Brettley directly rejected Lucas’s suggestion to visit Nigel. He did not even want to spare his own son a single minute.
To him…Fiona was more important than Nigel.
In the end, Bethan did not enter the ward to take the items. She turned and headed downstairs. After dawdling around the window for a long while, she asked the nurse on duty to make an exception and reissue a certificate for the procedure for Nigel’s operation tomorrow.
Brettley’s heartlessness…meant she would rather be thick-skinned and admit to the nurse on duty that she lost the documents, rather than go to Brettley and humiliate herself.
After the nurse on duty finished her work for the day, she finally prepared another copy of the documents that Bethan needed.
To convey her gratitude, Bethan purposely rode a taxi to the city center and bought some of the most delicious food for the nurse and her colleagues as supper.
By the time Bethan finished doing all these, it was already past 11 p.m. at night. After stepping out of the elevator, she yawned as she lifted her legs and headed for Nigel’s ward. Within moments, she saw a tall and lean man standing at the door to Nigel’s hospital ward.
At that moment, he was standing outside the room, looking in through the glass panel on the door.
It was Brettley.
Bethan frowned. Why would he come here so late at night? Was it because he could not accompany Nigel during his operation tomorrow, that’s why he came here ahead of time to visit him? What a great and loving father.
At this thought, she snorted and strode forward, saying in a low voice, “Mr. Morrison, what are you doing here so late at night instead of resting in your own room?”
Hearing the woman’s cold voice drifting over from behind him, he frowned slightly and dragged his eyes away from Nigel and Nellie who were in the ward.
He turned and glanced at Bethan indifferently, handing her the documents in his hands. “Don’t you need this for Nigel’s operation tomorrow? You left them in my room, you haven’t been back for them yet?”
She narrowed her eyes and glanced coldly at the folder in his hands.
“Sorry.”
She held up the folder in her hands and showed it to him. “I thought I lost them, so I asked the nurse to prepare another copy.”
She raised her lips in a sneer and side -eyed him. “
Since you’re just here to send me the documents, you should just ask Lucas to do it, why would you come all the way here yourself?”
With that, she tugged the folder out of his hands, keeping it together with her own folder. “By right I should throw this old one away since I already have a new copy. But I’m a sentimental person, unlike you, I won’t completely ignore the old one after I get the new one.”
Brettley’s eyes turned ice -cold at her words. She was obviously using the new and old documents as an analogy to refer to Fiona and herself.
He narrowed his eyes. “Useless things should be thrown away.”
Bethan laughed, “You’re right, useless things should indeed be thrown away. If you were me, the old documents would be lying in the bin now. But…”
She narrowed her eyes. “Have you considered the fact that the old documents might contain Nigel’s personal information? No, you wouldn’t. To you, after you obtain something new, even if the old one is still useful to you, you’ll still throw it away without fail.”
With that, she sucked in a deep breath and raised her legs to enter the door. After taking two steps, she suddenly turned back, as if she remembered something and looked at him with a pair of ice -cold eyes. “Right, you might not have heard me clearly the last time, allow me to repeat myself. Before and after an operation, other children will usually have their parents beside them. I hope Nigel can have everything that other children have.”
She lifted her cold, clear eyes and looked at Brettley. “
Do you hear me?”
He narrowed his eyes. “I’ll try my best.”
Bethan narrowed her eyes too and laughed, “Alright, I ‘ll be waiting for you to try your best. “
With that, she turned and entered the ward without even bidding him goodbye.
After closing the door, she closed her eyes and leaned against it. The sound of his retreating footsteps drifted in through the wood.
As she expected. He came to return the documents. After giving her the documents, he did not even bother taking an extra look at the children and turned and left.
Bethan leaned against the door, a layer of ice enveloping her heart. Previously in his room downstairs, she clearly heard him say that he would not be visiting Nigel tomorrow. But to her, he said he would try his best. She knew that ‘trying his best’ meant that he would not appear.
Liar.
The next day, Nigel’s operation went ahead as scheduled.
Early in the morning, Anne and Bonnie both stood waiting in the hospital with a big bouquet of flowers in their arms. Zayne, Shannon and the rest were also there. Samson helped Arianna as she wobbled to the hospital. Even Gwen, who was far away in Sea City, had purposely recorded a video together with Luke to wish Nigel good luck for his operation.
