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Chapter 6

Author: Maroon Cypress
"Say that again! Who's the patient you're talking about? Is it Matthew?" Eden screamed.

The person on the other end froze at the sudden outburst, then replied carefully after a small pause. "Mr. Stone isn't ill. I was talking about…the late Mr. May."

Eden collapsed to her knees. She jerked her head up, bloodshot eyes locking onto me.

"Why… Why didn't you take proper care of Harvey?"

She screamed as if I were the one who had hidden the truth. As if I were the reason she had committed somethi
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