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Myra wanted to cling to every last hope.

Felicia returned to the room. Dexter was still lying on the bed, his limbs restrained with ropes.

It was Myra who had tied him up.

Ever since Dexter lost his mind, he would wander off and repeatedly tear at his wounds. Left with no other choice, Myra had resorted to tying his hands and feet to prevent further harm.

It was a desperate measure.

Felicia sterilized the needles and began inserting them into the acupoints on Dexter’s head. Her fingers pinched the end of each needle, gently twisting it as she inserted it.

Halfway through the process, Dexter shouted before struggling violently. His hoarse voice was like the roar of a trapped beast.

Myra’s heart skipped a beat as the sound sent shivers down her spine. She instinctively stepped forward to intervene. “He’s reacting this way because it hurts, right? Did you do something wrong? Should we stop for now or maybe try a different method?”

Felicia found it strange as well. It wasn’t that her acupuncture technique was flawed but rather that Dexter’s condition didn’t seem to stem from a mental shock as she had suspected. Instead, it felt more like he was trapped in a nightmare…

treatment. If that were the case, then

removed the needles and

it. “So, you’re saying your dad is currently trapped in a nightmare? And he can only wake

“dad”

“Doesn’t that mean he has lost

observed, he’ll likely return to normal within two

K

“How?” Myra was perplexed.

could talk to him, show him something meaningful, or bring someone he knows to see him. Anything that can

hummed.

That didn’t sound like it would

had tried countless times to communicate with Dexter over the past two weeks. She would even bring up

Having said everything she needed to, Felicia wiped her hands and said coolly, “The consultation is over. Since I can’t cure him, there’s no need to pay the fee. You may leave

speaking, Kerry appeared out of nowhere. He

hesitated. But in the end, she said nothing. She stood frozen, watching Felicia’s retreating figure in a

light was playing tricks on her. But for a moment, the figure walking away blurred and overlapped with

a young lady in a hat. It had been dark, with a

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