When Monique woke up the next day, she just laid on the bed. It took her five minutes to recall what had happened the previous night.
She was very certain that she had been carried into the room by Brucille. However, what was terrifying was that she remembered that she had an intimate contact with someone in the parking lot.
She covered her mouth with her right hand. Upon rushing to the dressing table, she saw a red mark on her cheek. The shape looked like the lips of a specific person.
Gulping, her whole face turned red in an instant.
Even though she had been married for so long, she had never done such a thing. She tried hard to recall the name that she had cried out.
She realized why Brucille had pushed her away with so much force.
Finally recalling the incidents of last night, her heart raced and pounded rapidly. She quickly washed her face, put on some makeup, changed her clothes, and then hurriedly left home for the hospital.
As she sat in front of her desk and stared at the blue coffee cup on her desk, her mind was in a mess. She had been married to Brucille for so long, but she had never been so intimate with him.
Worst of it all, she had called out the name of another man. She originally felt it wasn’t a shameful thing at all. After all, she was not willing to marry Brucille in the beginning.
Yet, at the moment, she felt that she had made a serious mistake, and even felt a little guilty.
“Dr. Ching, you’re here. The wound of the patient on bed no. 19 accidentally reopened when they got off the bed.”
“I’ll go and have a look,” Monique replied.
She devoted herself to the work and stitched up the wound for the patient. Fortunately, the injury was on his leg and there were no serious consequences.
Meanwhile, Brucille was still lazing on his bed while TV broadcasted the morning news, discussing oil concerns, the post-war reconstruction, withdrawal of troops and so on.
After her breakfast, Sabrina announced, “Tyrion, I’m leaving now. Please get Brucille to deliver some of these to Monique. She left in such a hurry this morning and skipped her breakfast. Her appetite hasn’t been good lately.”
“All right, I got it!” Tyrion responded.
Tyrion was paying much attention to the news at the moment. However, he noticed that Brucille seemed to be a little lazier than usual. Although he was already accustomed to his behaviour, he still raised his voice a little at him. “Brucille, Sabrina prepared some oats this morning. Please have some and deliver some to Monique too. You said that the relationship between the two of you can’t be rigid all the time. So, please be a little more proactive!”
Brucille couldn’t possibly vent out his frustration just then. He also knew that the old man meant well. “Okay, I’ll be up right away.”
He decided to ride an old Phoenix Brand bicycle to the hospital, considering it as his exercise. When he arrived at the hospital, he spotted Donald.
Donald was behaving very strangely; he paced back and forth repeatedly. Standing in a corner, he peeked at him and noticed that Donald seemed to be involved with a female doctor.
Brucille instinctively felt that there was more behind it. Therefore, he rushed forwards, taking three strides at a time.
He looked up at the sign hanging above the door and realized it was the hospital’s equipment room.
The room was located at the far end of a corridor. Hence, there would be no passers by. Eavesdropping, he heard the woman say, “Director, this is a hospital. Please let go of me.”
“I’ve already closed the door. What are you afraid of? The most dangerous place is also the safest place. Your husband is performing an operation now, so it’s the best time for us…”
Brucille almost spat in exasperation. It looked like the old man was a womanizer.
Pushing the door slowly, he found that the door was unlocked. Deftly, he took out his cell phone and recorded the scene for about two minutes.
“Director, I’m going back now. Look at what you’ve done to me!” The woman cried.
“Alright, alright. I’ll wait for you at our usual place tonight…”
Brucille quickly kept away his phone and left in a hurry. He recalled the wonderful scene a while ago, it was simply amazing.
When he arrived at the inpatient department, he met a young nurse.
The nurse was nice to him. After all, they had interacted before when he cured her of her monthly pains.
“Brucille, are you here for Dr. Ching?” she asked. “Unfortunately, the emergency department doesn’t have enough staff members, so she was called over to help with an open suture. She will probably be back in half an hour.”
“Alright, I’ll wait here for a moment then…”
The nurse beamed at Brucille, and after a while, she brought him a glass of water. She was considerate and kind to him.
Brucille found her easier to please than his own wife. Perhaps he should marry her instead.
As Henric’s office was next to the lounge, Brucille could hear his voice clearly. At the moment, Henric sounded very frantic.
“It’s not that I don’t want to do it. I’m not skilled enough to do it, so there’s no point forcing me to do so. Also, I can’t bear the consequences if something bad happens! I heard that Mr. Tyrion used to be very good at this procedure. Why don’t you ask him to come back to perform the surgery?”
Brucille’s ears pricked as he tried to glean the contents of their conversation. They must be talking about Monique’s father, Brucille’s own father-in-law.
Henric seemed to have encountered difficulties during the operation and wanted to ask Tyrion for help. However, the department head didn’t seem to agree. Soon, Brucille heard him hanging up.
After a while, Henric walked out of his office.
Although Henric’s medical skills were not very good, as a doctor, he still had professional ethics to adhere to. While the department head had directed the responsibility to Henric because he himself was not good at that surgery, Henric was not capable of it too. That was precisely why one should not take on a responsibility greater than they could handle.
He strode to the director’s office, where Donald had just returned after his fling with the female doctor.
Knock, knock, knock…
Henric knocked on the door frantically.
Donald called loudly, “Come in.”
“Dr. Lee, what’s the matter?”
“Director, a patient at the inpatient department needs to undergo a major operation on the chest. But we are not capable of performing this surgery at all. I heard that Mr. Tyrion is an expert in this field. I was wondering if we can invite him over as the principal surgeon?”
Donald’s face darkened immediately when he heard that. Although Tyrion had been an assistant dean, he was much more experienced than he was. It was Tyrion’s accident that led to Donald’s appointment as the director. How could he invite him back to the hospital?
“Henric, as an attending doctor, do you think it’s appropriate for you to defy your department head and talk to me about this? Doesn’t your department know whether this operation can be done? Does he need you to tell me what to do?”
“You’ve seriously violated the rules, Henric. I’ll inform your director to report according to protocol. I’ll consider that you have not been here to see me this time. Now get out!” Donald commanded.