Chapter: 339

“You’re heading to the hospital?” Marcus questioned, noting the encroaching twilight.

Millie affirmed with a nod, “Yes, my grandmother had a sleepless night plagued by pain. I must see to her.”

Marcus offered no further commentary but dutifully deposited Millie at the hospital before proceeding towards his own destination: the company.

Inside the hospital, Millie found her place beside her grandmother’s bed, her heart twisting painfully. The old woman slept, her forehead hot to the touch, signaling her discomfort.

Holding her grandmother’s aged, weathered hand in her soft grasp, Millie observed the marks of time imprinted on the palm, along with the disconcerting swell of puncture wounds from countless injections.

she whispered a plea. “Grandma, don’t leave me. You must recover soon. I will find a way to heal you. Just like

The sound of approaching footsteps heralded Teresa’s arrival. Hastily,

still present in the hospital. You might want to consult

there immediately,” Millie acknowledged, quickly setting

last prescribed medication manage to ease my grandmother’s pain? Why is

voice was laced with anxiety as she posed her query in the

medication supply has been exhausted, and the patient ceased taking it yesterday,” the

that imply the hospital no longer stocks it? If so,

his head, the doctor explained, “This particular drug is a novelty, a creation of a foreign pharmaceutical research center. Its production is extremely limited, making domestic acquisition impossible. The previous supply was provided specifically for your grandmother’s treatment by Mr.

of Mr. Thomas left Millie visibly taken

had never previously alluded to this narrative regarding the medication. She had been under the

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