Chapter 8

Finally, the matter was swept under the carpet, and Dorothy went back to her room to pack her bags.

Thankfully, this business trip was more bark than bite, and she wasn’t just referring to Mr. Percy’s tantrum.

Dorothy tried hard to put Everett’s face out of her mind, but her brain had a mind of its own. Suddenly, her phone on the table started ringing off the hook.

She quickly walked over, and the moment she saw the number from the hospital, her heart sank.

Even her hand pressing the answer button was shaking involuntarily.

“Is this Ms. Sanchez? Your mother just had a heart attack. It’s critical. She’s been rushed to the emergency room. You need to get here

ASAP!”

Dorothy fell silent.

blurred, and she could hardly

until she was on the plane that she

the time Dorothy arrived back in Eldorria City, it was almost dark.

hailed a taxi to the

from

on the bed, Dorothy struggled to hold back her tears, but they slipped down her cheek, landing

She even tried to reach out to wipe her daughter’s tears, but she didn’t even have

and forced a smile. “Mom, I’m not crying. I just got something in my eye. The doctor

doctor came

Oliver, how could my mother suddenly have a heart attack? Didn’t you say she

“What are you planning to do? If she doesn’t have surgery soon, today’s situation will happen often. You need

hearing this, Dorothy immediately asked, “How

million. After we get the surgery done, subsequent treatment is

Dorothy, it would take years to eam. By then, it

about it.”

that, the doctor

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