Chapter 27

"Heather, are you alright?" Just as Heather was about to leave, she ran into Florence Price, a senior from the pathology department.. "I'm fine. It's just a misunderstanding," she replied with a polite smile. Florence, however, looked at her with unmistakable sympathy. "I saw the trending topics this morning. I never imagined you've been living through something like this all along. That's really… awful." "It's all in the past," Heather said calmly. "No. You still should be careful. The orange juice you asked me to test the last time—the results are out." As Florence handed Heather the report, her expression turned grave. "There's a chronic toxin in it. If a woman consumes it over a long period, it damages the uterus and leads to infertility." "Infertility?" Heather's fingers trembled violently as her face drained of all color. Florence continued, "Yes. It will also eventually trigger uterine cancer. The survival rate is… almost nonexistent." Heather staggered back a few st