Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 5

Patrick stared at me for a while. In the end, he reluctantly handed the surgery consent form to me. "Are you sure about this? If anything happens during the surgery, it might be difficult to manage." "Dr. Price, I trust you. Really," I said.

I took the pen and paper before quickly signing my name. After all, it was my life on the line. I should be the one deciding my own fate. Patrick was about to say something else when the office door was suddenly pushed open.

A group of people stormed in while shouting. Someone pushed me hard, and I lost my balance. My head hit on the corner of the desk.

As my vision went dark, I felt something warm trickling down my forehead and covering the corner of my eye. The room was in chaos with everyone yelling loudly.

"What kind of chief physician are you? After we spent so much money, you're now saying we need a second surgery?"

"You're probably just scamming us for money! Didn't you say the tumor was removed already? Why has it come back?"

"You fraud of a doctor! You'd do anything for money. I'll beat you to death!"

Clutching my forehead, I could not stand up at all. Someone had stepped on my shirt, but I could not pull it free no matter how hard I tried.

The office was in complete disarray. Security finally arrived after a few minutes. Only then did everyone stop fighting.

Suddenly, someone screamed, "There's blood! Someone's dying!"

I could feel everyone's eyes turn to me. All the shoes in front of me took a step back. Finally, a young nurse helped me to get up.

"Ms. Green, are you alright? Come with me and I'll treat your wound first." However, she was too weak to properly support me.

me up with all his might. One of the lenses of his glasses was shattered, and his usually immaculate hair had become a mess. He had clearly been beaten up with all those scratch marks on his face.

in this. I'm afraid we'll

head, I wanted to tell him it was fine. It did not seem to matter much for someone like me to live one more

statements, I had just recovered a little. The

condition is quite serious. The troublemakers have all been arrested. You can ask for compensation later. We've contacted your family, so they should be here

her

husband's

gaze, I said nothing. Would he come? I did not know. Perhaps he would if the police contacted him,

were two other patients

fine, but I got the worst of it. I nodded

to be postponed. I just didn't

emergency room and saw everyone else with family

him with teary eyes. He kept comforting

gone now. Sniffling hard, I tried not to expect anything as I waited. To my surprise, Leonard actually came, though with Lily in

my forehead. Patrick, who stitched me up, kept saying, "Good thing the wound is hidden in your hair. It would be a shame for such a pretty young lady to have a

Patrick about my condition.

do you know

an online meeting for you. You

frowned but didn't say

the hospital?" Leonard walked over to me,

need to be hospitalized,"