CHAPTER 018

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Dr. Astrid's eyes locked onto Kendrick's, her expression a mix of empathy and urgency as she sprang from her seat;

"I'll be with you shortly, please," she said, her voice soft but firm.

But Kendrick was beyond consolation. The news had struck him like a thunderbolt, leaving him bitter.

Without a word, he sprang from his seat, his eyes flickering with a mix of anger and grief. He marched out of the room, the fluorescent lights in the hospital corridor flickering in synchrony with his racing pulse.

His gaze darted towards a nurse pushing a gurney down the hall, the direction of the mortuary area, where his mother's lifeless body lay. A surge of anger and grief coursed through his veins, his eyes blazing with a fierce intensity.

"F*ck!! Alexander, you've done the worst!" he exclaimed, slamming his fists onto the wall. The outburst echoed through the corridor, drawing the attention of the hospital staff.

Storming into the receptionist room, Kendrick barked orders at Xavie