After Cloudia finished the call with Urs, she hurried back. As soon as she entered the house, she heard Urs''s wailinging from the second floor.


    A maid spotted Cloudia and respectfully greeted her, "Ma''am."


    "What''s going on with Urs? Did you give her any medication?"


    The maid''s voice was strained, "We''ve run out of painkillers, and we called the doctor, but he refused toe."


    Cloudia''s breath caught in her throat upon hearing this, and she hastily made her way upstairs.


    Entering Urs''s room, she found her daughter curled up on the bed, clutching her stomach in agony.


    Urs had always taken great pride in her appearance, especially her long, flowing hair. But now, her scalp waspletely bare, not a single strand remaining. Just yesterday, a few strands had clung to her head, but today, even those were gone. Cloudia''s heart ached at the sight. "Urs."


    At the sound of her mother''s voice, Urs looked up, her face twisted in pain. "Mom, it hurts. It really hurts."


    "I know, sweetheart, I know, but..."


    What on earth could she do?


    Holding Urs''s hand, Cloudia''s heart shattered into pieces.


    They had no medication left at home, and Urs couldn''t leave the country, or even get out of Portis City for treatment. She had reached a point where her illness seemed untreatable. "Mom, I need painkillers. Please, I need to go to the hospital for some relief."


    They could still try to get some over-the-counter medication, but with Urs''s condition, those wouldn''t provide any real relief. They''d be no more effective than candy.


    Without proper medical guidance, Urs had already vomited twice,pounding her misery and making her suffering even worse.


    "Is Star really not willing to forgive me? Mom, tell her I''m sorry. I''ve admitted my guilt, truly. Tell her that once I recover, I''ll go to prison and serve my time, okay?"


    The agony was so severe that Urs almost thought it would be easier to recover fully and face prison, just to escape the torment she was enduring now.


    Cloudia was suffocating in her distress. "Urs, don''t worry. I''ll figure something out. I promise, I will."


    "What can you do? What else is there besides asking Star?"


    Urs was getting desperate. Didn''t this woman understand what she was saying?


    "Have you even tried talking to Star properly?"


    She must not have. If she had, Urs wouldn''t still be stuck in Portis City, unable to get the help she needed.


    Cloudia stammered, "I... I... Don''t worry, I''ll think of something, I promise."


    She kept repeating her assurances.


    Urs was growing more frantic. "I can''t wait any longer, Mom. Don''t you understand?"


    Just as Cloudia was about to say something more, her phone rang.


    It was the maid from the hospital where Jaxon was being cared for.


    "Ma''am, the hospital is discharging Mr. Jaxon."


    "What? Where''s ise? Is he not there either?"


    Cloudia''s breath hitched. Could ise have abandoned the hospital, leaving Jaxon all alone in his condition?


    The maid''s


    "They''re voice was urgent.


    very insistent. What


    should we do? Neither you nor Mr. ise are here."


    SV


    Cloudia''s mind raced as she froze. Images shed in her mind of Ste instructing the butler.


    It was her doing, again. First, she''d left Urs without treatment, and now, she was abandoning her own brother in such a dire situation?


    "Ma''am? Ma''am?" The maid''s voice on the phone grew more desperate when Cloudia didn''t respond.


    Cloudia took a shuddering breath. "I...I''ll be right there."


    She felt as if she were being driven insane.


    On one hand, Urs was in


    unbearable pain, and on the other, Jaxon was about to be forcibly discharged. Both were her beloved children.


    In that instant, the entire Larkin family was thrown into utter chaos.