I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

After hanging up the phone, Meredith sat alone on the long bench in the hallway, sorting through her thoughts to figure out who had harmed her.

The abortion pills were not intended for Grandma Sterling but targeted at the baby inside her womb.

Meredith gently caressed her belly, thinking about the dream she had last night and the condition of Gramma Sterling vomiting, having diarrhea, and bleeding. If it had been her, her baby would not have survived.

Julian had arrived at the hospital and was visiting Gramma Sterling in her room.

Gramma Sterling was very weak. Given her age, this ordeal had drained her vitality.

“What exactly happened to mom? Did she eat something bad? What did you all eat today?” Julian questioned Stella. “Mom is old, how could you not take better care of her? She looks so miserable.”

Julian softly asked Gramma Sterling, “Mom, are you feeling a bit better? Is there still any discomfort?”

Gramma Sterling shook her head and closed her eyes, not wanting to speak.

Her frail appearance worried Julian deeply.

Stella responded, “I’ve been very careful with mom. She didn’t eat anything unusual. We all ate the same things, and we’re all fine. Meredith just had Mrs. Wooten go back to retrieve the food for testing.”

“Was it food poisoning then?” Julian asked anxiously. “Mom is old, her body can’t handle what we can. Even eating the same food might upset her stomach. Where’s Meredith?”

“She was just here,” said Stella. “She must have gone to call our son.”

As they spoke, Meredith walked in and called out, “Dad.”

Julian asked, “Meredith, what’s the matter with grandma? What did the doctor say?”

Meredith truthfully replied, “The test results show that grandma suffered from vomiting, diarrhea, and bleeding because she ingested abortion pills.”

“Abortion pills?”

“Abortion pills?” Stella and Julian said in unison, both utterly shocked.

Stella glanced at Gramma Sterling lying on the hospital bed, her face a mix of disbelief and difficulty speaking: “Mom is over eighty, she’s even way past menopause, how could she be pregnant? Whose child could it be, Julian, do you know?”

Meredith was speechless.

Stella’s logic was truly astonishing.

If it weren’t for the inappropriate situation, and if someone hadn’t been trying to harm her baby, Stella’s comment could have made anyone laugh at any other time.

Julian was utterly baffled and responded, “How would I know whose child my mom is carrying? I haven’t seen her getting close to any old men.”

Meredith again was speechless.

This family truly did come from the same world.

“Then…” Meredith had not finished speaking.

Stella muttered to herself, “Maybe she got pregnant, felt it was embarrassing, and then took abortion pills. At her age, she couldn’t survive that.”

Meredith was amazed at Stella’s imagination. This incident made her realize Stella’s intelligence was quite questionable-foolishly… adorable.

Meredith couldn’t help but say, “The abortion pills weren’t for grandma. They were meant for me, but grandma accidentally took them…”

Before she could finish explaining, Meredith was again interrupted by Julian and Stella’s surprised outburst: “You took them?”

Stella immediately turned pale: “Why would you take abortion pills? You don’t want the baby? If you don’t want it, why didn’t you discuss it with us? It’s my son’s child, how could you decide on your own not to keep it?”All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.

Julian, led astray by Stella’s bizarre logic, inquired of Meredith, “Meredith, is it really yours? Does Terry know?”

Meredith felt a sense of helplessness and explained, “I didn’t want to take the abortion pills. Someone tried to harm the baby by giving them to me, and grandma ended up taking them by mistake. If I’m not mistaken, it must have been that milk.”

Hearing that someone intended to harm the Sterling family heir, Stella raised her voice, “Who would harm my granddaughter? Right, it was the milk powder your friend bought, Meredith. What kind of dubious friends do you keep? Call the police immediately; such people must be locked up.”

Meredith firmly stated, “It definitely wasn’t my friend who did this. There must be some misunderstanding. We still don’t have all the facts. Let’s wait until Mrs. Wooten brings the items for testing. Grandma is in trouble now, the baby and I are fine, but the person who harmed us is still in the shadows, so let’s keep this quiet for now.”

As she finished speaking, Terrence Sterling hurriedly arrived, asking, “Meredith, are you alright?”