Chapter 24: Nine Divine Needles

Thea waited at the stairwell, nerves frayed. When Wesley came up, she moved to meet him and asked, "Mr. Kershaw, can you really save my daughter?" Wesley's face went cold. "If I can't save her, why did you call me?" Thea faltered, but to save her child, she swallowed her anxiety and quickly said, "All right. Come in." She led him straight into the ward. Inside, besides a cluster of nurses and doctors, stood an elderly man with grizzled hair and ruddy cheeks.  It was Carl Peyton, Jexburgh's...