Chapter 122

Henry Holt gave a polite nod. "Hello, Mrs. Ackerley." The title made Leslie's smile all the warmer. "I heard Mrs. Hampton's not feeling well lately? I've studied a bit of traditional acupuncture. If she doesn't mind, I could help with her recovery." Henry was around forty-five or forty-six. He and Elaine had been together since high school, nearly thirty years of a strong bond. But Elaine ended up coming down with a strange chronic condition. Every time they went to the hospital, the results would say she was fine, but when it hit, it was absolute agony. Leslie remembered-around this time back then was when Elaine suffered one of her worst episodes. In the other world, Leslie had seen this illness before. And she knew exactly how to treat it-acupuncture. Sure enough, Henry's eyes lit up, an almost desperate hope flaring. "You-You really can help?" If he hadn't already tried everything and hit rock bottom, he wouldn't have considered pinning his hopes on Leslie. She simply nodded, her g