who’s Hana?

Helping Mr. Gang Leader

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Chapter 42: who’s Hana?

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Carefully, as if she were handling a delicate orchid, Gianna turned Dante’s grandmother’s wrist over to rest on her lap as she measured her pulse.

He counted the beats diligently, all too aware of Dante lurking behind him.

When she did eventually lose track of which number she was on, Gianna turned to let go of the older woman’s wrist for a second and called out to Dante who was even closer than expected, “Can you please stop hovering around like a military drone? You’re distracting me, and making this take longer than it should.”

Seated on a kitchen chair in front of the kneeling Gianna, Dante’s grandmother protested, “This is unnecessary. I need to get back to work.”

“No, no!” Dante protested, jetting forward toward to her almost as if he planned to wrap around her like an octopus.

Gianna picked her wrist up one more, measured the beats in perfect silence, then said, “Dante told me he found you passed out in the stairwell. That