I tapped my fingers on the wooden counter, the empty clinic echoing back the sound in the stillness. I had imagined bustling hallways, patients filling the seats, and healers working tirelessly alongside me.
Lia paced nearby, her face twisted in frustration. The support staff, the healers, and the assistants we had chosen meticulously yawned at a corner. Kai's presence was both reassuring and unsettling. But he would often keep scanning at the entrance. And that weighed on me. I was failing miserably before my husband and my investor.
It was already past midday, and still, no one had come. Not a single patient.
“What went wrong?” I muttered to myself, glancing around the neat rows of herbs and medical supplies. Everything was ready, the leaflets had been distributed, and the responses h
