Chapter 3

Everyone's attention snapped to the doorway.

The girl standing there couldn't have been more than twenty. She wore a baseball cap, a simple t-shirt, and straight-leg jeans. She looked fresh and casual, but to the Lancaster family, she seemed somewhat shabby.-

"Who is she? How did she get in here?" Jonas sprang to his feet, questioning.

Lavinia, however, was practically vibrating with excitement. "Miranda! It's you! You're back!"

Miranda glanced at Lavinia, a slight smile tugging at her lips. "To be precise, I'm out."

Seeing Lavinia so enthused left everyone else in the room bewildered. Lavinia, known for her composure,

was visibly shaken by this girl's appearance. Who was she, exactly?

The Lancaster family exchanged puzzled looks.

"Lavinia, do you know her?" Susan asked suspiciously. "Is she your daughter from somewhere?"

smiled at Miranda. "She is the one who can save

this, the Lancaster

"Are you kidding?"

kid can save

Mom's illness can't even be cured by the world's top experts, and you

is who you say can save Mom? Lavinia, do you think this is

...

the younger ones, everyone in the Lancaster family

here to treat Mom. If anything goes

the rest of the Lancaster family and directly asked Lavinia, "Did you bring what I need?" Lavinia nodded.

Miranda took the box and opened it, revealing nine slender silver needles no thicker than strands of hair. Satisfied, Miranda asked as she

letting her treat Mom? Are you out of your mind?" Jonas stepped forward to block her. Miranda glanced at him. "I said

protest further when another voice interrupted. "You

before its

wore a perfectly tailored designer suit. His features were strikingly handsome, almost too perfectly arranged. A single

a dozen bodyguards stood in respectful formation, their presence a clear warning to

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