Chapter 39

As I was pondering over this, I suddenly heard a woman's voice on the other end of the phone. She sounded like a nurse. I frowned. "Sam, what's going on? Where are you now?" "Haha, where else would I be? I'm working at the company." "No, wait. Are you at the hospital?" I clearly heard the words "the bandages need changing" earlier. "Nope, I'm fine. How could I be in the hospital? Anyway, I've got to go. Talk to you later." Sam hung up the phone abruptly. He was clearly lying. But no matter how much I pressed, he refused to reveal what was really going on. I was worried and frantic. So I did some digging and found out that Sam had taken up stunt work in action scenes to raise money. Last night, he performed a highly dangerous stunt, and because the harness wasn't set up properly, he fell and injured his leg. When I arrived at the hospital, Sam was propped up in bed, calling one person after another to borrow money. His humble and desperate demeanor was a stark contrast to the