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.

him, offering

rough and dry as he said,

replied, "We're friends, no need

unspoken

off, "Just remember, you'll need to

the dark cloud over his

worry too much. Everything's taken care of now. Just focus on helping your mom recover

will." Sidney nodded, his gaze lingering on her with

and took a seat on a

problems stemmed mainly from her heart condition, and she had just experienced a severe heart attack that nearly claimed

she had regained consciousness, but her face was pale, and she looked incredibly weak. She

"Ma'am, it's alright now.

with gratitude.

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

added, "Mom, you should rest now. It's getting

be careful." Ruth nodded, reluctantly

need to see me

her intently and, without warning, pulled her into

tried to pull away. "What

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