Luca continued to hold Tommy in her arms until the drip bottle was dry. She did not let go even after the nurse removed the needle. Tommy was quiet in her arms. Under the effect of the sedative, he eventually fell asleep. The caretaker gently reminded Luca, "Ms. Craw, it'll be quite tiring to carry Master Tommy like that. Shall I do it instead?" "I'm fine." Luca felt that her arms were slightly numb, but she insisted on carrying the child. She freed one of her hands to cover him with the blanket. Old Master Crawford rushed to the hospital after he knew that Tommy was sick. He got the driver to fetch him there, and he was surprised to see the scene when he went into the room. "She is…" He had only seen Luca in photos, and he did not immediately recognize her. "Grandfather, this is Dr. Craw," Luke said. "Nice to meet you, Dr. Craw." Old Master Crawford knew that Luca had helped Bianca and Queenie before, and the three children adored her. He was not going to look down on so
Two hours later, Tommy's full test report was ready. Johann came into the room with a stack of paper. Luca asked, "Is that the test report?" "Yes, Dr. Craw. Indeed, there are abnormalities in some of the tests. Take a look," Johann said while handing the stack of paper to Luca. It was only then that Luca let go of Tommy. Tommy had already fallen asleep in her arms. She gently placed the little boy on the bed without waking him up. Old Master Crawford observed her careful actions. Compared to Bianca, Luca looked more like the child's mother. The child was willing to get close to her, and she was willing to take care of the child. However, no one could deny the truth. Bianca was the birth mother of the three children. It did not matter how Luca treated them. Old Master Crawford stole a glance at Luke. He was also observing Luca's actions. After Luca tucked Tommy in, she took the document from Johann's hands and briefly browsed through it. "We'll have to do a bacteria cu
Amur immediately replied, "Do you think that Luke's subordinates are holding Bianca captive somewhere?" Luca nodded. That was exactly what she was thinking. When Luke returned from the Island of Despair, he had already given Gale and Rain legal identification documents in the country. The two people did not have to hide from the authorities, so why were they staying in the mansion and not coming out? The only explanation was that they were carrying Luke's mission, and she could only imagine that it must have something to do with Bianca. She even thought that Luke had already found out that Bianca was an impostor. "I'll go and check on that," Amur said. It was all too easy to access the immigration records. Luca nodded. "I'll send you her passport number so that you don't have to comb through every entry." "Mm." Amur nodded. The matter concerned the Island of Despair, so if he managed to get to the bottom of it, he would be able to protect Luca and him. If Luke had really
When Luca turned away, her hair gently swayed in the direction of her movement. Luke caught a whiff of her shampoo. His heart skipped a beat as he took in the slight fragrance. As far as he remembered, Bianca did not use perfume, and the smell of her shampoo blended naturally with the fragrance of her body. Luca stepped out of the car and turned around to look at Luke, who was still sitting in the car. "Mr. Crawford?" She called out gently. Luke came to his senses and stepped out of the car. They went into Tommy's room one after another. Tommy had stopped crying when he knew that Luca was coming, but his eyes remained puffy and bloodshot. "Daddy, Ms. Luca…" His voice was soft and shrill, as though he had a lot of grievances. Luca could empathize with Tommy. A fever was an uncomfortable experience, and it was normal for Tommy to be unhappy about it. "Tommy, are you hungry?" Luca went to the bedside and asked. Old Master Crawford had already gone home, so she did not fe
From Luke's expression, Johann could tell what he was thinking. He rubbed his chin and tried to speak up for Dr. Blake. "Don't be like that. Any head physician in our hospital has to be a skilled doctor. You can't blame him for what happened to Sis; none of us knew what happened, including me. It's only thanks to Dr. Craw that her condition improved, so you shouldn't think that Dr. Blake is incapable. Also, your tantrum has scared all the people in the internal medicine department. It took me a lot of effort to convince Dr. Blake to stay on duty tonight." Head physicians need not take the night shift, but Johann could not trust the other doctors to take care of Tommy. That was why he went to convince Dr. Blake to stay back. Luke did not say anything. He did not want other doctors to take care of Tommy. Tommy was Bianca's favorite child. If the real Bianca eventually returned, she would be sad if she found out that Tommy was ill. Johann took Luke's silence as consent. He turne
Luca stopped moving when she sensed Tommy's reaction. She continued to pat Tommy's back. The caretaker yawned and went to take her position on the other bed. Luke turned off the lights. The only source of illumination in the room was a small table lamp next to the couch. Luca slowly dozed off as she listened to the child's even breathing. She let her guard down, even though Luke was still observing her. A while later, she sensed that the child's body temperature was beginning to rise. She placed Tommy on the bed and sat up straight. The table lamp near the couch cast a long shadow from behind her, and she could not see Tommy clearly, so she turned on the bedside lamp. Tommy's face was a much redder color. His fever had returned. Luke noticed her movements and asked her, "What's wrong?" "Tommy's fever is back." Luca rang the bell. Dr. Blake and the nurse quickly came into the room. "Is Tommy having a fever again?" Dr. Blake asked and inserted a thermometer in the child
After breakfast, the hospital corridors began to fill up with people. Luca guessed that the results of the bacteria culture test should be out by any time now. As expected, Johann came to the room half an hour later with the report in his hands. "I've read the report. Indeed, Tommy's fever is caused by a bacterial infection," he said. Luke frowned when he heard that. That must be Bianca's going. The child did not have any external injuries, and he only ate the food from Crawford Manor. There was no other way he could have gotten a bacterial infection. Thinking of what Bianca told him earlier, he realized that it was not a lie for him to free her. He had always believed what Bianca said. That was why he had asked Johann to treat Tommy's illness to be something more than a regular fever. There was no other reason why Bianca could so accurately predict Tommy's fever even though she was confined in the mansion… "I have to say that this is a rare bacteria in this region becaus
"How could she do that…" Amur said while clenching his fists. Even though he did not want Luca interacting with the children too often, he could not help but be angry at what Bianca had done to Tommy. That reminded him of what Abel did many years ago. To quickly expand his influence, Abel attacked several nearby villages and abducted their inhabitants. Anyone who was not fit enough to be a mercenary would become an experimental subject, and no one cared if they lived or died. Abel was physically weak, and he nearly became one of those experimental subjects. Fortunately, he was still very young, and the mercenaries in charge of training them thought he still had room to grow. That was why he was spared of that fate. After he met Luca, he trained hard so that he could become stronger. Luca was angrier than he was, but she managed to control her fury. She analyzed the situation for Amur, "I'm guessing that the impostor Bianca is now held captive in Luke's mansion, and Gale and