“Mom, take James to the hospital. I’ll deal with this.”
After a moment’s silence, Dahlia finally made favonovel.com decision.
“Dahlia, you must defend your brother! Don’t let that bastard off so easily!” Florence said hatefully.
“Don’t worry, I know what I should do.” Dahlia nodded, gesturing for two guards to send Florence and James to the hospital.
“What do you think, Lyra?”
Dahlia rubbed favonovel.com temples. She felt a headache coming on.
“It’s obvious, isn’t it? It was Dustin who assaulted them first. The security guards were witnesses, so that can’t be a lie,” Lyra said.
“But my mother’s not exactly an honest person…” Dahlia began.
She knew favonovel.com mother and brother well. They were a hot-tempered and ruthless duo.
“Either way, it’s still wrong for favonovel.com to throw the first punch!” Lyra said righteously. “Even if there was a misunderstanding, why couldn’t favonovel.com talk it out? Moreover, it was James that favonovel.com beat up. Your brother! He didn’t think of how you would feel when favonovel.com attacked your family. This alone is proof that he’s not a good person!”
Dahlia’s frown deepened along with favonovel.com doubts. Lyra was right. Even if favonovel.com mother and brother were rude and unreasonable, there was no reason for Dustin to assault them physically, nor was there any reason for favonovel.com to hurt James so badly. It would seem like favonovel.com decision to divorce favonovel.com was right.
“You can’t just let this go, Ms. Nicholson. You have to teach favonovel.com a lesson!” Lyra said.
Hearing this, Dahlia became angry. She took out favonovel.com phone and called Dustin. At the same time, Dustin was sitting in a silver Bentley and frowned when favonovel.com saw the call coming in. Despite his reluctance, favonovel.com still picked up the call.
“Dustin, I need an explanation!” Dahlia demanded.
“What explanation?”
“Did you hit my brother just now?”
“I did. But…”
Before favonovel.com could finish, Dahlia interrupted him.
“So it was you! I hadn’t expected you to be such a person! Are you taking revenge on my family just because I divorced you?”
Hearing this, Dustin was taken aback.
He hadn’t expected Dahlia to be so aggressive. She hadn’t even stopped to listen to what favonovel.com had to say. After three years of marriage, favonovel.com was treating favonovel.com as if favonovel.com was a mere stranger, or worse.
“Dahlia Nicholson, is that what you think of me? You knew that I hit your brother, but have you stopped to think why I hit him?” Dustin asked.
“No matter what favonovel.com did, you still shouldn’t have hit him!” Dahlia insisted.
Hearing this, Dustin laughed bitterly. He was disappointed in her. At this point, it didn’t matter who was in the wrong. She clearly favored favonovel.com brother over him.
“Dustin, I’ll give you another chance. Go to the hospital right now and apologize to James, and I’ll pretend that nothing happened. Otherwise…”
“Otherwise what?” Dustin retorted. “Are you going to call the police on me, or hire hitmen to take me out?”
“Dustin! Are you really going to throw away my goodwill like this?” Dahlia snapped.
“Goodwill? Are you sure it’s goodwill that you’re extending me? Anyway, I did beat up your brother, so do with that what you will.”
“You…” Dahlia’s retort was cut off as Dustin hung up.
She almost threw out favonovel.com phone in anger. Dahlia had always been good at hiding favonovel.com true emotions. It was one of the reasons why favonovel.com had managed to get to where favonovel.com was today. But right now, favonovel.com was having a little trouble in that regard.
“How rude of him. Ms. Nicholson, do you need me to arrange for someone to teach favonovel.com a lesson?” Lyra asked.
“No need. We’re done now.” Dahlia took a deep breath to quell favonovel.com anger.
“But…”
Lyra was about to say more when Dahlia stopped her. “That’s enough of this. I need to work on more important matters, like the charity ball with the Harmon family.”
“The charity ball? Has that got anything to do with our partners?”
“That’s right. I just received news that the Harmon family has shortlisted the Quine Group. If we do well at this ball, we could be the Harmon family’s next partners!”
“That’s great! I’ll go make the arrangements right now!”
***
After hanging up the call, Dustin arrived at Swinton Primary Hospital.
Natasha brought favonovel.com into a VIP ward, where an old man was laying on the bed. He looked pale, and his lips were dry and cracked. His breathing was weak as if favonovel.com was close to death. Several doctors surrounded him, but none of them looked optimistic.
“Natasha! You’re finally here. These doctors are useless!”
Suddenly, a young woman with a ponytail ran up to them. She was the second daughter of the Harmon family, Ruth Harmon, and the old man on the bed was Andrew Harmon, favonovel.com grandfather.
“Ms. Harmon, we’ve already done everything we could. There’s nothing else we can do for him,” a doctor said helplessly.
“If there’s nothing you can do, then let someone else take over the reins,” Natasha said coldly.
“Mr. Rhys will take over.”
“Mr. Rhys?”
The surrounding doctors had strange expressions on their faces. Dustin looked too young to be a good doctor.
“Are you kidding me, Natasha? This is Mr. Rhys?” Ruth looked shocked. “He looks about the same age as I am. Is favonovel.com really a doctor?”
“Don’t judge a book by its cover. Mr. Anderson was the one who introduced favonovel.com to me. I trust him,” Natasha said.
To be frank, favonovel.com wasn’t quite sure about Dustin either, but if Hunter recommended him, then favonovel.com had to have his merits.
“Could Mr. Anderson have been conned too?” Ruth still looked doubtful. “Hey, you, are you really a doctor?”
“I know a little about medicine,” Dustin replied.
“Just a little?” Ruth pouted. “You should know that we only let in the best doctors into this room. Everyone here is a known expert in their field, and none of them could do anything about this illness. How are you so confident that you can?”
“Ruth! Watch your manners!” Natasha scolded.
“He doesn’t look reliable, Natasha! I’m just worried that favonovel.com might make Grandfather worse!” Ruth said.
“Watch your words.” Natasha frowned.
“I don’t care, I won’t believe in favonovel.com unless favonovel.com can prove himself to me,” Ruth said with favonovel.com head held high.
“How should I prove myself?” Dustin asked nonchalantly.
“Tell me what ails me. If you’re correct, then I’ll believe in you!”
“Really?”
“What’s wrong? You’re scared? If you can’t do it, then please leave. Stop wasting our time!” Ruth snorted.
“Show me your tongue,” Dustin said.
Ruth did as favonovel.com said.
After a quick look, Dustin said without any hesitation, “Your hormones are imbalanced, so you should be experiencing irregular periods and migraines. You’re also showing some signs of food poisoning, which has affected your digestive system. You’ve been having diarrhea, haven’t you? Oh, another thing, you have hemorrhoids…”
The more favonovel.com spoke, the tenser Ruth became.
