Chapter 140

Jenny pulled out her phone and dialed the number sprawled across the paper, but the call went unanswered. She grew more worried. Her hand holding the phone trembled slightly as tears welled up in her eyes. Anxious, she turned to Matthew and said, "No one is answering. Could it be—" She burst into tears before she could finish her words. Matthew felt distressed seeing her like this. He stepped forward and gently patted her back to help her calm down. "What he wants is Medieval Medicine. He won't do anything extreme until he gets it. Let's wait a little longer and keep trying." He was speaking rationally to assure Jenny, but Matthew's heart was already in his throat. He had been in business and went to prison before, so he had a wealth of life experience. In prison, he had heard stories of murderers recounting their past. Some killed out of anger, some out of jealousy, some because of financial reasons. There were also those who did it for family or others due to betrayal. They w