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Juliana was speechless.
After a moment, she gave a cold smile. “Ridiculous.” She turned away dismissively and walked toward the dining room, clearly uninterested in continuing the conversation with Tracie.
Tracie turned to look at Grover. “Grover, I’ve seen in dramas where one spouse doesn’t directly give the divorce pa- pers to the other, but sends someone else to do it, which leads to misunderstandings. To avoid that, I’m giving it to you personally. Please sign it as soon as possible. And…”
She paused and looked at Wendi.
Her voice softened and became hoarse. “Since you’ve already planted the idea in Wendi’s mind about picking a new mother, I hope you’ll always treat her like a treasure. As long as she can grow up happy and healthy, I’ll pretend… I never… gave birth to her.”
With that, Tracie nearly ran out of the villa.
She couldn’t stay another moment.
If she did, she would break down and cry.
Yes, she had already let go of Wendi.
But hearing Wendi say she didn’t want her anymore, that she wanted to kick her out-those words still felt like a light- ning strike to her heart, making every part of her ache.
As soon as Tracie left the villa, Grover received a call from Lesa, asking him to come to the hospital.
Grover, along with Juliana and Wendi, drove to the Children’s Hospital in the city to the blood disorder department.
Outside the hospital room, Grover’s parents, Adolfo Stanton and Cherry Stanton, sat with Lesa, whose eyes were swollen and red from crying.
“Is the O-negative blood supply running low again?” Grover asked.
“Oliver’s blood disorder is getting worse. He needs a bone marrow transplant. Where is Tracie? Get her here immedi- ately to donate 1000cc of blood for Oliver! Where has she gone, hiding at a time like this?” Lesa fumed when she brought up Tracie.
If Tracie were here now, Lesa would slap her and make her apologize!
“She ran away from home,” Grover said flatly.
Adolfo and Cherry both froze, stunned.
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Cherry, shaking with anger, laughed bitterly. “She ran away? At a time like this? Doesn’t she realize she’s practically condemning Oliver to death?”
Lesa sobbed. “She knows Oliver needs her blood, and she’s doing this to make things harder for us.”
“This is outrageous! How dare she? Doesn’t she fear Grover will divorce her? I’m calling her right now and asking how she could be so bold!” Cherry grabbed the phone in the hospital room and dialed Tracie’s number.
Meanwhile, Tracie saw that the call was from the Children’s Hospital. She immediately knew it was the Stanton fami- ly.
She hung up without a second thought.
After a brief pause, she turned off her phone.
She didn’t want to have anything to do with the Stanton family.
She drove to the best rehabilitation center for deaf and mute children in the city. By the time she arrived, it was exact- ly noon.
At the registration desk, she said, “I’m here to pick up Rico.”
Just then, a little boy, about five or six years old, came running toward her, a big smile on his face. As he ran, he called out, “Mom! Mom!”
His words were clear, and there was no trace of the deafness he once had.
Tracie opened her arms, and the boy rushed into them.
Tears streamed down her face as she whispered, “Rico, you’ll be the only child I have from now on…”
Rico Stanton was the child that Tracie and Grover adopted.
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When Tracie first discovered she was pregnant, she went to her prenatal checkup alone. On the way, she passed by a large dumpster and heard a faint cry.
It was barely audible, almost unnoticeable.
Yet it tugged at her heart.
She approached the dumpster and found a tiny baby inside.
The baby was burning with a high fever.
Without hesitation, Tracie picked up the baby and rushed to the hospital for a full examination.
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