Chapter 753

“Thanks, Emmie,” Jayde said, forcing a smile.

She straightened up and followed Emmie upstairs, but each step shot pain through her waist.

Bonian had been brutal earlier, too caught up in his anger to care about her.

Emmie noticed and grabbed her arm. “Sis, is your back acting up again?”

“Yeah, something like that,” Jayde mumbled.

Emmie’s heart ached for her. “If you hadn’t been killing yourself with side gigs these past few years, your back wouldn’t be this bad. You had no choice back then, but now you’ve got Bryan and me. You don’t have to carry it all alone.”