "In my
impression, your mother was always gentle and kind-hearted. She shouldn't have any foes."
"Who on earth has killed her, then?" Martha frowned, narrowing her eyes, which were full of confusion.
That manipulator had sent Libby to mislead and control Hollie when she was just a little girl.
Then he or she used Hollie to end Ariya's life and hurt Martha.
Martha believed there must be some reasons related to those things that had happened decades ago.
Probably it was before Maxwell had encountered Ariya, so Maxwell might not know it either.
...
In Jimmy's room, Bianca was sitting opposite him.
Looking up at her expectantly, Jimmy asked, "Granny Bianca, has my daddy woken up?"
Feeling sorry for him, Bianca rubbed his hair and kept silent. After a long time, she nodded slightly.
Jimmy finally met his father. If he knew what had happened to Stefan, he would be upset.
Jimmy exclaimed excitedly, "Really? Has Daddy woken up? Granny Bianca, can you take me to see
him in the hospital?"
Sitting on the bed, Bianca bent over and held him in her arms. "I cannot take you to the hospital now,
Jimmy. Your father has just woken up and is too fragile. He needs to rest more," she coaxed him gently.
Curling his lips, Jimmy asked in disappointment, "When can I see Daddy then?"
Bianca patted his back to soothe him patiently, "In a few weeks. When your father gets better, I'll take
you to see him."
"But I miss Daddy so much. I want to see him now," Jimmy mumbled, wrapping his arms around her
neck.
He had seen Stefan lying in ICU, afraid he would have no daddy anymore.