His words struck a chord with Derek, who made a conscious decision not to bring up Raven Island again. Instead, he resolved to find another way to aid Mr. Thomas.

Deep in thought, Marcus kept his eyes shut. In recent days, his mind had been occupied with the question of who might have sent the people to injure him. There seemed to be a complicated web of interests at play, and he suspected that the instigator might be someone close to him.

Just outside the door, an incident occurred. A man, wearing a cap, collided with Rhea, who had been waiting.

Rhea’s phone was quickly stowed away as she yelled in anger, “Can’t you see where you’re going?”

The man’s eyes darted into the room where Marcus lay, and he pulled his cap down.

“Sorry,” he mumbled before hurrying off.

commotion, and he stepped outside to

here?”

shoulder where the collision

to his surroundings bumped into

the corridor was vacant, and

Derek set off in pursuit, intuition telling him that this individual had

he was a moment too late. Upon reaching the hospital’s exit, he found no sign

success, his

the man got away,” he

eyes narrowed as he thought about the implications. Was the man sent by an enemy to verify if

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