The doctors said Eleanor was lucky to walk away with only minor injuries.
But Eleanor often felt as though the real damage had simply become invisible.
Pressure from the Outside World
Three years is a long time for silence.
It is also a long time for ambitious relatives to become impatient.
One rainy afternoon, the hospital door opened without warning.
Richard Bennett stepped inside, followed closely by his wife, Caroline.
Richard was Daniel’s distant cousin, but over the past three years he had become something more powerful: the acting head of Whitaker Infrastructure.
He adjusted his expensive coat and glanced at the machines surrounding Daniel’s bed.
His voice was smooth but cold.
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