Skylar made her way to Miranda's ward in the Psychiatric RehabilitationDepartment and saw her knitting a sweater.

Miranda put the needle and thread down when she saw Skylar andmotioned at her to sit down beside her.

Skylar was a little excited at first as she thought Miranda had made hera sweater, but a closer inspection revealed that it was for men. Thesweater was halfway done and only lacked a sleeve to make itcomplete.

“Do you think it'll fit your dad?” Miranda smiled gleefully while showingoff her work.

“Why are you making Dad a sweater? He never paid you a single visitduring your time in prison!” Had the doctors not confirmed Miranda'sfull recovery, Skylar would've thought she was still crazy.

“He must've had his reasons. I know he still loves us, Skylar. I mean,how else would you still be alive today if he didn't? You should learn tobe grateful, you know?” Miranda gazed at the sweater and imaginedhow Thomas would look wearing it.

It took Skylar every ounce of her strength to refrain from going on arant about how Meredith was the one who paid for her school fees anddaily expenses, all with that meager salary of hers.

However, she knew there was no point in telling Miranda that as all shecould think of was how amazing Thomas was.

Even when Thomas cheated on her back then, Miranda simply blamedeverything on the fact that Irene was able to give birth to a son.

Given how old-fashioned and patriarchal Skylar's grandparents were, itcame as no surprise that they wanted a son to help carry on the familylineage. Naturally, Irene fulfilled that wish of theirs and replacedMiranda’s position in the family by giving birth to Hayden before thedivorce even took place.

To make matters worse, Miranda had to have her uterus surgicallyremoved due to excessive bleeding when giving birth to Skylar, sohaving children was no longer possible for her.

That was why she hated Skylar so much back then.

“You had me come all the way here just to see this sweater?” Skylarasked in annoyance.

Miranda was oblivious to the change in her tone and held her hand asshe spoke, “The doctors say I can be discharged soon, so why haven'tyou made plans to take me home yet? By the way, I'll need to have afamily member accompany me throughout the final checkup, so youhave to stay here with me for the next two days.”

Staying with her is fine. I'm just worried that she'll go looking for Dadonce she gets discharged, but I can't just keep her in the hospitalforever... Speaking of which, I hear Dad's had it pretty rough lately. Hiscompany has been liquidating its assets ever since Tobias refused tohelp him out. Skylar sighed deeply at the thought of that.

In the end, she promised to accompany Miranda for her checkup andagreed to bring her home if the doctors declared her fit for discharge,much to her delight.

She sure doesn't look like a prisoner who's been cooped up for toolong... If anything, she strikes me as a migrant who's returning to herhome country! Looks like prison’s been treating her well...

At noon, Miranda told her that she was hungry and that she hadn'ttaken her lunch.

Skylar glanced at her watch and said, “I'll have the nurse bring yousome food right away.”

“No! Despite this being a VIP ward, the food they serve here is terrible!Get me some BBQ ribs from the cafeteria instead!” Miranda saiddisdainfully.

“Were you so picky during your time in prison as well?” Skylar asked.Miranda didn't like that one bit. “How could you say that? Are youlooking down on me just because I went to prison for manslaughter?What happened back then was an accident!”

She didn't have the courage to tell Skylar the secret that she keptlocked up deep down inside. You did this to me, Thomas! I'll have yourepay what you owe me with the rest of your life!

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