If not for Gabriel's intervention, Evelyn might have already lashed out. "Mrs. Ziegler!"
Gabriel caught a glimpse of Ashley. "Percy's condition is uncertain. He might—I'm just saying might—want to see her. You know very well what he's always felt."
Evelyn fell silent instantly.
Indeed, if the worst were to happen to her son, could she really deny his last wish?
Hearing Gabriel's words, Evelyn covered her face in despair and slumped down in a chair nearby.
"And," Gabriel added bluntly, "Mrs. Ziegler, you know what you've done. We all bear responsibility for Percy's current condition."
Evelyn shuddered, her face turning pale. "You, you..."
After a long while, she failed to persist in her former thoughts. Instead, she nodded and said helplessly, "Fine, fine, let her stay then. I don't
