Chapter 957: Chapter 957: Turning Point
Hope Williams lifted her head and glanced at her, not blaming her, "I know you were anxious at the time and didn’t mean it. I don’t blame you. You shouldn’t worry about it either."
Aria Richardson lowered her head, her fingers pinching the hem of her clothes, her eyes full of regret.
No matter what, she shouldn’t have said those words back then.
Thinking about it now, she feels she was exceedingly over the line.
Seeing her so troubled, Hope patted her shoulder to comfort her, "It’s really okay. I understand. Given our relationship, I know you didn’t mean it, and I won’t take it to heart..."
As she spoke, Hope’s phone rang urgently, and she looked down; it was Thomas Hughes.
"What’s the matter?"
"Madam, there’s trouble; the grandmother of that female reporter has had a heart attack. We’re rushing her to the hospital now."
Hope furrowed her brows and sat up straight, "Alright, I understand."
"What happened? What’s going on?" Aria heard some faint sounds from Thomas and quickly asked, worried.
"Scarlett’s grandmother has a heart condition, and she’s having a heart attack now and is being sent to the hospital," Hope told the driver to take her to the hospital.
Hope frowned; she had checked the old lady before. The fainting was due to a scare, and a fall, and she hadn’t recovered immediately. She was already fine back then, so how could there be a sudden heart attack again so soon?
...
Hope arrived at the hospital a step ahead of them. Scarlett was watching her grandmother, lying pale and weak on the mobile bed, with tears streaming down as she muttered, "It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault, Grandma, don’t scare me, you’re all the family I have left, don’t leave me... "
Hope quickly checked the old lady’s condition, frowned, and straightened up to tell the nurse beside her, "Prepare the operating room."
"Director Williams, are you performing the surgery yourself?"
"Yes."
Scarlett was stunned, watching her grandmother being pushed into the operating room, her eyes moved slightly, wiping away tears, looking at Hope in disbelief, "Are you willing to operate on my grandmother?"
Hope’s gaze fell on Scarlett’s face, "It’s not for free, think carefully about what I said before."
"Aria, help her pay the fees."
"Alright, I’ll go right away."
Hope walked into the operating room.
Scarlett’s complexion was pale, her eyes complex, looking back every three steps at the closed operating room.
Aria walked ahead, noticing the person behind hadn’t followed, she stopped and turned back to look at her, "Don’t worry, leaving your grandmother to Hope is alright."
Scarlett pursed her lips, feeling very uncomfortable inside.
The cost of this surgery isn’t low either. She spoke up, "I’ll gather the surgery fees as quickly as I can to pay you back."
"You don’t have to worry about the money. Hope said before that she wouldn’t charge you."
"But... I..."
Scarlett felt even worse; she didn’t want to owe them.
Aria sighed, stepped forward to hold her wrist, "Come on, let’s pay the fee first. We’re partly responsible for your grandmother ending up this way too."
"No." Scarlett shook her head, her face deeply remorseful, "It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have argued with her at this time, making her upset; otherwise, she wouldn’t have ended up like this."
Aria raised her eyebrows; she didn’t ask more about the reasons, because she also had someone she was concerned about and didn’t have the leisure to focus on others.
Aria sighed, "Scarlett, if you still have the video, I hope you can bring it out. You’re worried about your grandmother, and I’m worried about my husband. You saw the news online, if he can’t prove his innocence, this blemish will follow him forever and ruin him."
Scarlett lowered her head, pursed her lips, and said nothing...
After a long five-hour wait, Hope walked out of the operating room, taking off her mask.
Scarlett hurriedly came forward anxiously, "How is it? How’s my grandmother?"
"Rest assured, the surgery was successful, your grandmother is fine."
Scarlett couldn’t control her overwhelming emotions, and the tears she’d been holding back finally fell from her eyes, "Thank you, thank you."
"Don’t thank me. I said it’s not for free, have you thought it over?" Hope looked at Scarlett and asked.
Scarlett pursed her lips, "You saved my grandmother just for the video in my hands? What if I don’t have the video anymore? Wouldn’t you have saved her for nothing then?"
"Saving your grandmother was partly my duty as a doctor; I can’t stand by and do nothing, but on the other hand, I indeed hope to get the video in your hands because it’s important to us. But from no point of view is it considered saving for nothing, and you still have the video in hand, right?"
A flash of surprise crossed Scarlett’s eyes, "Why are you so sure?"
Hope raised her eyebrows, slowly saying, "We’ve sent people to check your camera twice before, and both times found nothing. It’s not that our people are incompetent, but rather you have two memory cards. You switched the card on the scene when we first checked your camera, right?"