Chapter 1284 Return
“Don, seems like Arielle is leaving. I’m sure she’s forfeiting,” Queenie said softly, her tone filled with delight.
She was under a lot of pressure the entire time because Cornelius regarded Arielle highly. As a result, Queenie started to doubt her own abilities and even felt that Arielle was better than her.
“Her problems have nothing to do with us. Just focus on your patient and aim for the highest score possible.” Donovan could not afford to pay any more attention to Arielle. He was terrified of exposing himself if he continued doing so. After all, the whole situation about the assassination had yet to settle down. Should he end up exposing himself, he would be in deep trouble.
Queenie had no idea what Donovan was thinking. Instead, she genuinely thought that the latter was concerned about her. Hence, after hearing what he said, she nodded and channeled her attention to the patient, determined to secure her candidacy.
Meanwhile, Sasha delivered Arielle’s backpack to Arielle’s location. Upon noticing the elderly woman in the room, Sasha immediately recognized her as Arielle’s patient.
While Sasha was oblivious to the reason behind Arielle’s decision to treat the elderly woman there, she sensed that something must have happened.
“Do you require my assistance?” Sasha asked.
“Yes, you can be my assistant. Just pass me what I ask from you,” said Arielle softly before turning on her laptop to do some research.
It was Arielle’s first time seeing the elderly lady’s condition. Nonetheless, Arielle figured she could take on the challenge and heal the elderly lady at the same time.
However, she soon realized that she could not figure out the illness even as the day wore on.
She had no time to spare, and because of the constant pressure from Sasha and the elderly lady, she barely had time to eat. After shoving a few mouthfuls of food, she continued diving into the sea of information before her.
The next day, at eight in the morning, the contenders were eagerly waiting in the hall for Cornelius to announce the results in Silverbirch Hospital.
When Cornelius scanned the surroundings, he noticed that Arielle was not present.
One of the elders who initially had a good impression of Arielle inquired about the whereabouts of the patient he brought in. Only then did he find out what had transpired the day before, that Arielle had gone out with the patient and had not returned.
The elder couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret. Arielle, in his view, was considered to have forfeited.
Queenie was overjoyed at this point because she had already cured her patient.
Viggo felt the same way.
He, too, was successful in curing his patient. However, when he overheard the conversation concerning Arielle’s forfeiture, mixed feelings of relief and regret surged within him.
After all, he always felt pressured with Arielle around.
Because the scores were determined according to the severity of the patients’ condition and the extent of their improvements, the process took slightly longer than usual.
At the moment, the first and the third rankings were taken by two elders, while Queenie and Viggo were ranked second and fourth respectively.
Just as Cornelius was ready to announce the score, Arielle arrived with the elderly lady in the nick of time.
Queenie wasn’t really surprised by Arielle’s timely appearance, but the sight of the elderly lady from yesterday left her utterly dumbfounded.
“This…” Queenie was astounded by what she was seeing. The old lady was just pregnant yesterday! Where has her belly gone? Could it be that Arielle took her to get an abortion?
That must be the case. After all, I’m certain that I was right when I said that she was pregnant! If not, her protruding belly would not have vanished from thin air overnight.
“Arielle, how dare you risk operating on the elderly lady? She could have died on the operating table because of her advanced age!”
