The result of the test for the gummies was the same as that of the second afternoon. There was nothing wrong with it.
The gummies were fine, and Veronica did not have contact with the baby at all. It was obvious that his accident had nothing to do with her.
Ornard concluded and informed Aurora of the results. However, she did not believe him at all.
“Veronica is not innocent! There must be something you did not find out, and I believe she’s the one who harmed Santhos!”
Ornard felt that Aurora was being unreasonable, so he patiently explained, “Aurora, I also want to believe your words, but every suspect should come with an evidence! Veronica has just returned home and has never entered his room. It’s a fact that she has no contact with him.”
Aurora was determined that Veronica was the one who did it. She said, “Nobody apart from her would want to hurt baby. She must have found out about his identity and hates us! Trust me, she’s the one!”
“That’s just your guess.”
“I’m not only guessing. I’m sure it must be that bitch! I don’t have the evidence, but I have a way to make her confess.”
“How?” Ornard frowned.
“Ask someone to control her and torture her. She will admit it!”
Aurora’s intuition told her that Veronica was the culprit. She insisted that Ornard should give Veronica a big blow and force her to confess. Ornard felt like a mess this time.
“If she wasn’t the one, then this would really create unnecessary problems. This isn’t gonna work!”
“What? You don’t want to avenge our son? Do you still like that old woman?” Aurora began to make a scene.
Ornard could only continue to explain and persuade her but Aurora couldn’t listen to him at all. The company was in a mess, and his son was hanging around the gates of hell. Aurora didn’t know the severity of the situation and kept creating trouble. Ornard felt irritated.
Baby’s condition in the ICU wasn’t very well. The doctor had informed them about his critical condition. Then, Aurora let go of Ornard while wailing.
Ornard sat down on a chair, rubbing his forehead nonstop while Aurora continued crying beside him. He was getting more annoyed by the moment.
Whatever that happened these few days were much worse than what he had experienced in so many years. His life had always been smooth sailing, and it was tiring for him in his fifties to handle these issues.
The child’s condition kept coming back, and he was in critical condition a few times.
After the eighth time, Ornard finally told Aurora exhaustingly, “Aurora, let us give him up.”
Aurora wiped her tears and looked at Ornard in disbelief with her red eyes. “What did you just say?”
“The doctor has spoken to me in detail. It’s impossible for baby to be saved. Even if he’s cured, he’ll be a complete cripple and it will be a torture to him. Let’s give up the treatment and let him go with peace of mind!”
“You animal! What the hell are you talking about?!” Aurora was so angry that she was trembling. “He’s our son! How can you do this to him!”
Ornard didn’t feel that it was wrong to give up. “I just don’t want to see him suffer. Do you know what the doctors did to him when they were saving him? It was cleaning his stomach previously, but now the toxin is omnipotent in his body! His whole body has been cut open and filled with tubes. Even an adult can’t stand the pain, let alone a child!”
Aurora then cried out in tears, “Don’t you know that it’s better to stay alive than to die? He’s our child. As parents, we must do our best to save him and remain hopeful! We should give him a chance, and what right do you have to give him up?”
“It’s not that I wanna give up so easily! It’s because the doctor said that the chances of him surviving is not high. Even if he is cured and lives, it’s meaningless! You are his mother. Do you want to see your own child live a life worse than death?”
Aurora couldn’t bear to give up on her own child. “It’s not to that extent yet! We can’t just take away his right to live! It’s his life, and as long as he doesn’t give up, we can’t too!”
“Aurora! We can still have children! Give up, and let’s have another child!”
“Ornard! Is this a problem with giving birth to a child? You’ve given up on baby now, so if out future child faces the same issue, will you also give up on him? What’s the point of this? You’re so cold-blooded and heartless. It’s useless even if we have a hundred children!”
Aurora refused to give up and insisted on saving baby. Ornard couldn’t convince her and got up angrily. “Okay, if you don’t want to give up, just stay here. I have a lot of things to do in the company so I will leave first. Call me if you need anything!”
Ornard flicked his sleeves and left. Aurora didn’t expect that Ornard would leave at this time, regardless of their son’s life or death. She cried so hard that she couldn’t breathe and she felt depressed.
She was with Ornard for his money. She was such a beautiful woman, and she had given birth to a son for him at such a young age. Ornard had no other children, so their son would be the only heir of the Laban family.
Ornard was indeed very happy with Santhos’ birth. Aurora thought that at least Ornard liked him, but she didn’t expect his love to be so cheap.
Azalea followed Paisley’s suggestion and decided to custom make a fake diamond ring first. She did not know what Michael’s custom-made ring looked like, nor did she have the ability to go to the jewelry shop to fish for information. So, Azalea could only ask Meadow for help.
“Meadow, I need the pattern of the diamond ring Michael had ordered. Can you help me?”
Meadow immediately understood what Azalea was going to do. “You want to use the ring to provoke Abbie and to drive a wedge between them?”
Azalea had already thought of a perfect solution, but she didn’t want to reveal it to Meadow, so she answered vaguely, “Something like that.”
Meadow didn’t think it would work and said, “Is this gonna work? Abbie did not care about the photo you sent, and this is just a ring. She shouldn’t care about it too, right?”
“Help me custom make the ring first. We won’t know if it will work until I try it out!”
Meadow also couldn’t just ask for the model from the store, so she said, “I’ll ask Wayne and see if he can help.”
Wayne did not refuse and went to the jewelry shop for Azalea and got the model. After that, Azalea went to another jewelry shop to get it custom made.
After Azalea got her ring, she immediately booked a flight ticket for herself as well.