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.

childhood under their grandfather's strict standards. Yet the

she could have subdued him

that silver 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

knocked and stepped inside, leaning close to whisper in

rose and told Florence, "Mom, something came up at work. I need to step out

right," Florence

work, confidential

had grown used to such

eyes, leaving only a cold

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

enough," Diana said lightly, cutting her off. “Withdraw our people for now. There's no need to keep watching that side. And don't mention this to my

they handled matters, but their principles aligned. They repaid grudges in kind. To them, this was simply

youngest daughter, Florence had spent years giving to charities and helping others, as if goodwill could balance the scales. If she learned the full truth, the burden might

Nina nodded. "Understood."

Flint Donovan? Any leads?"

Nina replied promptly. "I spoke with Mr. Hutton this morning. He said the other side's counter-surveillance is extremely strong. They may also have anticipated from the start that we would tail

She had heard that it once took the entire anti-narcotics unit two full years, along with the sacrifice