The next morning, Maya called the hospital where her mother was admitted. It turned out the email was correct: Maya's mother was indeed being kept alive only by machines, and the cost was extremely high, not to mention the suffering it caused her mother, who seemed unable to pass away.

There was only one week left before the bill was due again. Maya turned to look at Dylan, who was sitting next to her, tears streaming down her face even though his expression didn't look sad.

"So, what's your decision? Do you want to go?" Dylan asked.

"Yes, at the very least, I want to see Mom one last time," Maya answered.

Dylan thought for a moment, while Lena, Amy, and Ellie came up and hugged Maya all together. After a brief pause, Dylan looked back at Maya.

"Alright, let's go," Dylan offered.

"Okay, let me get ready first," Maya replied, wiping her tears.

"Same here, I'll get ready too," Lena added, standing up and motioning for Maya to stand as well.

"I'm heading to the bunker quickly to ask Noah to prepare some food for the journey," Amy replied, standing.

"I'll go with Amy. Need to grab my weapons and put them in the arsenal... just in case," Ellie added.

They left the living room. Dylan remained seated on the sofa, then contacted Aaron, who was at school, using telepathy.

"Aaron, the others and I are heading back to Grandpa's house today. After that, we're going to the hospital to visit Maya's mom. You and Clara please pick up Fiona and Iris," Dylan told him.

"Okay, Bro. Be careful on the road, and don't get trapped," Aaron replied.

"Hmm... I know. Please watch the house. If anything happens, let us know immediately," Dylan responded.

"Will do. Don't worry, our house is secure," Aaron assured him.

"Good. I'm going to get ready now. Please tell Clara," Dylan replied.

"Consider it done. Again, be careful on the road," Aaron replied.

After that, Dylan walked out of the living room and approached Megan, then asked her and Ryan, who happened to appear next to Megan, to look after the house. After that, he went into his room and started changing his clothes.

[Are you sure, sir? We both know this is all a CROWS trap.]

"What can we do? We have to deal with my mother-in-law sometime, now or later, it's the same. And if CROWS tries anything, we'll fight back," Dylan replied.

[Very well, sir, I understand.]

"Mike probably made that decision when he was still being controlled by CROWS. Right now, he doesn't know anything," Dylan said.

[That's true, sir. Then what should we do?]

"Please send him an email and inform him, but make sure it can't be traced back to us. Tell him not to come and not to interfere anymore. Just live peacefully with Carla," Dylan replied.

[Yes, sir, I'll send it now.]

"And please protect the pregnancies of my four wives," Dylan added.

[That is a given, sir.]

After Dylan, Maya, Lena, Amy, and Ellie changed their clothes and took the food prepared by Noah, they immediately drove their SUV toward the city where their school was located. A few hours later, they arrived at the hospital where Maya's mother was being treated. After reaching the reception desk and stating their business, a nurse escorted Dylan, Maya, Ellie, Amy, and Lena to a special ward for comatose patients on a quiet wing of the hospital.

When they stepped inside, they saw a middle-aged woman lying weakly on a bed with many cables connected to her body, including the EKG machine cable, which continued to beep, breaking the silence of the room. Dylan turned to look at Maya, who was silent and didn't seem sad at all. In fact, her face looked slightly angry and disappointed.

"Are you okay?" Dylan asked.

"I'm fine. I just wanted to see the woman who gave birth to me but always considered me an enemy and never once defended me, even when I was tormented at home by her new husband. Now she's in front of me, helpless, only kept alive by these machines," Maya replied, clenching her trembling fists.

Dylan put his arm around Maya, turned her around, and hugged her tightly. Maya buried her face in Dylan's chest. She wasn't crying, but her whole body was shaking. Ellie, Amy, and Lena, understanding the moment, stepped out of the room, leaving Maya and Dylan hugging inside. After Maya calmed down, she immediately pulled away from the embrace.

"Okay, babe. Let's just turn off the life support. Next week, we won't pay the bill, and after that, we'll bury her," Maya said.

