CHAPTER 23

　　“It’s the yellow snake grass they have used in the drug. It will temporarily paralyze the vocal cords, but it usually doesn't last long, and she should be able to talk before too long."

　　Henry nodded, and only then did he let Brian send the doctor out.

　　After they had all left, he walked over to the bed and looked at the woman lying on it.

　　Zoe was now much quieter, lying silently under the quilt, motionless, as if she was asleep.

　　Only the small face of her, still flushed with a thin layer of scarlet, had somehow revealed her pain and endurance.

　　Henry looked at her for a while, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he just turned around and

　　walked away.

　　A few seconds later, the sound of water clattering came from the bathroom.

　　Zoe opened her eyes in a daze and felt a strong, tall shadow looming towards her.

　　"Let’s go have some cold water for a while, huh?"

　　She looked at him and nodded.