Chapter 201 No Place Left for Her
Summer frowned, thinking she must’ve misheard.
Suicide?
Leona was worried Summer wouldn’t believe her, so she explained it in detail.
“It’s true. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have been arguing a lot recently. This morning, they had a huge fight. After that, Mrs. Stewart didn’t say a word–she just went into the bedroom by herself. She was in there for a long time. It wasn’t until we were cleaning that we found her in the bathroom. She’d cut her wrists. If we hadn’t found her in time, she would’ve lost too much blood.”
That’s when Summer realized how serious things were.
Julia was the kind of high–society woman who didn’t even do cleaning, and she was terrified of pain
If she went that far, something truly devastating must’ve happened.
Summer glanced at the towering Graham Group headquarters just ahead of her. After a moment of hesitation, she turned the wheel and headed in the opposite direction.
Thirty minutes later-
Summer arrived at the Stewarts‘ mansion.
After getting out of the car, she went straight through the living room and up to Julia’s bedroom.
She pushed open the bedroom door. Julia was lying in bed.
She looked completely washed out, her lips bone white, like she’d aged ten years in a single night. The slash on her wrist was right there–raw, red, and impossible to ignore.
Two family doctors were giving her an IV.
Summer walked over.
One of the doctors filled her in. “Mrs. Stewart attempted suicide by cutting her wrists. Thankfully, we found her in time. If we hadn’t, she wouldn’t have survived today.”
Summer stared at Julia. “Alright. You two can leave.”
Julia was lying in bed, her eyes blank and empty, nothing behind them. It was like all the life had drained out of her
And then, when she heard Summer’s voice-
Her eyelashes twitched, and almost instantly, tears welled up and spilled down her face.
Seeing her like this, Summer couldn’t help but feel a twinge of sympathy.
She sat down on the stool next to the bed.
“What happened?” she asked quietly.
When Julia heard that question, she went from quietly sobbing to crying uncontrollably. She was crying so hard she couldn’t speak-
Summer reached out, wanting to offer some comfort, but her hand froze in the air.
After everything–years of cold shoulders and distance from Julia-
Chapter 201 No Place Left for Her
Finished
After crying for a while, Julia glanced up at the papers in Summer’s hand: Her eyes swollen and red, she rasped out, “That’s the divorce agreement Jasper gave me. That bastard transferred all my shares, property, and assets behind my back.”
Summer flipped to another page–there was a DNA report.
Julia’s voice cracked as she burst out, “As if that wasn’t enough–he. he lied to me. Harvey–Harvey’s not even mine. He’s that mistress’s kid!” She started beating her chest, sobbing harder. “I’m such an idiot. I spoiled another woman’s son and daughter like they were my own–while pushing away my real daughter. Someone like me.. I don’t deserve to live. Summer. I’m sorry, I really am. Let me dic!”
From her broken, scattered words, Summer finally pieced everything together
So this all started the last time Jasper wanted her to use her connections to get to Fraser.
She didn’t play along–and that pushed him over the edge.
And he took it out on Julia. He even started bringing the other woman into the Stewart house, over and over, like it was nothing
Julia couldn’t take it and ended up getting into a fight with the mistress.
But that woman, full of herself because of Jasper’s favoritism, didn’t back down at all.
In fact, she straight–up said Harvey was her own biological son
Julia couldn’t handle it. She had it investigated, and when she saw the truth, she lost it. She tried to confront Jasper.
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