From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 308

Chapter 308

Found it at last.

Alex couldn't recall how long he had been waiting for this moment. Throughout countless pitch-black nights, it was only a faint glimmer of hope that kept him going. Without that light, he would have been long gone.

The car was eerily silent. After a moment, Alex pulled a piece of candy from his pocket. The familiar taste spread through his mouth. A slight smile appeared on Alex's lips, feeling for the first time that being alive wasn't too bad after all. At least, it reminded him that candy was sweet.

He looked up at the apartment building where Anthea lived. She had protected him when they were kids. Now, it was his turn to protect her.

It took a while before the dark car vanished into the night. Alex drove to the Peterson family's sanatorium, located in a quiet suburb. The area was deserted, surrounded by a vast forest, and it was deep into the night. Only a lonely streetlight shone outside the sanatorium, and the only sound was the eerie hooting of an owl, giving the place a chilling atmosphere.

The sound of the car attracted an old lady, hunched over, from inside, "Boss."

Her voice was hoarse and unpleasant, as if scraped by a blade.

Alex nodded, "Olivia."

He calmly put them on. In the light from inside, Olivia's face, with a ghastly

and a chair, and a strong smell of antiseptic filled the air.

up a syringe, pushing out the excess

"No, please no..."

beautiful young woman with a syringe stood in front of a frail boy, "You have to treat your illness, sweetheart.

next moment, the needle pierced

you just

you die, my son will be the

"Die! Die!"

madwoman. But the boy in

not strong enough, all you can

woman with the syringe. The medication slowly entered her bloodstream. Soon after, Alex tossed the empty syringe into the trash, "Has she

made sure of

Alex nodded slightly, "Good."

middle-aged woman, he added, "By the way, there's something you might not

on the bed, her expression blank, as