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.

usually immaculate hair had become a mess. He had clearly been beaten up with all those scratch marks on his face. I wanted

sighed. "I'm sorry that you got caught up in this. I'm afraid

not seem to matter much for someone like me

the police arrived to take statements, I had just recovered a

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

at her in shock. "My

it was your husband's secretary who answered. Don't

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

were two other

was just unlucky. Everyone else was fine, but

that I finally had the money for surgery, it had to be postponed.

emergency room

and daughter were surrounding him with teary eyes. He kept comforting them as

a family just like that. But my parents were gone now. Sniffling hard, I tried not to expect anything as I

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 scar." Looking at my reflection in the glass behind him, I wondered what

stepped forward first to ask Patrick about my condition. When she heard that I got one stitch, her eyes filled with

know that the company had an

online meeting for you. You really don't know what's more important

but didn't

the hospital?" Leonard walked over

need to be