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.

offering comfort. "She'll be

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

replied, "We're friends, no need

looked at her, something unspoken flickering in his

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

cloud over his heart lifting slightly. "I will. I

back. "So don't worry too much. Everything's taken care of now. Just focus on helping your mom recover

Sidney nodded, his gaze

and took a seat on a

from her heart condition, and she had just experienced a severe heart attack that nearly

but her face was pale, and she looked incredibly weak. She reached

now.

filled with

gave her a gentle smile. "Ma'am, there's no need to

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

be careful." Ruth nodded, reluctantly letting

the room, Aveline turned to Sidney. "You don't need to see me off. Stay here and take care of your

intently and, without warning, pulled

instinctively tried to pull away. "What

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