Chapter 65: Pedro's Arrival

When Marina Peyton sensed Francis's disdain for traditional medicine, she repeated, word for word, what Ramon Baxter had told her: "Medical skill is meant to save lives, not to one-up people or show off." She tossed the line over her shoulder and walked away, leaving Francis glowering. What was that supposed to mean? Playing the saint? Was this about medicine being for saving people, not for showing off or competing? Francis knew she couldn't have come up with that herself. She must've gone to...