The operation lasted for more than four hours, and Elisa observed attentively for the whole duration of it.
After the operation, she and the Dean’s assistant were responsible for tidying up and cleaning the operating room.
Back at the office, she took out her phone and found a bunch of missed calls. Elisa remembered that she was in a hurry before and forgot to call her mother and William.
Elisa made a phone call to her mother, and then made a phone call to William.
“William, I received a phone call from the director when I got off work and went to observe a temporary operation. I just came out of the operating room.”
“You haven’t eaten yet?”
“Well, everyone was waiting until you returned.”
“I will go to mom’s tonight, help her tidy things up before my father comes home tomorrow. I can’t come back until then.”
“Shall I pick you up?”
“No need. I’ll drive back.”
“Send me a message when you arrive.”
“Hmm.” Elisa unlocked the car while on the phone and got into the car.
When she started the engine, a car from the corner of the parking lot just also started their car, following Elisa.
Elisa glanced at the car from the rearview mirror and didn’t care.
Maybe it’s the doctor who just participated in the operation.
**
Elisa came home, Emily stood in the living room with her feet crossed. “I knew you were unreliable, but I didn’t expect it to be so unreliable! I thought we were supposed to clean this up together. But no, I did it alone because you were late!”
“I’m sorry, mother. I am starving to death. Do you have anything to eat?”
“No!”
“Ugh, really?!”
Emily hummed and brought hot soup which she found from the kitchen, scolding her nonchalantly, “Can you people take care of your body first, and then heal the wounded and rescue the dying! What should you do if you starve to death in the operating room and could pass out?”
“No patient waits for you to eat and drink. Most people get sick unannounced.”
“Stuff some snacks in your bag next time, okay?”
“Mom, I have some tea I want to spill. Promise you won’t tell.”
“What is it?”
“Your idol was injured and hospitalized today.”
“Huh? Is it serious?”
“It’s quite serious. From the looks of it, it will take a while for him to rest. Though, he tore a chunk of skin from his face. If it weren’t for the surgery performed by the dean, it might have been disfigured. What drama has he taken recently, why is he so seriously injured?”
Emily White looked distressed. “Elisa, could you do me a favor?”
When Elisa White didn’t speak to her, she replied, “After his recovery, can you take a picture with him? Please?”
“No. He is now in the intensive care unit. Our medical staff involved in the operation have signed a confidentiality agreement, telling you about this matter is already a breach of the confidentiality clauses. Again, helping you take photos during his discharge involves the said non-disclosure agreement policy.”
“You are just like your father.” Emily replied in a dissatisfied way.
Elisa, as if she didn’t hear it, ate by herself, then packed up the plate and went upstairs to wash and rest.
**
The next day.
Elisa just woke up and heard the voice of Emman coming from downstairs. She quickly got up, rubbed her face hurriedly and went downstairs.
Emman sat on the sofa, and he looked haggard.
“Dad, you’re back!”
Emman White stretched out his hand toward Elisa and Emily. They sat on both his sides respectively. “Did I make you worry?”
“Mom is worried. She can’t eat or sleep most of the time.”
“Elisa, what are you talking about?!” Emily groaned discontentedly.
“You’re guilty.”
“No!”
Emman smiled and patted the back of their hands. “Okay, since both of my queens are here together with me. How about I’ll cook you both breakfast, how does that sound? What do you want to eat?”
“Emily, you call the shots.”
“Braised grouper, stewed beef, tofu, celery fried meat, frozen eight treasures, bamboo shoot chicken…”
Elisa went back to her room to wash, and then came back down. Her Mom and Dad were no longer at home.
She guessed they went out to buy food.
Elisa White thought about calling Dr. Ellen Saline to go shopping.
**
In the supermarket.
Emman pushed a trolley and followed Emily at his side.
Emily threw the food into the trolley and said, “This is for complexion. Look at your face, it is as black as the bottom of the pot. I am worried to death.”
Emman didn’t say anything and let her squabble.
Emily walked for a while and turned to aim at Emman. “If you have anything to say, say it quickly, be careful or it will be your last words!”
Emman didn’t hide from her. “Don’t tell Elisa in detail about that, especially who framed me.”
“Huh? Isn’t that the company you worked with?”
“No, there are people behind it, and it is for Elisa.”
“Are you lying, who dares to bully my baby daughter’s head with such things?!” Emily let out a loud roar.
“Julia.”
“Julia? What about her?!”
“She is Brandon Helmes’ current girlfriend.”
Emily paused, quickly processed the information in her mind, and her face changed immediately. “Do you mean Julia planned this matter a few years ago? Have you done it since you took that project?”
“Hmm… I don’t actually know the relation of how they pinned me, but with that thought we can’t be taunted by their frail mischievousness. I’m telling this to you, so that you’d know that this is far from over. They planned this years ago, and who knows what might come next. There are definitely a lot of accomplices. But if it wasn’t because of William’s intervention, who knows where I would wind up.”
“That’s the point we have him at our side, what are we supposed to be afraid of? This person will stop until he deserves what comes at him. Otherwise, he would have come back for you!”
“This matter has already troubled him, and we will solve the rest ourselves.”
“Honey, you still don’t like William that much?”
“No. Since the beginning of their marriage, our family affairs should not bother any of them as much as possible, and wait until they have a good relationship and become a real family. Now Elisa will be embarrassed, and Edward will also look down on our daughter.”
“I see.”
**
Elisa and Ellen were in High Point Shopping Centre, where things were cost-effective and the shopping environment was good.
Ellen seemed to be in a much better mood, without the uneasiness of the previous two days.
Elisa raised her chin at the shopping mall. “Just pick out what you want. Don’t be shy, I’m paying for it.”
Ellen Saline came closer to Elisa. “I pay for meat at night.”
The two ladies walked around and giggled.
Ellen took a fancy to a cashmere coat and went into the store to try it on.
Elisa sat on the small sofa in the shop and read magazines. Suddenly, the magazine in hand was blocked by a shadow.
Elisa looked up and saw Julia and Brandon Helme’s face a few steps away.
Julia looked at the decoration of the shop contemptuously, and said with a prick in his words, “It seems that you are not doing well in the Brich family. Since, you came to this place to shop.”
“Why is this the only place in the world where I can spend my money?” Elisa with a light smile, closed the magazine, and stood up.
Julia is only 1. 58 meters, and Elisa is a few centimeters taller than her even in flat shoes.
Elisa stood up and crushed Julia with her height.