"Ms. Luca, I like you as much as Tommy and Rainie do. I want your concern and love as well," Lanie said in a serious tone when he noticed Luca's guilty expression.

Lanie was not always a light sleeper.

Lanie's sleep quality became poorer and poorer after Bianca's impostor moved to Crawford Manor.

Back then, the impostor was trying to play the role of a good mother.

However, there were no blood ties between them. No matter how hard Lanie tried to convince himself, he always felt that something was wrong. That was why he would wake up whenever the impostor tried to enter his bedroom to tuck him in.

He would also often hear loud noises in the middle of the night back then. That was when his sleep routine underwent a drastic change.

Luca blinked her eyes. She was a little surprised. Lanie's personality resembled Luke's. He normally would not say such things.

Luca walked toward Lanie's bed and sat down. “Lanie, why?”

"It's because you're a gentle person. We can feel the warmth of a mother when you care for us," answered Lanie. He told Luca about the vulnerabilities in his heart. "Ms. Luca, we only had Daddy and Great-grandpa in our lives before you showed up. We were envious of other children for having a mother by their side. It was until you came into our life that we didn't have to be envious of other children anymore."

Luca's gaze turned gentle when she listened to what her son said.

It was because she was their mother.

"Alright. I'll pay more attention when I open the door next time so that I won't disturb you. It's safe here. You don't have to worry that something bad will happen. Get some rest." Luca stroked Lanie's head.

Lanie nodded. The usual cool expression on his face turned into a shy smile.

Luca tucked Lanie in when he lay down on the bed. "Goodnight, Lanie."

"Goodnight, Ms. Luca." Lanie closed his eyes.

Luca picked up the book that Lanie had put on his bedside table and glanced at it. It was a science book.

Lanie was not interested in storybooks and fairy tales. The books on his bookshelf were all books related to science.

Luca put the book back on the shelf. She noticed that all the books on the shelf were on the same topics. She muttered to herself, 'Will Lanie be reading books about finance and economics when he grows up?'

Luca turned around and glanced at Lanie, who was on his bed. She tip-toed out of his room and closed the door.

It was quiet at night. Luca could not hear anything.

Luca let out a sigh when she returned to the bedroom. She looked at the briefcase on the dressing table. She sat down on the chair, picked up her phone, and asked about Nina's situation.

[Nina, how are you holding up?] Luca sent a message to Nina.

Nina replied after a while: [I'm still dealing with it. Are you alright?]

[I'm alright. Just tell me if you need anything.] Luca put down her phone after she replied to Nina's message and continued with her work.

On the other hand.

Nina was dealing with Jean's matter at the hospital. She was overwhelmed as it was quite a serious matter.

Jean had gone drinking at a bar. Then, he got into a fight with someone because of a woman. He made a mess at the bar and injured that person badly. However, he refused to stop fighting. In the end, Jean smashed the man's head with a bottle and seriously injured him.

Jean and the man who fought with him were in the emergency room now. Jean was not seriously injured, but the person who got beaten up by him suffered serious injuries.

The doctor told her that from the results of the CT scan, there were pieces of glass stuck in the patient's head when they were fighting each other. Thus, the doctor had no idea just how serious the patient's condition was now.

Nina followed the nurse around. After she paid for the medical expenses, she was taken aside to talk to the police officers as it was an assault case.

Other than telling the police officers about Jean's identity, Nina could only answer helplessly that she did not know anything about the fight when the police officers questioned her.

One of the police officers looked at Nina helplessly when he was unable to get any information from her. He had no choice but to say, “That's all for today, then. The victim's family will come to the hospital later. Please don't leave the hospital first."

Nina pursed her lips and nodded. Then, she asked, "Am I allowed to talk to my brother?"

"There's nothing you can do now even if you go talk to him," one of the police officers replied. "He's drunk. He doesn't answer our questions, and we can't get a statement out of him. It's strange how a drunk person like him could beat someone up so badly."

Nina was even more upset when she heard that. Was Jean tired of living a peaceful life? How dare he make such a scene?

Nina clenched her fists when she thought of what the police officers had told her. She asked, "Then may I know who's the woman who made him get into a fight with the other man?"

The police officers exchanged glances with each other. They were hesitating and wondered if they should tell Nina who the person was.

“Please tell me. I'm not going to do anything to her. I just want to know how it happened," Nina pleaded with them sincerely.

"Alright. It's not a big deal even if we tell you who it is. You'll find out about it sooner or later anyway. The name on the woman's ID is..." The police officer glanced at the document. "Marie Rayne." Têxt © .

"It's her!" Nina was shocked. She could never forget that name for the rest of her life.

Marie was partly responsible for what Anna and Jean had become today.

"Do you know her?" the police officer asked her when he saw Nina's reaction.

"She's my brother's ex-girlfriend. And she snatched our property away from us before this." Nina said helplessly.

Nina did not expect that Marie would come looking for Jean again after she was released from prison.

She did not expect Jean to not have learned from his mistakes either. He had completely forgotten about the pain she caused him back then. He even got into a fight with another man because of this woman.

"Are any of Jean's family members here? Who's Jean's family?" Nina had yet to come back to her senses when a nurse came out of the emergency room and called for Jean's family members.

Nina immediately stepped toward her. "Hello, I'm Jean's family member."

"Have you paid the bills?" the nurse glanced at her and asked.

"Yes. Here's the receipt." Nina handed the nurse the receipt given by the hospital.

The nurse took the receipt from her. She explained Jean's situation to Nina after making sure that there was nothing wrong with the receipt. "The results of the CT scan have just come out. He has some wounds and bruises, so he only has to get a surgical suture. You're his family member, and we need you to sign this document."

Nina glanced at it and knew that it was a surgical consent form. She signed the document immediately.

"I'm going to inform the doctor to perform the surgical suture now." The nurse turned around. Nina grabbed her hand when she was about to walk in.

"Is there any other problem?"

Nina bit her lip and asked, "Um, what about the man who was admitted to the hospital along with my brother?"

"Do you mean the man who got beaten up by your brother? He's not doing well. And he might have to undergo a craniotomy surgery. The doctor is still waiting for the final examination report. His family members are on their way here. Oh, kindly pay for his deposit if his family members can't make it in

time. Given the victim's circumstances now, you'll be asked to pay for his surgery costs and other hospital expenses anyway."