Bella froze. She slowly turned and met the man's dark eyes as her heart thudded heavily inside her chest.

Justin clenched his fists beside him, and Bella could feel the tension radiating off him.

"Oh... Justin."

Grant cleared his throat to explain himself, as if they were guilty of hiding something from him. "Don't overthink this. I just came across Ms. Thompson at the hospital entrance. I wasn't feeling well, and I asked her to help me upstairs."

"Dear brother, pray tell, what could I be overthinking?"

Justin's lips curled in an attempt to smile. However, it came across as a grimace. "You're my big brother, and Bella is your sister-in-law. We're family. She was only doing her sisterly duty."

As he said this, he strode over to Bella and gently took over the wheelchair handles. "Let me take care of this."

"Thank you, Justin," Grant said with a tight smile.

Justin bent down and whispered into his ear, "You're my big brother. It's the least I can do."

was anxiously discussing Carrie's

in his wheelchair but desperately wished he could get up

so late at night?" Gregory looked at his son's pallid face and felt moved by his

happened to run into Justin and Ms. Thompson downstairs, so we

eyebrows. "Dad,

face wrought with tension, as Justin

on like this. Carrie was already depressed. After receiving such a big shock, I'm afraid she might

his father's distress. After careful consideration, he suggested. "In the worst-case scenario, we'll have to resort

each

treat some mental illnesses by administering safe doses of electric currents to the patient. When I served in the peacekeeping forces, many soldiers suffered severe mental trauma. They developed PTSD and couldn't live normally after

heart clenched at the thought as she watched

any lingering side effects?"

passes, she will lose some triggering memories. It may also lead to some memory retention difficulty in the future," Justin answered

memories the only way to treat her? Is killing one's past

shock. She never expected this

suddenly grew tense. The two brothers locked eyes, as if two invisible forces were

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