Chapter 633: Uncle's Status Drops to Third

An hour later, Stephanie finally woke up, her face deathly pale and her voice weak and breathless. She had never felt so terrible in her life. It was like she was dying! What Grace had given her turned out to be a bottle of sleeping pills—she had thought they were vitamins. Had she known, she wouldn't have taken any! "Stephanie, you're awake," Marie said with relief as she saw Stephanie come around, feeling as if a great weight had been lifted from her heart. To emphasize her frailty, Stephanie intentionally coughed twice, almost causing her stomach to cramp up from the effort. "Aunt Marie, what happened to me?" Stephanie asked, her eyes brimming with tears—not from pretense, but from genuine pain. Marie sat beside her on the hospital bed, wiping her tears away, "You silly child, dare you ask what happened? You almost never got to see me again." Stephanie feigned surprise, lifting her wrist and a look of realization crossing her face, "I... I'm sorry, Aunt Marie. I wasn’t thinking