The living room fell quiet all of a sudden, Luna widened her eyes and looked at Rachel with an unbelievable expression. “Dr. Liddell, w…what do you mean? Why would Gwen be…”
How could Gwen be a terminally ill patient? She was supposed to only have health issues and endured Luke‘s torment. That was why her physical state had worsened! How…
“Ms. Luna, please don‘t doubt my diagnosis. All of you know what a capable doctor I am from the last time I made my diagnosis.” Rachel took a deep breath and looked at Gwen, who was laying on the sofa. “I don‘t know if she herself knows that she‘s sick. That‘s why I gave her the shot and had her fall asleep.”
Then, she turned around to look at Luna. “But looking at your expression, you don‘t know it either.”
Luna bit her lip while her body trembled. “…”
Rachel was right. Luna did not know.
“I suppose someone has been hiding this secret for a long time.” Rachel took Gwen‘s hand and carefully checked her pulse. “According to her symptoms, she‘s been sick for about a year. If she was treated with normal treatment, she would‘ve died long ago. I think someone has been transfusing blood into her body for a long–term period, which is how she‘s still alive today. You…”
Halfway through the question, Rachel stopped asking. “Forget about it; you don‘t even know she‘s . terminally ill. I don‘t think you‘ll know if she has any arrangement for a heart or other organ transplant.”
After a few seconds of silence, Rachel raised her head to look at Luna. “Who‘s overseeing her wellbeing?”
At that moment, Luna felt like thunder had struck her, petrifying her. She looked at Rachel and Gwen dumbfoundedly as she felt scatterbrained.
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