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Bianca didn’t answer him, and she didn’t want to.
She cried not because Winnie was sick, but because Winnie only comforted Blair while forgetting her mom.
Clearly her mom worried just as much as her dad did.
But Winnie was so biased, only thinking of her father.
For Winnie’s sake while she was ill, Bianca didn’t leave but stayed in the ward with her.
Half an hour later, Winnie’s fever broke, but she looked increasingly listless.
After finally coaxing her to sleep, she vomited, then spiked another fever.
That night, Winnie’s fever kept returning, and Bianca and Blair hardly slept.
At five a.m., after Winnie’s last high fever faded, she finally mumbled, “Mommy.”
Hearing her daughter call her, Bianca responded, “Yes, Mommy’s here, right here.”
She grabbed Winnie’s hand and pressed it to her lips.
Winnie, dazed with tears in her eyes, said hoarsely, “Mommy, Winnie wants fish.”
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Hearing this, Bianca’s heart melted instantly, and she promised firmly, “Okay, Mommy will make it today.”
Winnie said nothing more and soon fell deeply asleep.
Seeing her daughter asleep, Bianca finally sighed deeply.
Noticing her exhaustion, Blair said, “Go rest, I’ll watch Winnie.”
Bianca almost laughed. Though Blair stayed all night, she’d done most of the comforting.
Now that Winnie slept, he told her to leave? Why not during the midnight fever?
Bianca felt sudden anger and snapped at Blair, “Get away.”
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Seeing her unreasonable, Blair got mad too: “Bianca, can you be rational?”
Bianca didn’t glance at him, standing up and striding out of the ward.
Seeing her leave, Blair quickly said, “I’ll drive you back.”
Bianca refused: “No need, stay with Winnie.”
Blair Avery didn’t say anything else, so Bianca Watts left.
When she exited the hospital, the streetlights still illuminated the night outside.
Bianca stood roadside hailing a cab, feeling strangely lightheaded.
Sleeplessness and emotional exhaustion had pushed her to the brink of collapse.
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But thoughts of her sick daughter kept her going, determined to cook a comforting breakfast.
She dozed off the moment she got into the taxi.
The cab driver had to call her before she opened her eyes.
After paying, Bianca entered Harmony Residence.
Returning to the Watts family home wasn’t appropriate–it would disturb their rest–so she’d chosen Harmony Residence instead.
Besides, Winnie Avery preferred things here.
Bianca busied herself in the kitchen preparing Winnie’s breakfast. –
After simmering the congee, she ladled it into a container and placed it on the dining table.
Once tidied up, she decided to make a light side dish to accompany the congee.
When Bianca returned from the kitchen, she found Maxine seated at the table, the carefully prepared congee already opened.
Maxine eyed the small container discontentedly. “This little bit? Who could it possibly feed?”
Bianca walked straight to the table without responding. She snatched the container from Maxine’s hands.
Silently, she began placing the container into a small bag.
Maxine grabbed for it, snarling, “Can’t even do a nanny’s job properly! Not enough to fill a tooth gap, yet you dare take it away? Aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning, you shameless-”
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Bianca refused to yield, tugging back fiercely.
Their tug–of–war ended with the container crashing to the floor, congee scattering everywhere.
Seeing the spilled congee, Bianca’s last thread of composure snapped.
Eyes red, she shoved Maxine’s shoulder. “What do you want?”
Maxine stumbled and fell.
Before Bianca could react, Maxine shrieked, “Bianca Watts! Are you trying to kill me?”
Bianca ignored her, staring numbly at the ruined congee—over an hour’s work wasted by Maxine’s interference.
Footsteps sounded at the entrance.
Before Bianca turned, Maxine spotted Blair entering and amplified her
wails.
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