Just like that, the night had passed and everyone left in the early hours of the morning. Christopher had lost, but since Everleigh had promised to buy them ice cream, she naturally had to accept the punishment.
They didn't end their shift until everything was settled. Afterwards, they went back to rest.
When Everleigh returned to the Trevino family home, Alastair and Adrienne were getting ready to go to school. However, the person who was going to send them to school was not Selena, but Abraham instead.
"Dad, why are you sending them off instead?"
"Selena is going to the shoot today, thus she doesn't have time. Since it's still too early for me to go to the company, I figured I might as well send them to school in the meantime. I happen to have something to talk with Alastair about." At this point, Abraham looked at him with a different expression.
"Mommy, did you just come back?" Adrienne raised her head and tugged on Everleigh's shirt. There was a look of amusement in her eyes.
She was used to her mother coming back late already.
Everleigh bent down and looked at her with doting eyes. She stretched out her hand to tidy her dress and said, "Yes, I've just come back from a night shift. You have to behave well in front of Grandpa, understand?"
"I will."
"Then, you two better leave quickly." Everleigh stood up straight and looked up at Abraham as she said, "Dad, be careful when you drive."
"Alright, go up and have a rest."
Abraham stretched out his hand, held his grandchildren's hands, and walked out. Everleigh didn't withdraw her gaze until they had left. She got up and went upstairs to wash up. Then, she covered herself with the quilt and had a good rest.
On the third day, she came to the hospital early in the morning. Seeing that a man had walked in, her eyes were filled with dread.
"Mr. Clark, is there anything I could help you with?"
Yadreil stared straight at her, his scarlet eyes filled with malice. "Just tell me if you are going to treat me or not."
"I've told you that you have to do an examination first before we can do anything. We can't operate on you without any information about your illness. Besides, your position is special," Everleigh said patiently.
Yadreil had a tumor growing in his thigh. As he refused to undergo an extensive body scan, she couldn't tell whether the tumor was malignant or not. He insisted that it was no big deal and that Everleigh should just remove it. Then, he would be fine.
He thought that the body scan would be too expensive.
Everleigh was not a doctor without conscience. She could pay for the cost of the body scan out of her own pocket, but the follow- up treatment would also cost a fortune.
She couldn't help him even if she wanted to.
After all, she still had a family to take care of.
"The way I see it, you are just not talented enough to treat me and are refusing to admit it," Yadreil shouted loudly, which attracted a lot of people's attention.
She looked at the people around her. She was used to this kind of situation. After all, something like this was common in her line of work.
"Mr. Clark, if you really think that my medical skills are not good enough, you can go to other hospitals. I can guarantee that any doctor would give the same answer as me."
"Don't try to threaten me like that. You just don't want to treat me. You are a disgrace of a doctor who only cares about money."
When she heard his angry scolding, she felt very helpless. She had already told him everything she could. If he refused to believe her, there was nothing she could do anymore.
"If that's the case, then do whatever you want." After saying this, she turned around and left.
However, to her surprise, Yadreil rushed over with a kitchen knife in his hand. His eyes were filled with anger and hatred as he said fiercely, "I'll get rid of such evil from our society, you evil doctor."
At the sight of this, the nurse standing aside looked terrified. "Dr. Trevino."
Everleigh felt something was wrong and instinctively turned around to take a look. When she saw the shining knife coming before her, she instinctively reached out her right hand to try to stop it.
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