After their meal in one of the grandest dining rooms that Lina had ever seen, Atlantis excused himself after George called him. Lina overheard that there was trouble with Medeor Conglomerate. When she turned on the news, she saw it was slandering his company with allegations of close ties to the mafia.
Lina believed it. She still couldn't get the images of the bloodied men on the floor, some were dead, others on the brink of it. She wondered what led Atlantis down such a dark path. The images of the hospital hallway flooded her senses. Unable to sit in the room and relax, Lina found herself wandering down the stairs. Soon, she stopped by a garden.
Lina admired the beautiful flowers. She loved the peonies and orchids the most, for they were lovely and colorful. The flowers smiled up at the bright sun, with dew still glistening off their leaves from the sprinkler earlier. Lina felt the warm light on her skin and let out a sigh of relief.
