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ThescurnstoSilverwoodHospital.
Paleandtrembling,Katyonthehospitalbed,hereyesslowlyopeningasifemergingfromadeepslumber.Subconsciously,shesatup,hergazesearchingforEric.
Hendrick,quicktoherside,gentlysupportedKateandmurmured,“Kate,takeiteasy.Ericisrightbesideyouinthehospitalbed.There’snoimminentdangertohislife.”
HearingHendrick’sreassurance,Katefinallyfoundsomerespiteinherheart.SheturnedtolookatEric,tearswellingupinhereyes.
Eric’srightarm andlegwereswathedinbandages,anIVdripandmonitoringdevicestetheredtohim.Hiscountenancewaspallidandgrave,browslightlyfurrowedandhisheadwrappedinabandage.
Kate’sheartclenchedwitheverybeat.HendrickhadbriefedheronEric’scondition,easingheranxietysomewhat,butworrystilllingered.
Thankgoodness…Erichadn’tendureddaystrappedinthatstiflingdarkness,asinherpreviouslife.Few.hadknown<i>of</i>hisventuretotheabandonedfactoryinthe<i>city’s</i>easternoutskirtsthen;hisabsencewasonly<i>.</i>notedafterconcernsgrew,andhewaseventuallyrescuedfrombeneathdebris.
Thistime,thoughbrief,KatehadseenthegrislybloodstainsliningthewallsofEric’s
confinement.Shecouldonlyimaginehisanxietyduringthosemoments.Thethoughtpainedherdeeply.
ShegazedatEricforalongwhilebeforeturningtoHendrick,hervoicehesitantyeturgent,“WhereisGeorge?”
GeorgehadalwaysbeensteadfastinhisvigilbyEric’sbedsideduringtimesofinjury,yetnowKatecouldn’tspothimanywhere.
Hendrick pursedhislips,hesitatedmomentarily,thenspokewithatouchofhelplessness,“He’sgoDavisonGrouptomaintainorderandhandlebusiness.”
Katewasmomentarilytakenaback,recallingGeorge’sroleasstewardofSummerEstate,formerlyEric’strustedaide.Lucas,tooyinjuredfromtheexplosion,necessitatinginvestigationandmanagementofitsfallout…
Lostinthought,Katereachedintoherpocket,onlytofindherphonemissing.ConfusioncloudedherexpressionassheturnedtoHendrick,“Hendrick,where’smyphone?”
Hendrick’seyesflickeredbriefly,beforeheadvised,“Kate,you’restillweak.Focusonrecuperatingfirst
KatefixedhergazeonHendrick,ahintofresolveinhervoice,“Hendrick,isthereanonlineuproar<b>?</b>”
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Hendrickncedathissister,sighingsoftlyashehandedthephoKate.Uponunlockingit,Katewasgreetedbyaflurryofnewsnotifications.
MilesandthewifeofDavisonGroupcaughtinaffairscandal.
‘KateadvancestothefinalsoftheesteemedInternationalDesignCompetitionthankstoMilespullingthestrings”
‘ThenatureofKate’srtionshipwithMilesremainsambiguous.
‘Meanwhile,Hendrick,atthehelmofLoweGroup,engagedinsuburbanracing,hispursuitsechoingindistantstreets.
‘Asuddenexplosionrockedthecasternsuburbs,plungingthefateofEric,CEOofDavisonGroup,intoprecariousuncertainty.
Katefurrowedherbrowasshescannedthrougheachsessivenewsupdate.Shouldn’tthemattersoftheinternationaldesigpetitionbesettledbynow?WhydidtheseinsinuationsaboutherandMilespersist?
Themaliciousgossipchurnedherstomach,yetherforemostconcerywiththenewsEric’smysteriousdisappearance.Thenewshadalreadywrought<b>havoc</b>onDavisonGroup’sstock,plungingitintoarapiddescent.
WithinDavisonGroup’sheadquarters,Georgejuggledamyriadofresponsibilities,yearningformorehandstomanagethemall.
DailyoperationsunderEric’sabsence,strategisingagainstoppositionattacks,andquellingthedelugeofnegativeonlinepublicityconcerningnotonlyEricbutalsoMilesandKate–thesetasksdemandedurgentattention.
Inessence,DavisonGroupresembledarelentlessspinningtop,whirlingtirelesslyamidstthetumultuouscurrentsofcrisis.
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