The voice from the other end was as loud as it was urgent. "Come in right now! The patient is going into cardiac arrest. I'll keep him alive for now!"
Irene's heart skipped a beat, but she restrained her panic and answered, "Got it."
"Take the back door when you come. The patient's family might stop you if you come from the front," Ray added.
"Got it," Irene repeated.
As she put down her phone, she tried to act casual as she said, "I'm stopping here for the day. Ray Hall has just called, saying that Dennis is improving. I'll go take a look."
She did not dare to mention the bad news in fear that Isaac would stop her from going.
Isaac was in turn staring at her with a meaningful gaze.
"Really?" he asked, clearly skeptical.
"Yeah." She smiled. "Come with me if you don't believe me."
"Alright. I will," Isaac said, rising to his feet.
Irene was speechless—she thought that Isaac would not bother, and yet…
Whatever. Anything could wait until after they head to the hospital.
"Let's go to our room for a bath and a change of clothes."
Irene did not even have the time to do it. "I'll just get changed. The bath can wait—let's go to the hospital now."
Isaac got up, leaning against her.
After they returned to their room and got changed, they headed to the hospital.
However, they had just arrived outside and Isaac was going to alight as well when his phone rang.
It was James Cross—there was a document that needed Isaac's personal signature and he could not sign it.
Irene seemed to sense that he was needed. She said, "Go. I'll be fine—Dennis is better now, so his family won't harass me."
Isaac mused to himself for a while. "Call me if there's any issue."
Irene nodded and watched as he drove off. She was about to turn and go straight inside when she remembered Ray telling her to take the back entrance, and she did so.
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