Indeed, Sidney didn't sleep a wink that night.

When he got up the next morning, dark circles ringed his eyes, and he felt completely out of it the whole drive to the hospital. He didn't fully snap back to reality until he sat at his desk, only to look up and see Alice walking in.

She still had that smug, entitled look on her face as she eyed him like he was a nobody.

"Didn't I tell you to quit already?"

Sidney flinched and stepped back, his lips trembling. "Ms. Lambert, I got dragged into this. You can't just use me and throw me out. We live in a lawful society."

Disgust flickered in her eyes. Sidney talked too much.

"Dr. Tanner, the money's already in your hands. It's too late to back out now. You can't afford the consequences of crossing me, so you'd better do exactly as I say. Or else..."

The threat was clear as day.

After she left, Sidney slumped into his chair, drenched in sweat. He couldn't shake the fear that someone might try to run him off the road again. He had gotten lucky once, but would he be that lucky a second time?

He couldn't die. He had to stay alive.

Just then, he heard that familiar voice from last night-Grace.

She was standing outside Alice's ward.

her, her face

out hunting her down? How the hell was she bold enough to show up here in

eyes welled up, and her fury was

did you have to come all the way to

her shoulder. Sure enough, Carmen and Yancey

ready to deliver a slap, but Grace caught her wrist mid-swing. "Mrs. Lambert, is it just your thing to

was shaking with rage. "How dare you

as ever. "I didn't

feel guilty about. Why wouldn't I

you even hear what people are saying about you? Heartless, ruthless, a walking

a hundred-dollar bill

fade. "If you really hate me that much, then take this hundred- dollar bill and go back to the night you slept with Quentin. Just make sure to

stared at her

she passed out cold. Grace's words hit so hard that even passersby froze in shock. A couple of nurses rushed over,

blink. She lowered her gaze and started walking away, but Yancey stepped in front of her and

eyes brimming with tears as she asked, "What do you expect me to say? I've actually been meaning to ask you-would you

her head and wiped

with Alice. But you're still technically my fiancé. And I don't

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