"I understand." Curtis nodded seriously. "You're worried that Mark isn't letting Howard see Jade because something has happened to her."

"Yes. Jade hasn't fully recovered. All these years, she has been relying on medicine. If anything were to happen to her, I'm afraid everything would go back to square one. By then, it would be hard …"

Yvonne was so guilty that she couldn't finish her sentence.

If something were to happen to Jade because of her, how would she face Howard? She could never forg