The doctor stepped out of the ward and pulled his phone from the pocket of his lab coat.“Hello, Dr. Simon. How are you? It’s been a long time,” he greeted the person on the other end.Marcus remained hidden behind the wall and listened.“I need an important favor,” the doctor continued. “Sir Edward Henderson, the patriarch of the Henderson family, has stage-four cancer. The cancerous cells are mutating extremely fast, and his condition is getting worse by the hour.”The doctor paused, listening to the response before continuing.“Yes, I know you’re attending the convention, but this is serious. He belongs to one of Eastwood’s Platinum-tier families, and his family is willing to reward you generously if you can help him.”Another pause followed.The doctor suddenly let out a sigh of relief. “You will? All right, thank you. I’ll be waiting. Please come as quickly as you can.”The call ended, and despite the fact that Marcus’s body had begun to ache from leaning against the wall for so

Dr. Coleman froze. And for several seconds, he simply stood beside the bed, gawking at Sir Edward as the old man’s body jerked uncontrollably.The confidence he had moments earlier had disappeared, and was now replaced with fear.His eyes moved frantically between Sir Edward and the heart-rate monitor as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.“This… this has never happened before,” he muttered.Brian grabbed ahold of his shoulder and shook him hard. “Doctor, what the hell is happening right now? Do something!”Coleman merely blinked at him.“My grandfather is dying!” Brian shouted. “Do something, Doctor Coleman!”“I… um…” Coleman stammered, struggling to find the right words. “Well, I think… perhaps we should—”“Dr. Coleman!” Dr. Benson had to interrupt. “Sir Edward is going into cardiac arrest. If we don’t do something now, we’re going to lose him!”Despite the urgency in the room, Doctor Coleman still looked completely lost.But that was all Marcus needed. Another memory suddenl