Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 247

"I know you have feelings for Bella.

"But Sebastian, you two have a child together. For Noah's sake, can't you find it in your heart to have some pity for her? Please, don't abandon her now, not when she's sick and suffering."

"How is that possible?" Sebastian countered. "If she was sick in prison, why didn't she say anything? Why didn't she apply for medical parole?

"Besides, you want me to do this for Noah's sake, but she refused to save Noah's life."

Brandon shot up, grabbing Sebastian's arm, using his slight buzz to fuel his desperate explanation. "No, that's not what happened.

"Lillian didn't refuse to save Noah.

"Noah is her son. How could she refuse to save him?

"She was sick. Her body couldn't handle another pregnancy, that's why she couldn't help Noah.

"Didn't she eventually go abroad to find a way to help him?

"Sebastian, I watched my sister grow up. I saw you two get together. She loves you so much. All that coldness she's shown you since she got out of prison… it's all because she loves you.

"I couldn't understand it before, why she was like a different person after her release.

"But now I get it. She thinks she's running out of time, so she's deliberately acting cold.

"If she let herself be warm, it would be too hard to let go when the time comes.

"She's forcing herself to push you, Noah, and even her own family away, so she can die alone.

The news that Lillian was gravely ill was a shock to Sebastian. His mind struggled to process it.

He had never imagined that someone as vibrant and full of life as Lillian could be on the verge of death.

And during their trip abroad, she had seemed perfectly fine, cooperating with all the plans to save Noah. She didn't look like a dying woman at all.

But seeing Brandon's raw grief, Sebastian had no choice but to believe it was true.

The reality was, he and Lillian were already officially divorced, though it hadn't been announced.

Now, Brandon had thrown this massive problem at him. At that moment, memories of Lillian's relentless pursuit of him, the romantic gestures she planned, all came flooding back from the depths of his mind…