Chapter 1135

Lily sniffled and asked, "Is my mom in critical condition?" "From what I can tell, there's no immediate danger to her life. But I heard she has cancer and just finished a round of targeted therapy not long ago. She can't afford to miss any doses, so we'll need to run further tests. "But rest assured I'll do my best," Rowan said, playing the part of a doctor comforting a patient's family member. Lily nodded. She then quickly scribbled the word "danger" on the paper. Xavier took back the chart and, after writing something, passed it back to her again. "Fill in the rest of the blanks." There were no blanks left on the chart. This was just an excuse to pass a message. "What does he want you to do?" Lily wrote, "Pull the Fulton and Devereux families in to help clean up his reputation." Xavier had already expected this. "Say you'll do it and use this as leverage to get yourself out of here." But if she agreed to do it, Anthony would surely want her to contact the Fulton family right