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I made a sound by smashing the plate onto the floor. Only then did the caregiver open the door of my room and come in.
She rubbed her eyes and complained in a sleepy voice, “What was that noise? It’s late at night! Will you be quiet?”
It was fatal to have a low fever after surgery. Ignored her bad attitude and said, “I’m having a low fever. Please send me to the hospital.”
However, the caregiver said impatiently, “It’s just a fever. Not a big deal. You can make it.”
Having no other choice, I rolled the wheels of my wheelchair and slowly moved towards the outside. But that caregiver suddenly kicked hard on my wheelchair.
As a result, I fell down to the floor. The caregiver then said to me with disdain, “Why bother going to the hospital? Just rest on the floor. You’ll be fine.”
Enduring the pain in my back and my heart, I looked at her and asked, “Aren’t you afraid that I’ll tell Antonio about this and let him fire you?”
But she chuckled casually, “You know what? It was Ms. Clifford who recommended me to Mr. Kaufman. And Mr. Kaufman hired me without any hesitation. He won’t fire me.”
With that, she went back to her room directly to sleep.
I wiped away the tears from the corner of my eye and dialed Antonio’s number. But the phone only rang twice before being hung up.
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I then dialed Alaric’s watch phone number. This time, it was picked up. But it was Adela.
“Grace? Sorry. It’s my first day in this new ward. Antonio and Alaric were worried about me and insisted on accompanying me. They’ve just gone out to buy things for me. Don’t worry. After they come back, I’ll let them go home to accompany you.”
Not wanting to hear Adela’s complacent voice anymore, I directly hung up the phone, crying silently.
I felt like on the verge of death. But now, I could only call the ambulance myself. When the medical staff arrived, I almost blacked out.
Later, the doctor told me that if they arrived a little bit late that night, I might have probably died there already.
I was woken up by Alaric’s cry. “Mom, we shouldn’t have left you alone at home last night.” I knew he was acting.
At this time, Antonio also spoke up with guilt, “Sorry, Grace. How do you
feel now?”
I turned my eyes and looked at them indifferently. To my surprise, Adela and that caregiver were also there.
Adela asked, “Didn’t Antonio hire a professional caregiver for you, Grace? How come you ended up like this?”
The caregiver immediately explained in tears, “Mr. Kaufman, I wanted to take Ms. Parrish to the hospital last night, but she refused. She said… She said she wanted to make you regret forcing her out of the ward.”
When Antonio and Alaric heard this, their expressions changed, and Antonio immediately rebuked me, “That’s too much, Grace! I’ve already
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hired someone to take care of you. Isn’t that enough?”
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Alaric echoed, “Mom, that’s very bad of you! Why do you have to make an enemy of Ms. Clifford?”
I sneered and took out my phone, placing it in front of them. “See for yourself.”
Before, when Antonio forced me to be discharged, he was afraid of me having some accident at home, so he installed a camera in the room. But I reckoned that he had probably forgotten about it. Anyway, everything that happened last night had been recorded.
When Antonio and Alaric saw in the video that the caregiver was so rude to me and even kicked my wheelchair, causing me to fall down, they instantly flew into a rage.
“How dare you!”
The caregiver panicked and immediately apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Kaufman. But it was Ms. Clifford! She paid me to do that!
“She didn’t want me to take care of Ms. Parrish. She said it was best if
Ms. Parrish died at home.”
Hearing this, Adela turned pale. She immediately held Antonio’s hand and cried, “Antonio, I didn’t, I swear. I just found that she was professional in taking care of the patient, so I recommended her to you.
“We’ve known each other for so long. You know I’m not that kind of person!”
Seeing Adela cry, Antonio softened his heart and said, “Of course. I believe you.”
Seeing this scene, I felt pain in my heart again. After taking a deep breath,
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I said, “Whether you believe her or not doesn’t change anything. I’ll call the police. They’ll handle this matter properly.”
The expressions on Antonio’s and Alaric’s faces instantly changed at my
words.
Alaric hurriedly snatched my phone away and said, “Mom, Ms. Clifford didn’t do it. She’s a kind person. Anyway, I won’t allow you to hurt her!”
Antonio also spoke up with confidence, “I believe Adela. She was just being kind to recommend that caregiver to me, but that caregiver fooled her. She’s also a victim in this matter. Besides, Grace, you’re fine now, aren’t you? So just forget about it, OK?”
Seeing that both Antonio and Alaric were so protective towards Adela, I closed my eyes and sighed, “Never mind.”
I thought it was time to let go and move on. After all, I had already known that the one they cared about and loved wasn’t me, hadn’t I?
