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"It's my fault. It's all my fault!" Toph cried out. "I'm the one who pushed her to do this... I didn't apologize or resolve
our conflict. Instead, I pushed her to this point...
"Mom, I'm the reason Renee tried to take her own life! I messed up!"
He raised his arm, intending to hit himself, but Zephyr tightly gripped his wrist before he could.
"Calm down!" Zephyr growled. "You're a man, look at yourself!"
"Dad..."
Nicholas also tried to console him. "Toph, you're gentle and kind. That's why you try to shoulder all the blame. But
you're not truly at fault. So, please, stop blaming yourself."
Toph stood there with teary eyes, and Cordelia felt a deep sadness seeing him like that.
Meanwhile, she had an inkling of what was going on. It seemed that Renee had captured all of Toph's attention with
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthis incident.
Zennie was part of the emergency team and soon emerged from the emergency room.
"Don't worry," she said calmly. "We managed to save her in time. Her life is no longer in danger."
Toph's tension instantly eased. It felt like all his strength had been drained from him, and he leaned weakly against
the wall.
"Don't worry, Toph," Zennie reassured her nephew, her eyes filled with complex emotions. "Trust your aunt's
expertise. I won't let anything happen to her."
Cordelia asked, "Zennie, how many sleeping pills did she take?"
"Quite a few," she replied honestly. "There were some remnants even after the first round of stomach pumping, so
we had to do it again. We can't take any risks, though those procedures have been completed. We need to monitor
her for a while, as there might be aftereffects or complications."
"Is it that serious?"
"That's correct."
Cordelia's eyes darkened, and tears welled up in Toph's eyes. He followed Renee's gurney as she was wheeled out
and continued calling her name.
Cordelia and Zephyr exchanged a meaningful look, seeing the doubt and helplessness in each other's eyes.
"I think I underestimated her," Cordelia whispered. "I thought she was just playing childish games to win him back. I
never thought..."
"That Renee would gamble with her own life," Zephyr finished.
"Regardless, I don't think we can persuade Toph right now," Cordelia said.
Zephyr turned to her. "Wifey, don't you find it strange?"
She was taken aback. "You do, too?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAnd then, they said simultaneously, "Where did she get the sleeping pills?"
Their words struck Linda and Nicholas. They had been consumed with worry about Renee attempting suicide, and
they had forgotten about the sleeping pills.
"I used to take those pills when I suffered from depression," Linda revealed. "But since Pammy came home, my
condition improved, and she helped me stop taking them. I threw them all away!"
Cordelia asked, "So, there are no more sleeping pills at home, correct?"
Nicholas and Linda nodded firmly.
"Sleeping pills require a prescription. She couldn't have obtained them without one unless she had some other
way," Cordelia inferred. "Linda, have you ever been in her room?"
"How could we?" Nicholas shook his head. "We respect the kids' privacy. They don't want us entering their rooms, so
we never did."
"In times like these, I'm afraid we'll have to break that rule," Cordelia said, biting her lip. "Linda, I'd like to take a
look in her room while she's in the hospital."
The news of Renee's suicide attempt quickly spread.
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