Leonard nodded.
What a coincidence.
“I've been wanting to ask this,” Kathleen started. “Kelly has been to the Macari residence in the past, right?”
Leonard hummed as he nodded. “I brought her over during Samuel's twentieth birthday.”
“That’s why the girl looks so familiar," Kathleen muttered. “You'd better give Kelly a call then. The little girl has been looking for her mom since she got here. I reckon Kelly is also worried to death.”
Leonard passed her his phone. “You make the call.”
“Huh?” Kathleen uttered, completely puzzled.
With a somber expression, Leonard said, “I don't want to talk to her.
Kathleen threw him his phone. “Don't be a nutcase! Do you think it's easy for your ex-girlfriend to beg you? She wouldn't have bothered you if it wasn’t for the fact that she had no other options,” Kathleen spat. “You make the call.”
Leonard stiffened at her words.
He did not know about Felicia's condition.
If he did, he probably would not have treated her the way he did.
Resignedly, he picked up his phone and sent a message to Kelly: Your daughter is at the hospital. Come quick!
After the text, he even attached the location of the hospital.
Kathleen glanced at Leonard and massaged her temples. “It seems like you hate her.”
A deep crease forms between Leonard's eyebrows. “Did Samuel tell you about Kelly and me?”
“No,” Kathleen replied lightly. “It's just that I could tell how fond you were of her when you brought her over to the Macari residence. Kelly was different back then; she was spoiled. And you— you enjoyed spoiling her. I just thought that since the two of you were so madly in love, there were bound to be regrets during your breakup.”
Furthermore, the party with resentments must have loved more intensely.
“It's all in the past,” Leonard
mumbled.
“Is it?” Kathleen asked quietly.
She did not believe Leonard's words at all.
Right then, Hannah barged into the ward with a group of people.
She froze as she was not expecting Leonard to be there as well.
Leonard's eyebrows pinched. “Ms.
Tate?”
“Mr. Sullivan. A surprise seeing you here,” Hannah remarked coldly. “I'm here to pick up my granddaughter.”
Leonard frowned.
“Take her away,” Hannah ordered.
The two bodyguards immediately walked up to Felicia, who was lying on the hospital bed.
Kathleen furrowed her brows at that and was just about to speak up.
However, Leonard had stepped up and used his body to stop the bodyguards from advancing. His gaze was sharp as he said, “Get away!”
The two bodyguards were too shocked to continue walking up to the little girl.
Meanwhile, Kathleen narrowed her eyes and was prepared for the drama to unfold before her.
“What do you mean by this, Mr. Sullivan?” Hannah asked icily.
“You can't move her now,” Leonard replied. “Don't you know what illness she has?”
“What's the point of knowing?” Hannah responded sardonically. “I've already consulted the doctor long ago. Her condition is both hard to treat and hard to cure.”
“A condition that's both hard to treat and cure?” Leonard repeated. His eyes darkened as he continued, “So you're just going to take her away without even trying to do anything for her?”
Hannah was displeased. “She's not even your daughter, Leonard. Why are you getting yourself involved?”
Leonard clenched his fists at that.
Just then, Kelly entered the ward.
“Where's Felicia?” she asked frantically.
“Here,” Leonard said as he looked at Kelly, who was a wreck.
Kelly approached Felicia and immediately burst into tears upon seeing the girl's state.
“I’m so sorry, Felicia. It's my fault for not protecting you,” Kelly cried. She wanted to reach out and caress Felicia but stopped upon seeing the various machines hung onto her.
Kelly turned to Leonard, her eyes brimming with tears. “What happened to Felicia?”
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