Chapter 8

Finally, the matter was swept under the carpet, and Dorothy went back to her room to pack her bags.

Thankfully, this business trip was more bark than bite, and she wasn’t just referring to Mr. Percy’s tantrum.

Dorothy tried hard to put Everett’s face out of her mind, but her brain had a mind of its own. Suddenly, her phone on the table started ringing off the hook.

She quickly walked over, and the moment she saw the number from the hospital, her heart sank.

Even her hand pressing the answer button was shaking involuntarily.

“Is this Ms. Sanchez? Your mother just had a heart attack. It’s critical. She’s been rushed to the emergency room. You need to get here

ASAP!”

Dorothy fell silent.

Her vision blurred, and she could hardly stand.

had no time to waste. After a few seconds, she immediately changed her flight. It wasn’t until she was on the plane that she remembered to

Dorothy arrived back in

taxi

been transferred from the ER to the ICU.

to hold back her tears, but they slipped down her cheek, landing on

weakly opened her eyes. She even tried to reach out to wipe her daughter’s tears, but she didn’t even have the strength to grasp

I’m not crying. I just got something in my eye.

doctor came over and called Dorothy

mother suddenly have a heart attack?

“What are you planning to do? If she doesn’t have surgery soon, today’s situation will happen often. You need to

hearing this, Dorothy immediately asked, “How much

get the

doctor to say, but for Dorothy, it would take years to eam. By then, it

think about it.”

the

in the empty corridor, filled with the smell of disinfectant. She stood there for a long

was still standing in the

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