The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

Chapter 1679

James was seriously worried that Mirabella's prolonged unconsciousness might

lead to complications. He'd known for ages that her body had a knack for resisting medication, so your run-of-the-mill drugs might not cut it for her. But if someone had brewed up a special concoction just to keep her down, it surely wouldn't be your standard stuff.

Grady, oblivious to James's worries, was feeling the weight of frustration, like he was outplayed in a game he didn't even know he was in. Just as he was about to speak up, the door swung open, and in came a doctor clutching the latest blood test results. The room felt chilly, but the doc brushed it off and said, "The blood test results are here. Aside from a weird blip in the IgM levels, everything else looks normal."

Grady, putting everything else aside, jumped up. "What do you mean by this IgM anomaly?"

"Here's the deal," the doctor explained, "everyone has antibodies, like those you'd find in a routine check-up. If you're hit with a bug, the IgM levels usually shoot up, showing a positive. But the odd thing is, this lady doesn't seem to be infected."

Earlier, while checking with the instruments, the doctor had noticed something peculiar-some values in her blood seemed to be in flux. It was like there were other hidden elements in her blood.

mind, the doctor pulled out an unused syringe from his pocket. "I need

tails of the numbers, but he got the gist of the "normal" labels. He finally let out a sigh

had drawn another blood sample, Grady asked, "If the numbers

couldn't give a straight answer, "Maybe she'll just wake up

such a vague reassurance was as good as saying nothing at all. But he held back. Soon, the doctor

how today's mess was partly on him. He turned to James, "If Miss Mira wakes up, give me a call right away.

Mira was safer with James keeping an eye

him and nodded, "Oh, one more thing, Mira asked not to tell Shawn about

a moment, then