Abigail’s heart sank—she did not expect them to renege on their agreement!
Still, she came to realize something after this incident.
Not everyone was capable of being nice. In fact, they were simply unreasonable!
“Understood,” she flatly said and hung up.
However, she did not call Diarmuid—the matter was utterly resolved now that Dennis had woken up.
Neil was notified by the hospital about that as well, and had rushed to the hospital.
Still, he paused when he saw Abigail and glared at her hostilely. “You’re despicable!”
Abigail heard him and looked up, pursing her lips when she saw who it was.
She said nothing, since she had nothing to be said with someone like Neil.
Even so, she could not understand.
How did someone as kind as understanding as Dennis get a stubborn son like Neil, who could not even keep his word?
How did he even make it in society?
Neil in turn continued as Abigail stared silent, “Did you think I’d be helpless after you set me up?”
Abigail frowned and shot him a cool look. “And did you do it without help?”
Though Neil was stumped for a moment, his neck straightened. “I’m smart enough to trick you by asking for a deal.”
Abigail laughed jovially. “Smart? You meant you broke an agreement, just like a common crook?”
“What did you say?!” he growled and glared at Abigail viciously as he started to lose face.
Abigail simply ignored him, not bothered to waste her breath with him!
“This lawsuit will end with you sentenced, Abigail Bernstein!” Neil snorted, huffing and puffing without any bearing of a gentleman—more like some loudmouthed thug!
The door to the examination opened then, and Dennis was wheeled out.
He saw Abigail immediately.
“Come here,” he said, not bothered to look at his own son.
Abigail walked toward him, though she kept a pace’s distance instead of getting too close and asked softly, “How are you feeling?”
Dennis said, “I feel spirited and physically healthy. It’s all thanks to you—”
“Dad!” Neil cut him short, and ran over to give him a hug. “You’re really awake! I was so scared when you were unconscious!”
Dennis, however, pushed him away. “Withdraw the lawsuit right now. Stop embarrassing me!”
Ray had told Dennis everything while he had his examination, and Dennis certainly wanted his son to withdraw the lawsuit and stop harassing Abigail.
Neil did a double take and wheeled on Abigail right then. “You told him?!”
Neil’s face contorted with rage. “You devious witch.”
Abigail, however, was unmoved—she had seen through Neil’s true nature and she was not interested in being petty like him!
Dennis, however, almost passed out again from sheer frustration toward his son!
Pointing at him, he snapped, “Don’t you know that I’d be dead if she didn’t insist on operating on me?! She put everything on the line to save me, but you sued her instead of thanking her?! Who taught you to be such an ingrate, huh?!”
Neil retorted stubbornly, “She broke regulation—”
“Do you think I’d be alive if she followed regulation?!” Dennis huffed.
Abigail simply stood in her corner, watching quietly.
Ray, worried that Dennis would get a stroke again, quickly rubbed his back. “You just woke up—try to stay calm or it’d hamper your recovery. Just talk things out with him calmly.”
Then, he turned toward Neil and said, “I’m the one who told your father. In my opinion, you made a mistake, which was why I decided on my own to tell him. Complain to me if you have any grievances— stop taking it out on a woman.”
Neil’s face twitched. “What, so you are all the good guys, while I’m the villain?!”
“You made a mistake, so own up to it! Quit being so stubborn and blame everything except yourself. And go to court right now and withdraw the lawsuit, or I’m disowning you!” Dennis snapped, issuing an ultimatum.
Even though Neil was pigheaded, he was still obedient to Dennis.
“Alright, I’ll go. Just calm down, or you’ll affect your health. The only people who really care about you is me and the family—”
“Whatever. I’m content as long as you don’t give me a heart attack,” Dennis said, waving him off and not willing to listen!
As Neil left, Dennis was wheeled to his ward while Ray returned to work.
Abigail was alone with Dennis in his ward, and he watched her for a long while in silence before asking, “Weren’t you afraid? You were using an untested prototype on me. You knew you would be in deep trouble if anything went wrong.”
“I actually wasn’t afraid of anything when I did it,” Abigail admitted. “I believe that saving people is my duty, and I want to do my best whatever it takes… Until your son sued me.”
