Chapter 149 Get Hadley

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“Mommy!”

In the hospital room, a sparkle lit up Joy’s eyes,

She gripped the freshly unwrapped gift–a rare edition plush toy–with delight.

“Thank you, Mommy! I absolutely adore it!”

“Are you happy?” Hadley stroked her daughter’s hair with affection.

“Yes! I am!”

Joy’s expression radiated pure joy, and Hadley’s heart swelled with happiness. She managed to keep her tears at bay, choosing instead to beam back at her daughter.

“If Joy is happy, Mommy is happy too.”

Colleen approached with a glass of water. “Take a drink. You must come straight from the airport, right?”

Aware of Hadley’s arrival, she had hurried over from her department.

Colleen, an intern doctor at this hospital and a PhD candidate at the University of Blathe’s medical school, took

special care of Joy.

This allowed Hadley to travel back to Srixby without concern in the first place.

“Colleen, your help during this time has been immense.”

Hadley expressed her gratitude, even though she felt mere words were never enough.

“Mm,” Colleen responded with a raised eyebrow and a reassuring smile. “I’ll accept your thanks, but don’t let it

burden you.”

“Alright.”

Hadley chuckled softly.

That was typical of Colleen; she had a way of helping others without ever making them feel beholden.

“Hadley.”

76.

Taking Hadley’s hand, Colleen looked over at Joy, who was absorbed in her play, and spoke in a hushe “Mathias isn’t around today, so I thought I should tell you–the surgery is set for the next few days. He’ll confirm the details with you shortly.”

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Surprised, Hadley quickly covered her mouth, tears springing to her eyes

“You’re relieved, right?”

life–threatening, but the surgery could vastly improve her quality of

with emotion and managed only a series of nods

in response,

Joy’s side until the little girl drifted off to sleep, and then

Eric was released from the

to book your flight for tonight

we fly?” Eric paused,

puzzled. “Aren’t we

eyes momentarily, showing a hint of annoyance. “Apologies, I forgot to mention–delay our

why the

to Blathe in a hospital

little leisure time?”

taken

business trips? This was another such trip, right?

a desire

let’s catch a

A performance?

Phillips replied, though he was visibly puzzled. “What are we seeing?”

dance

in his tracks.

should have guessed!

Phillips. They were headed to the theater owned by Red Choreography- the same troupe that had

to

were scanned, and they made their way

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performance neared, the audience filled the seats.

abrupt loud noise echoed

“Ah!”

“What was that?”

by panic, causing uproar

shot to his feet, having heard the

looked concerned. “That sounded like a

Indeed it was!

crossed Eric’s face. The noise had originated from backstage,

he dashed

“Mr. Flynn!”

on his heels.

turmoil, with scared patrons scrambling

everyone, please

struggled to maintain order as pandemonium reigned supreme in

stampede was underway, panic consuming the crowd.

way against the tide of fleeing

caught his arm.

tersely, his eyes determined. “Hadley’s

attempted to move forward.

can’t just charge

this was uncommon but not unheard of

eyebrow, his resolve

off Phillips’s grip. “That’s

“Mr. Flynn…”

sharply, laying down his plan. “Stay outside and be ready to help! I’ll get Hadley out

“Mr. Flynn!”

tried to argue but Eric had already dashed

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