The Pinnacle Of Life

Half a minute later, Beatrice Assex ran out to have a look. Only then did she realize that something was amiss.

She immediately ran downstairs with her feet bare. “Mom? Mom… Is this really happening? Mom, wake up. Don’t scare me!”

Beatrice’s immediate reaction was to call Alex Rockefeller on the phone. “Alex, Alex, something terrible has happened. My mother fainted! Can you come over to check on her?”

Right then, Alex had just finished eating. Throughout the entire meal, Brittany Rockefeller hadn’t come downstairs. This put Alex in a very poor mood.

When he heard Beatrice’s plea, he started to frown. “What happened to her now?”

“I… I don’t know either. I just pushed her a little, and she passed out,” Beatrice said.

“Where’s your sister?” Alex asked.

“I… I don’t know either,” she said.

After hanging up the phone, Alex gave Dorothy Assex a call. He discovered that her phone had been turned off again.

“What the hell?

is always

drive

***

Beatrice was already waiting anxiously by the door. When she saw Alex, she immediately pulled him along while they walked inside. “Hurry up. My mother is lying inside there. She didn’t

When he saw Claire,

angioma in your mother’s brain

burst into tears. “It’s all my fault! I pushed her. Alex, do something to save my mother. I’ll do whatever

“Alright! Deal!”

indeed in a rather dire

intracranial pres sure. If it wasn’t dealt with quickly, it might lead to a

immediately carried Claire in his arms and ran up to the second

what she ought to do. “Do

“Oh, okay!” Beatrice replied.

room Alex ran into was Claire’s room. After entering, Alex closed the door behind him. He quickly put Claire

head. Just as he was about to use his dragon bone needle to drain the blood out of her brain, he suddenly felt something poking at him under his

was instantly shocked when he saw a round