Chapter 431 - 173: It's payback time (4)

At the hospital, Ethan is praying for the baby and Julie Ann, he married Julie to fulfill his promise to Daniel that he will take care of Julie Ann and the baby and will give the baby a name so that when the baby grows up, he will not be bullied by other kids his age, Daniel, the baby's father is the son of his mother out of marriage, when he grew up, kids his age keep teasing him and calling him a bastard, that is why before he took his last breath he asked Ethan to promise him that he will give his baby his name so that his son will grow up with a father as he cannot fulfill his own promise to Julie Ann anymore.

When Ethan heard his dying comrades request, he hesitates to answer as he is thinking of Morgana but as he can not bear to watch his comrade die unhappy, he eventually agreed to it. At first, Julie Ann did not want to accept Ethan's proposal, she was so devastated when she learned about her boyfriend's death, she even attempted to end her life, maybe it was the stress and anxiety of his mother that affected the baby in Julie's tummy, the baby's heart is weak and as it is a premature baby, the doctors are not sure if they can save both the mother and the baby.

"…. Doc, how are my wife and the baby??? Ethan asks the doctor as soon as the doctor came out of the operating room. The doctor looks at Ethan and shakes his head sadly as he speaks; " I am very sorry, we did everything to save them both, but the baby's heart is very weak and the mother lost too much blood and she is too weak just like the baby.

Both the mother and the baby didn't survive. I think your wife doesn't want to live either as she didn't want to fight for her life, she just looks at her baby and smiled before she asked the nurse to put the baby on her chest as she told us that she going to accompany her baby. It was all that she said before she closed her eyes and died. I'm sorry, Mr. Etnomas We did everything we can do, perhaps, it is God's will. The doctor said to Ethan informing them of the baby and Julie Ann's death.

Ethan cried as he slumped down on the floor, with his hands covering his face. Even though the baby is not his real flesh and blood and he didn't really love Julie Ann as they are not living like an ordinary couple, he still treats the baby in Julie Ann's tummy as his own child and he also treats Julie Ann as his partner even though she didn't ask him to.

The doctor left after telling them the bad news, Glenard looks at his grieving son sadly as he walked away while he dialed his phone to call his nephew and ask him to inform Jonathan Smith about his sister and his nephew's death.

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Back in Los Altos, Morgana sleeps soundly as she is very tired, she woke up late in the afternoon and found her sister browsing on her laptop watching the latest news about the recent incident in Adam's company and warehouse. Until that moment, people still believe that drugs that have been blown up along with the boxes in the warehouse are planted by Adam's enemies as they believe that Adam is a nobleman who is not capable of doing illegal dealings. In fact, Adam is indeed the noble and dignified person that people know. If not for the people who tempted him with money that he will earn from drug dealing, he will not be tempted to do it or even think it.

Adam like everyone else is just human who will be easily swayed by money if someone offers him. And that is how he became a drug dealer and manufacturer. Using his pharmaceutical company as a front he manufactures medicine and illegal drugs in their laboratory and hides it in the warehouse until the buyers come to pick it up.

Nobody suspects Adam of doing illegal things as he was a very rich businessman, they all think that his warehouse is used to store machines and ingredients that are used to make medicine in his laboratory.

So when the news of his warehouses, laboratory and his private building was blown up into dust by the mysterious people and the rumor about him being a drug lord spreads along with the photos that Morgana sends anonymously to a news tv station, nobody believes that accusation, instead, people believe that the accusation against Adam of being illegal drug lords is just a scheme against him by his enemies.

Because of the incident, Adam becomes vigilant as he always watched his back, fearing that someone may attempt to kill him. He suspects that the people who attacked his property are the people behind the pharmaceutical company in Brooklyn as retaliation for what he did, but he can't talk about it since it would also expose him. Abducting the workers and the scientists are crimes punishable by the law, so all he could do at the moment is staying silent and wait for the right time before he made an action.

Hey, you're awake.... I was just watching the latest news about Adam, the pictures that you sent to the tv news station is already on the news but nobody believes that Adam is a drug dealer, just as you said last night, people will only think that it was planted and someone is scheming against Adam and trying to frame him. Huh, no wonder that this world is miserable, many people chose to believe him because he is rich and powerful. They all think that he is a good person, if he didn't pay those people to abduct our workers in the pharmaceutical company, even I believe that he is what he seems to be. A noble person who is not capable of harming even a fly.