The Wolf of Los Angeles

[Chapter 104: Scandal]

After being checked over, Hawke went to pay; the clinic was accustomed to such business and immediately quoted $2,000 for treatment fees.

Edward was annoyed: "Are you robbing us?"

Hawke intervened, taking out cash to pay the chubby woman at the front desk.

On their way back, Edward commented, "In Compton, they'd charge at most $500."

"Can they cure him?" Hawke inquired.

Edward answered, "Depends on whether God favors him."

The two returned to the diagnosis room and could see through the glass door that a nurse was administering IV fluids to Campos.

Hawke waited in the hallway, continuing to contemplate the previous two undertakings.