Chapter 205 Backup Plan

• Inside the muted hush of the VIP ward, one doctor after another slipped in, lifted Josephine's eyelids, re-checked the monitors, then traded helpless glances before drifting back out with the same defeated sigh.
• Asher stood sentry at the foot of the bed, broad shoulders rigid, the fine lines around his mouth betraying an anxiety he could no longer hide. If not for the fear of making his parents think even worse of Amelia, he would have stormed out long ago to search for her himself.
• He finally broke, voice hoarse with held-back helplessness. "No word at all from Amelia?"