Frank nodded to confirm Vicky's words. "I already refined the drakeroot when your mom called me earlier."

Helen was disappointed, but there was nothing she could do either—there was no way to revert the pill back to the drakeroot.

Still, she simply resigned herself.

She was not particularly disappointed anyway since the drakeroot was not all that important.

"Oh... Never mind, then." She flashed a pained smile.

Frank stared at her for a moment in thought for a long while and eventually said, "What's your cousin's condition? I could take a look."

"Oh, forget it. None of the Southstream's healers could help." Helen trailed off and quickly corrected herself when she realized she had misspoken. "I mean, it's very serious, and most of the healers insisted she needs the drakeroot."

Frank smiled. "I treated your grandfather when he was on death's door too. I should at least try."

Helen looked up right then, her heart welling up with emotion.

in letting Frank

Frank."

arms before

it hurt to remember how her family

doing this for Henry, and not her

Helen. "Where's your cousin? Let's

jibe to heart, since she knew Frank still had her in his

said. "Let's go

left. "Come home soon, Frank. I'll

knew she could not stop Frank, and doing it would only make him

her place in

Riverton City Hospital, asking while she

visits on occasion," he

breathed a long sigh of relief, her mood

little bad-tempered. Just try not

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