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."

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

"We're friends,

her, something unspoken flickering in

cut him off, "Just remember, you'll need to work

the dark cloud over

"So don't worry too much. Everything's taken care of now. Just focus on helping your

Sidney nodded, his gaze lingering on her with newfound

looked away and took a seat on

just experienced a severe heart attack that nearly

had regained consciousness, but her face was pale, and she looked incredibly weak. She reached out a

now. Just

were filled with gratitude.

there's no need to

added, "Mom, you should rest now.

be careful." Ruth nodded, reluctantly letting

don't need to see me off. Stay here and take care of your mom. I've got other things to

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