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.

saw her, her face twisted

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

Her eyes welled up, and her fury was replaced with a

Why did you have to come all the

shoulder. Sure enough,

deliver a slap, but Grace caught her wrist mid-swing. "Mrs. Lambert, is it

"How dare you

as ever. "I didn't do anything

about. Why wouldn't

Do you even hear what people

words had barely left her mouth when a hundred-dollar bill came flying at her face, smacking her right

and go back

at

she was so furious that she passed out cold. Grace's words hit so hard that even passersby froze in shock. A couple of nurses rushed over, caught Carmen, and helped her into a nearby

gaze and started walking away, but Yancey stepped in front of her and said, "Is that really how you talk to your

she asked, "What do you expect me to say?

head and wiped the tears from her

technically my fiancé. And I don't believe you'd be stupid enough to let a woman you have such a jeopardizing

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