bChapter /bb56 /b

Lionel’s eyes flickered. He said, “No news for now”

Eleanor fixed him with a piercing stare

Lionel quickly added, “But we’ll try our best. I promise we’ll find a way to help Ste”

Eleanor remained silent. The air was thick with unease because of the heavy silen

silence

Feeling ufortable, Lionel politely made his excuses to leave the room

Mary looked at Eleanor and said, “Mr. Lionel Quinn seems to be holding something back”

Eleanor replied, “Don’t bother with him. We can’t rely on anyone belse/b. I only hope he won’t harm Ste again.”

Mary nodded.

Eleanor ordered, “By the way, check with our contacts and see if we get updates.”

“Yes,” Mary replied.

Eleanor sped Ste’s hand tightly and said, “Ste, no matter what it takes, I will save you.”

Without Henry’s help, the Carver family quickly mobilized forces to attack the Hayes Group once again.

To make matters worse, Henry also filed awsuit demanding repayment. The Hayes Group was now teetering on the brink of copse.

Andrew, Fiona, Max, and Anna gathered in the living room for an urgent discussion.

After a long discussion with no solution in sight, Max snapped, “What’s the big deal about drawing some blood? It’s perfectly normal

“In fact, taking s perfect?

some blood from her would do bher /bgood. It can drain out all that filthy old bblood /band let her body make new blood. Wouldn’t that be

sup. I bat she would be thrilled to see this.”

“Look at the mess she has dragged the Hayes family into. If she ever wakes up,

Suddenly, Anna dropped to her knees before them.

Everyone froze in shock, Fiona instinctively and quickly reached out to help Anna up, but Anna refused her touch.

Anna said, “Dad, Mom, please barrange /banother marriage for me. Since the Quinn family doesn’t help us in this situationb, /bbI /bcan’t just sit back and watch our family decline. I can get married to solve our family’s problems.”

bMax /bquickly moved to assist Fiona to help Anna up

Anna insisted and bsaid/b, “No, I won’t stand up unless you agree. You’ve always given me the best of everything throughout m to do something for you to help our family through this.”

Max said angrily, “Anna, you me Lionel for that.

Now it’s my tum

don’t need to do this. The Quinn family refused to help because they’ve been struggling for the past few years. We don‘!

“As for your remarriage, that’s absolutely forbidden, id rather be at the mercy of those wealthy women than ever let you marry some disgusting old man you don’t even like.”

Anna stammered, “But But if so, what will be of our family?

Everyone fell silent.

bMax’s /bfits clenched tightly.

Truth be told, several wealthy womens had taken a liking to Max. They had made it clear that if Max agreed to entertain them, they bwould /binvest in the Hayes Group

Max had always scorned such methods, but he couldn’t stand going to stand by and watch the Hayes Group go under.

Max hesitated, “Maybe we could

Before he could finish, Fiona suddenly came up with a solution.

She suggested, “Andrew, what about this? We’ve been searching for that rare blood type for Ste. Why not make it bpublic/b? We can tell everyone how tough her life has been. She finally was with Henry, only to be exploited like this, and now Henry is in jail.

“Then we’ll openly use the Carver family. We’ve always kept these things private, but if we just swallow our pride and y the sympathy card. wouldn’t that solve all our problems!”

Anna quickly objected. “No, Mom. This will ruin Ste’s reputation. How bcould /bshe ever bhave /bba /bgood marriage after

Fiona said, “She never had much of a reputation to begin with, so why bfuss /bover it? Besides, isn’t her life more important than her reputation?

“if we go public, maybe we’ll find someone with the right blood type to save her, and our family could ride this wave of public sympathy toob./b”

Max looked at Andrew with sudden hope in his eyes.

Andrew weighed the proposal carefully.

bAnna /bbsaid/b, “Mom, if Grandma finds outb, /bshe definitely won’t bagree /b

Fions urged and said, “Andrew, we’re counting on you now, You have to convince Mom. Ste’s life is what truly matters.”

