Chapter 207
The property manager heard my words and secretly nced at the officer in charge. Seeing that his
attention was elsewhere, he quickly averted his gaze.
His smile towards me was clearly perfunctory. "Ma''am, we have our own set of criteria. Tonight''s
incident was unforeseen, something nobody would want to happen. We''ve been running this
incident are multifaceted, and everyone should introspect. Of course... there may have beenpses on
our part."
I responded with an indifferent smile. "So, you''re implying that we brought this upon ourselves. All the
strangers that entered from noon until now are our fault, and have nothing to do with property
management. Is that correct?"
I intentionally used a rhetorical tone, but the manager didn’t bother to exin and pretended to be very
busy, following the officer in charge away.
Jan wanted to argue, but I held him back, shaking my head. In my mind, I vowed to make the
manager pay one day for his response today.
By the time everyone finished their work, it waste at night. Despite the police''s instructions to keep
the news under wraps, pictures and details of the attack on my house had been posted online.
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Public opinion was a flurry ofments, ranging from praise, to curses, to schadenfreude. Some even
said that a broken window was getting off lightly for mepared to a lost life.
That night, Jan didn''t leave, and I could clearly feel his good mood. He took care of me diligently, not
moving an inch, sticking to me like a buzzing fly.
I was genuinely tired and coupled with the shock, I had a series of nightmares. By dawn, I sumbed
to a fever.
The sudden high fever made me somewhat delirious. In my daze, I seemed to see a police car with
sirens ring, taking me away. I struggled and shouted that I hadn''t taken the child, that it wasn''t me,
and they should let me go and save the child. But no one listened to my pleas. I was restrained. I
shouted in despair, as I watched someone pour drugs into a bowl and try to force me to take it.
The room was filled withughing faces, theirughter extremely eerie.
I screamed in fear and suddenly opened my eyes.
"Ms. Wilburn, wake up!" A gentle voice called in my ear.
"Allie!"
I struggled to focus my gaze, calming my racing heart. The room was brightly lit, and the strong smell
of disinfectant filled my nose, which was extremely off-putting to me.
I squinted at the people around me: there was Catherine, Gevena, and Janice.
"How did I get here?" My voice was dry and hoarse.
"You had a high fever in the middle of the night and Mr. Dawson brought you straight to the hospital,"
Hannah, who was next to me, exined. "Would you like some water?"
I nodded. "Yes."
Hannah quickly brought a cup of water.
I was really thirsty, and after gulping it down, the cool liquid soothed my parched throat, providing
much-needed relief.
I nced around the room and asked softly, "Where''s Jan?"
Hannah looked at me and answered, "He just left for the office. Today is thest day of the overseas
negotiations, the signing ceremony."
I was surprised and turned to Gevena, "Is he really signing the contract?"
Gevena nodded. "Everything was ready this morning! Your illness has conveniently provided him with
an opportunity to make a public statement, which he has utilized perfectly!"
Confused, I looked at Gevena, doubting her words.
Hannah chuckled, "Ms. Wilburn, in the few hours you were ill, Mr. Dawson has been very busy. He
called an ambnce to bring you to the hospital and held an impromptu press conference here,
eloquently criticizing those spreading false rumors online. He dered that he wouldn''t tolerate nder
and would use thew to protect the dignity of both of you."
"The spectacle he created was quite something!" Catherine snorted. "I''ve realized that Jan is a
natural showman. If we didn''t know better, we''d think he really cared about you!"
After hearing their words, I scoffed, "What a bloody actor!"
Then, I turned to Hannah, anxiously asking, "Any news about the child?"