Rina narrowed her eyes. "Are you threatening me?"

Aveline shook her head. "Isn't it you, Miss Johnson, who does the threatening?"

Rina let out a cold laugh. "Do you really think this will make me afraid of you?"

She stepped closer to Aveline, her eyes filled with open disdain. "Taking you down would be as easy as squashing a bug. So go ahead, wait for your end, you wretch."

With that, she turned and marched off, her bodyguards trailing behind her in a show of force.

The other patients and their families in the hospital continued to peek out from their rooms, watching the spectacle unfold.

"Mom, Mom!" Sidney's urgent voice suddenly broke through the tension.

Aveline's expression shifted, and she rushed over, only to find Sidney's mother unconscious in the hospital room.

"Doctor! Doctor!"

Sidney's mother was rushed into the emergency room.

Sidney stood by the door, his posture slumped, his face noticeably paler than before.

beside him, offering comfort. "She'll

dry as he said, "Aveline, you've helped me again. Thank

friends, no

her, something unspoken flickering

cut him off, "Just remember, you'll need to work hard to pay back the hospital

the dark cloud over

too much. Everything's taken care of

will." Sidney nodded, his gaze lingering on her

and took a seat on a nearby

mainly from her heart condition, and she had just experienced a severe heart attack that nearly claimed her life. It took the doctors three hours to

had regained consciousness, but her face was pale, and

alright now.

filled with gratitude.

no need to thank me.

should rest now. It's getting late.

reluctantly letting

to Sidney. "You don't need to see me off. Stay here and take care of

at her intently and, without

and instinctively tried to pull away.

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