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to find the source of the scream. I swung my l

xcitement could only mean one thing: news about a Korean a

abella ran to me, hitti

, returning the s

" Isabella jumped arou

o the countertop and filling a cup

nder B

d on the floor. Isabella ran to me. "I hope

sighed, gaining composure as I walked back into the living

, bold, brave, hardworking, diligent, rich-everything one cou

Alexande

belonged to the Brooks family, the

" I sipped my water wh

study in Hong Kong, where he started

w intrigued

tired and handed over the Brooks Compa

agining his wealth. The rich never seem

phone beeped, sign

now who it was from. Of course,

k this much. This started when Mrs. Patricia was transferre

She knew my expression all too well-t

," I stretched, running to my room. It wasn't a large

arents' house at a youn

alked to the wardrobe and picked out a short pink skirt and a whi

d, tying my hair

sabella was still on her phone, squea

I said, kissing her on the

called after me, her

ound with their parents, couples holding hands while cross

. "Found you!" It didn't take a while bef

H

've been waiting f

h?" I asked stil

sonal doctor, I'll put in good words so you'll b

n as I signaled it. "

ith a cheerful look, asked, "Can we

t today. The sun was higher than usual. "It's going to be a r

Yale School of Medicine on a scholarshi

e called out, giving me a loo

left was the stairs. "Oh, shit," I muttered, running to the side of the

on my heart. As I walked into Mrs. Patricia's

ricia wasn't wielding her usual fountain pen with a critical air which she did a

wondering if she was

ong, Miss

really just

a'

ul than usual. Have yo

nly acted this way when she wanted something, and i

y?" she said, sorting through the files on her d

what all this was about? "

ooks, a significant investor in the hospit

ed slightly,

p a red pen from the pen cup. "I'm actually working on

al predator. Despite numerous allegation

ss. This was the opportunity I had been wa

prefer to

I stuttered, p

pping the pen. "I'll assume yo

ut the Brooks family, but being sent there felt like b

k, ma'am, fo

Brooks is, do you? If you do your job wel

potential promotion she had always co

Everything was falling into place

asping my hands in hers. A chill ran down m

need any help, I'll send the team," she said,

and whispered, "You're finally back,

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