Episode 127
Their exchange was abruptly interrupted by an unexpected voice from the doorway.
“Elizabeth, you’re here too?”
Elizabeth whirled around to confront Oliver and Cindy, who loomed ominously in the doorway. Her gaze hardened with suspicion as she stepped closer.
“How did you find this place?” she probed sharply.
Back then, Elizabeth harbored a deep-seated fear that Oliver might use Gracie as a pawn against her. Determined to keep Gracie safe, she had enlisted Elijah’s help to discreetly relocate her grandmother to a different hospital. The Norris family had stayed away from Gracie for two years, giving Elizabeth a false sense of security. But now, with Oliver and Cindy’s unexpected appearance, all her old anxieties resurfaced, amplified by recent troubling incidents. A knot of apprehension tightened within her.
Cindy offered a disarming smile. “We’re here to visit your grandmother, naturally. We even brought her some fruit a couple of days ago.”
Elizabeth recalled Gracie’s peculiar demeanor earlier; it now clicked into place. Previously, during her visits, Gracie often inquired about Elijah, yet today, his name hadn’t been mentioned. The pieces were falling into place. Elizabeth bitterly deduced that the couple had likely informed Gracie about her impending divorce, shocking her and exacerbating her frail condition.
With eyes blazing with anger, Elizabeth snapped, “I’m warning you—keep your distance from my grandmother! If anything happens to her, remember, I have nothing left to lose, and I will not hesitate to bring you down with me!”
Oliver scoffed at her warning, his voice thick with disdain. “Is this how you speak to your father? Threatening me like some common thug?”
Cindy gently patted Oliver on the back, casting him a disapproving glance before advancing with a smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes.
“What on earth are you suggesting? That we’d harm Gracie? Your father holds her in such high regard, almost as if she were his own mother. Just now, we couldn’t help but overhear your conversation with the doctor about needing more time to sort out the payments. What’s the issue? Are finances a bit tight? If something’s wrong, don’t keep it to yourself—talk to us!”