Fiona Marshall arrived almost as if she had flown at the speed of light.
When she got there, Lily Garcia was causing a commotion in the ergency departnt.
The X-ray showed that she had a comminuted fracture of the tibia in her lower leg and needed to be hospitalized imdiately for surgery.
Otherwise, if the delay continued, there was a risk that the muscles or nerves in her lower leg could necrose, and then difficulty walking could beco a lifelong trouble.
Despite the doctors emphasizing the gravity of the situation repeatedly, she still insisted on leaving the hospital.
"I won’t have surgery at this hospital! I want to be discharged! Don’t you understand?"
"Christopher, I want to be discharged! You are detaining ! And you’re forcing to be hospitalized! You’re inhuman! How can you treat like this!"
Lucas King stood in the hospital corridor, with a headache brewing.
"President Hart, is she trying to deliberately delay so that if her leg becos la, it will be easier to extort you?"
He could think of no other logical explanation.
A fracture is very painful; not even the toughest man could endure it.
She, a delicate woman, would rather endure the excruciating pain, her face completely devoid of color, yet here she was causing a scene, wasting ti.
There must have been a reason.
Christopher Hart’s expression was dark and somber, akin to a sculpture under the chill of winter frost.
By his intuition, Lily was not refusing treatnt outright, but was unwilling to be treated at this hospital.
She kept emphasizing "find Mom" and crying out in pain, not seeming to resist treatnt, so what exactly...
"Christopher—"
Amid confusion, a shout from behind startled him, and just as he turned around, he saw a dark figure lunging toward him.
His body instinctively dodged, and with Lucas pulling on him just in ti, Christopher narrowly escaped Aunt Harper’s handbag assault.
"Mrs. Garcia, please calm down!" Lucas held Aunt Harper around her waist, pulling her back while continuously trying to pacify her.
But Aunt Harper was far from listening.
"Christopher! You’re worse than a beast! What did Lily ever do to wrong you, that you would treat her like this! Returning kindness with ingratitude is just too much!"
Before Christopher could respond, inside the ergency room, Lily heard the commotion and imdiately started wailing.
"Mom! Mom... I’m over here, I’m going to die from pain... wuwuwu, my leg is broken, it hurts so much..."
Upon hearing her daughter’s desperate cries, Fiona Marshall imdiately forgot about confronting Christopher Hart and hurried inside.
Soon after, the sounds of mother and daughter holding each other and crying could be heard.
Christopher did not want to intrude, but considering the circumstances, he felt responsible and felt compelled to remind them.
"Mrs. Garcia, Lily’s leg fracture is severe; she needs surgery as soon as possible. I have already paid the expenses and hired the best orthopedic surgeon, so please quickly persuade—"
Before he could finish, Fiona sharply turned and interrupted him, "Now you decide to show concern? When you initially locked her up, did that not occur to you?"
Not wanting to argue with her, Christopher continued, "Delaying treatnt could have unimaginable consequences. The surgery should be the priority right now."
Lily lifted her head from her mother’s embrace, her eyes brimming with tears, and softly called out, "Mom..."
Fiona knew what her daughter ant and gave her a reassuring look.
"The surgery definitely needs to be done, but not at this hospital. I’ve already called an ambulance; it should arrive soon."
Fiona stood up, her face set sternly as she made her position clear.
Then she turned back to her daughter, helping her sit up from the bed, "Co on, the ambulance will be here soon. Don’t worry; mom is with you!"
The doctor, seeing them handle the injured leg so carelessly, instinctively warned, "She shouldn’t move that leg—"
"Don’t interfere!"
Fiona interrupted the doctor’s words. Before she could finish, she heard the sound of an ambulance outside, and at the sa ti, her cell phone began to ring.
"Let’s go, Lily, the ambulance is here, we’re transferring hospitals!"
The doctors were all flabbergasted.
This was the best hospital in the entire city.
Christopher personally stepped in and had an orthopedic expert co in to operate.
That’s soone many can’t hire even with money!
Do these mother and daughter have bubbles in their brains?
However, since they clearly said they didn’t want to be hospitalized here, there was no stopping them.
Soon, dical staff dressed in white coats from a private hospital hurried in and carried Lily Garcia onto a stretcher, pushing her away.
One of the doctors couldn’t help but mutter under his breath, "Transferring from our hospital to that private hospital? Are they sure they don’t want to check their brains?"
"Who knows. To each their own. Tough patients like that, it’s good that they’re gone!"
"That’s true!"
The ambulance whined away.
Christopher watched the departing taillights with a grave expression, deep in thought.
"Lucas, go check it out and see why they had to go to that hospital."
"Yes, President Hart!"
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Alia was almost asleep when her cellphone dinged and danged.
She squinted at the screen, lying down to answer, "Hello... Snow, what’s up this late?"
Snow Fitch excitedly said, "Great news! Lily Garcia has broken her leg! Isn’t that karma? Hahaha..."
What?
Alia was startled and sat up, turning on the bedside lamp, "Your aunt told you?"
"Yeah, my aunt was on the night shift. She said that around ten o’clock, Lily Garcia was brought into the ergency room, got X-rayed, and her right shinbone was shattered. The doctor suggested surgery as soon as possible. Christopher pulled so strings, getting this hard-to-get orthopedic expert on board, but Lily Garcia downright refused. Your stepmother hurried over, insisting on transferring her daughter to another hospital!"
Snow rambled on and finally took a breath to ask, "Did these mother and daughter get their brains squeezed by a door? They’ve passed on an orthopedic expert to go to a private hospital!"
Alia, with a shocked look, "I heard Lily Garcia was confined by Christopher, how did she break her leg?"
"Confined? Why?"
"It must be because they’re afraid she’ll go around revealing my identity."
Snow’s attention shifted again, "Christopher is really going to great lengths for you, huh."
"Can you not bring this up?"
"Alright, alright, I’ll drop it." Snow stopped imdiately and then curiously speculated, "Do you think Lily Garcia deliberately refused proper treatnt to plan another shakedown on Christopher if her leg ended up crippled? Otherwise, it really doesn’t make sense."
Alia thought for a mont, "Maybe. But that seems like a high price to pay."
"Ha! What’s she afraid of? She was brave enough to donate a kidney, why would she be scared of a crippled leg?"
Snow snorted with a hint of admiration, "I am getting more and more impressed with her! She’s ruthless, even to herself! Incredible!"
Learning this, Alia struggled to fall asleep that night.
Lily Garcia was clearly targeting Christopher and wouldn’t let go.
Now she also knew her own identity.
If Hope couldn’t leave with her and continued to be raised by Christopher, to later end up in the hands of that stepmother Lily Garcia...
The thought made her desperate to call Christopher right away for a negotiation, even if it ant kneeling and begging, to get custody of her daughter.
The next morning.
Hope was discharged.
Christopher had originally wanted her to go straight ho, but she still went to the hospital first.
In the hospital room, Hope changed into her own clothes.
She wore a pale pink long-sleeved dress, which made the little girl look even more rosy and sweet, though her cheeks still bore the pallor of illness.
Seeing mommy, Hope was very happy and imdiately took a comb from Aunt Harper, "Mommy, co and do my hair."
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