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.

and she

until she was on the plane that she remembered to ask Karen to explain this

arrived back in Eldorria City, it was

hailed a taxi to the hospital.

been transferred from the ER to the ICU.

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

her eyes. She even tried to reach out to wipe her daughter’s tears, but she didn’t even have the strength to grasp her

not crying. I just got something in my eye. The doctor said

her primary doctor came over and called Dorothy

suddenly have a heart attack? Didn’t

everything we could. Her disease has always been dragging on.” Dr. Oliver sighed. “What are you planning to do? If

asked, “How much does the surgery cost now?”

we get the surgery done,

but for Dorothy, it would take years to

think about

that, the

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