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Josiah had always hated the sight of Nia and he hated to hear the mention of her name. Because it
would always remind him of the fact that Meredith had cheated on him.
Nia’s name was like a taboo to him.
But for some reason, he felt a wrenching pain in his chest at the sight of Nia lying lifelessly in
Meredith’s arms.
novelbinHe should not be having this kind of feeling because Nia was not related to him in any way. He should
not be feeling sorry for Nia.
He knew that he should walk away but his legs were somehow glued to the floor. The doctor pleaded
with Josiah. “Sir, would you mind talking to Miss Meredith and having her let go of Nia? The poor girl…
had already left us.” “She’s left us…?”
“Yes,” The doctor nodded and went on, “but Miss Meredith is not willing to let go of her. She’s insisting
on bringing the child to another hospital,”
Looking at Meredith who was bawling her eyes out, Josiah finally said to her, “Meredith, let go of the
child and come home with me.”
Meredith stopped crying. She turned her head and stared at Josiah.
“Josiah Shelby, you’re thrilled, aren’t you? You’ve finally killed your own daughter.” “…” Josiah’s gaze
clouded. “Meredith Leighton, stop accusing me.”
“Accusing you?” Meredith scoffed as tears ran down her eyes. “What am I accusing you of? You knew
that Nia was sick and that my mom would be her bone marrow donor so you framed my mom forsomething that she didn’t do and eventually had her killed. You knew that I needed money to pay for
Nia’s surgery fees but you kept finding ways to lock me up so that I
could have noticed that the paternity test results could have been manipulated and you could have run
another test, but you didn’t and you could have saved her…but you didn’t!”
Staring at his cold and indifferent face, Meredith had fallen into grave despair.
“Josiah Shelby, up till today, how could you still not believe that Nia is your birth daughter?” Meredith
yelled at him then scanned the room, grabbed a pair of scissors on the desk, snipped off a lock of Nia’s
hair, and threw it at Josiah. “Take this and run another test! Get it tested somewhere that Ysabelle
would not be able to exert her influence.”
Josiah caught hold of the lock of hair. Holding the hair between his fingers, Josiah felt his heart beating
loudly in his chest. He had always been confident that Nia was not his daughter. But why was he
feeling nervous now?
Was it because of what Meredith had said?
“The child is already dead. What’s the use of testing it?”
Between her tears, Meredith laughed sorrowfully, “Why should I be the only one to be grieving over Nia
when you, her father, who killed her with your own hands could pretend as if nothing had happened? I
want you to feel the same pain as I do!”
“I didn’t.” Josiah tried his best to remain calm.
Holding tightly onto Nia, Meredith shouted, “Go away Josiah Shelby, you heartless monster! You have
no right to be in this room with Nia! Leave!” Gripping tightly onto the lock of hair, Josiah felt something
pressing on his chest. He felt suffocated. He could not even bring himself to take a look at Nia who wasin Meredith’s arms. He did not dare to see that pale face of hers. Meredith started begging the doctor
again. “Doctor, Nia’s body is still warm. Please try saving her once more, please…” “Miss Meredith,
you’ve seen the numbers yourself. There’s really nothing else that we could do,” The doctor replied
helplessly. Josiah did not dare to look at Nia nor did he dare to look at the numbers on the charts that
were falling drastically. He then turned around and walked out of the surgery room. As soon as Josiah
walked out of the room, Meredith regretted what she said. “Don’t go! Josiah, don’t go!” With Nia in her
hands, she staggered and stumbled to the door, and stopped Josiah from leaving. “Josiah, please hold
Nia in your arms, please do that for her, will you?” Meredith begged,” When Nia was alive, she had
always hoped for her dad and her mom to stay together, but her wish never came true. Could you
please…for her sake…just give her a hug?”