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Chapter 161
Grandma Sullivan was enjoying her evening, slowly sipping her wine and relishing the quiet calm around her, when her phone rang. She answered with a soft smile, but her expression soon changed as the voice on the other end spoke.“Madam Sullivan… it’s about Logan and Charlotte,” the caller began, his tone heavy. “They were caught up in a criminal operation that went terribly wrong. The police raided the place, and during the chaos, shots were fired. Both of them were hit. Charlotte is at the hospital now… fighting for her life.”The glass in Grandma Sullivan's hand trembled and her composure cracked into pieces. She shot up from her chair with surprising strength for a woman her age. Her voice rose to a sharp, bitter pitch.“What did I say?!” she shrieked, pacing the room like a caged animal. “From the very beginning, from the very first day John and his cursed family stepped into our lives, they bring nothing but sorrow! Nothing!”Her servants tried to calm her, but she would no
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The nurse smiled warmly as she leaned closer to Melissa. “Don’t worry,” she whispered. “As long as you can keep your end of the agreement, I’ll get the job done.”Melissa’s gaze locked onto the nurse’s. She had no reason to doubt her. They had known each other for a long time, as the hospital’s doctor was Melissa’s personal physician, and she often visited the hospital.Melissa’s voice was steady, almost reassuring, as she answered, “If you can fulfill your part of the commitment, then there’s no reason for me not to fulfill mine. I don’t go back on my word.”The nurse gave a small nod.“Good,” she said quietly, glancing down the corridor to make sure no one was watching. “Then within the next twenty-four hours, you’ll hear from me. I promise.”Hearing this, Melissa finally felt a sense of calm.Her shoulders relaxed as she straightened up.“That’s all I needed,” she murmured. With that, she turned and began walking away.She did not look back. She didn’t need to. Both of them
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Melissa didn’t even wait for another word from her friend, instead, she pushed the car door open and stepped out briskly. Her heels clicked against the hospital pavement.She adjusted her coat, then strode toward the ward entrance.Inside the hospital, the sterile air hit her face. The faint scent of antiseptic mixed with something heavier lingered in every hallway. Melissa didn’t flinch. She had rehearsed this in her head.She didn’t care who saw her; all that mattered was executing her plan.Her eyes scanned the corridor until they fell on a nurse wheeling a tray of medical supplies. Melissa drew closer to the nurse, and her lips curved into what looked like a polite smile, though it carried none of its warmth.“Excuse me,” Melissa said softly.“Could I have a word with you? Privately.”The nurse, a woman in her late twenties with weary eyes, hesitated but nodded. She parked the tray against the wall and followed Melissa a few steps down the hall, toward a quiet corner where t
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Logan’s legs felt like stone as he was forced to follow the nurses and doctors into the ward where Charlotte had been admitted. Each echo of his footsteps sounded like the tolling of a funeral bell, and his heart beat faster with every passing second. He didn’t need anyone to tell him the truth that was already clawing at his chest—Charlotte was slipping away.The smell of antiseptic burned his nostrils as he entered the ward. Machines beeped faintly, oxygen tanks hissed, and the hushed conversations of doctors filled the air. Logan’s eyes immediately locked on Charlotte, lying still on the bed, her face pale and drained, and her breaths shallow and broken.Just then, as despair tried to consume him, Logan’s mind pulled back to a memory of his mother's gift which was presented to him on his birthday. The cube. With trembling fingers, Logan reached into his bag and found it. It was resting where he had hidden it. As soon as his palm pressed against its surface, a familiar surge
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Almost at the same time, the woman noticed him.“Logan Brooks? Logan, is that really you?”Her eyes widened. The woman was his ex, Melissa.For a moment, he froze as memories rushed back uninvited. Their past had been a mixture of passion and heartbreak, of promises made and later broken. He never thought he would see her again, least of all in a place like this.“Melissa?” he breathed, almost unsure if what he was seeing was real.She gasped and broke into a smile, her face lighting up with genuine delight. “Oh my God, it is you!” She hurried forward, and without hesitation, she wrapped her arms around him.Logan stiffened for a second, but then his own arms instinctively closed around her. The hug was brief.When they finally pulled apart, Melissa’s eyes searched his face with an intensity that made his chest tighten.“You look… different,” she said softly, almost as though she were studying him. “Older, maybe. But still you.”Logan gave a small smile, though it didn’t reach his
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The air inside the hospital was thick with the metallic tang of disinfectant, the frantic shuffle of nurses, and the distant wails of pain and fear echoing from other wards. Antonio’s shoes clicked sharply against the polished floor as he strode in, his eyes darting left and right in search of the ward where Charlotte and Barbara had been taken. His chest burned with anxiety, every breath shallow as though the weight of the world pressed against his ribs.Inside the emergency unit, doctors worked with a feverish urgency. Charlotte lay pale and still on the gurney, her clothes soaked in crimson, her chest barely rising with each strained breath.Electrodes clung to her skin, machines beeped rhythmically, and two nurses pressed gauze to her wound as another doctor tried to stabilize her condition. Across the room, Barbara was laid on a parallel bed, her body shaking faintly, groans escaping her lips as sedatives began to dull her pain.One of the senior doctors, a gray-haired man wi
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