“Elena, I know you are a proud woman, but this is not something you can handle alone. Why did you not tell Raymond?!”
“Because I was about to. But before I could get to it, he was nearly killed,” I blurted out, my composure cracking. “With him badly injured… If I told him that someone was threatening me or tampering with my clinic, he would have burst out of bed and the Moon Goddess knows what he’d do to find out who is responsible. I couldn’t risk his life like that.”
Ramona looked at me for a long moment, her strict expression softening into a look of profound, maternal understanding. She nodded slowly. “I suppose you are right. In his current state, my son would have ripped his own torso open before letting you handle this alone.”
“Exactly,” I sighed.
“I will handle this discreetl
