Under the heiress facade

Hera took a redeye to the border airport and then rushed to Evergreen Hospital. She arrived by midday the next day.

At Catherine's bedside, Everly Pierce, her neighbor, watched over her.

Catherine lay unconscious with her head swathed in white bandages. She was wearing an oxygen mask over her face and with an IV drip bag hanging beside her. "What happened?"

Hera entered the room, concern etched on her face.

"Hera, you're back," Everly said with relief.

She clutched Hera's hand eagerly.

"Hurry. Come check on Mrs. Jones. She still hasn't regained consciousness."

Hera nodded. Her heart sank as she examined Catherine. There was a blood clot in her head-a vicious blow to an elderly woman.

"Who did this?"

tightened

They demanded repayment, but Mrs. Jones had nothing

"Loan sharks?"

Hera frowned.

have gotten involved with loan sharks. After

Giselle back from the Everett residence. That should

And they said that if we

it, but the local police brushed it off as a matter of debt. But Mrs. Jones was always so careful with her

her back, it's been one disaster after another,"

with a weathered complexion. He was holding a bag of takeout, his face

Everly's

had lost their parents when they were young and had lived in the most isolated part of Willowbrook Village. When Catherine and Hera fled to Willowbrook Village years ago, they

this kind-hearted sibling duo had taken them in. Afterward, Catherine's exceptional medical skills eventually

Hera

the one. I can't fathom why Mrs. Jones brought her back.