She paused before continuing, saying, “I hold no grievance against your son, Director Turner… but this incident made me understand that I might have been too naive—too idealistic. In fact, I might have considered myself much too noble to consider the pressure of saving a life, even breaking regulations to do what I had in mind. Now that I’ve calmed down and thought about it, my obstinance just occurred from the heat of the moment. And wouldn’t it be a mess if everyone broke regulations?”
Dennis chuckled. “Why does it sound like you regret saving me?”
Abigail smiled but shook her head. “I just did everything I could—I don’t even know if I saved you.”
“Then do you understand that this is simply extraordinary to me?” Dennis told her, bluntly and earnestly. “Thank you for preserving through the pressure, and for using that artificial heart our research center developed. My recovery will be the best testimony to our success, that all our efforts over the years have finally paid off.”
Abigail’s sacrifice saved his life, while he became the first patient in the nation with an artificial heart!
And with Dennis being a precedent, more would come to accept the device, even using it.
That in turn would mean more lives saved.
Someone leaked news about Dennis’s artificial heart transplant as well, and journalists came there for interviews, interested in getting the latest development in the medical field.
Though Dennis was basically mobbed, he looked spirited.
Relieved, Abigail left his ward, but she saw a person walking toward the ward as she turned!
Although Abigail tried to pretend she did not see him, Neil strode up to her and said, “Don’t get so full of yourself. You’re just lucky my dad is nice—anyone else would be giving you a hard time right now and not let you get off scot-free.”
Abigail shot him a cool look. “It’s like you’re saying I should be thanking you for teaching me something.”
“No thanks necessary,” he said, striding toward the ward while deliberately knocking into her on the shoulder.
Abigail remained where she was, but she had to admit that she had definitely learned her lesson.
She had no idea if she would do the same if the same situation happened again—impulsive decisions only led to terrible consequences!
She was lucky this one passed without further issue.
Stepping outside the hospital, she looked up at the skies at the blinding sun.
She had to narrow her eyes, but her lips were curling up into a faint smile.
She started forward as Eagle brought the car, although a familiar car soon arrived and stopped beside hers before she got in.
James Cross then alighted.
“What are you doing here?” Abigail asked, already recognizing the car as his and surprised that it actually was.
“Nothing much. Just taking someone to the hospital,” James said.
While Abigail was curious who it was, Ian Althoff was dragged out of the car.
Bruised and utterly battered, his skin peeled off wherever he had been hit—by whatever it was James was clobbering him with!
As a doctor who had seen much gore, it was still rare for Abigail to see something as bad as that.
James scratched his head. “I wasn’t really holding back.”
Still, Abigail turned away from Ian after looking at him for a while. “He deserved it. No one would miss him if he’s dead!”
James pursed his lips. “True.”
Abigail then told him, “Do what you have to. I’m going now…”
After she got in her car, she wound down the window and looked at James. “Are you letting him live?”
“I’d rather he die,” James replied. “But killing him so easily would be letting him off easy—anyway, I heard there’s many patients here, and they need B-type blood donors. He happened to be B-type, so I was going to have him donate some.”
Abigail thought James was going to seek medical help for Ian, and then torture him again.
It turned out that James, like Diarmuid, detested villains and would not hold back when they got going!
“That’s about what he’s worth now, saving people with his blood,” Abigail said icily before turning back to James with a gentle smile. “Anyway, I heard you made up with Erin. When did that happen? I never knew.”
James grinned. “Not entirely. We weren’t together that long and were already discussing marriage, so this is a good opportunity to reevaluate.”
“That’s good,” she said, and waved. “I’m going now.”
…
Abigail returned to Hotmesh Research—she had not been there ever since what happened to Dennis.
When he saw her, Finn Crowe promptly ran up to her with his phone in hand. “Director Bernstein, you have to see this.”
He played a video of Dennis being interviewed.
There was coverage everywhere of the successful artificial heart transplant, but Dennis fainted in the middle of the interview.
As the scene erupted in a pandemonium, he was rushed to the emergency room!
Abigail frowned.
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