Chapter 316


    Chapter 316


    When the nurse came looking for me, mentioning that the patient in bed 17 was having severe eye


    pain, I went there. When the door swung open, he was sitting up in bed, looking fairly normal.


    “Oh my gosh!” Amy felt as if she had identally stumbled upon some elite family secret, her nerves


    tingling more than mine. “You should definitely mention this to your husband right away.”


    Leanne fished the spices out of the dish, her clear eyes blinking, “Already did.”


    Baseless suspicions, when voiced, made one seem petty. So at dinner that night, Leanne casually


    brought up to Curtis why she was there at that time, pretending it was just a passing remark.


    Suzan used to y these little games, stirring trouble between her and Curtis. They had their issues,


    so Leanne never bothered confronting her.


    But that boiling water incident was just in vicious.


    Leanne wasn’t one to suffer silently, especially not from a burn. It was luck she wasn’t more seriously


    hurt. What if she hadn’t been?


    The problem started with someone. It was up to them to fix it.


    Curtis didn’t say much at the time, but checking the security footagete at night suggested he was


    considering pursuing it further.


    Leanne was on her feet all afternoon, busymunicating with the rtives of a patient scheduled for


    surgery the next day and passing on some instructions to the night shift


    nurses.


    After changing out of her scrubs, she noticed the doorknob was slippery, wet with either water or


    something else.


    Frowning, Leanne walked to the restroom at the end of the hall and turned on the faucet


    to wash her hands.


    Hearing footsteps, she took a quick look over her shoulder, barely acknowledging Suzan with her


    nce. Then she went back to scrubbing her hands with soap.


    “Are you nning to get back with Curtis?” Suzan asked, eyeing her in the mirror. “You talk a big game


    about justice, but isn’t this just your way of ying hard to get?”


    Leanne’s eyes remained lowered, her slender fingers covered in white soapy foam.


    “If you’re jealous, you could try it to see if ying hard works on Curtis.”


    Suzan scoffed. “Leanne, you really put on quite the act.”


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    Leanne looked up, her gaze cold and sharp in the mirror’s reflection. “You’re one to talk about acting.


    Your father’s eye wasn’t hurting at all that day, was it? You had the nurse call me, didn’t you?”


    “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”


    Leanne wasn’t surprised. “See, you still can’t tear off your mask. Who’s pretending here?”


    Leanne rinsed off the soap, pulling a paper towel from her bag to dry her hands.


    Without warning, Suzan reached out and grabbed the small drawstring bag from Leanne’s


    purse.


    Leanne furrowed her brow, chilling her expression. “Is touching other people’s stuff without asking how


    you show off your manners?”


    As she reached to take it back, Suzan dodged, ‘So nervous, it must be important to you.”


    Pulling the drawstring open, she removed the contents.


    A delicately crafted jade pendant, its lush green color bright and silky smooth.


    Leanne had worn it constantly for three years, only taking it off after Curtis had returned


    from abroad.


    “It was from Curtis, wasn’t it?” Suzan’s smile wasced with unveiled malice. “You took it off yet you still


    carry it with you. See, you never wanted to leave him.”


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