“That’s not right,” the nurse said, scanning Gia up and down. “I haven’t heard of this patient having a daughter, and she herself said she doesn’t have any children.”

“I—”

“Please don’t disturb our work here,” the nurse interrupted, walking past Gia. “I need to change the medicine for other patients.”

Feeling something was amiss, Gia stood in front of the nurse station. She seized the opportunity of the vacant area and discreetly flipped through the patient records. She only managed to glimpse “breast cancer” before she heard approaching footsteps.

Swiftly, she darted to the other side and rushed downstairs to find Linda standing at the hospital entrance, seemingly waiting for a driver.

Gia trailed behind her and respectfully greeted her, adjusting her expression to a somewhat natural smile. “Hello, Mrs. Thompson.”

Linda seemed taken aback, sensing familiarity in Gia’s face but unable to recall where they had met.

“I… I’m Gia Chapman.”

“Oh.” Linda nodded with a hint of sarcasm in her smile. “You’re that ‘excellent’ intern, aren’t you?”

Mrs. Thompson,” Gia said softly. “I am no longer associated with the

gaze indifferent. “Do you need

you just visited… is

of

she leaned closer and lowered her voice. “Even though you are Lina’s biological mother, it

anger flickered slightly. “What

“I happen to know a lot about Lina as her friend. She is not a Jenner by blood. If Jesse and Melissa hadn’t secretly kept Lina with them all these years, you wouldn’t have been

Melissa’s illness is her

her calm face

will do anything to be by Aunt Melissa’s side

Lina will

eyes sparkled, thinking she had succeeded

Thompson, why don’t you report it to the

it to

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