Chapter 249
In the hospital, Melanie sat on the bench outside the emergency room, accompanied by Dr. Lawrence and Sally.
Dr. Lawrence looked at Melanie’s empty eyes and did not know how to comfort her.
When they arrived at the hotel, the old man’s body was already twitching uncontrollably. The doctor said that his condition was dire.
The old man’s blood pressure was high to begin with, and his health was already deteriorating. That was why the doctor repeatedly emphasized that he could not get too worked up.
Dylan sat alone in the chair opposite them. Her head was down, and she was rubbing her hands on her legs, deep in thought.
Dr. Lawrence sighed. “Don’t worry, Ms. Smith. I’m sure Mr, Lancaster will be fine after getting some rest. He’s a good man, and the heavens will bless him.”
Melanie could not hear him at all. Her head was buzzing. Even sitting here was taking a lot of energy out of her.
She could not forget how frail her grandfather looked just now. Melanie covered her face in agony. She had never felt so helpless and lost before.
“Melanie!” Suddenly, Yana’s voice came closer and closer, pulling Melanie’s blank thoughts back to reality.
She slowly looked up as Yana approached.
“Why are you here?” As soon as she spoke, Melanie realized that her voice was extremely hoarse. It was low and deep, sounding like a completely different person.
She wondered if Yana had even heard her correctly.
Regardless, Melanie did not have the energy to repeat herself. She lowered her head again and did not say another word.
Just then, the door to the emergency room opened. Melanie shot to her feet and looked at the
doctor as he walked out.
“The patient is too old, and his blood pressure is too high. The situation is more serious this time, so you should be mentally prepared,” the doctor said as he took off his mask.
The blood drained from Melanie’s face in an instant, leaving her cold and pale.
She looked at the doctor in a daze. After a while, she asked in a hoarse voice, “How is my grandfather?”
“He has partial paralysis from a stroke caused by cerebral hemorrhage.”
The doctor’s words were like a bolt out of the blue, jolting Melanie senseless.
The door of the emergency room opened again, and Albert was wheeled out in the hospital bed.
He had an oxygen mask on his face, and his eyes were closed. The lights in the hospital corridor were bright and blinding as Melanie looked at her grandfather’s wizened old face,
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unable to react.
The old man was covered with a blanket and pushed past her. Melanie saw the back of his hand, lying outside the blanket with an IV in it. It looked like a withered branch.
Suddenly, Melanie was afraid.
She did not dare to follow her grandfather to the ward, nor did she dare to see her grandfather’s thin and weathered face again.
However, there were another person who did not care about all that.
When the hospital bed passed by Dylan, she suddenly jumped up and pounced on her father on the hospital bed. She cried and wailed, “Dad, don’t scare me! I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have angered you. Open your eyes and look at me. Don’t scare me!”
Her cries were very loud. The doctor beside her barked “Please lower your voice. The patient needs to rest!”
Dylan wiped his tears and choked. “But he’s my father!”
As soon as she said that, Melanie spoke up icily. “Dylan Lancaster. You just want money, right?
Dylan paused. She turned to Melanie.
Melanie looked straight at her. Her expression did not change at all, and her voice was bone- chilling,
There were still tears at the corners of Dylan’s eyes. She tried to look innocent, but the bruises on her face just made her look disheveled and comical.
She said slowly, “Mel…”
“You did all that for half a million dollars, didn’t you?” Melanie was feeling pretty numb now. She watched the doctor push her grandfather’s hospital bed away, her hand gripping the strap of her shoulder bag as hard as she could.
