Chapter 25
Nia had given her a reason to stay alive.
However, life continued to be hard on her. Nia had a weak immune system because she was bom prematurely and she had to spend most of her time in the hospital.
Just when she turned two years old, Nia was diagnosed with aplastic anemia. Meredith remembered how it felt to have the world come crashing down on her. Throughout the years, a lot of people, even Doctor Logan, had advised her to give up. But, as Nia’s mother, how could she give up on saving her daughter?
If she had not fallen into Ysabelle’s wicked scheme, she would not have ended up in the psychiatric hospital and got trapped in the fire which triggered the premature labor.
Meredith had blamed herself for Nia’s poor health condition.
Hence, she would never give up on saving Nia, no matter the cost.
Alayna who had returned from paying the medical bills saw Meredith weeping softly next to Nia who was soundly asleep. Alayna could not help but start blaming herself. “If I had not secretly visited the psychiatric hospital and begged Miss Rosa to let me take Nia, Nia would have been free from all this pain and torture…”
“Mom, don’t say it like that,” pleaded Meredith, “I would rather Nia be in this state than be thrown into the fire and burnt alive.”
“But… Doctor Logan is right. If we don’t pay the bills on time, Nia will one day be kicked out of the hospital, and I’m worried that Nia….”
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