บททั้งหมดของ The Point of No Return: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

Mindy fell silent.Just then, her phone rang.Mindy glanced at the screen but didn’t answer the call.My phone rang next. It was a number I didn’t recognize.I answered it, and heard Henry’s low and anxious voice.“Mr. Graham, it’s Henry Bale here. I know you’re with Mindy right now. May I…have some of your time?”I switched the call to loudspeaker mode and placed my phone on the table.“Mr. Graham, it’s all my fault.”Henry’s voice was solemn, drenched with helplessness and stoicism.“I was incapable. I couldn't earn enough to cover Yvette’s medical fees. That’s why I shamelessly returned to beg Mindy for help. Mindy was softhearted and pitied the child… Please don’t blame her.“If you don’t want to see us here, I’ll take Yvette away right now. I promise I won’t bother you, even if it means begging on the streets…”Suddenly, we heard a child coughing over the phone and Henry anxiously soothing her.The look on Mindy’s face changed. She grabbed my phone and yelled into it.

Once upon a time, I could have had a child with Mindy. However, she had an abortion behind my back because of her career prospects.As such, I truly couldn’t sympathize with Henry.At the end of the day, he was still a homewrecker.“Sylvester… Yvette’s surgery is scheduled for next week,” Mindy said through gritted teeth, “but we need a huge sum of money for the surgery and post-surgery treatment…”I looked up at her. “So?”“We might have to put your research project on hold in order to carve out the money needed to treat Yvette.” Mindy avoided my gaze. “This is huge and a matter of life and death…”I had worked hard for three grueling months for that research project.My body was shaking with rage.“Mindy, do you know what suspending that project means? It means that those few months of effort and the investment of tens of thousands of dollars would be in vain!”“We can always earn the money back, but I can’t see my daughter die before me!” Mindy yelled.“Enough!”I felt fa

Mindy and the rest re-entered the ward soon after Mr. Holmes left.Yvette suddenly sent the toy car she was playing with crashing onto my injured leg.A sharp pain shot up my legs, but I didn’t make a sound. I simply looked on coldly at the family before me.Mindy instinctively pulled Yvette behind her protectively. “She’s just a child and doesn’t know what she’s doing. Don’t be mad at her.”I smiled. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree indeed.Yvette suddenly had difficulties breathing, triggering another heart attack. Mindy and Henry hurriedly called for a doctor and arranged to hospitalize her.She went into the ICU that night.Mindy stayed vigil by her bedside.The next morning, while Mindy was called away by Yvette’s attending doctor, I wheeled myself out of the ward in my wheelchair.I had already made an appointment with an expert from a private hospital. I didn’t want the Holmes interfering in my own health matters.The corridor in the hospital was empty early in

Mindy looked aghast. “Henry didn’t do it on purpose! You can’t do this in a moment of spite! If we got a divorce, what would happen to all the businesses under my name?”Henry looked up, remorse etched on his face. “Mr. Graham, I know you hate me. As long as you forgive Mindy and not ask for a divorce, I’ll leave with Yvette right away and never return…”I found the scene before me utterly absurd.The culprit was acting pitiful, while the victim was accused of being pushy and demanding. Meanwhile, Mindy was still trying to please everyone. “Since we can’t arrive at a consensus, we can see each other in court.”Mr. Holmes walked down the stairs with his cane. His face was dark with displeasure, his aura further bolstered by the butler and his entourage of bodyguards following behind him.The entire hall quietened down, leaving only Yvette’s fearful whimpering.“Dad, talk Sylvester out of this! He insists on a divorce and wants me to leave the marriage without a single cent…”Wh