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“Save the boy. Leave the rest to me,” Eustace said.
Danika looked at him. Saying nothing, she went straight toward the operating room.
“You can’t go!” The woman wanted to chase after her, but Eustace prevented her from doing so. She was afraid of Eustace and backed away. Softly, she said, “She will kill my son.”
“Is that so?” Eustace smiled coldly. “Are you sure she is your son’s killer, not you?”
“What… what are you talking about? That’s my son! Why would I want to kill him?” She panicked-he had hit the nail on its head.
Eustace couldn’t be bothered to keep talking to her. He let the hospital arrange for a few people to guard them and went to stand outside the operating room.
Max finished his phone call and went to the operating room as well. He wasn’t surprised to see Eustace here. After all, he had witnessed him walking over to protect Danika.
“It’s not great to look at other women when you already have one by your side, is it?” His words were mocking, and the corners of his lips curved upward. Didn’t Eustace say that he didn’t care? It didn’t seem like
Eustace glanced at him. He wasn’t planning to acknowledge him. He merely looked at the lights above the operating room. A trace of worry appeared in his heart.
They didn’t know that one of the woman’s relatives had recorded all that had happened, posted it online, and tagged it with controversial hashtags. It went viral instantly.
“Heartless doctor refuses surgery, a boy of sixteen close to death!”
Danika’s face attracted attention on popular searches.
“This doctor is so unprofessional, refusing surgery like that.”
“But it doesn’t look like it on the video. The doctor is obviously anxious to save the boy, but his mother refuses.”
“Based on what I know, this mother sent her son to Parrington Hospital for surgery, but Dr. Zellweger refused. The mother wanted to save her son, so she sent him to a shady private hospital. But then that hospital made a blunder during the surgery, and he bled heavily. It was then that the ambulance brought him back. to Parrington Hospital.”
“So that’s what happened. Dr. Zellweger is horrible, refusing surgery like that. Doesn’t she know that someone could die like this?”
“On an unrelated topic, doesn’t anyone think Dr. Zellweger is really pretty?”
“Go to hell! What’s the use of being pretty when she’s so wicked? Aren’t you afraid you’ll meet a doctor like this one day?”
“That’s right. Also, has anyone noticed that Dr. Zellweger is the deputy director of neurosurgery? She looks so young. How can she be the deputy? Something fishy is going on!”
The discussion continued. Many people began digging up information about Danika. They all acted pompously.
Danika knew nothing about all this. She was fully concentrating on the boy’s surgery. The boy on the operating table was no older than sixteen, but he was on the verge of death. Danika gritted her teeth. She was determined to save his life.
The sky began to darken. Eustace discovered that it was already ten o’clock at night. Danika had been doing this operation for seven hours, and it didn’t seem like it would finish soon.
Could she do it?
As the thought crossed his mind, the lights above the operating room dimmed, and a nurse walked out.” Is the patient’s family here?”
“Yes, yes! Is my son dead?” the woman asked anxiously. This made the nurse frown a little. Why did she feel like this woman wanted her son dead?
“The boy is saved. You may handle the hospital procedures below and pay the fees,” the nurse said.
The moment she heard that her son was saved, the woman’s expression shifted. At once, she threw at tantrum on the floor. “I don’t have any money. My son is in danger because of Dr. Zellweger! She must bear responsibility for this!”
Danika walked out of the operating room. When she saw the woman rolling around on the floor like an imbecile, she frowned. She walked toward her and stared her down. “Why the fuck did you insist on giving your son surgery? I fucking told you very clearly this afternoon that he did not fucking need surgery at all!”
“Don’t try to avoid this! I’m telling you, you put my son’s life in danger. You must bear responsibility for this! “The woman grabbed Danika from the floor, fearing she would run. “I’m telling you, you must pay for my son’s medical fees and compensate us for the trauma, or else this isn’t over!”
At this moment, Danika guessed what this woman wanted. However, she couldn’t believe that someone would be willing to kill their son for money.
Danika had been performing surgeries the whole day. She hadn’t even had her dinner. Danika had gastrointestinal problems and was beginning to feel the exhaustion weighing down on her.
The woman was grabbing her tightly. Danika couldn’t leave and began to falter.
She was about to fall when someone suddenly held her up from behind. “Careful.”
Danika looked back and saw Eustace. She was surprised. “You haven’t left?”
He murmured a response. Then, he stared at the woman. “Let her go, or I’ll make your life in Parrington hell.”
The woman was indeed afraid of Eustace. She let go of Danika reluctantly, but she didn’t want to let this end.” This isn’t over until you pay my son’s fees!”
“That’s right! This isn’t over!” The woman’s relatives chimed in.
“Everyone, look, that’s the heartless Dr. Zellweger who nearly killed my nephew! Now she wants to bully the weak.”
The voice was loud. The people who weren’t paying attention before swiveled their heads to look.
The whole afternoon, Danika was trending on searches. Everyone was familiar with this. When they saw her appear, they began gossiping quietly.
“So it’s her. She looks young. Who knew she’d be so heartless?”
“Exactly. And we don’t know if that boy is even saved. If not, she wouldn’t be able to pay for that with her life.”
The whispers made their way to Danika’s ears. She frowned. The whole afternoon, she hadn’t looked at her phone. She had no idea what was happening.
On instinct, she took her phone out to check on the news. But Eustace stopped her. “Don’t look. I’ll handle it.”
However, Danika merely glanced at him and looked at her phone. She saw the trending searches about her.
She scrolled down to the comments and guessed what had happened.
“You don’t have to feel upset. Those people don’t know what really happened and are just mindlessly gossiping.” Eustace looked at her, full of worry.
Danika put her phone away, looking calm. “It’s alright. I’m not that weak.”.
If online comments could affect her, she wouldn’t be here.
She gathered her emotions and looked at the woman with intrigue. She was about to ask her what she wanted to do. Before she could speak, however, a flock of nosy reporters rushed toward her and surrounded her.
“So you’re Dr. Zellweger? As a doctor who refused to give a patient surgery, don’t you think you’re too unethical?”
“That boy was only a teenager. Could you handle his death?”
“Someone said you became a deputy director of neurosurgery through the back door. Can you explain this?”
The questions were fired one after another. Danika’s expression was somber. She looked at one of the reporters. “Who told you that the boy died?”
“He… he didn’t?” Didn’t the news say that he had lost a lot of blood and was beyond saving?
Danika glared at him coldly and swept a gaze over the rest. “As reporters, you can’t even find out the truth. I’d advise you all to go home and wash wash up.”
“You!”
Some reporters were angered by her words, and they began interrogating her. “Didn’t you refuse that boy’s surgery? If not for your refusal, he would have been fine.”
“That’s right. Don’t think that you can go against your morals just because you have someone backing you up. Everyone should be wary of an unethical doctor like you.”
Danika smiled. So, she was to be feared. A clueless person would think she had done something heinous.
The woman saw her opportunity and took it. She stormed over and sobbed, “All you kind people must fight for my son. Because this doctor refused to give him surgery, I transferred him to another hospital. How could I know that something like this would happen? She killed my son! You must all help me!”
Her wails and sobs wrenched the hearts of those listening. Instantly, everyone looked at Danika like they were looking at someone truly criminal.
“Don’t worry, ma’am. We will definitely help you,” someone said.
Eustace’s face was thunderous, much less Danika’s.
He could send them all running, but he couldn’t stop them from spreading nonsense. If this wasn’t handled properly, Danika’s reputation would be ruined. He was at a loss.