"What did you say?"
Samuel asked again as if he hadn't heard.
The policeman understood him and whispered, "He committed suicide by taking medicine, and we've
rushed him to the hospital."
"Medicine? Where did he get that?"
"We don't know either, but we found a pill in his sleeve. Don't worry, we'll try our best to save him."
After asking which hospital Johnnie was, Samuel rushed to get there. Unfortunately, Johnnie had died
before he arrived.
Looking at Johnnie's body, Samuel stood immobile and remained silent. And his face clouded over.
As Johnnie was dead, no one knew what exactly had happened anymore. Samuel wondered where his
half-brother was.
Samuel was also uncertain why he wanted to find him.
It was probably because Samuel could convince himself into trusting him and Vincent were Greens
only if he saw his half-brother.
Apart from him, no one could help Samuel find out the truth.
Samuel felt miserable.
After leaving the hospital, he paid for Johnnie's burial. Then, he went to a bar for having a drink.
A beauty went to him and tried to catch him up.
"Hi, can we have a drink together?"
"Stay away from me!"
Samuel said coldly.
"Don't be so indifferent."
The beauty didn't give up, as she could see Samuel was well-off based on the way he dressed. If she
was capable of seducing him, she would get a pretty penny from him.
Despite her fantasy, Samuel directly shrugged her away when noticing her approaching him.
The loud noise drew everyone's attention. The beauty felt embarrassed and sat on the ground crying.
"Are you a man or not? I'm a woman, how can you push me to the ground?"
Ignoring her complaint, Samuel turned around and continued to drink.
As some people who were present shot a video and posted it on the Internet, the video got popular
soon.
Not long after, Nicole saw it as well.
Although it was dim in the bar, Nicole recognized Samuel with a single glance.
Obviously, Samuel was in a bad mood, but he still looked charming in the video. Nicole asked where
the bar was and rushed over.
When Nicole got there, she was shocked by the deafening music.
She elbowed her way through the crowd and found Samuel.
"A cocktail, please."
Nicole said to the bartender and then sat next to Samuel.
The people around them wondered if Samuel would drive Nicole away.
However, Samuel did a double take when hearing Nicole and then directly took the cocktail as the
bartender handed it to Nicole.
"Let's go home."
He grabbed Nicole's wrist and was about to leave.
Nicole stopped him.
"We can have a drink together if you're in a bad mood. Then, let's go back and have a good sleep.
Tomorrow will be another fine day."
Nicole said with a smile.
Suddenly, words failed Samuel.
"I didn't mean to come here. I just...."
"It doesn't matter. We all need to let out emotions when under pressure. I'm serious. Get drunk and go
back to sleep. After waking up tomorrow, everything will be over. I won't ask what happened to you,
and I don't mind whose son you are. All I know is that you're my husband and the father of my children.
It’s enough."
Samuel felt warm at Nicole's words.
"Did you drive here?"
"Yes."
"Alone?"
"Blair will come to pick us up."
Nicole knew that Samuel would be worried about her, so she had told Blair.
Hearing that, Samuel felt relieved.
"Sorry, for once, I want to be drunk. I promise that I won't do it again."
"Alright."
As Nicole understood him, Samuel felt much more relaxed.
He sat beside Nicole again and began to drink.
The crowd looked at them in astonishment and finally disassembled after confirming that Samuel would
not be rude to Nicole.
With Nicole's understanding, Samuel took it easy and started to drink.
It made sense that people in a mood would be easy to get drunk.
Samuel was drunk soon.
Nicole felt distressed as Samuel was upset. She called Blair to come over and help her bring Samuel
back.
Since Samuel was drunk, Trevin failed to see him off and couldn't help but feel regretful.
Nicole whispered, "Here is my phone number. Please call me if you need help in the future. I'm really
sorry today."
"Don't mention it. Mrs. Green, thank you for your help. I will live a good life, don't worry. As for the town,
I believe Mr. Green will deal with it well. I want to bring my parents' ashes to the town in a few days."
"Aren't you going to discuss with your sister?"
Nicole thought of Maia and asked.
Trevin said in a sad voice, "Given Maia is stubborn, she won't agree with me. There is no need to
discuss with her. My parents haven't gone home for many years, so I have to bring them back. As their
son, I'm able to make such a decision on my own. Mrs. Green, I hope you can hide it from Maia."
"Alright."
