Don't Try to Escape, My Wife! novel Chapter 369

Nicole insisted on staying behind to accompany Audrey. Unable to dissuade her, Samuel had to keep her company, feeling distressed for her.

She was not in good health, and she got too anxious about Audrey.

Samuel was worried that Nicole would collapse.

Mrs. Don came in without saying anything. She hired a care giver to look after Viola, and then she went home.

Jason had been waiting outside. When he saw Samuel come out, he whispered, "Let's talk."

"There's nothing to talk about. If it's about Mrs. Don, I think it's up to Nicole.

Samuel said indifferently, obviously reluctant to talk about this.

Knowing his mother had gone too far, Jason sighed and said, "My mother is old, and she is getting senile."

"Do you know why Minister Shaw committed suicide and tried to kill Viola?"

Samuel thought Audrey had gone to extreme this time.

Jason shook his head and said, "Perhaps it's because my mother adored Viola too much. Audrey has been thinking she owes Nicole, who could not go back to our family on Viola's account. This is a torture to Audrey. She was desperate to get Nicole back to the Don family and be Xander's daughter officially, but it was delayed because of my mother's foolishness. When Viola was kidnapped and thrown into the sea, she insisted that Nicole was behind the scheme, and my mother believed her. She started to speak ill of Nicole in front of Audrey. In the beginning, Audrey would argue with my mother. Later, the old lady was unreasonable and Audrey fell silent."

"It was Nicole's birthday, and Audrey said she was celebrating with Nicole. She only told me about that. I thought that she was in a bad mood, and she might feel better talking to Nicole, but I didn't expect she would do such a foolish thing after she came back."

As he spoke, Jason blamed himself.

If only he could have sensed something was wrong with Audrey.

As he listened, Samuel knew the root cause of the problem.

Audrey was the old lady's daughter-in-law, and she had been taking care of her on behalf of Xander. However, her other daughter tended to alienate the old lady from Nicole, so Audrey felt guilty with Xander and the Don family.

Perhaps there were quarrels between Audrey and Viola, which was unknown to outsiders, and Viola wouldn't listen to her. Therefore Audrey made a reckless move, killing herself and Viola to leave peace to Nicole.

Undoubtedly, Audrey loved Nicole, in a way that no one could understand.

It was a pity that none of them had noticed this.

Nicole stayed by Audrey's side. Looking at her quiet face, she couldn't understand why Audrey had chosen to die.

As time went by, Jason decided to go back and check on the old lady. Samuel noticed that Nicole didn't eat or drink anything, so he went out to buy her some food for he was worried about her health.

Impervious to the things happening around her, Nicole kept staying with Audrey.

Someone opened the door quietly.

Viola stood behind Nicole like a ghost, looking at Audrey, who was lying on the bed, with a trace of malice in her eyes.

"Why? We are both her children. Why does she treat you so well, while treating me ruthlessly?"

Her ghostly voice in the spacious ward sent chills up Nicole's back.

Nicole looked back and saw her resentful eyes.

"You know what you've done. You should know why Mom did that to you."

"Mom? So intimate. Sure enough, you've recognized each other, haven't you?"

Viola burst into laughter.

"I've been expecting her to treat me better ever since I was a child, but she never did. Since you appeared, she has given you all her love. No matter what you do, she admires you. No matter what I do, she accuses me. On your birthday, I cooked for her, but she did not appreciate it. She asked me to tell Mrs. Don that it was not you who kidnapped me and threw me into the sea. She also asked me to tell the old lady that it was you who suffered miscarriage to save her. She had been thinking of everything for your own sake, and she didn't even think about me. If I told the old lady everything, what would she think of me? How would she treat me? Wouldn't the efforts I made on the old lady during the past month be wasted?"

Nicole frowned.

"Didn't you do all this? Shouldn't you confess to the old lady?"

"Why should I confess? The old lady is blind. She likes lies, and she likes me, an outsider, to be her granddaughter. She is my mother! Why can't she think for me? I need her love as well! But does she give me any? You don't know how happy I was when she said she would cook delicious food for me. I had thought I finally got what I wanted after so many years, but I almost died after I ate what she cooked for me. My beloved mother wanted to kill me for you! Nicole, why do you exist in this world? Why don't you die?"

As Viola spoke, she picked up something next to her and flung it at Nicole's head.

Nicole had learned quite some self-defense techniques from Samuel these days. The moment Viola came over, Nicole turned around and kicked her in the stomach with her right foot, sending her out of the ward.

Viola let out an angry scream.

She flew out like a kite with a broken string.