Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 627

Inside a VIP ward at Sacred Heart Hospital, Florence slipped back into a deep, drowsy sleep after learning the night before that Sydney had returned home safely.

When she woke again, Theodore and Diana were both at her bedside, neither having left for a moment.

She did not look at Theodore. Her gaze settled on her eldest daughter, filled with distress. "Why didn't you go home all night either?"

"You're my mother. How could | feel at ease if | weren't here?" Diana replied.

Faint exhaustion lingered in her brows and eyes, but she was long accustomed to it

She helped Florence to the bathroom to wash up, then, at her mother's insistence, recounted everything that had happened the previous night in meticulous detail.

Even though everyone had returned safely, Florence listened with her heart lodged in her throat. "You're saying she took down aman over six feet tall, all by herself?"

"Yes." Diana nodded, a quiet admiration surfacing for her younger sister.

in self-defense since childhood under their grandfather's strict standards. Yet the bespectacled man

she could have subdued him

needle into the coat's sleeve, she had been clinging to little more than a fragile hope. She had never expected Sydney to rely on that single needle to protect herself, let alone use it to seize the initiative during

knocked and stepped inside,

rose and told Florence, "Mom, something came up at work.

right," Florence replied, without

line of work, confidential

Huttons had grown

leaving only a cold calm. "Did the Wolfens end up with a death on their

yet. They're still trying to maintain the pregnancy, but it doesn't look promising. The Wolfens contacted Sacred Heart this morning and asked to transfer her here so Dr. Chrysous from obstetrics could take over. Their request was flatly

There's no need to keep watching that side. And

principles aligned. They repaid grudges in kind. To them, this was simply

and helping others, as if goodwill could balance the scales. If

Nina nodded. "Understood."

Flint Donovan? Any

They may also have anticipated from the start

full years, along with the sacrifice of undercover officers, to gather enough evidence to bring