"Yes, that's probably for the best," Dylan agreed.

"Let's get out of here," Maya said.

But before they could move, Lena, Amy, and Ellie suddenly rushed in. They immediately locked the door.

"There are three people coming this way," Ellie stated.

"They don't look like good people," Lena added.

"Yeah, someone knew we were coming here," Amy concluded.

"Everyone, come here, it's no problem," Dylan muttered.

Dylan instantly opened the room's window. Then he quickly ran back to his four wives, then immediately hugged them all. After that, he used his Vanish skill and made them all disappear. A short time later, the three men mentioned by Ellie, Lena, and Amy entered the room by opening the locked door with their own key. When they saw the situation in the room, they immediately went to the open window and looked down. Two others checked under the bed and in the bathroom. Then one of them took out his smartphone.

"They escaped through the window. Guard the exits from the hospital," he said.

"Huh... how is that possible? They're pregnant, right?" one of the three men muttered.

"I don't know. Let's go back down," the man who checked under the bed and had returned on his own urged.

Without further delay, the three of them ran out of the room. After the sound of the three running down the corridor faded, Dylan deactivated his Vanish skill, and he and his four wives reappeared in the middle of the room. Dylan locked the door again, then walked to the window to close the window and the curtains. After that, he returned to the center with his four wives.

"So now what?" Maya asked.

"We'll wait here for a bit until they leave," Dylan answered.

"Why don't we just leave right now? We can disappear, right?" Lena asked.

"If we leave right now, we'd have to go out through the gate in the car, and we'll get caught there. How can you not see that?" Amy said.

"Yeah, Amy's right," Ellie added.

"Okay, I get it," Lena replied.

"Alright, let's just chill here for a bit," Maya said, sitting down in a chair.

"I want to sit too," Lena replied, sitting on the side of Maya's mom's bed.

Ellie and Amy also sat next to Lena. Dylan sat cross-legged on the floor, relaxed. Shortly after, "knock... knock," a knock was heard at the door. Dylan turned and used his All Seeing Eye skill and saw two nurses behind the door, but both nurses had pistols tucked into their waistbands.

Dylan immediately moved quickly and pulled his four wives. Then they all sat on the floor and disappeared again. The two nurses entered, then checked on Maya's mother, and after that, they looked around the room, checking under the bed and in the bathroom.

But suddenly, "klap," the door closed. The two nurses were immediately startled to see the door close by itself. They ran to the door, then tried to open it, but the door was locked. When they went to grab the keys in their pockets, they were confused because their keys were missing.

Meanwhile, outside the room, Dylan and his four wives, who were hugging him, walked toward the empty room next door and entered using the nurses' keys, which he had stolen using his Steal skill without the two nurses realizing it.

Once inside and seeing the empty bed, Dylan noticed a security camera in the corner of the room. He immediately diffused it and closed the room's curtains. After that, he reappeared with his four wives still hugging his body.

"It's safe now," Dylan said.

"Nice. Let's wait here for a bit. It looks like the hospital staff is working with our enemies," Ellie stated.

"Yup, that's true, but don't worry, we're safe here," Dylan replied.

"Yeah... you're right, babe," Amy added, looking around.

Finally, Amy, Lena, Maya, and Ellie sat comfortably on the side of the bed while Dylan sat on a chair in front of them. The atmosphere returned to silence, and there was no EKG machine beeping. Then Ellie, Lena, Maya, and Amy turned to look at Dylan.

"Huh... what is it?" Dylan asked, surprised to be stared at all at once.

"Um... this room is cozy, babe," Lena said, teasingly.

"Yeah, really. Why don't you come up here?" Maya invited, seductively.

Ellie and Amy didn't say anything, but their faces showed that they also wanted something from Dylan and were teasing him.

"Seriously? We're in a tight spot right now, aren't we?" Dylan asked.

"That's exactly why! I'm getting turned on," the four of them replied in unison, pulling Dylan onto the bed with them.

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