---- Not even Gary. He didn't spare her a single glance. "Where is she?" he demanded. "Take me to her. Now! " Beta Bill swallowed hard. "Mrs. brown... she's dead. Three days ago. And her body was delivered to the Lab ... for cryogenic preservation." "They just called. Said she left something behind. Asked you to retrieve it." Gary's mind went blank. Mrs. Black collapsed. Mr. Black staggered, his voice breaking. "No... no. She was waiting for the new herb. She... she can't be dead. She was so young. My daughter... she can't be..." At that moment, their grandpup Jack burst through the door from school. His eyes were already red. "Grandpa... who died? Is it Mommy? I don't want Mommy to die!" ---- Gary's heart shattered. He turned to the servant and said flatly, ''Take the young master upstairs." Then he turned to Jane. She was still on the floor, feigning pain, but her eyes sparkled. Joy filled her chest. Nadia was gone. No one could fight her for Gary now. No one to challenge her place as the Black clan's true daughter. Gary stepped toward her. She scrambled to fix her face -too late. He looked down at her coldly. "Your sister died. Are you... happy?" Jane froze. She forced a smile, panicking. "What? No -I don't believe it. She must be pretending, trying to scare us..." But she knew Nadia was dead. She had seen the internal donor list in their staff chat group. The name ---- was unmistakable: Nadia. Still, she cried, holding out her scraped wrist. "Gary, I'm hurt... look..." Before Gary could reply, Mr. Black snapped, "Your mother fainted, and you don't even check on her. All you care about is a scratch? Do you have a heart at all? " Meanwhile, Beta Bill had fed Mrs. Black emergency herb, though she still hadn't regained consciousness. And Jane, their once-precious daughter, hadn't asked once if she was okay. All she wanted was Gary's sympathy-and she smeared Nadia even in death. Mr. Black looked at her, finally seeing her clearly for the first time. His heart felt like it had plunged into an icy lake. Had they really misunderstood Nadia all this time? Upstairs, a phone began to ring. Jane said sharply, "Go get that for me,Karen!"