"That's not right," the nurse said, scanning Gia up and down. "I haven't heard of this patient having a daughter, and she herself said she doesn't have any children."
"I—"
"Please don't disturb our work here," the nurse interrupted, walking past Gia. "I need to change the medicine for other patients."
Feeling something was amiss, Gia stood in front of the nurse station. She seized the opportunity of the vacant area and discreetly flipped through the patient records. She only managed to glimpse "breast cancer" before she heard approaching footsteps.
Swiftly, she darted to the other side and rushed downstairs to find Linda standing at the hospital entrance, seemingly waiting for a driver.
Gia trailed behind her and respectfully greeted her, adjusting her expression to a somewhat natural smile. "Hello, Mrs. Thompson."
Linda seemed taken aback, sensing familiarity in Gia's face but unable to recall where they had met.
"I... I'm Gia Chapman."
"Oh." Linda nodded with a hint of sarcasm in her smile. "You're that 'excellent' intern, aren't you?"
"Please don't say that, Mrs. Thompson," Gia said softly. "I am no longer associated with the Thompson Group."
Linda straightened up, her gaze indifferent. "Do you need something from me?"
"The person you just visited... is Aunt Melissa, right?"
"That's none of your concern."
"Hah, really?" Gia's smile turned sinister as she leaned closer and lowered her voice. "Even though you are Lina's biological mother, it was Aunt Melissa who raised her for the past 20 years. Now that she's sick with cancer..."
Linda's anger flickered slightly. "What are you trying to say?"
"Mrs. Thompson, I think you're too kind-hearted." Gia glanced around. "I happen to know a lot about Lina as her friend. She is not a Jenner by blood. If Jesse and Melissa hadn't secretly kept Lina with them all these years, you wouldn't have been separated from your daughter for so long!
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