When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 5

Chapter 5



The doctor looked at me for a long moment before reluctantly pulling out the consent form for the surgery. "Are you sure about this? It might be tricky to deal with if anything happens during the operation."

"Doctor, I trust you, truly." I grabbed the pen and quickly signed my name on the dotted line. My life, my decision.

The doctor still seemed he had something to say, but suddenly, the office door burst open.

A group of people stormed in, shouting and causing chaos. Someone pushed me hard, throwing me off balance, and my head slammed into the corner of the desk. All I felt was a wave of darkness as something warm and wet trickled down my forehead, blurring my vision.

The room was in complete disarray, everyone yelling at once.

"What kind of chief surgeon are you? We paid a fortune only to be told a second operation is needed?"

"I swear, you're all scamming us for money. Didn't you say you've got the tumor removed? Why is it back?"

"Con artist doctor, sacrificing morals for money. I ought to teach you a lesson myself!"

Struggling to stand, I felt someone step on my clothes, pinning me down.

Eventually, security arrived, and the chaos subsided.

Suddenly, someone screamed, "There's blood. Someone's hurt!"

everyone's

up. "Ms. Crawford, are you okay?

me properly. The doctor came over and helped me up. His glasses got shattered, his usually neat hair was a mess, and his face bore

but my

you got dragged into this mess. Looks like we'll have to postpone the

tell him it was okay. Living another day or not didn't make much difference to me anymore. No one cared whether I

the police arrived to take statements, I was starting to

female officer looked at me with pity. "Your condition seems bad. The troublemakers have been under arrest. You might want to consider seeking compensation. We've contacted your family. They should

was surprised.

officer added, "Yes, though it seemed your husband's secretary took the call. Don't

I looked down, doubtful.

Clyde come? Maybe he would show up

other patients were in the office, but only

off. I nodded silently. When I finally had

comforting their loved ones in the emergency room, I felt

their eyes red with worry while he

a time, my family was like

onto hope. To my surprise, Clyde showed up

stitch on my forehead, the doctor kept chattering. "Lucky it's hidden by your hair. It would've been a shame for such a pretty girl

skin and bones, I

was when Clyde

postpone a video conference for you, really

frowned