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.

and tell Troy to send one over. I'll give

planning to give that to her," Greg

to do what I say. Go pick some other gift!" Valerie

little more reasonable, Mom?" he

with you? Hurry up and bring Dr. Kain out to buy some flowers." Valerie completely disregarded Greg's feelings, and he could only rub his nose dejectedly before leading Abigail

the ward, Greg quickly took the violets away from her. "Is

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 lead to heart failure." Abigail's face turned stern

since I took your mother's case, yet there have been so many issues already. If you can't make sure that all the spies have been gotten rid

I'll check on this. Thank you

just any regular old woman.

ward to get changed, and Greg frowned when he saw her doing so. "Are you really going to

to the airport to pick someone up." Abigail estimated Alissa to have gotten on the flight, and the flight from Rorea to Harrion took about the same

was going to pick Hugh up. "Are you still thinking of picking someone

person up myself." Abigail was referring to Alissa, but Greg thought she was talking about Hugh. Important? Those words made Greg

so I don't know if they can get along. As you said, my mother isn't too well now, so shouldn't

treated children, 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.

is it? I'm Global Inc.'s president. Are you embarrassed to have me

want you to pack up and follow my mother home. You don't have

"Have you guys boarded the plane, Hugh?" Abigail had told Hugh to call her before boarding, so she checked

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

okay?" Abigail

Alissa will be fine. I'll talk to you later. Bye." He ended the call right after that. Abigail felt extremely uneasy after hearing the dial tone on the other end of the line. When she

after seeing how much Abigail cared about Hugh. "I can't be bothered to explain everything to you." Abigail packed a few of her clothes as she thought about Valerie's condition. If I leave now, and if

for a while, and I want you to reassign my surgeries. If you really can't find a replacement, compensate the