Chapter 204

At last, the operating room light went off. The medics wheeled Lydia out, straight to the ICU.

The next 12 hours would tell if she would make it through without complications. If she did, she would be out of danger.

With the prisoner's life in jeopardy, the police on watch bore the weight of responsibility, standing vigil outside her room.

After Walter got the information, he wasted no time telling David to strengthen the security around Lydia. There was no way they were going to let her slip away.

Evangeline peered through the ICU's observation window at Lydia, who was hooked up to a bunch of tubes and fighting for every breath. A storm of rage swirled in her eyes.

Was this karmic retribution?

It felt like just yesterday when her own mother, Yessica, was the one in the ICU, a tangle of tubes keeping her alive.

Was it time for the bad guys to get a taste of the same medicine?

Lydia finally had to live through agony worse than death—she was going to suffer a million times more t