Chapter 565

Seeming to have realized her blunder, Mrs. Barker immediately apologized. "I'm sorry, Ms. Fisher. Did I offend you with my incessant questions?" No one had the heart to blame such a beauty. Mrs. Barker had merely asked a few questions about my family and hadn't said anything else. To be honest, it hardly counted as an offensive gesture. I chuckled and said, "It's fine, I don't mind at all. It's just that my grandma passed away two years ago." "Oh?" Mrs. Barker seemed disappointed, but she eventually grew remorseful. "I'm so sorry for bringing up something that makes you sad, Ms. Fisher." It was only then that I realized that Mrs. Barker had noticed my turmoil through my quavering voice. Mentioning Grandma's passing made me lose composure, after all. I dismissed it with a wave. Ignorance was no crime, and Mrs. Barker wasn't trying to hurt me on purpose. I figured that she merely asked so many questions out of curiosity. Just then, Zane and Jonah came back into the ward. Visibly