Broken Memories, Intertwined Hearts

Chapter 264

By the time Ethan and Ines got the message, it was already late at night. The news came via a phone call from Eda, who said she was on her way to the hospital but didn't give any details, only mentioning that Emma had been admitted.

The two didn't waste any time. They got dressed and rushed to the hospital.

In the hospital room, Emma was lying alone on the bed, clad in a hospital gown, hugging her knees, her eyes vacant.

Seeing her like this, Ines felt a twinge of worry. Her eyes instinctively went to Emma's stomach. It wasn't until she saw the still-prominent bump that she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where's Eda? I thought she was on her way here. How come she hasn't arrived yet?" Ines asked.

Hearing Ines' voice, Emma lifted her head, looking a tad surprised. After a few seconds, she replied calmly, "Eda went out to get me some food. You guys have a seat."

"What happened? Weren't you fine this afternoon?" Ines didn't sit down immediately, but stood by the bed, frowning.

"My mom took off with all my money, including the savings my dad left, and then she left." Emma's voice was calm, as if she had already accepted this harsh reality. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Ines was taken aback, she swallowed her anger and asked, "So, she's responsible for your dad's death?"

Emma gave Ines a long stare, and then nodded, no longer hiding the truth. "Only she knew the password to my jewelry box. She recently started wearing my jewelry to go out and play cards. The night you guys came over for dinner, she was wearing the pair of blue diamond earrings. After my dad passed away, I accidentally learned from her that she knew about his will all along. She's been

acting strange for a while now, and she destroyed the will because there was nothing left for her. She's the only one with the motive to kill." She must have had a backup plan: one, to acquire as much of the estate as possible, and two, to take as much of it with her when she left. When she saw the company falling into Ines' hands, and knowing her plot was about to be exposed, she decided to take the second route.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked for the jewelry box password so early. From the time the will was announced to now, it had only been a day, and she had already disappeared.

Clearly, this was all part of her plan, and her own daughter was just a pawn in her scheme.

"This woman is utterly shameless." Ines couldn't help but mutter.

Emma gave a bitter smile but said nothing.

Seeing Emma like this made Ines angry. "If you'd told the police what you know earlier, it wouldn't have come to this. You just let her walk off with your stuff."

"She is, after all, my biological mother who raised me on her own. I spent the first part of my life with her, I can't be so cold to her." Emma said sorrowfully. She couldn't bring herself to put her own mother in jail.

Hearing Emma's words, Ines didn't know what to say. No matter how terrible Shirley was, she was still Emma’s mother. It felt cruel to ask Emma to turn her own mother into jail.

Upon hearing the news, Ethan immediately stepped out to call Alan to inquire about the situation.

The relationship between Ines and Emma was already awkward. After Ines asked her questions, she didn't know what else to say. Luckily, Eda hurried in at that moment, carrying some freshly bought milk.

"Ines, you're already here?"

Ines nodded, "I just got here."

Eda handed the milk to Emma, saying, "Please eat something. You haven't eaten much since this afternoon. Your body can't take it. The doctor says you should eat light foods now, so all I could buy was some milk."

Emma nodded and took the milk. "Thanks, Eda."

Seeing Emma like this, Eda felt a pang of sympathy. She'd always seen Emma and Shirley as bad people, intruders who'd disrupted the peaceful life of Ines' family. But seeing Emma in this state, she couldn't help but feel bad.

"Eda, where's Aiden?" Ines noticed Aiden's absence and found it inappropriate.

"After the emergency call was made, the housemaid called him. I also called him when I was out buying things. He said he was at an important dinner and couldn't leave. He asked me to look after Emma for a while and said he'd come over once he's done." Eda sounded annoyed.

Ines frowned, seeing Aiden as unreliable. What dinner could be more important than his wife and child, to the point where he'd ask someone else to look after them?

"Ugh, I don't even know what to say. That man's no good, no sense of responsibility at all. It's a good thing you didn't get engaged to a guy like that. Otherwise, you'd be the one suffering now." Eda said angrily.

Ines caught a glimpse of the change in Emma's expression and gave Eda a look. Eda got the hint and shut up, changing the subject, "Ines, have you and Mr. Meyer had dinner? If not, I can go get something for you. You're pregnant too, you can't go hungry."

Ines shook her head with a smile, "No need to trouble yourself, Eda. Ethan and I already had dinner. We've got a maternity nurse at home, so we have meals waiting for us when we get home. We had just finished eating when we got your call."

"That's good. Having a maternity nurse will make things easier for you and Mr. Meyer. It's quite a hassle having to cook every day after work."

Ines glanced at Emma, then lowered her voice to ask Eda, "Is she okay?"

"I just talked to the doctor. He said it's nothing serious. It's just that she suddenly experienced some distress during her pregnancy, which caused her to feel uncomfortable. The doctor will check on her again in an hour. If she's doing well, she can be discharged tonight." Eda relayed the doctor's words to Ines.

Ines nodded and chatted quietly with Eda in the room. After a while, Ethan came in. Ines immediately asked him, "How's it going? Did they find the suspect?"