Rina narrowed her eyes. "Are you threatening me?"

Aveline shook her head. "Isn't it you, Miss Johnson, who does the threatening?"

Rina let out a cold laugh. "Do you really think this will make me afraid of you?"

She stepped closer to Aveline, her eyes filled with open disdain. "Taking you down would be as easy as squashing a bug. So go ahead, wait for your end, you wretch."

With that, she turned and marched off, her bodyguards trailing behind her in a show of force.

The other patients and their families in the hospital continued to peek out from their rooms, watching the spectacle unfold.

"Mom, Mom!" Sidney's urgent voice suddenly broke through the tension.

Aveline's expression shifted, and she rushed over, only to find Sidney's mother unconscious in the hospital room.

"Doctor! Doctor!"

Sidney's mother was rushed into the emergency room.

Sidney stood by the door, his posture slumped, his face noticeably paler than before.

Aveline stayed beside him, offering comfort. "She'll be alright."

voice was rough and dry as he said, "Aveline, you've helped me

friends, no need for

at her, something unspoken flickering

"Just remember, you'll need

over his heart lifting

back. "So don't worry too much. Everything's taken care of now. Just

Sidney nodded, his gaze lingering on her with

a seat on

mainly from her heart condition, and she had just experienced a severe heart attack that nearly

face was pale, and she looked incredibly weak. She reached out

"Ma'am, it's alright now. Just focus on resting and

filled with gratitude. "Aveline, thank

need to thank

you should rest now. It's

Ruth nodded, reluctantly letting go of

"You don't need to see me off. Stay here and take

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