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    The Lawyer knew about this too. When he heard what L said, his face turned serious. After a moment, he gave us a stern warning temper."


    But I had a feeling that the warning was mostly aimed at me. After all, in his eyes, I had a history,


    The car soon pulled into St. Mary''s Hospital, and once we packed, we headed to the front desk to astabout Leah''s whereabouts.


    When the receptionist heard Leah''s name, she gave us a wary look, as if we were criminals, and asked, "Who are you?


    "I was about to speak, but suddenly, someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me back.


    ilme, don''t lose youn


    I nced down at the hand gripping my wrist, then looked up at thewyer beside me. Sensing my gaze, thewyer gave me a slight nod, signaling me to let him handle this.


    I lowered my eyes and stepped back quietly.


    Thewyer took my ce and said to the nurse, "I''m from thew fem. Here''s my card."


    He handed her his business card, and after she took it, he continued, "This is my client. We heard that Ms. Leah Grant had a heart attack, and we came to check on her"


    The nurse looked me up and down suspiciously, then nced at the card in her hand. A momentter, the wardness in her eyes faded


    She pointed upstairs and said, "She''s in Boom 07 on the third floor."


    Upon hearing that, my heart jumped, and I turned and bolted upstairs. 1 sdpped the elevator entirely as I sprinted up the stairwell to the third floor.


    Behind me, L''s voice echoed through the stairwell "Eve, wait for us!"


    Theard her, but I couldn''t stop. I was desperate to see Leah


    Afew flights of stairs left me breathless. After rounding four corners, I burst through the stairwell door and into the hallway.


    Leah had police escorts with her, so it wasn''t hard to find her.


    I scanned the hallway quickly and spotted Room 07, I rushed toward it, but before I could get close, two police officers stopped me. "Who are you? No unauthorized personnel are allowed near this area." "I''m not unauthorized. I''m the intiff. I need to see Leah."


    The officers were huge, with broad shoulders blocking the entire hallway. I tried to slip around them, but there was no getting past them. With no other option, I stood on my toes, craning my neck to try and see inside the room.


    The door was shut tight, and the small window only showed aer of the bed. I couldn''t see Leah at all, let alone tell how she was doing


    The two officers frowned and shouted, "past because you''re the intiff doesn''t mean you can act tecldessly here. If you want to see the defendant, you''ll have to wait for the trial. Now, leave Immediately, or we''ll arrest you for obstruction of justice!" "Please, don''t acrest her!" It was thewyer, panting and out of breath behind me,


    I didn''t need to tum around to know how quickly he had run to catch up. Before I could say anything, thewyer pulled me back again,


    Just then, L and Antoine arrived, one on each side of me, whispering, "Eve, don''t do anything rash."


    Exactly, let thewyer handle this. If you get arrested now, I''ll create a luge mrss."


    Their words sessfully halted my movements.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org - ?.


    I looked at thewyer, my eyes filled with hope. I was so tense that my fingers instinctively curled into my palms, and my nails dug into my skin without me ev noticing.


    Thewyer stepped forward and addressed the officers, "We mean no harm. The intiff beard the defendant had a heart attack and is worried about her. You know there''s a life at stake here, and if anything happens to her, this case could fall apart. Can you please let us take a look?"