“I just recorded it. Everything you said is clearly captured on my phone’s voice memo. As soon as I call my lawyer over, this recording will serve as evidence!”
Hearing this, the group instantly panicked.
“No, no, no...don’t call a lawyer! We’ll apologize right away!”
“Alana, I’m sorry. We went too far just now.”
“Yeah, yeah, we were just venting our anger and talking nonsense. Don’t take it seriously!”
“We’re all family here. Please talk some sense into your boyfriend and don’t let him call a lawyer!”
Alana looked at her relatives, who had suddenly started groveling before her, and found it amusing.
Now that they were being threatened, they suddenly felt she was family. Why hadn’t they ever treated her like family before?
If they’d truly considered her family, she wouldn’t have applied to a university so far away back then, nor would she have stayed there to work after graduation.
But her grandmother was still in the operating room, so she wasn’t in the mood to dwell on it.
Every second counts in the operating room, what kind of behavior was this, all this arguing and commotion out here?
“I accept your apology, but I won’t forgive you. Besides, the person you’ve truly wronged is Grandma, not me.”
Hearing this, everyone exchanged glances, unsure of what to say.
They were afraid that saying too much might provoke Alana’s boyfriend.
Anyway, Alana’s boyfriend couldn’t possibly protect her forever. Once he’s gone, it won’t be too late to pick on her then.
As the saying goes, a gentleman’s revenge is never too late, even after ten years!
Just then, the operating room door suddenly swung open.
A doctor emerged, his expression grave.
Alana immediately stepped forward to ask,
“Doctor, how is my grandmother?”
The doctor sighed. “We’ve done everything we could. You... should start making arrangements for her funeral.”
“This is the critical condition notice. Could the patient’s next of kin please come forward to sign it?”
When Alana saw the critical condition notice the doctor handed her, her legs went weak, and she nearly lost her balance.
Stephan walked up behind her and quickly caught her.
He looked up at the doctor. “Is there really no hope at all?”
The doctor shook his head. “The elderly patient suffered a severe head injury, with significant cerebral hemorrhage and other serious conditions like cerebral infarction. Our hospital’s capabilities are limited; we are unable to perform such a complex surgery.”
“Even if we did, she’d only end up in a vegetative state, never to wake up, confined to a hospital room for the rest of her life, dependent on machines and medication. Rather than that, it’s better to let her pass away peacefully.”
Hearing this, Alana felt her heart take another crushing blow.
The doctor said again, “Please have a family member come sign the critical condition notice.”
Alana shook her head, weeping; she simply refused to sign.
She couldn’t believe it, her grandmother, who had been full of life just a month ago and had even asked her to bring her boyfriend over, was about to leave her like this.
She refused to believe it!
Miranda stepped forward. “I’ll sign it! Since none of you are willing to be the bad guy, I’ll do it! She’s lived a long enough life anyway, let’s give her a better end! Rather than letting her lie in bed as a vegetable, suffering a life worse than death, it’s
better to let her die sooner and be reborn!”
Once the old woman was dead, her assets would belong to them.
After all, she hadn’t made a will before her death, so Alana, an outsider, had no right to inherit anything.
Alana looked at Miranda in disbelief. She never would have imagined that such unfilial words could come from an elder.
Did they really want their grandmother to die?
Miranda was about to sign the critical condition notice. And no one else stepped in to stop her.
Alana hurriedly said, “No, don’t sign it! This is just the worst-case scenario. Maybe the surgery will be successful, and Grandma won’t end up in a vegetative state?”
Miranda couldn’t help but frown. “Oh, come on, don’t stop me! Even if the surgery is successful, your grandmother’s body is already in such bad shape. Even if she recovers, it’ll only be temporary. What if something happens to her later and we have to spend more money? It’s not coming out of your pocket, it won’t hurt you!”
“It’s better to give her a quick end than let her linger on like this!”
“That’s right. She’s so old; she doesn’t have much time left anyway.”
Tears streamed down Alana’s face as she broke down, “What if Grandma still wants to live? What if she’s trying her hardest to hold on?”
“You’re so casually cutting her life short, did you even asked her what she thinks?”
Miranda retorted, “So what do you want to do? The doctors have already issued a critical condition notice, which means she’s at the end of her life. Do you really expect them to defy the laws of nature and save her?”
“I...” Alana was at a loss for words, but a wave of despair washed over her.
That’s right...she wasn’t a doctor. What could she possibly do?!
The doctor couldn’t help but urge her, “Sign it quickly, there’s no time to waste.”
Alana clutched the critical condition notice tightly, refusing to let Miranda sign it.
“No, I can’t...”
Grandma can’t just die like this...
Miranda was furious but couldn’t do anything about Alana for the moment.
That damn little bitch, always ruining her plans!
Stephan couldn’t bear to see Alana in such agony. He looked up at the surgeon.
“Doctor, your medical skills here may not be up to par, but if a top-tier medical team from abroad were to perform this surgery, wouldn’t the success rate be higher?”
The doctor immediately replied, “If a top-tier medical team from abroad were to perform this surgery, the success rate would at least increase to thirty or forty percent.”
After all, this place wasn’t a first-tier city, it was a third- or fourth-tier one, and its medical standards were nowhere near as advanced as those of the top-tier facilities in the capital and abroad.
Moreover, the medical equipment there was far superior to what their hospital could offer.
Stephan said, “I’ve already contacted a top-tier medical team from the capital before coming here. They’ve arrived at the Airport and will be here in about ten minutes. Could you help her grandmother hold on for just those ten minutes?”
The doctor was stunned. “Holding on for ten or so minutes is certainly no problem, but have you really managed to bring that top-tier medical team from abroad here?”
After all, a top-tier medical team like that isn’t something just anyone can summon.
Stephan nodded. “That’s right. They’ll be here very soon.”
The doctor asked uncertainly, “Can you guarantee they’ll actually come?”
After all, every minute of delay puts the patient at greater risk. Their hospital couldn’t afford to take that risk.
Stephan spoke with absolute certainty, “I stake my life on it!”
Perhaps it was the man’s commanding gaze, but the doctor was convinced and immediately said, “Then we’ll do our best to hold out until they arrive.”
Stephan nodded. “Alright, thank you.”
The doctor decisively re-entered the operating room to save the elderly man’s life.
Miranda and the others, having overheard Stephan’s exchange with the doctor, were all stunned.
“What does that mean? You called in the top medical team? When did you do that?” Alana was also curious.
Stephan looked at her and explained specifically to her, “I was already preparing for the worst on the plane. If the doctors here couldn’t save your grandmother, I would have called in the top medical team from the capital, and then from abroad to see if there was any chance of saving her. If necessary, I might have arranged for her to be flown out of the country.”
Alana’s heart swelled with emotion. So, without her knowing, he had quietly made all these arrangements for her.
She took his hand and said, her voice trembling with emotion, “Thank you. Stephan, thank you.”
Stephan gently patted her head in a soothing gesture. “There’s no need to be so formal between us. Besides, I believe Grandma will pull through.”
Alana nodded vigorously. “Mm-hmm.”
Miranda couldn’t believe Alana’s boyfriend was that capable, that he’d actually managed to bring in a top medical team.
“Hey, just because you say the top medical team is coming, does that mean they’ll actually show up? You aren’t trying to deceive us, are you? Delaying things on purpose so we won’t sign the critical condition notice?”
Stephan raised his gaze to look at Miranda, a chilling coldness in his eyes. “Do you really think I’d joke around with someone’s life?”
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