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

changed her flight. It wasn’t until she was on the plane that she remembered to ask Karen to explain this to Mr. Percy.

Dorothy arrived back in Eldorria City, it

a taxi

just been transferred from

her mother’s pale face on the bed, Dorothy struggled to hold back her tears, but they slipped down

opened her eyes. She even tried to reach out to wipe her

crying. I just got something in my eye. The doctor said you need to rest and not think about anything.”

nodded. Soon, her primary doctor came over and called Dorothy

suddenly have a

could. Her disease has always been dragging on.” Dr. Oliver sighed. “What are you planning to do? If she doesn’t have surgery soon,

asked, “How much

a million. After we get the surgery done, subsequent

was easy for the doctor to say, but for Dorothy, it would

about it.”

that, the doctor left.

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