Chapter 157 Through Thick & Thin (2/2)

When her brother comes home that night, he was the happiest man after learning that his girlfriend was pregnant, he was ready to become a father and eager to start a family of his own.

They decided to legalized their union and promised to stick together through thick and thin, and they got married in a civil ceremony.

After two years of marriage, Suzanne got pregnant, she delivered her baby through a cesarean section and was not able to wake up from the anesthesia, she continued her sleep and declared comatose by the attending physician who conducted her cesarean operation.

Aston's world collapsed.

But he remained calm all the time, Emma never saw her brother cry, but deep inside he was just trying to stay strong for her, for his niece, for his newborn son and his comatose wife.

He was trying to stay strong for everyone who depended on him.

Then one day he got fired from his job in the slaughterhouse...

The bills in the hospital were mounting...

That was the start of her brother's descent into the dark world.

Every time Emma asked his brother what is his recent work... where is he working? he always tells lies to her and she knew because his brother is not a good liar. But those late-night coming home, disappearing for a few days without telling her where he is going, then coming home late at night, then several instances she saw lots of money inside a black backpack, and the next day it was gone, those signs tells her he was involved with something illegal behind her back.

She becomes suspicious...

She was able to connect the dots and made her conclusion, her brother was involved in illegal undertakings, but she can't tell him to stop, because he would never admit to her anything.

Until one day, she just kept her mouth shut and stopped asking questions and just accepts any money that he will give her and set aside some excess money into her savings account in the bank.

When shit hit the fan, she had to survive with two babies under her care.

”Emma, please prepare baby Oliver's foods I will be feeding him,” Aston said.

”Okay... in a minute,” she said.

Emma mixed the baby food and placed it on the sofa beside her brother, she took baby Emily from his brother's lap and feeds her with the soup she just prepared earlier.

Thirty minutes later, they both finished feeding the children.

Afterward, Emma put the babies into sleep.

When she exited the bedroom and went to the living room...Aston gave the money to her, she accepted the money without questioning him where the money comes from, she went back to her room and put the bundle of money in the drawer, barely looking at it.

She sighed and prepared herself to retire for the night.