Chapter 156: Let Me Think It Over

Once Stella Higgins calmed down, the events of yesterday came flooding back. The wariness on her face faded, and she murmured, awkwardly, "Thank you..." She suddenly realized her wound barely hurt after just one night. He didn't seem weak at all, either. It felt unreal. She'd never been shot herself, but she'd seen colleagues recover, and none of them healed in a matter of days. Minor wounds took months; serious ones could take the better part of a year. Yet her injury, so serious, barely hurt now....