Meanwhile, thousands of miles away at Summit City Hospital, sunlight streamed through the windows and spilled across the floor.The pale man in the hospital bed slowly opened his eyes and looked around in confusion.He thought, ‘Am I dead? Is this what the afterlife looks like?’Then, he tried to move, but pain and weakness hit him. He sucked in a sharp breath.“Gunshot wounds need plenty of rest. Don’t move around yet.”A gentle voice sounded from beside him.Yale froze for a moment and turned his head.A woman in a long dress stood beside the bed. Her features were striking and refined. Her green eyes were as calm as a lake, but the longer Yale looked into them, the more uneasy he felt.Yale had not expected to see her. “Ms. Bennett, what are you doing here?”“I heard you turned down my offer, so I came to see you myself. I wanted to try one more time.“I just didn’t expect to find you like this…”Elena Bennett raised an eyebrow and left the rest unsaid.Yale knew exactly
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