Chapter 8

Finally, the matter was swept under the carpet, and Dorothy went back to her room to pack her bags.

Thankfully, this business trip was more bark than bite, and she wasn’t just referring to Mr. Percy’s tantrum.

Dorothy tried hard to put Everett’s face out of her mind, but her brain had a mind of its own. Suddenly, her phone on the table started ringing off the hook.

She quickly walked over, and the moment she saw the number from the hospital, her heart sank.

Even her hand pressing the answer button was shaking involuntarily.

“Is this Ms. Sanchez? Your mother just had a heart attack. It’s critical. She’s been rushed to the emergency room. You need to get here

ASAP!”

Dorothy fell silent.

Her vision blurred, and she could hardly stand.

her flight. It wasn’t until she was on the plane that she

the time Dorothy arrived back in Eldorria

a taxi to

had just been transferred from the ER

struggled to hold back her tears, but

to wipe her daughter’s tears, but she didn’t even have

her face and forced a smile. “Mom, I’m not crying. I just got something in my eye. The doctor said

her primary doctor came over and called Dorothy out

suddenly have a heart attack? Didn’t you say she was stable?”

Oliver sighed. “What are you planning to do? If she doesn’t have surgery soon, today’s situation will happen often. You need to be prepared.”

hearing this, Dorothy immediately asked, “How

we get the surgery done,

million was easy for the doctor to say, but for Dorothy, it

think about

that, the

with the smell of disinfectant. She stood there for

Karen called, she was still standing in

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