Chapter 1110
“I won’t let them hurt me, Grandma,” Brenna said.
Alec frowned at his mother’s words, clearly upset. “Mom, I am your son. How could you talk about me that way?”
Brenna didn’t even flinch as she glared at him. “Keep quiet. Did I say you could speak?”
Alec clamped his mouth shut.
Brenna gave the bodyguard instructions to stay with Joann, then headed off to speak with the doctor. She soon found out that Joann’s health made surgery too risky, and the doctor recommended a less invasive treatment instead. There was a particular medication that could help, although it came with a high price tag.
Brenna decided to use the medication.
After the doctor handed her a prescription, she made her way to the payment counter, paid the bill, and picked up the medicine.
Meanwhile, inside the hospital room, Lila grabbed Alec and their son and led them into the hallway. She wasted no time scolding Alec right there in the corridor.
“I told you to just get the money from Brenna! Why did you bring her here? Now you’ve made everything complicated!”
Alec couldn’t hide his frustration. Deep down, he still cared for his mother and hated seeing her treated as nothing more than a pawn to get money. Lila’s attitude bothered him even more when he realized she never truly intended to care for Joann, only to use her.
Watching Lila hurl insults at his mother had filled him with a deep sense of resentment toward her.
But he couldn’t divorce Lila now. If they divorced, he would have to move out of her house, and his meager earnings wouldn’t be enough for him to get by. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he had to endure it.
“Do you think I didn’t try? At first, I told her she could just offer some money. I assumed she felt nothing for the Barrett family and would have no desire to visit my mother. But the moment she found out about my mom’s hospitalization, she looked truly worried and decided to come here with me.”
Frustration weighed heavily on Alec. He understood Brenna too well and was afraid that she could see right through his act of pretending to help Joann just to get money from her.
After a pause, he continued, “There’s no point arguing about it now. Let’s just focus on my mom. If we treat my mother well, Brenna might give us some money as a thank-you gift.”
Alec thought Lila would at least stay to take care of Joann, as she had promised Brenna earlier.
With that, he took Lila’s hand and was about to lead her back toward the hospital room.
But Lila yanked her hand away from Alec and snorted.
“I already asked her for money. She didn’t give us a single cent. And you still think she’ll give us money later? Keep dreaming! If you want someone to look after your mom, do it yourself. She’s not my responsibility.”
With that, she stormed off holding her son’s hand, leaving Alec behind with a heavy sigh.
Inside the elevator, Lila murmured to her son, “If I’d known your dad would turn out this useless, I never would have bothered with him. Marrying him was a mistake. I thought maybe he’d at least make it as a manager, maybe earn a few million every year. But look at him now, working as a security guard. I feel embarrassed just talking about this.”