Chapter 315
It was Jolin, Apollo, and Erica, the trio that had turned up looking like they’d seen a ghost.
Lizetta couldn’t believe her eyes, and yet, there was a part of her that remained on high alert. She west just anyone now; she was a mother, and she had her little Joy to protect.
She knew all too well how troublesome the McCoy siblings could be.
But before she could even react, the trio spun on their heels and took off as if the devil himself was on
their tail.
They vanished without a trace in less than thirty seconds, leaving behind a crowd of onlookers whispering and staring.
Stunned, Lizetta stood there until Yolanda came running up.
“Liz, is the hospital doubling as a movie set or something? I swear I just saw three zombies booking it down the hallway. Made me think we were in some kind of virus outbreak scenario, like something out of a horror movie.”
Lizetta just stared, “It was Jolin, Apollo, and Erica”
Yolanda burst into laughter, tears streaming down her face. “What? Did they get struck by lightning for being too sneaky?”
“A car accident?” Lizetta suggested but then shook her head. It didn’t make sense for all their injuries to be concentrated on their faces. She recalled the last time she saw them, causing trouble in Thaddeus‘ hospital room until Cedric had to intervene.
Remembering something Remington had mentioned about taking care of it, and their terrified reaction upon seeing her, Lizetta pieced it together. A smile played on her lips at the thought. Being protected felt surprisingly sweet.
“What’s got you smiling like that? Oh, and what did you mean earlier when you said you and Badass Remington made up?” Yolanda inquired, curious about the details Lizetta had omitted over the phone.
Lizetta pulled Yolanda to a seat, leaving out the part about Quinn as she explained everything else.
“Yoli, I know it sounds pathetic, but standing outside that ICU, thinking he was gone, I felt like my world was collapsing. Right then, I realized that losing him forever hurt more than not being loved by him. He never betrayed our marriage. These past four years, he might have been distant, but he never neglected me materially. His only fault was not loving me, but he thought I had betrayed him with that incident. It’s understandable why he felt that way. From when I was eight until I turned eighteen, he protected me for ten years. I’ve only been fighting for our marriage for two. Can’t I try a little longer?”
Lizetta looked at Yolanda with hopeful, sparkling eyes, vibrant with life and dreams for the future.
Yolanda couldn’t bring herself to dampen her spirits. She too wanted Lizetta to be happy.
Everyone dreamed of having a hero to protect them from harm, and to Lizetta, Remington was that hero.
Yolanda remembered witnessing Remington’s extreme affection for Lizetta on several occasions.
Like the time in junior high when some troublemakers made inappropriate comments at Lizetta, and Remington chased them through the streets until they were crying for mercy.
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Or the time during a thunderstorm, Remington carried Lizetta all the way to her classroom because she had a stomachache from eating too much cold food during her period. He didn’t want her to walk in the
rain and make it worse.
Even the most stoic of hearts would melt under such care, especially when it came from Remington, a man at the pinnacle of Zion City’s elite, blessed by fate itself.
Yolanda knew, if she were in Lizetta’s shoes, she’d probably be even more head over heels.
But the stark difference in their social standings was a hard reality.
Yolanda had seen the toll it took on Lizetta in their marriage, and she could only hope that now, with their baby on the way, Remington would take good care of her and spare her any more heartache.
Squeezing Lizetta’s cheek, Yolanda shared a piece of wisdom, “They say you shouldn’t meet someone too dazzling in your youth, or you’ll spend the rest of your life haunted by what could have been.”
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