an unhurried pace, his eyes sharp with scrutiny.

ileen from head to toe.

once. Her eyes swept acr

glass windows, the whole city sprawled beneath them. The person who

student," Eilee

dger's face. "Patricia's student?

as her mind slipped ba

sent to prison, a fig

nered an elderly, gray-haired woman an

k then, yet she interfered anywa

, Patricia, treated her with kindness an

les, from the use of herbs to acupuncture, Patricia

never received visitors and almost nev

son. Patricia had merely smiled in that unreadable

ase, Patricia's condition took

and told her to reach out to its owner after le

. "Before she died, she left me your

deep thought af

nly sound left was the steady ti

other came down with a strange disease. Even the finest hospitals could do not

lked over to the window, standin

omething, asked me to keep it safe, and said she had urgent business to handle. After that, she disappeared without a trace. I did not dare touch the item she gave me.

es. "Are you really Patricia's

to check on the patient first, and I also n

breath, as though we

one and called someone. "Get the car r

came to a stop outside the city's

straight to the VIP

of the medical staff greeted

from abroad. Even he has no solution," Rodger said qu

said no

the thought of facing an illness even top e

pened, a neatly dressed middle-

te? Your mother had another epi

noticed the young woman standing beside Ro

I brought her to treat my

once-over, noting her plain clothes and worn

e exactly did you find h

thing, Rodger spoke first.

rised, but suspicion quickly returned. "How do you know she isn'

not have much time left. Even the specialists have

klessly," Amy said with firmness. "She h

kle of your right little finger is an early symptom of rheumatism. You sh

shock. She did have that problem, ye

ose migraines of yours, especially when stress hi

ged at once. She star

u know that?

may I see the pat

aside. "I am still not completely convinced