Chapter 78 Alzheimer's? It's All Lila's Fault!
In Esme's eyes, a man like Alexander could only belong to an outstanding woman like herself.
As the person in control of the Howard Group, Alexander's wealth couldn't even be described in numbers. Esme had secretly overheard Marcus joking around.
If the Howard family went bankrupt, the entire Imperia City's GDP would go back twenty years!
Right then, Esme made up her mind that she had to marry Alexander!
Catherine was just a woman who came back from a poor mountain area. What right did she have to stand beside Alexander?
"I'll definitely make Alexander fall for me!"
Lila looked with satisfaction at Esme, whom she had raised with her own hands.
Sure enough, Esme was thoughtful and caring, even knowing to visit her every day. She was completely different from that rule-breaking Catherine.
Lila called Catherine, acting all high and mighty.
"Where have you been these past few days? Did I tell you that you didn't need to come to the hospital to take care of me?"
"I'm telling you now, you must bring Alexander with you to see me today, or you'll be sorry!"
Catherine was at The Martinez Mansion keeping Samuel and Grace company, having dinner with the Windsor family.
Since she was busy handling crab for Grace and her hands weren't free, she simply put the call on speaker.
She didn't expect it to be Lila calling. Everyone in the dining room heard her cursing and complaining.
Aurora got angry on the spot and stood up, slamming the table, but was stopped by Bethany nearby.
Aurora was already furious, and they had just managed to calm her down. If she confronted Lila now, his life would be even harder.
Lila didn't know Catherine had a whole room full of people around her.
"You're just like your mom, no manners at all! A few days ago I just asked her to bring me some food, and she ate it all herself. My agate bracelet is also missing—I wonder if your mom took it."
Aurora, hearing such twisted facts, angrily pushed Bethany aside.
"That's complete nonsense! Who stole your stuff? That agate bracelet of yours isn't even worth as much as one of my hairpins! And when I went there, you weren't even wearing a bracelet!"
Lila snorted coldly.
"I knew you'd been pretending all these years. Now your true colors are showing, right? I'll make sure Bethany divorces you sooner or later. What a rude, vicious woman."
Grace's face darkened, completely unable to listen anymore.
"Lila, if you have any issues with how we raise our family, you can come talk to me directly. Aurora hasn't done anything wrong to you."
Lila didn't expect Grace to be there too and was stunned!
"I recorded everything you just said, and I'll send it to Marcus exactly as is. I'd also like to know how your family has been treating my daughter all these years!"
"And I'm telling you right now—not only will Aurora not visit you, Catherine won't either! You have over a dozen caregivers and that's still not enough? You still want to boss around our family!"
Grace laughed coldly, full of mockery.
"Who do you think you are, expecting Alexander to visit you too! If there's no mirror in your hospital room, I'll have someone send you two right away. Take a good look at yourself and what kind of person you are!"
"Everyone knows what you're planning. Don't you just want that Esme by your side to marry into the Howard family? You really think they'd be interested in a child you raised? Don't think the things you did when you were young can be hidden forever. Just shut up!"
Though Grace was a researcher, she was quite scary when angry.
Lila fell silent, clearly knowing she was in the wrong.
"I'm not wrong. I'm just sick and asking Aurora to take care of me. Isn't that what she should do?"
Grace rolled her eyes.
"What kind of illness do you have that requires Aurora to visit you at five in the morning?"
"If you harass Aurora and Catherine again, just you wait!"
Grace finished speaking and hung up directly, then helped Catherine block all of Lila's contact methods.
Samuel looked at Bethany.
"Until this matter is handled properly, Aurora doesn't need to return to the Windsor Villa."
Hearing Samuel say this, Bethany panicked!
"Dad, I've dealt with this many times already. The problem is my mom always sounds good when she talks, but then she forgets. I'm starting to wonder if there's something wrong with her."
Catherine was silent for a moment, then said quietly, "Last time I heard Gavin say that Lila might have some dementia."
"Her suspecting her things were stolen and suspecting Marcus of having affairs with the caregivers are early signs of dementia."
At their age, dementia was quite common.
Grace's expression didn't look any better.
"Dementia? She deserves it! She couldn't have had dementia all these years, right? When she was young, she gave Aurora plenty of trouble. If Bethany hadn't moved out with Aurora and stopped living with her, who knows what things would be like now!"
"Has Lila always been like this?"
Bethany smiled bitterly, almost crying on the spot!
"She wasn't before. When Aurora and I were dating, she was actually very supportive."
"But then starting from some point, she changed. She kept making trouble for Aurora and saying things I couldn't understand!"
Catherine nodded, getting some understanding of Lila's changes.
This meant Lila probably started taking Vitality Pills before Bethany and Aurora got married.
The person providing Lila with Vitality Pills must be someone close to her, only later it became Esme.
Samuel didn't want to say anything to spoil the mood.
"Bethany can handle this himself. Aurora will stay at home for now, and Catherine happens to be staying home for a few days too. I want to write a new book using Catherine as the model. How about it?"
Everyone at the table was surprised.
Charles looked at Catherine and immediately refused.
Being the model for Samuel's novel required a lot of effort!
Samuel would design his protagonist based on the image in his mind, with very strict requirements!
"Grandpa, forget about that. Catherine is still young!"
Samuel waved his hand. "You brat, I just want to write about a dancer. Catherine can learn some dancing and violin—everything else is already perfect!"
Richard beside Catherine also got anxious.
"Grandpa! Catherine doesn't know those things! Your standards are so high, and Catherine is so young—it would be really hard for her to learn!"
Samuel was a bit troubled. He had seen Catherine dancing with Alexander on the yacht and immediately thought of a forest sprite!
But thinking about his requirements for his novel works, it was indeed a bit much to ask of Catherine.
Samuel still didn't want to give up and looked at Catherine with anticipation. "Catherine, would you be willing to be the model for the female lead in my work?"
As a contemporary literary master, Samuel was very strict about his works, but mainly because his literary works always caused a huge stir in the literary world.
Catherine thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay, I can do it."
Samuel smiled happily!