His Unveiled Passion novel Chapter 120

Tessa stood in the middle of the howling wind. The tip of her nose had already turned red from the biting cold. Her heart squeezed painfully.

Anne was only 11 years old, yet her life was already coming to an end. For the sake of his sister, Lucas had dropped out of school early, choosing instead to work to earn money to pay off her medical bills. Now that he was crippled, his ability to work had been taken from him. He had only just turned 19.

The silence stretched on for a long time.

Tessa pulled out her phone and placed a call. "Contact a few hematologist-oncologists for me. Also, come over to Eastview Hospital on Brighton Street. We'll arrange for a hospital transfer for a pair of siblings."

…

After leaving the hospital, Tessa left for the law firm to organize the information for Lucas' case. When the Social Security Administration opened on Monday, she would bring Lucas to file for a workplace injury assessment.

Tessa was swamped with work for the whole afternoon. She was so busy that she forgot that she promised Stephen to meet up with him at night.

When Stephen called her, she was still looking through the case documents.

"Tess, where are you? I'll pick you up."

"Huh?" It was as if she was snapped out of a dream. "Oh! I forgot to tell you. I'm working overtime at the law firm."

"Overtime?" he questioned. "Didn't you go shopping with Sienna?"

Tessa cradled her phone between her neck and shoulder. Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she answered, "No, I accepted a last-minute case, so I went back to the firm to organize the information for it."

"Have you eaten?" Stephen asked.

"No."

"I'll pick you up for dinner. You can continue with your work tomorrow. It's already so late."

Tessa glanced at the time displayed at the bottom right corner of her monitor. "Okay. I'll be at the firm. You can come over."

"Alright. Wait for me. I'll be there in 20 minutes."

Jasmine was moved to the point of tears. "Ms. Yates, you're such a good person! On their behalf, thank you so much! You must be a philanthropist!"

There was a twinge in Tessa's heart as she sighed. "I can only do this much."

"It's enough!" Jasmine rushed to reassure Tessa. "It's already more than enough, Ms. Yates!"

"I just hope that it'll be able to help them…"

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Meanwhile, Stephen had only been driving toward the law firm for five minutes when he received a call from the staff at the base.

"Mr. Jacobson, Susan's in trouble!"

Stephen frowned. He kept his tone calm as he asked, "What happened to her?"