Not One, But Two!

Chapter 56

"Why didn't you tell the doctor if you were finding it hard to breathe?" Greg furrowed his eyebrows. Abigail hastily stepped in after hearing Greg's words. "It's fine. It's normal for elderlies to find it a little harder to breathe, and I was just asking as part of the protocol. Relax," she said.

Valerie beamed after hearing Abigail's words. "You scared me. I did feel some shortness of breath in the past few days, but I trust the doctors here as they have all been handpicked to work here."

"Yeah. It's fine." Abigail stood up and looked around before she picked up a vase of violets. "These violets look so good. Why don't you give this to me as a gift, Old Madam Buckley?" she asked with a smile.

"You can take it if you like it, Dr. Kain. Those aren't mine—someone else gave them to me. I just left it at the window because I thought it looked nice."

"Would it be rude to take this away from you, then?" Abigail asked.

"No, of course not. If you like it that much, I'll get someone to buy a few more vases for you, Dr. Kain," Valerie replied.

"Thank you so much, then." Abigail put on a shy and polite expression, but Greg was experienced enough to see through her façade. "What other flowers do you like? Why don't I buy some for you?" he asked. Valerie beamed upon hearing his words. "Yeah, yeah. What other flowers do you like? You can get this brat to buy some for you. You can just give him orders to purchase whatever you like."

"That'd be asking too much from him," Abigail replied with a smile. Valerie was pleased that Abigail hadn't directly rejected her. She's not pretentious, and she's straightforward with whatever she wants. I like that.

"You don't have to worry about that," Valerie replied.

"I'll leave with this gift then, Old Madam Buckley. By the way, you don't have to stay in the room all the time. You seem a lot better now, so I think you can head home soon. Arianna is probably lonely since she's home alone," Abigail suggested.

"Can I do that?" Valerie's eyes lit up immediately.

"Arrangements will have to be made before you get discharged, Mom," Greg uttered.

"What's there to be arranged? You can just tell someone to pay the bill. I want to go home to see my granddaughter. What does Arianna like, Dr. Kain? As her grandmother, I'd like to give her a gift," Valerie said.

"She likes electronic devices," Abigail replied. She didn't further explain anything as she didn't want to scare Valerie by telling her that Arianna was a hacker.

been released to the market? Hurry and tell Troy to send one over. I'll give

give that to

care. I'm your mother, so you have to do what I say. Go pick some other

little more reasonable, Mom?" he

up and bring Dr. Kain out to buy some flowers." Valerie completely disregarded Greg's feelings, and he could only rub his nose

left the ward, Greg quickly took the violets away from her. "Is there something wrong

flowers will form a type of toxin that's relatively weak. It may not show any effects in a short period, but it makes people feel lethargic after a while, and it'll eventually

yet there have been so many issues already. If you can't make sure that all the spies have been gotten rid of, then it doesn't matter how good of a surgeon I am. She'll still die eventually." Abigail wasn't exaggerating to scare Greg, and she didn't feel the need

on this.

However, I don't think your mother is just any regular old woman. I didn't reveal much earlier, but I

back to the ward to get changed, and Greg frowned when he saw her doing so. "Are you really going to head out? You

have gotten on the flight, and the flight from Rorea to Harrion took about the same amount of time as the car ride from the hospital to the airport. Abigail figured that it was about time

Hugh up. "Are you still thinking of picking someone up when you're in this state? Why don't I send someone to do it

Abigail was referring to Alissa,

along. As you said, my mother isn't too well now, so shouldn't there be a doctor by her side? I'll go pick the person up from the

Abigail was sure that he wouldn't abuse the child. But how am I going to tell him that the person I'm picking up is Alissa? Abigail was tongue-tied for a moment.

you embarrassed to have me pick

disgusted. "Whatever. I don't care who he is. I want you to pack up

to call her before boarding, so she checked in with him. There was

able to go back now. Something came up, so I'll send

okay?" Abigail was

right after that. Abigail felt extremely uneasy after hearing the dial tone on the other end of the line.

of her clothes as she thought about Valerie's condition. If I leave now, and if something

while. I'll need you to deal with the hospital for a while, and I want you to reassign my surgeries. If you really can't find a replacement, compensate the patients and ask them to find other surgeons." After hearing Abigail's