edicine was a matter of life and death. Once trust copsed, apany would not be far from going bankrupt.

Yunice said. “bThis /bis the simplest solution I can think of right now, with the least loss,”

Wyatt caught the underlying meaning. Without stopping, he asked, “You have other solutions?”

“Clinical trials take at least three months. No matter whether bthis /brisky n works or not, it must eventually be reced by a more refined drug. Yumice said with certainty, “I can create a better one.”

Wyatt finished applying the medicine, pulled our a wet wipe to bclean /bhis hands, and asked, “What do you want in returnb?/bb” /b

Hearing that, Yunice felt relieved and bsaid/b, “I want money. Cash:

Wyatt nodded. “That’s easy. Then he asked. “I thought you’d want this.”

Yunice looked at the bracelet on his wrist. She said, “Even if you give it to me, I wouldn’t be able to keep it. It’s safer with you.”

The Saunders family was dangerous. If she took the bracelet back, it would only end up benefiting Elsie. Money was much more practical

Wyatt nced at bJordan /bbJordan /bunderstood and stepped forward. “Little rabbit, let’s go.”

Seeing bthat /bWyatt didn’t move, Yunice knew this was his way of telling her to leave. She didn’t say anything, got up, band /bfollowed Jordan out of the clubhouse. The moment they stepped outside, they heard the sound of rain hitting the windows. Yunice then realized it was raining.

A valet pulled the car up to a dry spot. Jordan got into the driver’s seat, and Yunice sat in the back.

After a moment, someone knocked on the window.

Jordan rolled it down, band /bthe person outside tossed in a briefcase. It was not very big, but itnded on the seat with a heavy thud. Jordan rolled the window back up, turned the wheel, band /bbsaid/b, “This is three bhundred /bthousand in cash. It’s not that they’re giving you too little, it’s that you wouldn’t be able to carry more.

Yunice opened the bcase/b. It was full of money.

Jordan nced at the rearview mirror and saw Yunice holding the case tightly,ughing and crying at bthe /bsame time.

He bwas /bpuzzled. She was, after all, the eldest bdaughter /bof the Saunders family. Why was she so happy over such a bsmall /bamount of money?

Jordan asked where she wanted to go. bYunice /bgave him bGill’s /baddress. She wasn’t trying to hide it–if Wyatt wanted to find out, she wouldn’t be able to keep it a secret anyway.

The car moved through the rain, but the luxury vehicle’s soundproofing was excellent. Yunice had never liked rainy days, but maybe because she was in a good mood bnow/b, even the brain /bfelt gentle and lovely.

She quietly rolled the window down a little and reached her fingers out. The raindrops hit her hand, cool and refreshing. On rainy bdays/b, would she meet a god with a soft heart?

Looking at the neon lights reflected in the raindrops outside the window, Yunice felt as if the whole world hade balive/b.

For the first time, she truly felt like she had escaped the psychiatric hospital.

Jordan dropped her off and drove away. bStanding /bat the door, Yunice’s heart pounded. She hesitantly knocked. Soon, she heard the door open.

Gill held the doorknob and let out ba /bsurprised “bAh/b!”

Yunice’s hands loosened, and the bmoney /bcase fell to the round.

b10:47 /bAM

Chapter 25 Remembering Her Father

brought it inside.

Yunice cried for several minutes, finally releasing all the emotions she had been holding back.

As she gradually quieted down, Gill went to get her some water.

Yunice sat on the couch, looking around. It was a small vi, with a garden on the terrace.

Finished

It was still raining outside, but under the glow of the ambient lights, she could see a

rose tree swaying in the wind and rain. Because it was the wrong season, there were no flowers on the tree, only a few dried, dark red buds stubbornly clinging

on

Yunice stared at them for a long time, feeling an overwhelming sense of longing for her father.

Gill followed her gaze out the window band /bsaid, “Miss, does it look familiar?”

bYunice /bsnapped out of her thoughts. Gill was only ten years older than her, so she was barely thirty now. She dressed simply but neatly

She bhad /be from a poor background, but she bwas /bhardworking. Ten years ago, Margaret had introduced her to the Saunders family as a housekeeper.

To Yunice, Gill was more than just a ymate. She was family.

Gill had been married, but Margaret had btold /bYunice that her husband had taken another wife in the countryside. She bhad /btried to fight it, but it was useless. Margaret felt bad for her band /blet her take bcare /bof the house.

bNow/b, Gill lived alone in the vi, which was afortable arrangement.

bGill /balso looked out the window and said, b“/bbThat /brose tree was nted by your father himself. After Mr. Owen dug it up, I saved a few branches and rented them. In three years, it’s grown this much.”

Yunice’s heart moved. Now, the only people left who still remembered her father were her and Gill.

Gill squatted in front of Yunice and squeezed her arm. Even through the fabric, she could feel how bthin /bshe was.