"I don't mind it at all!" Zade shook his head and continued, "I know that you're only doing this because you've no other options, so I really don't mind.""But I do, Zade."Putting aside the fact that she was in this pathetic situation, even if she was still the young madam of the Leighton family, Meredith was sure that Josiah would still harass her.Meredith could not bring herself to drag the Brooks siblings into her mess."Zade, you don't have to say anything anymore. I have to visit Nia at the hospital.""Merelyn…"Meredith said her goodbyes and left Zade's place.After paying the medical bills with the five hundred dollars she received earlier, Meredith walked into the ward where Nia was.Nia had just woken up and she was in the middle of eating.Upon seeing her mother, Nia pulled into a wide grin and called out to Meredith softly, "Mommy…"Seeing the bright smile on Nia's face, Meredith suddenly forgot the pain in her body."Someone's eating well today. You're amazing,

Although she was in so much pain, Meredith said nothing as she bit down hard on her lips. She looked on as bags of blood were taken away from her body and Josiah did not look like he was going to stop them anytime soon.She finally started begging, "Mister Josiah, I am a patient too and I am injured. Please have mercy on me…"She was not scared of dying but she was worried that no one would pay for Nia's medical bills and both her mother and daughter would lose the only person that they relied on."Aren't you full of pride earlier?" Josiah made a hand gesture for the nurse to stop. It was only then the nurse removed the needle from Meredith's arm.The two other nurses too let go of their grasp on Meredith and she fell back onto the ground.Meredith was already injured and because too much blood was taken from her, she felt faint.She got a grip of herself and started getting up onto her feet effortfully. Holding onto the wall, she took heavy steps toward the door.Nia was still

"Merelyn, I…""Just stop and follow me." Meredith dragged him off the stage, passed through the crowd, and headed toward backstage.The clueless customers saw how the both of them left the hall hand in hand and assumed that Meredith was simply shy from the sudden confession and started cheering for them.Once they reached backstage, Zade handed the bouquet to Meredith and beamed, "Merelyn, these are your favorite flowers, tulips. I…"Before Zade could finish his sentence, Meredith took the bouquet from his hand and put it aside. She then walked him toward the backdoor. "Zade Brooks, leave right now! Hurry up!""What's wrong? Why are you rushing me out? Zya told me that you only had two shows today…""I said leave, don't you hear me?!" Meredith sounded as if she was about to cry.Zade thought that Meredith was only acting this way simply because she could not reciprocate his feelings."Merelyn, it's okay if you can't accept me now. I'll wait until the day you're willing to accep

At the sight of the spilled red wine on the floor, Miss Josie asked carefully, "Sir, did Merelyn do something that upset you? I'll apologize…""There's no need for that." Josiah interrupted her and ordered, "Have her serve more customers, and, starting from this moment, she is not allowed to leave the club until she clears her debt for this bottle of red wine."Josiah then walked toward the door."No!" Meredith ran toward him, grabbed the sleeves of his shirt, and begged, "Sir, I can't be locked up here! I…my family is in the hospital and I have to take care of her, please, I beg you…"Meredith was crying now.Puzzled, Josiah arched his brows. "Family? You still have family?"From what he knew, the Leightons had cut ties with her when he pressured them to do so three years ago."Yes…" Meredith sniffled."Tell me, who else do you have?""My…my mom." Wiping away the tears on her face with the back of her hand, she added, "My mom had not been well since she was kicked out from th

"Miss, I'm waiting for my mom," Nia replied softly."Your mommy will be here in a bit. You should go in first.""What about my grandma?""Your grandma has returned home to rest," The nurse replied annoyedly.Nia had been staying in the hospital for a long time and her guardians were always late on paying the medical bills which caused an inconvenience for a lot of people in the hospital.If Alayna had not asked her for a favor to keep an eye on Nia, she would not even be bothered with this child."Don't make me repeat myself, child. If not, I'll kick you out of the hospital." The nurse threatened her and walked away.Nia was after all only a three-year-old kid. She was of course frightened by the threat.As soon as the nurse had left, Nia started looking for her mother. While walking around, Nia called out weakly, "Mommy, where are you? I'm scared…""Mommy…!"The doors of the lift opened and Nia stepped into the lift.Her small and frail body bumped against a pair of long l