Chapter 1271Chapter 1271
Meredith stood from Josiah's lap and said, "It's getting late. Hurry back to your room and rest."
"Edith." Josiah pulled her small hands and said with a serious expression, "Don't worry. I'll save myself."
Meredith almost burst into laughter. It was just a throwaway remark, but Josiah took it so seriously.
"I got it. Go and get an early rest."
"Where's my goodnight kiss?"
Meredith lowered her head and kissed him on the forehead. "Good night."
The following morning, Meredith went to see the children. To her surprise, Ivy was not there. In the past, Ivy would check on the
children the first thing after getting up, just like her.
Why was she not here today?
Meredith asked Nia if Ivy had been there, and Nia shook her, indicating she had not.
Out of curiosity, Meredith went to check if Ivy was in her room, she knocked on the door several times,
but there was no response. Later, she opened the door cautiously and walked in.
Ivy, who never slept in, was actually still sleeping in bed?
Meredith called out, "Miss Landers, it's time to get up for breakfast."
There was no response.
Meredith raised her voice and called again, but Ivy still did not respond. Meredith approached Ivy and
noticed that Ivy's face was flushed, looking like she had a fever. Meredith found that Ivy's temperaturewas really high when she reached out to touch her forehead.
Meredith anxiously patted Ivy's arm. "Miss Landers, you have a fever! Wake up!"
Ivy frowned in discomfort, but she did not wake up.
Meredith got up and went back to her bedroom to find fever reducing medicine. Later, she returned to
Ivy's bedroom, holding the antipyretic in one hand and supporting her shoulders in the other.
"Miss Landers, get up and drink some medicine."
Ivy sighed in pain and murmured, "Give me back...my child..."
Meredith thought she had heard it wrong and asked suspiciously, " Miss Landers, what did you say?
Are you looking for Cooper? Cooper just woke up, and he's washing up..."
"My child..."
Ivy curled up into a ball uncomfortably and repeatedly muttered, " Give me back...my child..."
Meredith could see that Ivy was not just suffering from the fever but also because of the pain in her
heart and...physically?
Ivy's silk nightgown was slightly untidy because of her curling up, somewhat exposing her delicate shoulders. Through the edge
of the nightgown, Meredith could vaguely see the intricate scars on the back of her shoulder.
Out of curiosity, Meredith carefully lifted the shoulders of Ivy's nightgown, and she found more scars on Ivy's shoulders.
Although these scars had faded away, it could be seen that these happened in the past two months.
Why were there so many scars on her?Meredith met Ivy every day in the past months, yet she never noticed Ivy showing signs of being hurt.
"Miss Landers, how did you get these scars?" Meredith asked curiously.
Ivy did not seem to hear her question, she still curled up tightly, trembling and calling out to her child.
Meredith understood that asking Ivy at a time like this would be useless.
In order to reduce Ivy's fever as soon as possible, Meredith lifted her from the bed with all her strength and fed her the fever -
reducing medicine.
Thankfully, Ivy drank it, and she soon fell asleep.