The little girl sitting on the side listened to her father's words with a tone that was like a scumbag, and she was speechless. Her father was beyond redemption.
She had tried so hard in the morning to persuade her father to appease her mother, but all she got in return was this one sentence. She sighed helplessly in her heart, feeling regretful for having made a mistake.
As expected, Rose sitting on the hospital bed erupted into anger just as Leah had predicted. "Elliot! It was you who cheated on me and had a child with Madeleine behind my back! And now you're saying I'm causing trouble?"
At this moment, Rose felt that the man standing before her was hopeless. But Elliot saw it differently; he thought that Rose's angry appearance meant that she wanted to leave him for good.
Seeing that his attempts at pacifying her were not working, he immediately resumed his original attitude. His deep gaze fixed upon hers as he spoke coldly, "You want the surveillance video, don't you?"
Rose's anger subsided when she heard this; thinking of her brother's current situation, she remained silent.
Elliot breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Rose wasn't speaking anymore and continued, "As long as you come home with me obediently and take care of your injuries properly, I'll give you the surveillance footage."
Leah sitting beside them couldn't understand what they were talking about - what kind of nonsense is Daddy spouting? She looked at him with an expression of despair - there really is no hope left for him now.
Rose heard Elliot's words and became livid; how dare he threaten her like this! But unfortunately for her, she couldn't refuse his offer either. She took a deep breath and stared angrily at Elliot. "Elliot... you said it yourself."
"Don't worry," replied Elliot calmly while secretly breathing another sigh of relief inside his heart - using threats always worked the best after all...
Twenty minutes later after packing up her things properly, Rose held Leah's hand tightly, following behind Elliot out of the hospital.
As the family of three stepped out of the hospital, a car was already waiting at the entrance. The car window rolled down, and the driver respectfully addressed Elliot, "Mr. Harper."
"Get in," said Elliot, opening up the back door while glancing sideways towards Rose.
Rose kept a calm face but suddenly felt dizzy. She unconsciously let go off Leah's hand, taking a few steps backwards
Leah noticed something was wrong with her mother and urgently asked, "Mommy, what's wrong with you?"
Elliot immediately noticed the woman's unusual behavior and bent down to pick her up in his arms.
Rose was suddenly lifted off the ground by someone, and she instinctively grabbed onto the man's tie.
Soon, she regained her composure, furrowing her brows and starting to push against the man holding her.
"Let go of me!"
The man's thin lips tightened, seemingly unaffected, as he directly placed Rose in the back seat.
The little guy standing next to him saw this scene and her eyes lit up instantly.
Daddy started to hug Mommy. This is a good sign.
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