Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 409

“What on earth are you trying to achieve?” Neil’s words were aimed directly at me, his brow furrowed in a manner that oddly mirrored Karina.

Was he upset about me “bullying” Karina?

Was he feeling protective?

I stared back at him impassively. I was well used to him defending others. His relentless defense of Bonnie in my past life had prepared me for that, so I felt more irony than anything else

now.

“I just want a clearer picture of Dr. Karina’s actions; is there a problem with that?” I retorted.

“This is not the place for it. Let’s leave it at that.” Neil’s tone was stern, as though I was a child who had misbehaved.

If not there, then where?

At that point, Ryan and Faith chimed in, “Irene, tell us what really happened!”

I was surprised that under those circumstances, Ryan and Faith were still on my side. Once I revealed the truth, it would have not only slapped Karina’s face, but also Neil’s. If she were to truly marry into the Whitmore family, that incident would have also become a stain on the Whitmore family’s reputation.

“What exactly is going on here?” The Dean couldn’t hold back his curiosity. With so many people watching and the media invited for publicity, that turn of events was unexpected.

“The supposed patient was just someone Dr. Karina had hired! I don’t know why she did it. That’s for you to investigate!” I blurted out the truth, then handed my phone to the nearest person. They took it, bewildered, glanced at it, and then their eyes widened.

to look. Gossip spread fast, and once a few people in the crowd

the phone, but nearly everyone had already

justice, shouted, “The patient was

that revelation, the award ceremony instantly became a

Dean and other leaders on stage resembled someone who had swallowed a fly. They were extremely

would have reproached her for her actions.

like a clown, unsure if

came to ask me about the process of discovering the truth, but I refused to explain. I just wanted to go home. After leaving the hospital, I was preparing to drive home when Ryan and Faith caught up with me. They were accompanied by Hiram,

rushed at me, pounding his small fists against me. “You hurt my mommy! How could

grabbed him. “Hiram, you can’t behave like this. Your mommy was in the

helping this mean lady too?” Hiram whimpered and cried,

wait in the car.

a serious matter, Ryan didn’t indulge Hiram

his way to the

Karina has been raising the child abroad. Hiram has many flaws that need to be corrected gradually!”

child has really been spoiled!” Faith also expressed her dissatisfaction with Karina. “No wonder

comment on that matter, as

decent, but it turns out everything was a setup to deceive us to change our impression of her. We weren’t going to come today, but Hiram insisted, so we had no choice. Now it seems it was a good thing we came!”

as long as you don’t blame

you? If we didn’t know her true colors and slowly accepted

favoritism towards me but also for their clear sense of right and

add, “This Karina, we objected to her not just because of the disparity in