Chapter 508
Chapter 508 Confrontation (Part One) The female doctor shook her head.
"We weren't quick enough," she lamented. "His body was already poisoned, and the cold has intensified the poison's effects after a day and night in the ocean." "Intensified?" Luis looked puzzled. "I thought there was a month before the first critical phase?" The doctor replied with a sigh, "There's no more time. If he doesn't regain consciousness soon, he might complete the first treatment phase in his sleep." Luis paled at the doctor's words.
Grasping the doctor's arm tightly, his legs almost gave out beneath him. The doctor steadied him before he could
fall.
"Please, stay strong," the doctor cautioned.
Luis' plea was desperate. "Please, do something. He's just made amends with his desired one. They've only just begun to enjoy better days. He can't die now." "Luis..." The doctor's expression softened. Having known Luis for years, she was aware he seldom sought favors. Yet, for his friend, Luis pled like this.
"You know me. If I had no intention of saving him, I wouldn't have let you bring him to my lab," the doctor said.
"As researchers, we're drawn to such unique cases. I would've pursued this even without your urging. But for Now...
The doctor paused, a serious tone
taking over. "All we can do is wait for him to wake up before we can continue with the research." A glimmer of hope sparked in Luis' eyes. There was still a chance.
However, the doctor quickly tempered his optimism. "Don't be overly hopeful.
I'll do what I can. The rest is in fate's hands." Luis, struck silent by worry, furrowed his brows.
With a heavy sigh, the doctor added, "When he arrived, he murmured something about 'Raegan' before slipping into a deep coma.” After the doctor departed, Luis remained steadfast by Mitchel's hospital bed, refusing to leave the room. He grasped the need to keep Mitchel's presence here under wraps, a move aimed to ensure Mitchel's safety
and the doctor's as well.
As Luis watched Mitchel's strained expression during his unconscious state, he remembered what the doctor just said. He cleared his throat and softly said to Mitchel, "You can't just sleep like this. Raegan is still waiting for you to return..." The next second, Luis gasped since Mitchel's eyelashes appeared to twitch.
Heartened, Luis leaned closer, whispering repeatedly, "Raegan is waiting for you; stay strong for Raegan..." Luis continued until his voice grew hoarse, but Mitchel lay unresponsive.
Disheartened, Luis stepped outside to take off his mask and gulped down several mouthfuls of water. He then glanced back at Mitchel's fragile, pale form.
With a sigh, Luis put on the sterile suit again and re-entered the lab, persisting in his soft calls to Mitchel.
Meanwhile, back in Ardlens, Raegan had disrupted the schemes plotted by Alexis and his cronies.
At the police station, Luciana's determination was palpable. She was bent on conducting a thorough investigation.
Despite the Glyn family's attempts to wield their influence, Luciana stood her ground.
Katie assumed she would be released after 48 hours and acted against making a scene.
However, just as the deadline approached, Luciana produced a recording of a phone conversation. In the recording, while Katie had not directly voiced a command of killing
someone, the implications were undeniable.
Now trapped in the police station, Katie hated Luciana to the core.
Katie protested that such stealthy recordings should not qualify as evidence, yet Luciana introduced further proof that implied Katie's involvement in a murder conspiracy.
Furious, Katie saw that Luciana was determined to prolong her confinement.
Having no alternative, Katie begrudgingly requested to speak with Luciana.
Luciana consented. She was eager to confront Katie and questioned the latter whether she possessed any moral sense.
Before Katie's scheming side surfaced in Luciana's presence, Luciana deemed
Katie as considerate and understanding and treated the latter like her own daughter.
However, to Luciana's disappointment, Katie dared to plot with Alexis and have Lauren murder her only son.
Never in this life would Luciana accept that all these evil individuals could walk away without facing the music.
She was resolute in seeing them behind the bars.
In the detention room.
Katie's hair was disheveled, her face etched with deep distress and fatigue.
"Luciana..." she started, her voice breaking as she tried to stir Luciana's sympathy with a term of endearment.
Unbeknownst to Katie, Luciana felt a surge of fury at her tactics. "Cut the crap!" Luciana snapped harshly. "Spit it out if you have something to say!"
"Luciana... You can't do this to me..." Katie persisted, her tears flowing unchecked despite Luciana's fury. "I'm carrying Mitchel's child..." In a swift motion, Luciana slapped Katie sharply. "Whose child do you think you're carrying? Do you think I'm unaware?" The slap left Katie reeling in pain. She stared at Luciana, her eyes burning with a hatred so fierce that she wished she could annihilate Luciana.
The supervisor stepped in. "Enough! Do you want to continue this meeting or not?" Katie, biting back her anger, nodded reluctantly.
"This is your first warning," the supervisor declared.
still seething but feeling powerless, Katie resumed her desperate plea,
"Luciana, you must believe me. That woman is the one deceiving you. Her child is the illegitimate one, not mine.
The child I'm carrying is definitely Mitchel's..." "Do you really think I'm still the naive woman I once was, Katie?" Luciana retorted.
"Luciana, what are you implying..." Katie asked, feigning confusion.
With icy detachment, Luciana disclosed, "Perhaps you're unaware, but Abel still has living relatives. I've secured his biological sample!” Katie's hands trembled beneath the table, yet she strove for composure. Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.
"Luciana, surely you're jesting. Even if you found it, that has nothing to do with me." She caressed her belly softly and added, "This child isn't his."
Katie believed that by refusing a paternity test, Luciana would have no leverage over her.
Luciana offered a faint smile. "The sample you left at the Glyn family's private hospital? I've secured it, and it's currently being tested. With modern technology, we'll have accurate results within 24 hours." "Katie, listen up!" Luciana's voice was laden with grief. "I will see that you answer for your recklessness!" With those final words, Luciana exited swiftly and decisively.
Now alone and trembling with fear, Katie was in a daze since this confrontation was precisely what she feared the most.
Once Luciana was gone, Katie stood up, her legs nearly giving way beneath her.
careful!" The supervisor hurried to steady her.
Shaking, Katie returned to her cell, where sleep eluded her, and she tossed and turned with restlessness.
Suddenly sitting up, Katie whispered to herself, "I can't just sit here and wait for the end!" In the silence of the night.