Chapter 126: A Way to Break the Deadlock?

The lights in Scurr Villa's living room blazed harsh and white. Maria Scurr clutched Asher Jauncy's cold hand, eyes rimmed red, tension carved into her face. The moment she got the call, she had run red lights all the way to Riverside Wharf. She found only Asher on the ground, limp and pale. She had the driver haul him into the car, raced back to the villa, and called Dillon Shirvinton and Hudson Helwick. Murphy Scurr sat on the rosewood couch nearby, worry etched into every line of his face. "Doctor...