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.

their grandfather's strict standards. Yet the bespectacled man had clearly been well trained as

doubted she could have subdued him

slipped 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 protect herself, let alone use it to seize the initiative during the

knocked and stepped inside, leaning close to whisper in her

came up at work. I need to step out

Florence

Diana's line of work, confidential matters were

Huttons had grown used to such

the door, the warmth drained from Diana's eyes, leaving only a cold calm. "Did the Wolfens end up with a death on

to maintain the pregnancy, but it doesn't look promising. The Wolfens contacted Sacred Heart

people for now. There's no need to keep watching that side. And don't

in how they handled matters, but their principles aligned. They repaid grudges in kind. To

giving to charities and helping others, as if goodwill could balance the scales. If she learned

Nina nodded. "Understood."

Flint Donovan? Any

extremely strong. They may also have anticipated

took the entire anti-narcotics unit two full years, along with the sacrifice of undercover officers, to