Smiley stayed in the hospital for one night.He looked at the table filled with medicines. From time to time, medical staff would come in to examine Helma. Various instruments kept beeping. He stood beside the hospital bed, frowning, and his expression became more solemn.He thought, ‘Oh, now I know
Smiley covered himself with the quilt and turned off the lights neatly. "Good night, Papa!"Cole felt his teeth itch.Early the next morning, he slipped Smiley out of bed and said, "It's time for you to go to school."Smiley found himself already in the car by the time he woke up completely.He want
Greenville.A room on the top floor of Prism Hotel."Boss, wouldn't it be too obvious for us to stay here? The screening outside is so strict. If we are discovered, wouldn't our efforts in being dormant for so long be in vain?”The one who spoke was a bald man with a gunshot wound on the side of his
Even if he was completely defeated, he would never allow Helma to have an easy time.This was his principle in life."Helma, I will make your life worse than death!" Black Hawk downed his hard liquor. His one eye glowed with bloodlust.He unfolded a drawing, the layout of the hospital he had bought
After Cole left, Helma fainted again.The doctor said it was caused by overthinking during this period and postpartum weakness.After prescribing some sedatives, the doctor looked at the flowing drips and warned her. "You must not move around these few days, understand? You don't want to suffer from
Her sleep was not restful.Helma had plenty of dreams. She woke up with a splitting headache and looked even more haggard."Should I call the doctor over and take a look?""It's okay," Helma shook her head.Her throat was dry and uncomfortable, so she stood up to drink a glass of water, only to find
At the crossroads of Greenville and Pacific City, Cole had just wrapped up his busy day. It was seven in the evening, and he had not had a single bite to eat since morning. Edward had been on the move all day too, now sitting on a concrete block, gulping down water. Cole knew he had to be polite to
"Promise you won't mess up their plan or hurry back, and I'll spill the beans," Edward bargained.Cole lifted him off his feet, his face more serious and spooky than before. "Out with it."Edward realized he could not keep it a secret any longer and started to spill everything.The military had had
With everyone else keeping mum, Silver Obsidian cut to the chase, "We'll go with Helma's plan."For six months straight, Serena had practically lived in the lab. At first, Starlight Blossom did not seem to do much. Everyone was on edge, wondering if it would make any difference at all. Then, in the
During her month off, Helma took a break from the daily preschool runs and whisked her kids away on a travel spree.The trip was not without its scares—Serena had a severe bout of illness.Helma was prepared, yet the sudden severity of the attack caught her off guard.Without a second thought, she r
Under the questioning eyes of the crowd, Helma fired up her laptop and plugged in a USB stick.The video started playing on the massive screen.The timestamp in the corner showed it was from two nights ago.Usually, the lab was locked up tight after hours, and by eight or nine, the research center w
Hort watched her walk away, a storm of emotions on his face.Ever since she joined the research center, he had seen Wendy as this super-capable girl with a heart of gold.Whenever the team hit a wall with the experiments or the data just would not play nice, Wendy was the one who would spark up the
The poor thing's symptoms were straight out of a horror flick: muscles clenching like crazy, nerves on fire, bleeding inside, gasping for air, and foaming at the mouth. Some of them even had their hearts stop cold turkey.According to the timeline, the rat had been juiced up with three rounds of Sta
With the report out of the way, the experiment team kicked things into high gear to wrap up their project.The meticulously calculated data was in, and the verdict was clear: Starlight Blossom's effects were rock-solid stable. The only thing left for the lab mice was one final shot.The brain trust
"Come on, you think the boss is scatterbrained like you? Someone totally did this on purpose!" "Who would do something that evil?!" "Guess we're gonna have to push back the presentation." Everyone looked like they had lost their best friend, except Wendy. She had this worried frown, but her eyes w
After pulling two all-nighters, Helma had the report materials ready to go.The research center was deserted.She stretched, yawned, and glanced at the clock. One AM.She powered down her computer and left, still yawning.Once she was gone, a sneaky figure slipped into the office...Deputy Commander
Helma had tried to get the scoop from Leon, but the guy was like Fort Knox—nothing useful ever slipped out. Therefore, she backed off from the matchmaking game. Still, she was not blind to Wendy's little crush, especially with errands like these document deliveries. "You got it, boss," Wendy replied