His expression was colder than ice and he stood with an impressively intimidating aura. The young woman on the floor was completely defeated. In the end, she couldn't compete against Jessica.
She clenched her fists tightly with her dissatisfaction written all over her face. I'm not going to apologize to Jessica! I'd die before ever saying sorry to that woman.
"Apologize!" Nancy called out loudly.
"No! I didn't do anything wrong. Why should I apologize? It was all defending myself against all of you." The young woman was starting to look a little frenzied.
Joan stared at her curiously. She had seen this young lady plenty of times before, but she had really changed since the last time Joan saw her. Could she be sick? Joan wondered.
The young lady's gaze darkened slowly and Joan suddenly said, "Is there something you want to say but can't tell us?"
The atmosphere suddenly became stale.
What's up with Joan? Why is she speaking up for this girl? Nancy thought to herself. She looked at Joan curiously.
Larry and Dustin stared at her with deep frowns. No one wanted to take this young woman's side at a time like this.
The woman on the hospital bed was taken aback as well, but she felt no anger toward Joan's words. She knew Joan wasn't the type to speak or act before thinking.
"Did you notice something?" Jessica asked Joan in a low voice.
"Take it easy. I'll ask some more questions first," Joan whispered back as she patted Jessica's shoulder.
The young lady continued sobbing with her head down, looking as if she was incredibly troubled.
"Caspian, I'm sick. All I want is to give birth to my first child before I completely lose the ability to take care of him. I just wanted to be able to give my kid a good father that can raise him properly," she said in a low voice.
At that moment, everyone froze. So she was sick, but with what?
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