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?"

voice tightened with

an IOU bearing Mrs. Jones' thumbprint. They demanded repayment, but Mrs. Jones had nothing to

"Loan sharks?"

Hera frowned.

loan sharks. After all, Catherine received

when she brought Giselle back from the

said that if we don't come up with five million, they will start cutting off Mrs. Jones'

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

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

see Wayne Pierce, a tall, strong man with a weathered complexion. He was holding a

Everly's

in the most isolated part

in. Afterward, Catherine's exceptional medical skills

Hera said the name

brought her back. Giselle received

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