Andrew instantly made his decision. “Alright I’ll go talk to Mom now.”

Anna smirked and thought, ‘Anyway, I tried to stop them. Whatever happens next, it’s got nothing to do with me. Ste, you’ll never outsmart me.”

Andrew went to Eleanor andid out Fiona’s n, but Eleanor immediately ripped into him

Eleanor said, “Are you even Ste’s parents? She is clinging to be in the hospital, but you’re using her to save thepany? As long as bshe’s /balive, you’ll keep trying to wring everyst drop of value from her, bwon’t /byou?”

Andrew quickly tried to cate her. “Mom, let’s not put it that way. But bisn’t /bStergely to me for how the Hayes Group ended up in this predicament?”

Eleanor snapped, “Oh, really? If Max wanted to avenge his sister, he should have thought it through and covered his tracks better. Max started all this, yet byou /bkeep making Ste take the fall. Have you no shame as parents?”

“Mom!” Andrew cried out. He was a bit angry, but he still kept hisposure.

He said, “No, Mom. What other choice do we have how! It’s been days already. Maybe this is our only option. What immediatelyes forward to donate blood to Ste? Everything I’m doing is for bSte’s /bsake.”

spread the word, someone

“Bullshit about ‘for her sake, Get the hell out right now.” Eleanor was so bfurious/bb. /bShe was practically throwing Andrew out

Andrew still tried to reason with Eleanor, bbut /bshe didn’t give him any chance Andrew tried to say a few more words from boutside/b, bbut /bto no avail Eleanor simply brefused /bto open the door.

Andrew returned home and told Fiona about it

Fiona rubbed her temples in frustration and said, “What should we do then? Andrew, are we really just going to sit back and watch the Hayes Group go

under?

“I can’t believe Mom refused us. She and bad built the Hayes Group from the ground up. How can the just stand by and watch it go under now!”

Andrew said, “Enough hesitation. Call a press conference.”

Fiona stared at him, stunned, “What do you mean by that?”

Andrew said, “We have no choice. We have to do this. Time has run out.”

The Hayes family went ahead with the press conference anyway.

In front of the reporters, Fiona cried, “Today, Istand here to beg for help. I didn’t want to do this, but I’m out of options. My daughter Ste has been lying unconscious in the hospital for an entire week.

“Not long after her return, she started dating a man named Henry Bass, whom I’m sure you all know. We were initially against their rtionship because of the significant age gap between them.

“But they insisted on being together, and as we saw how genuinely good Henry was to Ste, we gradually gave them our blessing.

However, little did we know that Henry was a monster. He lured Ste to Crescent Vi, only to draw her blood.

“Ste didn’t have her period in thest three byears/b, and now, after being forced to have so much of her blood drawn, she is practically at death’s door

“As I’m sure you’re all aware, Henry bwas /bsent to prison days ago. He is finally facing the consequences he deserves, and we take somefort in seeing justice served.

“Even though Ste defied our warnings to be with him, and after all that happened, she is still our flesh and blood.

“She was drawn blood bbecause /bshe bhas /bwhat’s called the Rh–null blood type. You may not be familiar with it, but there are fewer than fifty documented cases worldwide.

“We have searched relentlessly for a whole week, yet we still haven’t found a matching blood donor. We can’t just stand by and watch her bdie/b. If anyone can find a matching blood donor, we will offer as much reward as we can

“Ever since Ste came b

back,

our family has been gued with one crisis after another.

“Mr. Troy Carver bbrutally /bstandered Ste, spreading rumors that she had been with countless men. My eldest son Max couldn’t stand such insults and beat him up. In retaliation, Mr. Troy Carver rallied other families against us, bringing the Hayes bGroup /binto a predicament.

“But if anyone can help Ste, we will spare no expense to reward you. You have

bou /bhave my word”

With her speech concluded, Fiona put on a pitiful show and tearfully pleaded with everyone present for their sympathy

Her performance as “the ever forgiving mother who was ready to pardon her daughter no matter what she had done” instantly moved many people.

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