After hearing the news, Bridgette fainted. Now, she was even more helpless, not knowing what to do.
“Ms. Dunlap, please don’t worry. Professor Dunlap must have been wronged. You need to take care of yourself.”
Caroline tried to comfort her from the side.
Claudine stepped forward and hugged her mother.
“Mom, it’s okay. They’re just collecting evidence right now. Grandpa must have been falsely accused. Don’t worry!”
She glanced around the hospital room, frowning.
“Where’s Dad?”
“Your dad…”
Bridgette hadn’t finished speaking when Caroline interrupted her.
“Mr. Hogan is still at work. He’ll be here soon.”
Claudine looked up at Caroline, the warning in her eyes making Caroline feel resentful, but she didn’t dare show it.
“Mom, don’t worry. I’ll figure something out. Just get some rest and be good.”
Bridgette gripped her daughter’s hand, her eyes rimmed with red.
“Claudy, call your brother and ask him to see if he can do something in Reedport. Your grandfather can’t be in trou- bie Mommy is scared!”
Claudine patted her mother’s back, soothing her in a gentle voice.
“Okay, my brother and I will figure something out. Don’t worry, just get some sleep!”
The IV Bridgette was on already contained a sedative, so it wasn’t long before she fell asleep.
Seeing her mother gradually settle down. Claudine fucked the blanket up around her.
“Claudy, why don’t you go rest? I’ll stay here and keep watch
Caroline said softly
Claudine ignored her
She looked at her mother Even asleep, her delicate features and well–maintained skin were evident.
Sometimes, she couldn’t understand why her father would cheat after having a wife who was both beautiful and cle-
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gant.
And the person he cheated with was such an unremarkable woman!
That was probably one of the reasons her mother hadn’t discovered their relationship all these years!
After all, who would ever see someone as ordinary and harmless–looking as Caroline as a rival?
Yet it was precisely this woman who had stayed by her father’s side for more than ten years!
“Come outside with me!”
Claudine got up and walked out of the hospital room.
“Alright!”
Before leaving, Caroline glanced at how much IV fluid Bridgette had left.
Claudine noticed everything, pursed her lips, but said nothing.
The corridor was extremely quiet. Claudine looked out at the pitch–black night, feeling restless inside.
Seeing Claudine remain silent, Caroline spoke first.
“You look much thinner. I heard you’re getting a divorce from Damian? Your father isn’t happy about it, he said…”
“Said what!”
Claudine interrupted Caroline.
She frowned at the woman before her. “You’ve been by my father’s side for over ten years–do you really think you’re part of this family?”
Even with Damian’s mistress, Claudine was rarely this harsh.
But with Caroline, she simply couldn’t help it!
“I… I didn’t mean it like that!”
Caroline looked aggrieved, trying to reach out and grab Claudine.
“I was just worried about you… ah!”
As soon as her hand touched Claudine, it was shaken off.
Just then, the elevator doors opened, and Clayton Hogan saw the whole scene!
“Caroline!”
Clayton walked over in a few quick steps and helped Caroline up
“Are you hurt?”
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Claudine didn’t want to stay here, watching her father firss over his lover, especially when her mother was still lying in a hospital bed!
With a cold expression, she was about to leave when a slap landed on her face.
Caroline let out a startled ery and immediately stepped forward to shield Claudine,
“Clayton, how can you hit a child!”
“Look at her attitude toward you! And you’re still protecting her!”
As Clayton spoke, he raised his hand again.
Claudine covered the side of her face that had gone numb from the slap, glanced at her father’s raised hand, and a cold. smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
“Attitude? What kind of attitude am I supposed to have toward her? Tell me, what kind of attitude should I have to- ward a woman with no sense of shame, who destroys other people’s families!”
Clayton pointed at Claudine, “You!”
“Clayton, let it go, don’t get angry with the child!”
Caroline pulled Clayton back, patting his back with one hand to help him calm down.
“Your blood pressure is high, the doctor said you can’t get worked up!”
Claudine looked at the two people in front of her, feeling that every extra glance was a betrayal of her mother
“You two had better keep this from my mom for the rest of your lives! Otherwise, if the day comes when she finds out the truth and something happens to her from the shock, my brother and I will never forgive you!”
When had Clayton ever been threatened by his daughter like this!
He was used to being looked down on by his son, but now even his married daughter dared to speak to him this way
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