Since it was a family affair, Nicole found she'd better not to get involved.
Trevin bid farewell to Nicole and Blair and left alone.
Lucas didn't want to be part with him.
"Can I go to Trevin in the future?"
"What? Do you like Trevin?"
Nicole touched Lucas’ head and felt that he was different from his peers.
Lucas nodded and said, "Yes, he is a good doctor. He taught me a lot of common and effective first-aid
methods these days. According to him, everyone in his town knows one or two things in medicine."
Nicole found that funny.
"Except for Maia, he is the only one in his town now."
"Then she must be a good doctor as well. According to Uncle Trevin, they grew up learning traditional
Chinese medicine from their parents. How happy! It cost much less to treat themselves when they were
sick, as they didn't need to go to the hospital."
After Lucas finished speaking, Nicole couldn't help but pinch his nose and say, "What a miser you are!"
"Am I wrong? If I learn from Uncle Trevin, I will treat you when you are ill. Uncle Blair, right?"
Lucas hurriedly asked for Blair's approval.
Blair smiled and didn't say anything.
"Alright, Samuel has fallen asleep. Don't worry. Since he is sick at heart, it will be a relief for him to
have a good sleep. He probably gets upset because Johnnie committed suicide. As you know, Samuel
cares about who his biological parents are."
Nicole was shocked at Blair's words.
"Johnnie is dead?"
"Yes."
Blair nodded.
"I see. Alright, I understand. Thank you, Blair."
"Never mind. I'll go to study Blue Star Herb."
After finishing speaking, Blair left.
"I'll go with you."
It seemed that Lucas was indeed interested in medicine. He left with Blair.
Nicole went to the bedroom and saw Samuel having a sound sleep. Then, she left the room.
All of a sudden, something occurred to her.
According to what Lucas said, all the people in Trevin’s town had medical knowledge. Given Maia was
also from there, did she know medical skills?
If she knew, she could protect herself from being hurt when Alexia asked people to beat her.
However, she failed. What was worse, her uterus was injured.
Nicole instantly frowned.
She didn't want to doubt Maia, but she found it hard as it didn't make sense.
Nicole pondered for a moment before picking up her phone and calling Tim.
As she called, Tim was peeling an apple for Maia. Seeing that it was from Nicole, he paused.
"Who is it?"
Maia subconsciously asked.
Tim hurriedly hung up and smiled, "It doesn't matter. It is from my assistant. Perhaps there's something
wrong in the company, I'll go out and call back."
"Are you afraid that I will eavesdrop on your company's secrets?"
Maia made a joke.
Tim replied soon, "What are you talking about? I'm afraid that you'll feel bored. You eat the apple, and
I'll be back in a moment."
After saying that, Tim stood up and walked out.
Maia watched him go out of the ward and slowly stopped smiling.
Tim left the ward with his phone and confirmed that Maia hadn't followed him. Only then did he texted
Nicole at the corner of the stairs.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Let's talk on the phone."
Nicole called right after sending the message.
As Tim hadn't known that Nicole could speak yet, he said after answering the phone, "Why don't you
just send me messages if there's anything urgent? What’s the use of calling me? I can't hear you."
"Are you deaf? Can't you hear?"
As soon as Nicole spoke out, Tim was shocked.
"You can speak now?"
"What do you mean? Are you surprised that I can speak? Or are you unhappy?"
Tim didn't gather his wits together until he heard Nicole's joke. He immediately smiled and said, "Are
you kidding me? Am I a person who will take advantage of others' misfortune? I'm happy for you! Who
cured you? Who is so awesome? I'll be grateful to the doctor."
"Then you'd better buy some joss paper, as she is dead."
Tim was surprised at Nicole's remarks.
"Who is it?"
"Zama."
Tim was shocked again.
"Zama? Did I mishear? I’m relived as long as she doesn't harm you. How would she cure you? What
happened to her? Did her conscience guide her?"
"She's indeed dead. And Samuel was treated by her as well. We come back to Bordeaux as it is her
hometown. Tim, I found something. I'm not sure if I should tell you."
Although Nicole put it mildly, Tim could tell it was of importance.
"What's wrong? Does it concern me?"
"Sort of. It's related to Maia. Has she been strange recently?"
Nicole pondered how to start.
As soon as Tim heard her question, he frowned and looked at Maia's ward. Until then, he found Maia
had walked out and was approaching him.
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