The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 563

Manley and Travis spent a good while trading barbs with Weston, their voices rising and falling in the cramped hospital hallway.

Suddenly, both father and son seemed to recall something important, and their gazes shifted to Citrine.

Travis looked at her, concern etched deep into his features. "Citrine, I heard from the director-you haven't slept a wink these past few days, working around the clock to develop a cure. You've barely touched your meals."

Manley's voice was thick with worry. "You should get some rest, Citrine. We can handle things here."

With their words hanging in the air, Weston and Raymond finally noticed the exhaustion shadowing Citrine's face the dark circles beneath her eyes, the bloodshot whites. Her cheeks had grown hollower, her jawline too sharp, making her look far younger and yet terribly worn down.

She must have run herself ragged these last few days.

Raymond and Weston both felt a sting in their eyes as they watched her, hearts aching at the sight of her drawn, tired face.

After some gentle cajoling, they finally convinced Citrine to go get some much- needed rest.

she trudged back to her suite, and the moment she hit the bed, she fell into a

was the most restful-and the longest-sleep she'd had in ages. Citrine didn't wake for a full

her first

efforts— lowering their fevers, disinfecting, and administering antiviral drugs at the onset of their illness-they were already beginning to recover. They looked far more

bursting at the seams. Beds were full, and patients with milder cases of the flu were given medicine and

Medical Research Center had become the only

internet was flooded with

to Crestwood Medical! I picked up their medicine a few days ago and I'm already back

and nurses at Crestwood are so compassionate. They treat every

developed both a cure and a

medicine is so affordable, less than fifty bucks per

a single day, thanks to this online buzz, people began lining up outside Crestwood as early as four or five in the morning just to

night from neighboring states, desperate for

at the hospital were stretched to the limit. Some stood in fine all day without ever making it inside. In the days that followed, the news reported that