Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
“Sir, we would never neglect our patients if we had even the slightest confidence in treating them. It’s just that the patient’s condition is too complex. Let us communicate with Dr. Bella and see when she can come over.
“My sister is not a doctor at your disposal! She hasn’t received a dime from you! On what ground are you calling her over? Don’t you have other doctors? Can’t anyone come up with a better solution?”
“I apologize, sir. I understand your feelings, but the patient is still in there. She can hear your voice.”
Clark swallowed his rising anger once again.
“Please be patient. We will call other doctors to discuss this, said the male doctor, bowing slightly before turning to leave.
Clark felt as if he had been struck by a bolt of bad luck. He was afraid he would lose Carol like last time.He couldn’t imagine how he would feel if he lost Carol again.
Just then, Louisa clicked over in her high heels, giving his shoulder a hard smack.
“This is a hospital, stop yelling! Mr. and Mrs. Alger are watching, go over and explain the situation!”
“Mom.”
“Hurry up!”
Remembering that Crystal was still in surgery, Clark rose to his feet, heading towards Alger, only to be met with a punch to his face.
“Mr. Alger.” Celeste hurriedly stepped forward to intervene.
“My daughter is still in there fighting for her life, and we don’t even know if she will live or die, but you’re worried about someone else!” Alger shook with rage.
Celeste fell silent, feeling that Clark was in the wrong. He owed them an explanation.
“Mr. and Mrs. Alger, it’s my fault.” Clark admitted, “Here’s what happened.”
Carol’s condition had worsened over the days. She was too weak to visit Logan and Taylor.
She didn’t dare to video call them, fearing that they would worry if they saw her condition.
Logan and Taylor likely guessed something was wrong and wanted to visit their daughter at Clark’s place.
They begged their bodyguard leader to take them since they knew Clark’s address.The leader, unable to reach Carl or Ms. Bella’s assistant Jack, called Clark. But at that time, Clark was too preoccupied with Carol’s deteriorating health to answer.
In the end, the bodyguard gave in to the elderly couple’s pleas and took most of his team to accompany them.
Initially, they had eight cars to protect them, but gradually, four cars disappeared.
“Why did four cars go missing?” Louisa couldn’t help but ask.
“We didn’t find out until later. The people in those four cars received news either about their family members being kidnapped or their close friends being in danger. They didn’t dare to reveal anything and one by one, they left the convoy.”
If they dared to say a word, their families would be gone!
In the end, only four cars were escorting the elderly couple to Clark’s residence. Halfway there, one car was knocked into the river, and another was split in half, leaving the last two to cover the couple’s escape, but they failed. All their men met a gruesome end.
Crystal spotted Logan and Taylor in the car next to hers while waiting at a traffic light.
Years ago, when Carol disappeared, she had tracked Carol’s whereabouts, having photographs of the elderly couple.
While waiting for the traffic light, she sensed danger around the couple and decided to discreetly follow their car.
Her dashcam recorded villains dragging Logan and Taylor out of their car, intending to drag them into an abandoned warehouse. Both Logan and Taylor fought fiercely, which resulted in the villains brutally beating them.
Crystal rammed her car into the villains, and opened the car door intending for Logan and Taylor to get in. But to her surprise, the warehouse doors swung open, revealing a crowd.
In the end, the dashcam recorded her being dragged into the warehouse.
What followed was her client not being able to reach her, calling her secretary instead, who instinctively contacted Clark.
By the time they found the warehouse, three barely alive bodies were lying on the ground, covered in blood.
It was said that when Crystal was found, she was stark naked, her injuries horrific.Upon hearing this, Celeste fainted.
Alger couldn’t believe that this had happened. His daughter was only trying to do good, yet this.
At that moment, Mirabella noticed that the girl on the operating table seemed to have something to say.
After suturing her last wound, Mirabella leaned over and softly asked, “Crystal, it’s me. Do you want to say something?”
Crystal opened her mouth, struggling to make a sound, “Dad.”
“Do you want to talk to your dad?” Mirabella immediately realized. “Wait a minute, I’ll call him in.”
