annoying pair left, a shift so sudden it even made Vicki blink. Still,

ed. I'll cover the cost," Aimee st

the store manager rushed over with a ste

ers before inquiring, "Also, do you have a sal

ager offered a subtle nod. "We

a startled gasp to slice into the air. Everyone turned jus

Hey-can you hear us?" a

.

to a stop outside a top-tier private hospita

aight toward the incoming hospital director, Jonny Wells. "Put your top

steaming cup of coffee, his tone markedly softer. "Everything has been

chin, she murmured, "A

ckly. "If you ever require assistance

gh. "May I ask... what exactly is y

ool, dismissive look-sharp enough t

y traded stunned glances

't soften even for politicians or tycoons. Yet around this woman, his

tesy-he was practically b

Reid family for years, looked mom

mured under his breath, "Back during that medical scandal three years ago... if she hadn'

rough the room, a collective i

cool, unreadable silhouette as she sorted through

s with several of the hospital's doctors while locked behind

faced-patients and their families had staged a fabricated malpractice scandal

ect moment. Using just a few well-placed words to link herself to one

t of her authority, when a nurse tapped on the door and stepped

her steps crisp and controlled, and J

ftened as she reached the bedside, the g

s she glanced around the luxurious room. "This place loo

ll. "If I hadn't stirred up trouble in that store,

in quickly. "She's had asthma since childhood and nev

he murmured, "It's not on yo

er phone vibrated. She answered, s

f Nicola's mouth, Aimee's eyes

smooth but unmistakably assertive. "She's safe. She's at Crestview Medic