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.

stayed beside him, offering comfort. "She'll be

was rough and dry as he

friends, no need

something unspoken flickering

you'll need to work hard to pay back the

small smile, the dark cloud over his heart

Everything's taken care of now. Just focus

gaze lingering on her with newfound

looked away and took a seat on a nearby

just experienced a severe heart attack that nearly claimed her life. It took the doctors three

her face was pale, and she looked incredibly weak. She reached out a trembling hand, trying to grasp

immediately stepped forward. "Ma'am, it's alright now. Just

with gratitude.

"Ma'am, there's no need to thank me. I'm Sidney's friend; this is

now. It's getting late. I'll walk Aveline

Ruth nodded, reluctantly letting go of

the room, Aveline turned to Sidney. "You don't need to see

without warning, pulled

was startled and instinctively tried to pull away. "What

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