It went without saying that Malcolm would have already sent both his well-wishes and a gift card to them the day before.
All of Bethan’s friends had expressed their concern for Nigel and his operation, sending him their well- wishes.
All except that man. He did not appear.
As Nigel’s birth father, he did not even send a message to Bethan. Before Nigel entered the surgical theatre, he was talking to Bethan as he looked casually in the direction of the elevators.
Bethan knew who he was expecting. She held his hand and said, “He’s quite busy, don’t worry, just concentrate on your operation.”
Nigel retracted his gaze and smiled wordlessly. “
Brettley…really isn’t coming?”
Bethan closed her eyes, nodding with a bitter smile.
“He’s too much! “
Anne said, her voice low but furious. “No matter what, Nigel is his son, this is such a major operation and he really isn’t coming to see him? Not at all?! “
Beside them, Shannon frowned. She sounded unconvinced as she said, “Maybe Mr. Morrison is preoccupied and will come later? When I arrived at the office this morning, his secretary said President Morrison left after giving some simple orders. He even took two days’ leave, I ‘m sure he’ll be here soon! “
Anne pursed her lips and finally relaxed, heaving out a sigh of relief. “That’s more like it. How can a father not be here when his son is undergoing an operation? I saw Nigel’s eyes drifting to the elevators, he must be waiting for him. What is he thinking, how can he be late for something as major as an operation?”
Bethan leaned on the bench, her eyes staring fixedly at the three bright red words that read ‘Operation in Progress’.
The doctor said Nigel’s operation would take around five or six hours. She did not know how long Fiona’s operation would take.
It should end before Nigel’s, right?
Once Fiona’s operation was concluded, would he take the time to visit Nigel? Or would he take the opportunity while Fiona was in the operating theatre to come and visit his son who was critically ill and was about to be reborn?
Nigel’s operation went on from lo a.m. to s p.m. in the evening.
Brettley never appeared.
Shannon, Bonnie, and the rest had already left, Anne was the only one left, accompanying Bethan all the way through.
“It’s already so late, Brettley really isn’t coming?”
Anne took a glimpse of the time, and could not help but start cursing him again. “Where is his conscience?”
Bethan curled her lips in a wry smile. “Today… Ms. Blake has an operation too.”
Maybe he was too busy and could not take the time to visit. She could only comfort herself like this.
Anne widened her eyes furiously. “I’ll go take a look! “
With that, she ignored Bethan’s protests, raised her legs, and headed to Fiona’s hospital ward.
Bethan was both worried about Anne causing trouble and curious about Fiona’s situation. She sighed and sat on the bench. Every minute and every second that passed felt like torture. She even insecurely wondered whether Anne’s visit finally reminded Brettley that his son was undergoing an operation. Maybe then, his conscience would stir to live and he would come and visit Nigel. This way, he might be able to make it in time for when Nigel came out of the operating theatre. Then, she could comfort the little guy and tell him that his father had been waiting for him all along. She did not want her son to be too sad.
But still, Brettley never appeared.
After around 20 minutes, Anne returned in fury. “I went to Fiona’s ward, the two of them were hugging each other sweetly! Do you know what they were doing in each other’s arms? Brettley was coaxing her to go to sleep! I even heard Fiona say that she wanted to give him a child, and he was worried about her health! “
The more she spoke, the angrier she got. “And over here Nigel is still in the operating theatre! Isn’t he worried at all?! “
Bethan laughed bitterly.
She had been expecting too much of him. That man was not worth an ounce of her expectations.
She curled her lips and was about to say something when the doors to the operating theatre were opened.
Bethan and Anne immediately rushed over. “Doctor, how was it?”
The doctor smiled and repeated the words he said to Brettley’s CCTV camera half an hour ago. “The surgery was a great success! At the moment, there are no signs that his body is rejecting the new bone marrow, all his organs are running smoothly! To be completely sure, we even observed him for 30 minutes inside before coming out! “
Anne let out a little shriek at the doctor’s words. She pulled Nellie into her arms in excitement. “Did you hear that! Your brother is fine now! He’s finally recovered! “
Bethan was extremely excited too, she held the doctor’s hand and said, “Thank you so much! “
The doctor smiled and patted the back of her hand. “
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