Chapter 280

“They were all very scared. Of course, I wanted to take President Smith to the hospital, but then Manager Reed arrived shortly after, and they left in Manager Reed’s car,” said Old Lee. “When you called me and when you saw my father collapse—how much time had passed between those two moments?” Ruby asked calmly. “About fifteen or sixteen minutes,” Old Lee replied. Ruby checked the time on her phone. Based on when she received the call and Old Lee’s estimate, it meant her father had taken over forty minutes to reach the hospital. She pulled out a map and did the math—it should only take twenty-three minutes to drive from home to the affiliated hospital. Logan claimed he took a wrong turn, but was he really lost for more than twenty minutes? Why did they bypass the People’s Hospital, which was only ten minutes away, and spend forty minutes going to another facility? Suspicion swirled in Ruby’s mind. She didn’t really want to suspect Layla of having secret motives, but her father’s critic