After marrying my boss (Anna) novel Chapter 524

Chapter 524 Suicide Attempt

My mother’s silence had me even more worried. While nervously asking if she was still on the line, I was genuinely concerned about her health becoming compromised as a result of her inability to handle this news.

“I’m still here. Oh, Janette… my poor child. How could such a thing have happened to her?”

She started to choke up as she spoke. It was understandably upsetting for her as a mother to learn of the tragic fate that befell her own daughter.

“What’s happened has happened, so you should restrain your grief. Having just been discharged and have yet to fully recover, you need to be more mindful of your own health.

Feeling no less disturbed by it as well, I was able to empathize with what she was going through. However, my concerns, at present, rested more on her physical well-being.

“Where is Janette? How is she now? With everything that has transpired, why is it that she had told me nothing about it? This girl is really getting me worried sick.”

Her voice quivered while she rattled off a string of questions pertaining to her daughter.

“Emotionally, Janette isn’t very stable right now. I was the one who decided to withhold it from you as you were still in the hospital when this all went down. I chose not to tell you as I was worried that you might not be able to cope.”

That was all that I could have said about Janette’s situation.

“Where is she now? I want to see her. She needs someone to keep her company.”

“Okay. I’ll drive you over to see her in a bit.”

Even though we were both her daughters, I could sense that the extent of her affinity for Janette was much greater in comparison. Her sentiments toward me had been mostly rooted in guilt, whereas what she felt toward Janette was borne of genuine affection.

This sentiment was hard for me to contend with, but now was not the time to wrangle over such things; Janette was in a position of vulnerability, and in much need of care.

After we drove over to the house in Birchwood, I did not see Janette after we entered. That left me quite confounded.

Whenever I came by these past two days, I could always find Janette seated on the couch in the living room, unspeaking and doing nothing else in particular. Her absence at the moment got me somewhat fretful.

“Where’s Janette? Didn’t you say that she’s here?”

Turning around to regard me, Alicia sounded even more anxious when she was unable to catch a glimpse of Janette either.

“Stay calm. I’m going to check in the bedroom. Maybe she had been tired out over these past couple of days, and went in to take a rest.”

With burgeoning disquietude, I picked up my pace and made my way to the bedroom. The sheets on the bed remained pristine and tidy. It was evident that no one had slept in it. Frantically, I looked everywhere, even in the washroom. Finally, I spotted a figure standing on the balcony.

My heart sank when I ascertained that it was Janette. Ill at ease, I hastened toward her.

“What are you doing, Janette? Don’t you know that that’s dangerous?”

Janette stood over at the balcony with her eyes cast out into the distance, and I was seriously afraid that she might decide to jump down from there outright. As we were on the tenth floor, there was going to be little to no chance that she would survive the plunge if she really went for it.