Dorothy hesitantly retrieved the documents in his hand and listened as Benjamin gave her a detailed explanation. “Mrs. Scott, these are the transfers of shares. Some time ago, Mr. Scott has transferred thirty percent of his shares to you. I wonder if you still remember it?”
At this, Dorothy nodded. “Yes, I do. What about it?”
“Today, when I was managing your account, I noticed an additional three percent of shares under your name, and it was transferred from J&D Group’s president, Juelz Sherman to you.”
Benjamin took a deep breath, and to him, it felt like a heavy burden was finally lifted off of him.
With these 33% of shares, Mr. Scott could still firmly control Scott Group. No one could do anything about it.
This also showed that apart from Jeremy and Rosalie, Juelz had also taken part in buying Scott Group’s shares.
Fortunately, Juelz hadn’t wandered too far off the path. He’d transferred the shares to Dorothy just when the Scott Group needed it the most.
“Wait, do you mean that Juelz bought three percent of the Scott Group’s shares, and then transferred these shares back to me?”
“Yes, Mrs. Scott, that is indeed what happened.”
Dorothy was flustered. She did not expect Juelz to have so many tricks up his sleeves. She was speechless for quite a while.
Seeing this, Benjamin quickly took out another stack of papers and a black pen from his briefcase. He pointed to the blank signature box and said, “Mrs. Scott, I need you to sign here. Once you sign, you’ll be the second largest shareholder of Scott Group, and once Mr. Scott is awake, the two of you can join hands to torment the scumbags.”
The so-called scumbags were naturally referring to the scheming Jeremy and Rosalie, as well as Rosalie’s mysterious backer.
“Okay.”
Dorothy took the pen and signed her name on it.
If she could help Credence just by signing, then why not?
Dorothy had just put down the pen when Jonathan came searching for her in a hurry. He didn’t see her around, and quickly called her. “Dorothy, where are you? We need you to sign the consent form for Credence’s surgery, hurry! Let me know if you’re still here!”
“I’m still here, I’ll be there immediately.”
Dorothy placed the pen and paper in Benjamin’s hand, turned around and ran back into Credence’s ward.
She rushed to Jonathan’s side anxiously, and saw him shaking a stack of papers around. “Dorothy, if you don’t have any objection, sign here. The experts said that Credence has to undergo the surgery now, or things might take a turn for the worse if we continue to delay.”
Dorothy took the papers from Jonathan. Just as she was getting ready to sign, she suddenly noticed that her hand was weak. It was trembling so badly that she could barely hold on to the pen.
Once she signed her name there, it meant that she had to bear the responsibilities of Credence’s life or death, as well as any incidents that might or might not happen during the operation.
Every stroke she made weighed extremely heavily.
The burden that she, as a wife, had to carry was all too heavy.
It weighed her heart down heavily, and she was almost out of breath.
Jonathan noticed that Dorothy was hesitating, he noticed how uneasy she was and how she did not sign her signature for a long time. He could not help but urge, “We are all anxious. Dorothy, can you hurry up? If you continue to stall, Credence’s death will only be more and more imminent. Who will be responsible for this?”
Dorothy’s heart had already suffered a huge blow, and she couldn’t bear listening to Jonathan’s negative words. She felt dizzy, and her body started to fall backwards.
“Jonathan, stop spouting nonsense!”
Marvin rushed out of the ward, his brows furrowed. He kicked Jonathan away, and reached out to stabilise Dorothy. He stood next to her and looked at her ashen face, saying, “We all want Credence to live, but we can’t guarantee that it’ll happen. Nobody knows whether the surgery will succeed.”
“So, no matter what happens to Credence in the end, you have to prepare for the worst.”
If she did not put too much expectations on herself, then she would not feel so much pain and disappointment.
“You don’t need to say anymore. I understand.”
Dorothy’s face was paler than a corpse’s. She lowered her head and blinked away her tears before quickly signing on the consent form.
After signing the form, Jonathan quickly took the forms away and rushed to the office to arrange for the best surgeon to operate on Credence.
After that, Credence was sent to the operating room again. Tubes were inserted all over his body, sending medication and nutritions into his body. Numerous experts trailed after him, and they changed into the scrubs. The atmosphere was tense.
Dorothy stood outside the door and stared at the flashing red indicators. Her heart was so heavy at this moment that it seemed like it would never beat again. It was as if she was going to die with him.
She wasn’t sure whether she’d still be able to see Credence the moment he entered the operation theatre.
Jonathan and Marvin stood not too far away from her and watched as she stared at the indicators. They glanced at each other, then silently lit their cigarettes.
At the same time, Germaine waited for Belle to wake up before sending her back to her own ward. She also gave the nurses and doctors plenty of tips to watch over Belle.
Just as she was about to leave, Belle grabbed onto the corner of her red dress. “Mummy Germaine, you still haven’t told me where my Mummy and Daddy have gone to.”
“About that, ahem…”
Germaine turned back to face Belle and bent down. She looked into her bright eyes and chuckled awkwardly. “Belle, your Mummy and Daddy have something to do, and they should be done in a few days. I have something to do, so you can read some books, or ask the nurses to play with you for a while, okay? I promise I’ll be back to accompany you once I’m done.”
Belle sullenly played with her fingers. “Fine, but remember to come back quickly, okay? And tell Mummy and Daddy to come see me as soon as possible.”
“Of course! Belle, you’re such a good girl. I’ll definitely come back soon.”
After leaving the ward, Germaine jumped into her red sports car and took the opportunity to call Wilson while she was at a red light. When she found out where Jeremy was, she sped towards a five-star hotel at Eastlake Road.
Along the way, she gritted her teeth fiercely.