Chapter 138: Grace's Suicide

The air suddenly became still, with only the ticking of the clock on the ward wall remaining. Grace remained silent, neither admitting nor denying.

"Mom, answer me, did you really kill Brother?"

Ryan's tone suddenly became agitated, shifting the focus directly to whether she was the murderer.

"Silence!" Grace's eyes darkened, and she immediately shouted, "Are you accusing me, suspecting that I killed your brother?"

"Only Mom knows the truth," Ryan said, taking out a small sealed letter from his pocket and handing it to the woman in front of him, "Mom, take a look at this."

Grace glanced at the letter, and after a long while, she finally took it, recognizing the familiar handwriting.

This was...

"I know it's you. You wanted it, and you got it. I don't regret it. I can't live without you. Take care of him. This is our final farewell."

Ryan watched her reaction, which was within his expectations, and curled the corners of his lips, "This is Brother's last letter, and it's also the thing Mom most wants to destroy, right? Who would have thought it would end up in my hands by accident. Mom not only sent people to hunt down Brother but also tried to destroy this letter after his death, all to prevent others from knowing what M&Z represents, right?"

The next second, with a slap, a heavy slap had already landed on his face. Grace was clearly angry, struggling and shouting at him forcefully,

"I did not kill your brother! Get out, leave right now, I don't want to see you, go!"

Seeing her reaction was so intense, Ryan knew this must have something to do with her, but at this moment, he still chose to leave the ward and not further provoke the woman.

After leaving the ward, the butler was waiting outside, apparently having heard the commotion inside. Seeing him come out, the butler looked at him with a serious expression and sighed, "You should stop pressuring the lady. I've told you everything I know."

Ryan's eyes suddenly met his gaze, "You honestly answer me, did my brother really die because of her?"

Upon hearing this, the old butler shook his head meaningfully, his tone filled with sorrow,

"The eldest young master committed suicide."

Suicide?

Ryan was shocked by his words and wanted to ask more, but the old butler had already stepped into the room.

It seemed that the old butler must know something and was helping Grace to hide it.

Ryan walked outside, but after a few steps, he noticed Ben standing not far from the ward, staring blankly at this side. Ryan's heart moved, and he quickly went over, asking in a gentle voice.

"Why did you come here?"

He had clearly instructed the butler to take him back to the mansion and wait. At this moment, Grace was undoubtedly not prepared to see this son.

"Can I go in and see her?" Ben asked timidly.

Ryan smiled, patted his head, "Of course you can, but grandma is resting now. How about next time?"

Ben didn't think much about it, obediently nodded his head, and followed Ryan back.

That night, however, Ryan hastily received a call from the old butler, "The lady is missing!"

At nine o'clock, he went to get medicine for the lady, and when he came back, she was gone. Since Grace's ward was a VIP ward, everything was very private, with no surveillance set up. The surveillance outside the ward had blind spots, so after Grace's face appeared a few times on the surveillance, she eventually disappeared, increasing the difficulty of finding her once again.

The butler had a bad thought in his mind, fearing that the lady might impulsively do something drastic, and immediately called Ryan.

Ryan's eyebrows furrowed, and he put down the phone and rushed to the hospital immediately. Ava called out to him from behind, "I'll go with you."

Upon arriving at the rehabilitation building of the hospital, the old butler was almost frantic. The hospital security was also searching hastily, and the hospital was filled with a tense atmosphere.

"Young master, I've searched everywhere, but I can't find the lady. If anything happens to the lady, how can I explain to Golden Group..." The old butler's body trembled helplessly.

"Let's search separately. Ava, you go that way and keep in touch," Ryan pointed a direction and started searching from the opposite direction himself.

The rooftop was at the top of the hospital, on the twentieth floor. As Ryan passed by the stairs, his heart skipped a beat. He looked suspiciously at the staircase leading to the rooftop. For some reason, he still approached the stairs step by step and climbed up.

Ryan went straight to the rooftop on the twentieth floor. The moment he pushed the door open, he took a sharp breath. The heavy door was slowly opened, and outside was pitch dark. He let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, no one was there; his mother was not here.

He hurriedly went downstairs and continued to search for Grace's whereabouts. He happened to run into the old butler.

"How's it going?"

The other party shook his head helplessly.

At that time, Ava had left the main building of the hospital and went around to another building. This building seemed a bit desolate, with only a few nurses passing by occasionally.

She had just checked the surveillance of the rehabilitation building. Grace could disappear from the blind spot of the surveillance and never show up again. It was highly likely that she had left the rehabilitation building through a small door and come to this building.

Ava walked around the first floor without success. She went up floor by floor, and finally, she arrived at the last floor of this building. There was nothing on this floor; everything had been moved out, obviously an abandoned floor.

She turned around, just about to go downstairs, when her gaze inadvertently caught a corner. She had just seen the light there flicker. She walked over and found it was a toilet, which had also been abandoned with the rest of the floor.

Ava suddenly felt scared. She couldn't have been mistaken; the light that had just flashed was the motion - activated light in the toilet.

Could there be someone inside?

Ava felt a chill down her back. Who would hide in such a place for no reason? She was about to leave when she suddenly realized something and turned back again.

Would Grace hide here?

Ava hesitated. She couldn't leave; she had to go in and check. If it really was Grace alone in there, there might be...

An ominous premonition had already risen in her heart. Ava mustered up her courage and went in. Sure enough, there was a movement from a stall in the women's toilet, and a pair of slippers peeked out from the gap of the stall. They were the slippers of a hospital patient.

"Who's in there?"

Even with her heart in her throat, Ava still approached the suspicious stall step by step.

Upon hearing Ava's voice, the person inside clearly panicked for a moment, moving hastily. Soon, an empty medicine bottle fell from the gap of the stall, landing with a "clack" at Ava's feet.

Not good!

Ava quickly realized what had happened and rushed forward to open the door, only to find it was firmly locked from the inside.

"Open the door!" Ava pounded on the door desperately, trying to pull it open, but the door was tightly shut. She immediately called Ryan, then hurriedly ran downstairs and called the security of this building.

By the time Ryan and the butler arrived, Grace had already been put on a stretcher for gastric lavage; she had swallowed an entire bottle of sleeping pills!

The butler was too scared to speak, kneeling outside the emergency room and constantly blaming himself. Ryan's expression turned very ugly; he never expected his mother to choose such an extreme path.

But he seemed to forget that although Grace was strong and shrewd in her daily life, she valued her self - respect and dignity even more. This scandal almost cost her half her life.

At this moment, the doctor came out, and Ryan immediately stood up and went over. The doctor took off the mask and said with a lingering fear, "Fortunately, we discovered it in time; otherwise, with such a large dose, it would have been dangerous."

Upon hearing this, the butler's expression finally relaxed, and he thanked Ava repeatedly, "This time, thanks to Miss Ava, the old lady was saved..."

Ryan also let out a sigh of relief, looked at the woman beside him, and silently squeezed her hand.