Chapter 128: Driving Ramon Baxter Away

While Marina Peyton teetered between hope and anxiety, Joel Peyton slowly lifted his foot. With his wife and daughter-in-law supporting him on either side, he rose-inch by inch-until he stood on his own two feet. Tears streamed down the elderly man's face. He was too excited to speak. He kept repeating, "I can stand. I can stand." Seeing her grandfather so happy, Marina pressed her lips together, her eyes wet, delicate shoulders trembling with joy. She was genuinely overjoyed. His legs had plagued...