NovelGoldChapter 364 Her eyes never left Claire-not even for a second. There was something familiar in them, a flicker of recognition, a searching uncertainty, and then, finally, a rare moment of clarity.
Tears spilled down her face in an instant, yet she was smiling.
She reached out a trembling hand. "Claire, you're my Claire. You finally cto see me, didn't you?" Claire looked back at her with cold indifference, her gaze utterly unmoved, as if staring at a stranger.
Adah stumbled toward her, words tumbling out in a frantic rush. "Claire, Mom missed you so much. Stay with me, please. Don't leaveagain." Just as she neared, a pair of orderlies intercepted her, blocking her path and refusing to let her cany closer. Adah fought wildly, screaming, "Let go of me! I want to hold my daughter-that's my daughter!" She was shockingly strong, flailing her arms and clawing at the air in desperation. Claire simply stood there, watching it all unfold with icy detachment.
So it's true, she thought. Once you let go of your obsession, the love you once craved more than anything turns out to be meaningless after all.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtA faint, bitter smile crossed Claire's lips. Her voice was calm and distant. "Mrs. Linwood, from this moment on, we'll never see each other again." She turned to Jeffry. "Let's go." Even in her madness, Adah understood every word.
She shook her head furiously. "No, don't go! I'll protect you, I can't lose you again!" But no matter how she screamed, how her voice broke with anguish, Claire acted as if she hadn't heard a thing.
As Claire walked away, her silhouette shrinking in the corridor, something inside Adah finally shattered. Her voice grew hoarse from screaming, the sound now more like the guttural cry of a wounded animal. "Don't go! Please, don't go !" She was so strong that it took several orderlies all their strength just to restrain her.
At that moment, a doctor stepped forward, pressed a needle into Adah's arm, and injected her with a sedative. Adah's body jerked, her consciousness slipping away, but her eyes never left Claire's retreating figure. They were filled with an aching, desperate longing.
The staff gathered around her. "She's had another violent episode today. We should strap her down when she wakes-otherwise, she'll be impossible to control." "Agreed." They dragged Adah away, showing no gentleness at all.
Outside the psychiatric facility.
Claire drew in a deep breath, savoring the fresh, open air.
"Ms. Linwood, where to next?" Jeffry asked.
Claire was quiet for a moment. "Tomorrow, I want to see Nathan and Vanessa Linwood. My kidney's been inside Vanessa for long enough. It's tI took it back." At the Foster estate, Claire walked heavily to her room, each step weighted with exhaustion.
Just taking a few extra steps today had left her completely drained. Her legs ached, and a bone-deep weariness filled her whole body.
She forced a wry smile.
It seemed her twas truly running out.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAt least she had finished her embroidery.
Ever since losing her hearing, it had almost been a year since she'd heard a single sound.
The silence had taken its toll-even speaking was difficult now Moren than once, she'd tried to form words, En.
only to find them stuck in her throat.
She knew she couldn't stay with the Foster family any longer. Once she reclaimed her kidney from Vanessa tomorrow, it would be tto disappear for good. With these thoughts swirling in her mind, Claire drifted into uneasy sleep. In the study.
Jeffry was giving Sean a report on Claire's day.
"Sir, Ms. Linwood wants to go up into the mountains tomorrow to seem Nathan and Vanessa. The road's rough, and I'm worried she's not strong enough for the trip." Sean sat in silence for a long tbefore finally replying, "I'll go with her tomorrow."
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