The Habit of Taking Care of You

"Yes! It's meaningless," Nidia replied calmly and softly.

She returned Jackson's gaze with all the effort she could manage to keep herself from panicking and feigned exhaustion.

Meanwhile, Jackson was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. He was disappointed.

Nidia recalled Derek's words to her in the phone call before she walked in the door.

"I heard you were in the hospital. After all this time, I believe you know what to do to get him to give up on you."

Nidia could hear the urgency in his tone. "If you can persuade Jackson to go to City Hall with Gabrielle tomorrow morning, Mr. Cunningham will be admitted to the hospital for liver transplant operation by tomorrow afternoon."

Derek threatened her with Jackson's father's life. This was a matter of life and death, and she had no choice.