Crystal was badly injured, not anesthetized, for fear that she would never wake up.
She was still conscious at this point.
Hearing his daughter call him, Alger quickly put on a sterile suit and rushed to her side.
Even though he had seen many ups and downs, when he saw his daughter on the operating table, Alger’s tears started to flow.
“Dad.” Crystal barely had the strength to speak, even this single word took great effort.
“You speak, I’m here. I promise to make those bastards pay, they won’t die a good death!” Alger cried, not knowing how to comfort his daughter. “I will never let them off.”
“Let.” Crystal mustered all her strength, squeezing out each word, “Let, Clark, go.”
Alger was stunned, tears streaming down his face.
“Don’t, blame, him.” After saying her last words, Crystal fainted.”No vital signs on the patient, hurry, resuscitate!”
“Sir, we need you to step out.”
Alger didn’t know how he left the operating room, only that when the door closed, his tears couldn’t stop flowing, like a dam bursting he cried out loud.
Celeste was startled by his outburst, “What the hell happened? Speak up. Just tell me!”
Alger wept bitterly, it took him a while to say, “Our little girl hurts so badly, yet she still asked us to forgive him.”
On hearing this, Celeste knew who that ‘him referred to, and the tears instantly flowed.
No one had expected that when Crystal asked her father to come in, she wished for her father to forgive Clark.
She knew how her father gets, and knew that seeing her in such a state, her father would definitely seek revenge for her.
She was afraid her father would vent his anger on Clark, even knowing she was on the brink of death.
She was still using her last bit of energy to protect this man.
Clark’s eyes instantly reddened.
In this lifetime, he owed Crystal too much, way too much.
No one knew how much time had passed, the darkness of the night had turned into daylight, the lights in the operating room were still on, and seven or eight doctors and nurses were still battling death at the operating table.
Serena had already dozed off several times, she would have slept more soundly if it weren’t for Celeste sobbing from time to time.
At this moment, the operating room door opened, and another nurse hurried out.Celeste, who had cried for too long, rushed forward. Her head felt swollen and her body swayed a little, clearly unsteady.
“Nurse, what’s the situation inside? It’s been nine hours already.’ Celeste wept. These nine hours, 540
minutes, and 32,400 seconds, she had spent in anxiety and agony.
“Nine hours ago, the patient couldn’t hold on any longer. It’s all thanks to Dr. Bella who tried everything to keep her going until now, the nurse patiently explained. “I understand your family’s feelings, but please trust the doctors inside. Each one of them has been fighting death for nine hours, without a second’s rest.”
Celeste’s tears flowed again. She nodded, “Thank you for your hard work.”
As the nurse passed by Serena, Serena shot her a glare.
The nurse was confused, but she left in a hurry, knowing that saving lives was more important.
Serena was extremely dissatisfied in her heart. Why did this nurse keep praising Dr. Bella? How much has this nurse been bribed by Bella?
Romeo had been unable to reach Bella since last night. Before her flight took off, she had specifically sent him a WhatsApp message, saying that she was leaving her uncle’s house and returning to Reflections Villa.
But until seven in the morning, Romeo hadn’t received a single message from her.
It wasn’t until Carl reported that Logan and Taylor were in trouble that Romeo traced the clues and found out that Bella was still in the operating room trying to save Crystal.
He brought breakfast over and saw from a distance Alger weeping in his wife’s arms. They seemed to have aged ten years overnight.Kenneth and Louisa had already said all the comforting words they could think of, but they seemed to have no effect.
Clark was supporting his forehead with his crossed fingers, looking as though he was still in agony.
Only Serena saw him coming. She waved at him with a smile, then went to the water dispenser in the distance to fill a cup of warm water. She rushed to the restroom to rinse her mouth, wanting to maintain fresh breath in front of Romeo.
Romeo brought the breakfast to Kenneth and Louisa.
Kenneth, with his head down, noticed a pair of shiny new leather shoes in front of him and looked up, “Romeo, you’re here.”