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.

wasn’t until she was on the plane that she

back in Eldorria City, it was almost

a taxi to the hospital.

from the ER

mother’s pale face on the bed, Dorothy struggled to hold back her

opened her eyes. She even tried to reach out to wipe her daughter’s

crying. I just got something in my

Soon, her primary doctor came over and called

mother suddenly have a

Oliver sighed. “What are you planning to do? If she doesn’t have surgery soon, today’s

“How much does

we get the surgery done, subsequent treatment is not so

but for Dorothy, it

about

that, the

stood alone in the empty corridor, filled with the smell of disinfectant. She stood there for a long

she was still

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