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Chapter 2273
Chapter 2273
Chapter 2273
He just stood by the bed and looked at Leia indifferently without a trace of sorrow in his expression. His face was stern like a judge in a courtroom, not like a father's.
"You've been given another chance at life. If you get through this, I hope you'll be a decent human and not betray your mother's love for you."
With that, he left the intensive care unit.
The nurse who stood aside looked back at Leia after hearing his words.
Jack soon came out. He took off his sterile clothing and said, "Let's go."
"I want to stay here with Leia longer," said Queenie, who was reluctant to leave. Although they were only separated by a door, she could not see what went on behind that door.
"You can't ease her pain by standing here. Plus, she doesn't need your care right now. Go home and come back tomorrow when she's out of the ICU," Jack said sternly. He was very calm compared to Queenie's excessive worrying.
He may even come off as heartless...
Queenie looked at the door. There was nothing she could do to help Leia by standing here.
"Mrs. Norman, go back and get some rest. Ms. Norman will be able to return to the general ward tomorrow," Luca consoled her softly.
Finally, Queenie listened to Luca and went home with Jack.
Luca also got in Luke's car as they still had to return to work.
"It's a good thing you're here," Luke said as he drove.
"Huh?" Luca's mind was wandering until Luke's words brought her back to reality, but she did not know what he meant by that.
"She only listens to you." The 'she' that Luke was referring to was Queenie.
A few moments ago, Queenie refused to listen to a word Jack said, but when Luca did the same, she listened.
If not for her, Queenie might have insisted on staying in the hospital today.
"Mrs. Norman is just worried about Leia's condition. If you put yourself in her shoes, anyone would have done the same." Luca smiled.
"The advice you give is always different from others." Luke held the steering wheel with both hands and turned on some music.
Soft and slow music sounded from the stereo.
Luke said meaningfully, “Both of you seem to be connected."
Luca froze, and a smile slowly appeared on her face.
He was right. Queenie and she had a connection because they were mother and daughter.
There would always be an inexplicable bond between a mother and her daughter. Moreover, she was a mother too, so she could talk to Queenie from a mother's standpoint.
Queenie was willing to listen to her because Luca had put herself in Queenie's shoes.
"By the way, when I was buying water, I came across something." Luca recalled seeing Marie, so she told Luke about it.
"What is it?" said Luke as he knew that she must have encountered something while buying water for her to come back so late.
Otherwise, knowing her, she would return to Queenie's side right after buying water.
"I saw Marie downstairs. She was injured. Judging from the bruises on her face, she seems to have been beaten," Luca said while frowning, but there was nothing unusual about this.
The thing she found most unusual was that Marie was the type of person to fight back or even extort money from the other party by making a police report if she were beaten up. However, instead of doing so, she tried her best to cover up the fact that she got beaten.
She was not just doing it to save face in front of Luca, but she was actually trying to hide it.
"Do you want to help her with this?" Luke tried to find out what she was thinking.
"No." Luca shook her head as she had no intention of helping Marie.
The bruises on Marie's face were most likely caused by Jean, but if Marie did not want to hold him accountable, there was no reason for Luca to help her either.
Plus, she was in no position to help her.
Luca thought that the Rayne family treated Marie pretty well.
At least in the past, Marie was given priority for all the good food and nice clothes because of how bossy her biological mother was. Meanwhile, she had no one but her dad.
On the other hand, Kevin had always been a henpecked man. He may have prioritized letting Luca study abroad, but he let Marie have everything else.
"Then don't worry about it," said Luke.
Luca's elbow was propped up on the car door while she rested her chin in her hand. She then spoke her mind, "I'm guessing that Jean was the one who did it, so I'm considering whether to tell Nina."
"Let's say you do tell her. Then what?" Luke did not give her unsolicited advice right away.
"If Marie were to sue Jean, Nina would be the one to suffer in the end. So I'm thinking if I should tell her beforehand so she knows what's coming," Luca murmured. She sympathized with Nina's hardships.
"If you tell Nina, will she be able to cut ties with the Langdon family? Even if she publicly announces that, the law won't allow it. If anything happens to Jean, he'll eventually come looking for Nina," said Luke as Nina's family was destined to be a burden to her.
However, there was still a solution, and it all depended on Percy.
Before Luca returned to the Langdon family, things at the Rayne family were not looking too good. Although there was no brother who liked screwing things up for his sister, Marie and Jean still caused quite a bit of trouble for Bianca.
Not to mention her so-called stepmother...
Fortunately, he had them all taken care of.
At that time, he could take action because Bianca had already given up on them completely.
Whereas Nina was still subject to the restrictions of Anna and Jean because she was too merciful.
Nina's and Bianca's situations were different.
In Bianca's case, it was her stepmother she did not have much affection for, so she behaved scrupulously only because she did not want to give Kevin a hard time.
However, in Nina's case, Anna was her biological mother.
No matter how much Anna preferred her son, Nina had never been treated badly when she was younger as the parent still had love for their child. Hence, Nina could not be merciless toward them.
Nina would always have to face the consequences of whatever nonsense Jean did.
She may be unlucky, but not only did she ask for it, butshe was helpless too.
Besides, the country had yet to legalize severing relationships with family.
“You've got a point.." Luca realized that it did not matter whether Nina knew as she would end up suffering anyway.
There was no way Nina would bring money and gifts to seek forgiveness from Marie because of this Jean incident as this would only make it easier for Marie to target Nina.
"Her problem can't be solved overnight. Plus, whether this issue can be handled properly depends on Percy," Luke blurted out the truth.
However, Luca did not get it.
"Why Mr. Mallory..."
Could it be that Nina and Percy were going to break up to destroy Anna and Jean's dream of living luxuriously?
Even if Nina were willing to do so, Anna and Jean would not let her off the hook that easily as they were both bloodsuckers.
"You'll find out in the future." Luke smiled.
However, Luca fell silent.
He mentioned the future.
Would she really have the chance to find out in the future?