In the hospital, after Horace emerged from a ward, Rebecca and Tabitha immediately rushed towards
him and asked worriedly, “Horace, how was it?”
Horace replied, “Dad is sleeping now. From the words of the doctor, he’s recovering fine. You guys
don’t need to be too worried.”
Tabitha let out a sigh as she sat down on a bench nearby, “You don’t have to console me. I know too
well about his condition. The hours he’s remaining conscious has been decreasing, and he’s out cold
most of the time. How much better can he be?”
Horace squatted in front of his mother, “Mum, doctor said that he will make a slow recovery. You have
been standing by in the hospital for too many days. You need to go home and rest.”
“What kind of rest do I need? Speaking of which, you have been back for a while but you haven’t even
gone home yet. Instead of just staying here, you are the one who is supposed to go back and rest.”
“Don’t mind me. There are matters in the company for which I haven’t dealt with…”
“Horace.” Rebecca’s voice came, “Listen to your mum. Go back home now. With the way things are
developing in our family, if you fall sick too, then we will really be at a loss.”
Upon hearing that, Horace pursed his lips and got up slowly, “Alright. I’ll back for now and come back
later at night.”
Just as he was about to leave, Tabitha grabbed his arm. Compared to before, her expression was a
notch graver, “Horace, there is something I must tell you.”
Tabitha made a horrified expression when she heard that, and she tugged at Tabitha’s shirt, “Mum…”
Tabitha said, “Things have been moving on too fast. What else is there to do other than telling him?
Furthermore, if he sees it by himself when he gets home, how do you want to explain it?”
Tabitha’s face grew paler by the second, and she was stuttering, yet nothing coherent came out of her
mouth.
Horace furrowed his brows lightly, “What happened?”
Tabitha said in a hushed tone, “Your sister has done something stupid previously. She has asked for
someone to push Clarence’s ex-wife into the water. It has caused some commotion at that time, but in
the end she was saved and she was fine.”
Horace’s pursed lips slightly lifted as he said slowly, “I know about that.”
However, it seemed that there was more to it than that.
Tabitha continued, “Your sister did pay her a visit to apologize, and we thought that was the end of it.
However, nobody can foresee that such an incident has been used against the Jason family as a
threat! Your sister couldn’t sleep at all the past few days because of it, and she is much thinner now.”
Rebecca was biting her lips, and she looked like it was hard to even say anything, “No matter what, I
have done that, it is the absolute truth, and I will bear whatever consequences, come what may, but…
You can see how father is doing now. The doctor said that he can’t face any shock anymore. And
besides, the Jason family is in such a predicament, and many factions are eyeing us to use our
weakness against us. If this matter spread out of this place, that will spell the end of the Jason family!”
Horace asked, “Who is the one threatening you?”
“It’s… It’s…”
Seeing that she couldn’t finish her reply, Tabitha helped her, “It’s Phoebe.”
Then, she let out a sigh, “I used to watch this kid grow up too. It’s a fact that Rebecca was at fault, but
now that she’s using this to threaten us, we are afraid that your father will hear of this and it will shock
him too much for his own good. Therefore, we never can tell him. We can only keep her with the Jason
family for now.”
Rebecca chipped in, “Horace, you might not know what has happened in the Steward family, she…”
Horace cut in, “I know.”
He feared that Stella’s safety would be compromised, so even though he was in Switzerland, he would
update himself with news from his country.
Even though there might be instances where he would be late on the updates or he would not know the
full details, but he wouldn’t miss out on something so major that happened in the Steward family.
Rebecca looked as if strength had dissipated from her body as she collapsed to the bench. She
covered her face as she sobbed, “I am really at my wit’s end now. Clarence’s men are looking for her
now, and if he found out that it was the Jason family who had hid away Phoebe, he would never let us
go. Despite that, I am afraid to let father know of such news…”
Horace squatted down in front of her with a neutral expression, his lips pressed into a line. He only
replied after some silence, “Sis, no matter what awaits us, you will always be part of the Jason family.
We will brave through this with you.”
“But father…”
“I will send someone to watch over him and remind the doctors and nurses to prevent this piece of
news from reaching his ears.”
Tabitha frowned, “Are you prepared to give away Phoebe to Clarence? Have you thought about the
consequences? If we do that, that might spell the end of the Jason family.”
Horace answered indifferently, “The Jason family has long been an empty shell. If Stella didn’t sacrifice
herself to have bargaining chips with the Conrad family, the Jason family might be long gone.”
Tabitha was a little stunned, and she couldn’t say anything to that.
After the end of the marriage contract with the Conrad family, they initially thought that the Jason family
would meet its end, but they didn’t imagine that the few projects that they were cooperating with the
Conrad family didn’t go against any terms of the contract.
Thanks to those projects, the Jason family could survive until today.
Horace continued, “We have a huge debt to pay to Stella anyway. Let’s make up for it little by little, as
much as we can.”
Rebecca and Tabitha didn’t say anything.
After some time, Horace asked, “Is Phoebe still with the Jason family?”
Rebecca nodded with her reddened eyes, “She is staying in the courtyard. Afraid that she might be
found out by others, she has asked me to send things to her. But ever since dad was admitted to the
hospital, I have arranged for a maid to assist her, and I have taken special precaution to make sure the
maid’s mouth is zipped tight to prevent the information of Phoebe’s staying from leaking.”
Horace replied, “I got it now.”
Seeing that he had stood up, Rebecca tug at his shirt, “Horace, what do you plan to do? Are we
sending her to Clarence? If this kicks up some commotion, I am afraid that…”
“Leave everything to me. I will be able to deal with this perfectly.”
Upon hearing that, Rebecca slowly removed her hand.
After exiting the hospital, Horace sat into his car and called Clarence.
The call connected, and Clarence’s emotionless voice came through, “Mr. Jason, you have some
business with me immediately after returning to the country?”
Horace said bluntly, “Mr. Conrad, I have some matters to talk to you about.”
“I recall that there is nothing more that we should talk about.”
“Then I will go look for Stella.”
Clarence remained silent.
He clicked his teeth and said, “Tell me.”
Horace said, “I know where Phoebe is staying.”
Clarence’ stone seemed to deepen, “Where is she?”
“At my place.”
Clarence chuckled. Without needing to give it much thought, he knew why the Jason family was
covering for Phoebe. His long fingers drummed the surface of his desk as he asked coldly, “Mr. Jason,
are you going to place righteousness before family now?”
“My father is sick now, and my mother and sister are worried about his condition. I can’t let this incident
escalate, so I have no choice but to be threatened by Phoebe. However, I can promise you that I will
send her to your door step within today, Mr. Conrad.”
Clarence slightly narrowed his dark eyes and he mumbled, “Good.”
After hanging up the phone, Horace put down his phone and drove towards the Jason family home.
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