A Healer’s Journey

Chapter 19 Another Reason

“Should we ask her to stand up? She has already been punished for her deeds.”

As evening drew closer, Alisha brought Finnegan to Xendale. Sasha remained in the same kneeling position as people around her gossiped and pointed fingers in her direction.

Finnegan glanced at the sky. “Is it evening already?”

Knowing what he meant, Alisha let out a sigh. “Sometimes, you’re too harsh. You won’t even show a woman mercy.”

Sasha was part of the Miles family and also one of the Four Beauties of Jadeborough, but Finnegan was cruel enough to make her kneel till sunset.

Finnegan asked, “Why would I show mercy to a woman who looks down on me and has attempted to harm me?”

He’s clueless, huh? Alisha said nothing else and drove past Sasha, arriving at the Miles residence.

“Alisha, Mr. Larkin.”

Alisha had informed the Miles family of their arrival, so Kathleen and Trey were already waiting at the door to welcome them, showing their utmost respect.

“Bring me to Mr. Miles.” Finnegan didn’t bother being polite with them. After all, that wasn’t the

purpose of his visit.

Kathleen showed no signs of being upset. With a graceful stride, she welcomed them into the mansion and guided them to the room belonging to Gilbert.

Gilbert was lying weakly in bed. A team of specialists from the hospital, including Alexander, had gathered around him, performing their daily routine of check-ups in an effort to stabilize his condition.

Seeing Finnegan, Alexander grew excited and greeted politely, “Mr. Larkin, we meet again.”

The specialists were surprised to see his reaction.

After all, they had never seen Alexander treating anyone politely, let alone a young man in his twenties. Confusion and disdain flashed across the specialists’ gazes when they recalled. the Miles family had hired Finnegan to treat Gilbert.

were around they

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grunted in acknowledgment and

sincerely sorry for my daughter’s actions. yesterday. Please accept my apology on

been punished for her deeds, so there

“When he was younger, Mr. Miles used to be a soldier in a demining unit. During one of his missions, he incurred an injury to his chest which was sutured too tightly due to the lack of advanced medical tools and treatments available at the time. Although Mr. Miles felt no pain then, the wound has now widened to three centimeters as he has gotten older and gained weight. It is too severe to be restitched. There is a risk of the wound becoming infected and spreading to other organs. Of course, if Mr. Miles could lose twenty

“It’s fine. Dr. Cooper. I understand that

six centimeters long and three centimeters wide was revealed.

an old wound was relatively simple, but Gilbert was overweight, thus complicating his

was too small, causing the seams to rip and tear. Even if the seams were mended, it would only be a temporary solution as the clothing would likely rip again unless the person wearing it

have time to lose weight.

chest

“Paralyzed?” Finnegan asked.

was torn, he was unable to move. Professor Fairlake explained that the tear in his wound had affected his nerves.”

“The tear in his skin caused an infection and a decrease in

was the one who came up with that conclusion. Hearing that, he grew displeased.

Oliver who was obviously upset at

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explosion, are there any shrapnel

weakly, “There are thirteen pieces of shrapnel, but they were all removed. Is there

thirteen shrapnel pieces.” Finnegan retrieved a CT scan report and explained. “There is still a tiny one left in your brain. It is no wider than a fingernail, covered by blood vessels, and thus not noticeable. Usually, it won’t affect your life, but when the wound was torn, your entire b*dy tensed

normal. shadow, not shrapnel. I can’t be wrong, can I? If it’s indeed shrapnel, something would’ve happened

and the other specialists nodded in

a CT scan with metal in one’s

with Mr. Miles’ wound now. Why did you change the topic? If you can’t do anything about it, then it would be best

targeting Finnegan for questioning the accuracy of his