Chapter 204
Chapter 204
Emily leaned against the wall in pain as if there was a hole in her heart, and it was bleeding out.
She never expected to meet Franklin so soon, and Franklin still treated her this way. He clearly saw
her, but he didn't say a word. Instead, he turned around and left resolutely.
Back in the ward, Emily's face was still pale.
James looked at her in surprise and asked, "What's wrong? You look so pale after you get back."
"Nothing." Emily shook her head quickly.
Bryce ran over and hugged Emily's leg, "Mom, I want to go out and play."
After all, he was only three years old, and boys at this age always look for fun. He had been in the ward
for most of the day, so it would be strange if he was not bored.
James said quickly, "You can take him out! I'm fine here. It's not a big deal anyway, and I can be Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
discharged in two days. How about you take him home first?"
"I'll take him out for a walk and wait until you're discharged." Emily said.
Seeing that she was so determined, James nodded and watched them leave gently.
And Emily took Bryce around in the hospital first. Bryce was not satisfied and insisted on going outside.
Emily thought for a while. It was not far from the flower shop that she and Joyce owned, so she took
Bryce there.
For four years, she hadn't contacted anyone in Lancaster, so she didn't know if the flower shop was still
there. In fact, she was very sorry at that time. After all, she owned part of the flower shop. But back
then, she didn't even say goodbye and left the shop to Joyce alone.
"Mom, the flowers there are so beautiful." Bryce saw the flower shop at the first glance and pointed
excitedly at it while speaking to Emily.
Emily also smiled with relief. She didn't expect that the flower shop would still be here after four years.
She quickly led Bryce over. A shop assistant was busy at the door. Seeing her, she quickly smiled and
said, "Miss, how can I help you?"
"Is your boss here?" Emily asked quickly.
"Boss?" The shop assistant looked surprised and said, "Yes, may I ask what's it about?"
"We're friends. We haven't seen each other for a long time, so..."
"Emily? Oh my God, are you Emily?" With a cry, Emily was hugged before she could react.
"Let go of my mother, let go of her." Bryce looked upset and slapped the person on the thigh.
"Ouch, who is this little guy? Who are you?" Joyce let go of Emily and looked down at Bryce in
surprise.
Emily didn't know whether to laugh or cry and quickly said to Bryce, "Bryce, don't be rude. This is
mom's good friend. Call auntie."
"Ah, you already have a child." Joyce said in surprise.
Emily rubbed Joyce's face and said, "Joyce, it's been a long time. I miss you so much. You must have
gained some weight. I almost didn't recognize you just now."
Joyce, "..."
She pursed her lips and almost cried, "Emily, you can't reveal me as soon as you saw me. Do you
know how bothered I am about my current body? I think my hair is turning white because of this."
"Honey, tell me, did you have a child?" Emily asked quickly.
Joyce widened her eyes and said, "How do you know?"
Emily said proudly, "Your body had already told me so. It must not be long since you gave birth! I used
to be like that, but then I gradually got my figure back while raising my child."
"But my baby is already one year old." Joyce said in an injured tone.
Sebastian walked in from outside and his eyes widened after he saw Emily, "Emily? You're back."
"Sebastian, long time no see." Emily greeted Sebastian with a smile.
Sebastian seemed a little confused. He could only nod awkwardly and turn to Joyce again.
Joyce snorted and said, "Okay, okay, this is Emily. I won't be jealous. But I won't spare you if it's
another woman."
Sebastian smiled awkwardly, quickly asked Emily to sit down, and went to pour water for Emily.
Joyce looked at Bryce, who was leaning against Emily, and asked in surprise, "Emily, don't tell me this
is your son. He is so grown up. How old are you?"
"Auntie, I'm three years old." Bryce quickly told Joyce in a childish voice.
Joyce widened her eyes again and looked at Emily in surprise, "He can't be Franklin's, can he?"
Emily smiled awkwardly. Before she could speak, Bryce immediately said to Joyce, "My father is
James. My surname is The Andersons, and my name is Bryce."
Joyce, "..."
"Who is this James?"
"I met him somewhere else. He came to Lancaster to give a speech this time and didn't expect to be
sick. So I brought Bryce over to see him, and now he's lying in the hospital. Bryce was bored, so I took
him out and came to see you." Emily explained roughly.
Joyce was even more surprised and said, "Emily, you actually got married after you left Lancaster. Why
didn't you inform me of such an important matter? Do you know how much I... Missed you all these
years? When you left without saying a word, you didn't know how sad I was."
Emily lowered her head and smiled bitterly, "What happened back then... Was too sudden. I didn't
expect that to happen either. When I left, I didn't dare to contact anyone, including my mother. I was
afraid that it would implicate you. For the past four years... I didn't dare to contact at first, then I was
afraid to contact later."
Joyce choked and said, "I was extremely anxious when you suddenly had an accident. I and Sebastian
asked around for your information, but we didn't have any clue. The police came several times and said
you were wanted. Franklin woke up in the hospital after a long time. I heard that there was a big
fluctuation in the The Brent Group at that time. When he finally recovered, he suddenly announced his
engagement to a woman named Avery with no intention of looking for you at all. We all thought... We
thought you were gone, and you didn't know how sad I was."
"It's okay now. I'm fine now and I have a child." Emily quickly comforted her.
In fact, she was quite sad herself, especially when she heard about Franklin's high-profile engagement.
Although she also knew the news at that time and it had been four years, the sadness back then
seemed not to fade away.
"Yeah, as long as it's okay. Sebastian and I are going to see your child's father too. It's best for people
like us to live with our own kind. People like Franklin, we can't afford to provoke or endure. Now that
you even have a child, it's good." Joyce said quickly.
Just as she was speaking, a few uniformed police officers suddenly came over.
Joyce had not seen the police come to her for a long time. She stood up in surprise and asked, "What's
the matter, officers?"
"It's her. Take her away." One of the leading police officers looked at Emily, checked the photo in his
hand, and immediately said to the two female police officers beside him.