Chapter 512 Cured
The next day, before Nicole set out for the research center, Colton brought good news that the Gardners’ medical team had already developed the antidote, and Hayden would recover as soon as it was injected.
Nicole didn’t quite believe it and was even a little doubtful, but after Colton guaranteed that there were no side effects to this medicine, she finally agreed to it reluctantly.
However, the syringe only contained common glucose. After all, Hayden was very healthy, and he wasn’t ill at all.
Colton was forced to play along with Hayden for the sake of their bond.
The Gardners’ medical team arrived at the Gardner Residence, all completely prepared. Colton had asked them beforehand to come up with a convincing lie and claim that they had developed the antidote.
Anna was worried that it might trouble Hayden later, so she kept asking them about the side effects and whatnot.
After the medical team assured her, Anna finally agreed to let them give Hayden the injection.
The medical team went in and gave Hayden the injection, and soon after that, Hayden fell asleep.
When Nicole went in, the medical team had already emerged. Hayden was lying on the bed peacefully as if in a deep sleep. Nicole checked on Hayden and finally let out a sigh of relief when she confirmed that he was alright.
Fearing that their act might be seen through, the medical team gave Hayden some anesthetics so that he would sleep first.
They couldn’t figure out how a healthy person kept claiming that they were ill, but could stay convincingly ill for so long.
The person leading the medical team looked earnestly at Nicole and said, “The medicine has anesthetic properties, and the patient only needs some sleep to recover.”
Nicole was still a little worried as she looked at him and asked, “May I know the percentage of success?”
There was nothing wrong with this child in the first place, so they were naturally a hundred percent confident about it. However, they remembered what Colton told them, so the medical team answered humbly, “Around eighty percent. We’ll wait here until the child wakes up. If something happens, we can help out right away.”
Nicole nodded, feeling reassured.
The deceived people were all very worried, fearing that the medicine wouldn’t work. Likewise, the Gardners sat on the couch and waited from morning until afternoon when Hayden finally woke up.
Nicole hastily went upstairs to check in on him. When she saw Hayden sitting quietly, she called in a soft voice, “Hayden?”
When Hayden heard her voice, he slowly turned around, a glint in his dark eyes as he looked at Nicole and called sweetly, “Mom.”
Seeing that her son had already recovered, Nicole couldn’t help but feel her eyes warming up. She stepped forward and grabbed Hayden in a hug, choking as she said, “Hayden, Hayden, you’re alright!”
Hayden pretended to be confused as he looked at Nicole and asked, “Mom, did something happen to me? Why are you crying so sadly?”
Nicole sniffled and shook her head. “No, I’m just a little too emotional.”
Hayden blinked. Perhaps because the anesthetics hadn’t fully receded, he felt groggy all over.
Colton even told him that it was just glucose, but he felt sleepy soon after getting the injection, and he even felt terrible after waking up.
“Mom, I’m hungry. I want to eat meat,” Hayden said pitifully.
Throughout the last few days of putting up an act, he could only have chowder every day. His taste buds were stripped of strong flavors for so long, and he wanted nothing more than to feast right now.
Anna had been watching them from the side, so when she heard that Hayden wanted to eat meat, she hastily told Edith beside her, “Go and tell the kitchen to prepare some nice dishes and plates of meat.”
Nicole agreed readily. “Okay,” she said.
