From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 32

Willard ushered Anthea through the streets towards his niece’s place.

Willard’s niece was no average Jane. She lived in a mansion nestled within an affluent suburb where help was in no short supply.

“Uncle Willard, you’re here.” Paulina greeted, her beauty evident despite the pronounced dark circles under her eyes, hinting at her age around the late twenties.

Willard introduced them, “Paulina, this is Anthea Yeager, the doctor I mentioned. This is my niece, Paulina Smith.”

Paulina widened her eyes in surprise as she noticed Anthea standing beside the owner of Willard.

Could such a young girl really cure the illness?

Anthea stepped forward with a friendly smile, “Hello, just Anthea is fine.”

“Please, take a seat, Anthea,” Paulina said, signaling to a servant to get some coffee.

Anthea took a sip of her coffee and then said, “Shall we go see the patient?”

Paulina hesitated but finally agreed. She couldn’t disappoint Willard after all.

approached the bedroom, which was vast but filled with the sterile

was gaunt, barely showing signs of life.

After a moment, she let go and looked up at Paulina, “Ms. Smith, did your husband travel to any tropical regions

“Yes, we were in Bolivia.”

called Anos Syndrome. It’s typically not contagious and spreads through consuming

“Anos Syndrome?”

put, it’s a parasitic infection. There are fewer than three known cases worldwide!”

detect it?” Paulina

quite cunning. Once it infests a human, it blends into the flesh, making it hard to detect with current

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someone in this world had managed to catch it, too.

can prove it to you,” Anthea lifted the covers

coughed up a mouthful of blood, and then

gasped in shock,

Ms. Smith,” Anthea said calmly.

she saw several transparent worm–like