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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.

heart, filling her with an almost unbearable desire to bear those needle pricks in her grandmother’s stead. Holding back her tears, she whispered a plea. “Grandma, don’t leave me. You must recover soon. I will find a way to heal

of approaching footsteps heralded Teresa’s arrival. Hastily, Millie

present in the hospital. You might

there immediately,” Millie acknowledged, quickly setting off

manage to ease my grandmother’s pain? Why

posed

is, the prescribed medication supply has been exhausted, and the

supply is depleted. Does that imply the hospital no longer stocks it? If so, please procure

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

mention of Mr. Thomas left Millie visibly taken aback. “Mr. Thomas arranged

never previously alluded to this narrative regarding the