Chapter 356

After seeing the three board members off, Cloudcrest Villas felt empty again. The dishes on the dining table were barely touched. Calliope Godfrey filled a small bowl with rice and paired it with some lightly stir-fried broccoli, eating quietly. Halfway through, her eyes suddenly started to sting. She set down her chopsticks and reached up to wipe her tears, but they just kept flowing like someone had flipped a switch. She didn’t mean to cry. But every time she thought about her grandpa suffering on that hospital bed, all because of something orchestrated behind the scenes— And the thought of her mom completely breaking down in court when that video gets played— It felt like something was pressing down hard on her chest, making it hard to even breathe. . By the time she walked out of Cloudcrest Villas, the sky had already darkened completely. She carried the packed food with her and went back to the apartment. She didn’t stop by the hospital. She was scared that the moment she saw her