Chapter 1012


    A single nce at Yael and his perverted leer at Lacey told Zeke exactly what he needed to know


    about the lowlife gangster he was dealing with. A fit of different anger was boiling in his chest.


    Yael did not get to touch any woman, much less his woman. Zeke’s thoughts were coldly calcting,


    despite his seething anger. Yael was looking for death.


    Without saying another word, Zeke nted his foot into Yael’s stomach with all the force of a spine-


    shattering kick.


    Cursing and swearing loudly, Yael was flung backward. His pathetic threats resounded in the


    mountains long after he vanished out of sight.


    “Just you f**king wait! You ain’t walking out of these mountains alive no more…”


    Ignoring Yael, Zeke just took Lacey’s hands in his own, staring into her eyes. Lacey struggled, but it


    was a futile effort.


    “Zeke, let go of me. I don’t want to spread the sickness to you.”


    Zeke sucked in a surprised breath. “Lacey, what sickness?”


    Lacey stopped struggling. Sighing quietly, she looked out to the vast expanse of the mountains


    sprawled before them. “Watch the scenery with me, Zeke.”


    Soundlessly, Zeke agreed.


    Side by side, they sat on therge stone that had been Lacey’s frequent haunt over the past three


    days.


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    The early twilight cast their figures into long shadows, stretching forward endlessly. Before them, the


    sunset turned the towering mountain into a burnished shade of gold. High up here, the wild scenery


    was chillingly beautiful, a little slice of heaven on earth.


    It was in the face of such jagged beauty that Lacey confessed the secret that had been slowly


    consuming her. “I have cancer, Zeke. The doctor told me it was si ring cell carcinoma and... and it


    causes elerated aging. I’ll be dead in a matter of months.”


    She breathed a mncholy sigh. “It’s contagious too. I didn’t want you to get it or see me dying and


    wasting away. So, I ran away.”


    The gears in Zeke’s mind whirred soundlessly, thinking about what Lacey had said. He was well-aware


    about si ring cell carcinoma, but something else troubled him.


    “But that’s impossible.” Zeke was stunned. “That particr type of cancer has been extinct since the


    eighties. Lacey, you look healthy. You don’t have any symptoms either, haven’t you noticed?”


    He grabbed Lacey’s wrist gently, quickly carrying out a pulse diagnosis.


    A momentter, Zeke asked seriously, “Lacey, do you trust my medical skills?”


    “Absolutely.” Lacey nodded.


    She had personally witnessed Zeke cure brain-dead patients who were deemed permanently


    vegetative. His top-notch medical skills were nothing else but short of miraculous.


    Zeke broke into a relieved smile. “Believe me, you’re very healthy. Forget about cancer, you don’t even


    have a hint of a cold.”


    Zeke left something unsaid, however.


    Lacey actually appeared to have been poisoned. It had all the typical witchcraft-like marks of venomous


    insect poisoning. The mystery, in this case, was that it was a poison that Zeke had never seen before,


    despite his broad experience.


    It was also yet another mystery how Lacey remained unaffected by the venom. Her body had naturally


    neutralized the toxins in the venom, leaving only traces of it remaining in her system that posed zero


    threat to her health.


    Lacey looked incredibly confused. “How is that even possible?”


    She looked aside, lost in thought. “Director Kingston—he was the director in charge of the employee


    health exams—and the attending physician at the Atheville Affiliate Hospital all confirmed that I had


    si ring cell carcinoma!”


    “It was very likely that it was a trap, Lacey,” Zeke said gravely. “Both Director Kingston and the


    attending physician who diagnosed you vanished mysteriously after you left. Someone must have paid


    them to mislead you so you would leave me.”


    It was almost too much for Lacey.


    “A true physician has the heart of a parent,” Lacey said angrily. Her face was pale with the force of her


    outrage. “How could they use abuse their position to torture other people like this? They’re disgracing


    the entire medical industry!”


    “Don’t worry, Lacey. I swear I’ll help you get justice for this, even if it’s thest thing I do.”


    He hastily drew Lacey into his arms when she started looking teary-eyed again. Lacey’s sobs rattled


    against his chest as she said, “You know, I thought I was never going to see you again, Zeke. You


    really are the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”


    He stroked her hair tenderly. “Come on, let’s go home.”


    Soundlessly, Lacey agreed.


    The two of them were holding each other’s hands tightly, deathly afraid that the other would disappear


    into thin air if they let go.


    However, just as they were about to leave, Yael appeared to block their path, leading a gang of grizzled


    vigers that looked as seedy as he did. They quickly surrounded Zeke and Lacey.


    Yael’s snortingughter grated on their ears. “I told you I’d be back, huh? You won’t be escaping this


    time! I want payback for the leg you ruined.”


    “But I’m a considerate man.” Yael smiled cruelly. “Leave me ten million for my medical fees and the


    b*tch to apany me for a night. Then I’ll consider letting you go, how about that?”