Missing her chance, Whitney’s embarrassment turned into fury. “Don’t get so smug, Abigail Bernstein. I heard that Diarmuid left the country–no one is here to protect you!”
Abigail simply ignored her, and Whitney wanted nothing less to tear off her pretty cheeks right then, and the way she looked so unmoved!
She hated Abigail because she was always so composed, rarely losing control or getting hysterical.
“How am I any less than you? Why do you get to have everything? All the boys at med school were hovering around you, and the hospital chief admired you soon after we started out as interns… How frustrating it is that you keep overshadowing me!”
Whitney did not think that she was any lesser than Abigail, but simply had bad luck. That was why the men who admired her were the likes of Chad, who was rich, but did not even have looks.
On the other hand, Abigail had Zachary Slate, who was said to be a rich kid and had good looks, and he always kept an eye out for her.
And now, she was married to Diarmuid! It was as if she only ever got all the good men!
Suddenly, Whitney started walking toward the stairs. “You will suffer like I did, Abigail Bernstein.”
Abigail was actually confused for a moment. “What are you talking about?”
“You will suffer–just like I did.” With that, Whitney closed her eyes and fell!
Abigail’s eyes widened in shock. “What-?!”
Whitney was rolling down the stairs!
“Argh!!!”
She did not want to give birth, and she could use this to frame Abigail too.
Chad was going to hate Abigail for this too, since he was really looking forward to having the child-even loving it already.
“Urgh…”
It was a huge price to pay–it hurt like hell, and she was curling up from the pain.
However, making Abigail suffer made it worth it for her!
Abigail was left frowning as she finally realized what Whitney meant when she said she would suffer.
She certainly had to give it to Whitney–the latter was ruthless enough to kill her own child!
“You don’t have my sympathy, Whitney Cox, because anyone who can kill their child like you is a reptile.”
With that, she left the stairs without calling for help–Whitney had done it to herself.
Chad, who was looking for her, spotted her just then. “Have you seen my wife?”
“No,” Abigail replied, and left Chad to keep searching while she returned to her department.
She barely took a seat when Stephen called for her–there was a patient with a rare heart condition, and he wanted her to learn.
After they were finished with the visit, she noticed Harvey waiting along the hallway, smiling at her fawningly.
“Missed out on your meds, I see,” Abigail said.
“Oh, I was just waiting for you. Honestly, you’re such a busy person I had to wait so long for you,” Harvey said as he walked up to her. “Anyway, I just found out that you were the doctor who operated on my mother. How should I thank you?”
“I’m a doctor, and helping people is my duty,” she said. “You don’t have to go out of your way to thank me.”
“No, I must,” Harvey insisted.
Abigail was at a loss for words. “Do whatever you want.”
She started to leave, but that was when a nurse came running toward her. “I’m sorry, Dr. Bernstein, but the chief is looking for you.”
Harvey stared at the nurse and asked, “What is it? Is it urgent?”
“Someone has suffered a miscarriage and said it is your fault,” the nurse explained. “Her family is causing a commotion here as we speak.”
Harvey almost blurted an expletive, and turned toward Abigail, “What is going on, Abigail?”
He could already tell that this was going to be trouble, but as he studied her face, he was left wondering how she could be so calm. Still, Abigail must know what was going on, which explained her composure.
“We might be looking at a lawsuit too… Hey, are you really not worried?” he asked just then.
“What good is worrying?” Abigail asked in return.
Harvey was left speechless as Abigail told the nurse, “Got it. I will go right now.”
“I’m coming with you,” Harvey said. “I just might be able to help.”
Abigail did not refuse him.
Taking Abigail’s silence as approval, Harvey followed her to the hospital chief’s office.
Even from a distance, they could hear Chad shouting and breaking various objects.
“Call Abigail Bernstein here now!” he was yelling madly.
Harvey sneaked a glance at Abigail to see no expression on her face at all, leaving him speechless and thinking that she was genuinely ice–cold
It was rare for someone to retain such composure in the face of potential danger, and Harvey’s admiration for her only grew.
The door to the chief’s office was half–closed, and Abigail quietly opened it.
“Chief…”
“Abigail Bernstein!”
Chad lunged toward her in a frenzy, but Harvey stood in his way. “Talk if you want, but don’t resort to violence–any man who lays a finger on a woman is no man at all.”
“Who are you?!” Chad snarled at him, his eyes red. “Mind your business! She’s the reason I lost my child! Why shouldn’t I kill her right now?!”
“That has nothing to do with me,” Abigail said, leveling Chad a cool look. “You can investigate that for yourself.”
“How? There are no cameras in the stairway!” Chad snorted. “Is that why you’re telling me to investigate? Because you knew I won’t have evidence? I haven’t gotten payback, and you’re already coming for my family, huh?!”
“Why would I want anything to do with you?” Abigail asked.
That actually left Chad thinking, and he realized that he had no fight with Abigail at all. In fact, he was the one who tried to use her to threaten Diarmuid when Whitney fell into the ocean.
“Even if there are no issues between us, you have a grudge against Whitney,” Chad growled, clenching his fists and looking ready to swing it at any instant. “That’s why you pushed her off the stairs so that she would lose her child, or am I wrong? Do you even know how much I wanted that child? I would have been a father if not for you!”
“You should be questioning Whitney,” Abigail calmly replied. “She rolled down the stairs herself to set me up.”
“Don’t bother lying. I won’t believe you.” Chad glowered at her. “You’re just trying to avoid responsibility- she’d never do that to her own child!”
“You’ve been with her for so long, but you still don’t understand her at all, do you?” Abigail thought then that Chad was so blinded by his love for Whitney that he could not see her true colors.
“Don’t try to frame her. I’m telling you–you’re dead meat!” Chad snapped, and wheeled on the hospital chief. “She’s a doctor here, and my wife has suffered a miscarriage because of her. You had better do something or this is not going to be over.”
However, the hospital chief had a good impression toward Abigail, and since both were sticking to their own version of what happened, he said, “We will investigate this matter-”
“Investigate? Do not give me that,” Chad growled as he planted himself on the couch, his words staunch.”
You are just trying to defend your own employees, and you would just end up saying that my wife jumped off the stairs herself. So don’t bother going through the motions and fire her already.”
That was when Stephen stood up. “I’m Dr. Bernstein’s mentor, and it is natural that I should take responsibility for her actions.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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