Chapter 18

A shrill scream echoed behind her, but Elizabeth didn't even look back as she walked out. She really couldn't care less what would happen to Sophia and Sebastian. Right now, Amelia was frail and needed someone to look after her. The moment Elizabeth reunited with her mother, it felt like the weight she'd been carrying forever finally lifted a little. She took her to the hospital to see Old Mrs. Steele, dropped Gabriel back at school, and just as she'd expected, the old lady clung to her daughter, sobbing uncontrollably as tears filled her eyes. "My poor Amelia... it's been so hard on you. Just awful..." Old Mrs. Steele gasped between cries, pounding her chest as she hugged her long-lost daughter. Amelia couldn't hold back her own tears either. "That scumbag Lucas!" Sitting quietly to the side, Elizabeth wiped at her own damp eyes. Two weeks later, once Old Mrs. Steele's surgical stitches were finally removed, Elizabeth didn't waste a second. She brought her to a private estate she'd ar