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

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

"We're friends, no

looked at her, something unspoken

him off, "Just remember, you'll need to work

over his

care of now. Just focus on helping your

Sidney nodded, his gaze

looked away and took a seat on a

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

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

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

eyes were filled with gratitude. "Aveline,

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

added, "Mom, you should rest now. It's getting late. I'll walk

nodded, reluctantly letting go of Aveline's

out of the room, Aveline turned to Sidney. "You don't need to see me off. Stay here and take care of your mom. I've got other things

at her intently and, without warning,

tried to

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