Chapter 534

As I neared Ferlyn's ward, I suddenly became aware of faint footsteps behind me. I stopped and turned around with a frown, only to find Joanna standing there, looking at me with a complicated expression. "Joanna? What are you doing here?" My surprise was evident in my voice. At my words, a flicker of panic crossed her face. She wrung her hands nervously. "Joshua, I… I wanted to ask you about hypnosis. If I'm willing to accept the psychological trauma that might come from forced hypnosis, does that mean I could…" She didn't finish her sentence, but I understood what she was trying to say. I sighed, disapproving. "What if forced hypnosis causes irreversible brain damage? Joanna, is that memory really worth the risk?" It didn't matter whether she was my childhood savior or not. I didn't want her to take such a dangerous risk. Even if she hadn't been my childhood savior, I still owed her for what she had done in my past life. She had been the one standing beneath the building, try