Medical Center.
Adam looked at Lexie with a dark expression.
"Uh."
Lexie had seen Adam serious before, but she had never seen him like this. Her heart immediately grew uneasy, and for a moment, she could not speak.
"Good."
With a dark face, Adam said, "It seems you know your suggestion was far too ridiculous. I'll pretend you never said it. Go take proper care of Beth. If you can't do that, say so, and I'll have Carter replace you."
With that, he turned and left.
He was truly furious.
Another ominous sign had appeared. His foreboding feeling was practically about to pierce the heavens.
"Dr. Duncan!"
Lexie stood there in a daze for a moment before jogging after him. "I know this suggestion isn't very appropriate, but Beth and Jamie love each other.
When they are facing the possibility of permanent separation in life and death, shouldn't we give them some special consideration?
Is it really so excessive to let them truly experience the love between a man and a woman before they might die?"
Adam stopped, looked at her, and said expressionlessly, "What do you think?"
"..."
Lexie faltered, but she still gathered her courage and met Adam's eyes. "Jamie collapsed and convulsed in front of Beth just now. It terrified her.
Everyone else in their support group has already died.
Like Caro, whom Beth mentioned just now—she could still call Beth one day, and the next, she died in extreme pain.
Only the two of them are left.
Just now, in order to see him, Beth waited until her parents had gone out, then forced herself out of her room alone, half-paralyzed as she was. Supporting herself against the walls, she struggled forward step by step.
If I hadn't discovered her in time...
Jamie is about to