Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Mafia Boss’s Captive Doctor: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

11 p.m. Outside the greenhouse in the back garden.After Leo fell asleep, Evelyn went out alone for some air. She had told the nurse when she would return. The greenhouse plants didn't need watering, but she couldn't think of anywhere else to go.The night wind slipped inside her white coat. Without drawing it closed, Evelyn rested her arms on the rail. She couldn't tell whether the lights on the horizon were boats or stars.From her coat pocket, she took the handkerchief she'd used at Harwood University Hospital. Worn embroidery remained at one corner.Harwood University Hospital. Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery.The stain left on the day she'd come back from the operating room had washed out. Evelyn spread the embroidery flat, then returned the handkerchief to her pocket. The new coat she'd received today still smelled of detergent.The first page of the hospital's response still referred to the incident as having happened 15 days earlier. More than a month had passed since the inc

One worker took off his gloves. He said he could have found work at another port but had boarded this boat. When Evelyn pointed to the box, he spread his arms.“Then are we supposed to take this away?”“No. Set it down here.”Even after putting it on the unloading platform, he didn't let go. Evelyn showed him the vial she'd held to the light. He studied the bottom for a while, then called to the captain again. Seeing strange particles hadn't made the problem of his wages disappear.Evelyn put her name beside the reason for the hold. He pointed to another field on the otherwise blank receipt. It didn't say who would pay for the wait. Unable to fill it in, she answered a call from the pharmacy.Then a box fell over on deck. When Evelyn turned, a man heading toward the stairs slipped a small envelope inside his clothes.Nerio. The first mate who had been handling Andrea's business. He had been shaking his head at the captain, but turned away when he met Marco's eyes.“Nerio!”Dane came d

Dane ended the call. The finance officer read out what had already been paid, the price of the new supplies, and the cancellation costs. After hearing the unrecoverable amount too, Dane had it settled through his account. Word came that the external official had arrived at the dock.The official investigating the medication's condition came aboard. The captain said Evelyn had stopped the boat. Dane answered that he had ordered it to wait.Nerio started to move beside him, then stood on the opposite side where the official indicated. After describing what she'd found, Evelyn set out the order of the questions.“The first thing I heard was that he wasn't the one who changed it. His answer that Mr. Andrea ordered it came after he'd heard that name in the question.”Dane was asked to remain on deck and Evelyn to wait below. As she went down, he called to her.“You think I created that answer?”“I don't know. So I reported it in the order I heard it.”Unable to ask anything more, he turned

After she left, he answered the external official's questions. How he had been the first to give Nerio a name. Speaking by the window, Dane looked at the sofa where Evelyn had sat. A little while earlier, too, he had chosen a seat to bring that woman beside him. Without setting down the phone, he repeated his question exactly. The official asked again whether he'd been trying to elicit that answer. Dane turned toward his brother's photograph. This time, Evelyn couldn't read his face for him.***5:15 a.m. Dane's room.Dane opened his eyes in bed. It had taken a long time to fall back asleep after waking once, but he hadn't spent the entire night at his desk. Light came through the curtains by the window.A notification sounded on the desk. Marco reported that Leo had had water in the early hours, and the captain sent the cancellation costs. Dane approved them, then pushed Andrea's new manifest aside. The stock loaded yesterday had disappeared from the new version. After passing both t

At the same time, an unused office in the fortress.Before connecting, Evelyn had gone to see Leo. The nurse was overseeing his meal, and he was due to go to the port for an appointment with Marco that afternoon. When she said she couldn't go with him, his face fell.“What about Mom?”Leo pulled her bag toward himself. When Evelyn sat, he asked first whether she was coming to the hospital with him. At her answer that she wasn't, he let go. He didn't ask what she would be doing instead. When she said she'd listen to how the appointment went afterward, Leo said he wouldn't tell her either. Evelyn turned away from him for a moment to catch her breath.“Today I have to explain what I know. Could you go with Marco this time?”Leo didn't answer. When Evelyn gathered her bag, he caught her sleeve. She held his hand for a moment and agreed on a time to speak once he reached the hospital. She also said the nurse would take the call first if the meeting ran long.The moment she left, the boy cr