Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 2273

He just stood by the bed and looked at Leia indifferently without a trace of sorrow in his expression. His face was stern like a judge in a courtroom, not like a father's.

"You've been given another chance at life. If you get through this, I hope you'll be a decent human and not betray your mother's love for you."

With that, he left the intensive care unit.

The nurse who stood aside looked back at Leia after hearing his words.

Jack soon came out. He took off his sterile clothing and said, "Let's go."

"I want to stay here with Leia longer," said Queenie, who was reluctant to leave. Although they were only separated by a door, she could not see what went on behind that door.

"You can't ease her pain by standing here. Plus, she doesn't need your care right now. Go home and come back tomorrow when she's out of the ICU," Jack said sternly. He was very calm compared to Queenie's excessive worrying.

He may even come off as heartless...

Queenie looked at the door. There was nothing she could do to help Leia by standing here.

"Mrs. Norman, go back and get some rest. Ms. Norman will be able to return to the general ward tomorrow," Luca consoled her softly.

Finally, Queenie listened to Luca and went home with Jack.

Luca also got in Luke's car as they still had to return to work.

"It's a good thing you're here," Luke said as he drove.

"Huh?" Luca's mind was wandering until Luke's words brought her back to reality, but she did not know what he meant by that.

"She only listens to you." The 'she' that Luke was referring to was Queenie.

A few moments ago, Queenie refused to listen to a word Jack said, but when Luca did the same, she listened.

If not for her, Queenie might have insisted on staying in the hospital today.

"Mrs. Norman is just worried about Leia's condition. If you put yourself in her shoes, anyone would have done the same." Luca smiled.

"The advice you give is always different from others." Luke held the steering wheel with both hands and turned on some music.

Soft and slow music sounded from the stereo.

Luke said meaningfully, “Both of you seem to be connected."

Luca froze, and a smile slowly appeared on her face.

He was right. Queenie and she had a connection because they were mother and daughter.

There would always be an inexplicable bond between a mother and her daughter. Moreover, she was a mother too, so she could talk to Queenie from a mother's standpoint.

Queenie was willing to listen to her because Luca had put herself in Queenie's shoes.

"By the way, when I was buying water, I came across something." Luca recalled seeing Marie, so she told Luke about it.

"What is it?" said Luke as he knew that she must have encountered something while buying water for her to come back so late.

Otherwise, knowing her, she would return to Queenie's side right after buying water.

"I saw Marie downstairs. She was injured. Judging from the bruises on her face, she seems to have been beaten," Luca said while frowning, but there was nothing unusual about this.

The thing she found most unusual was that Marie was the type of person to fight back or even extort money from the other party by making a police report if she were beaten up. However, instead of doing so, she tried her best to cover up the fact that she got beaten.

She was not just doing it to save face in front of Luca, but she was actually trying to hide it.

"Do you want to help her with this?" Luke tried to find out what she was thinking.

"No." Luca shook her head as she had no intention of helping Marie.