Chapter 727

Xane slumped in a chair in the waiting area, his gaze fixed on the delivery room door.

Sitting next to him, Carlisle casually asked, "You've been to high school, so you know that fraud is illegal, right?"

Xane smiled bitterly.

"Anna and I have struggled to make ends meet for ten years. I just wanted to give her a better life. Maybe even a home for our baby."

"That doesn't mean you can commit a crime to get what you want. Have you thought about the fact that you probably won't be able to live peacefully with your family after getting money through scams?

"What would your child think if they discovered their father was a scammer? Your actions won't just burden you. They'll weigh on your wife and child, too!"

Carlisle glanced at Xane, his expression emotionless. He wouldn't cut Xane any slack just because the latter had a rough past. After all, there were people out there in even worse situations. If he hadn't intervened, Xane might have scammed more people-including those whose lives were more desperate than his own.

In his previous life, Carlisle had seen countless cases where victims' emergency funds were stolen or stolen through schemes in shared videos.

the delivery room door swung

out and asked,

am," Xane quickly stood up and

announced solemnly, "There's a complication in your wife's delivery. We can't

anxiously, "H-How much is

account, which he'd scammed that morning. He would need to

costs for post-op care and the hospital stay, you'll need

Xane's financial strain, she added, "Can you come up with three thousand dollars? If so, please sign this consent form. Otherwise, we'll have to figure

I pay later?" Xane asked, feeling the absurdity of his

doctor's expression

the surgery, there could be

pale. He felt helpless and

proceed with the surgery.

returned to the delivery room. Francis then handed

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