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.

Alexander and the Miles family were around they didn’t show their emotions on

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acknowledgment and went to

say, “I am sincerely sorry for my daughter’s

been punished for her deeds, so there is no need to apologize,”

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

him, “It’s fine. Dr. Cooper. I understand that I might not

removed the sterile cloth covering his b*dy. A wound six centimeters long and three centimeters wide was revealed. The cut was

simple, but Gilbert was overweight, thus

an outfit that 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

time to

the wound on his chest tore without

“Paralyzed?” Finnegan asked.

was unable to move. Professor Fairlake explained that the tear

observed Gilbert carefully before consulting the file. “The tear in his skin caused an infection

with that conclusion. Hearing that, he grew displeased. “Young man, if

who was obviously

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inquired, “Mr. Miles, besides the wound caused by the explosion, are there any shrapnel picces left in your

“There are thirteen pieces of shrapnel, but they were

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 up, increasing the blood flow, Thus, the shrapnel was shifted and placed on a nerve, resulting in the brain losing control of the b*dy. This was the reason why you became

shrapnel. I can’t be wrong, can I? If it’s indeed shrapnel, something would’ve happened to him

and the other specialists

CT scan with metal in one’s b*dy could potentially

now. Why did you change the topic? If you can’t do anything about it, then it would be best for you to leave rather than take up our valuable time. Please do not delay Mr. Miles’ treatment any

obviously targeting Finnegan for questioning the accuracy of