Chapter 386 Blocked at the Door
If it were just a stranger, Yunice wouldn’t have been so conflicted. But Tommy had helped her once doubted her, he had stood up and spoken on her behalf.
Whether she should repay that kindness, and how, weighed on her mind.
But before she could think it through, she received a call from the Saunders family hospital.
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when everyone else
It was the emergency room calling: “Hello, Dr. Rylie. Are you acquainted with Thomas?”
Yunice hesitated for a moment, then recalled that Thomas was Taylor’s father’s nickname.
Because she had treated him before, he must have had her number stored in his phone.
The emergency room nurse spoke anxiously, “He’s been sent to the Saunders family hospital with a persistent high fever. The last number his phone was on was yours. Please come quickly to complete the treatment paperwork.”
Yunice found it strange. “Doesn’t he have an assistant with him?”
The nurse said, “His assistant is already unconscious barely conscious. Please come quickly.”
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undergoing emergency resuscitation. And Mr. Thomas himself is
With lives at stake, Yunice didn’t waste time questioning the call’s authenticity. She immediately phoned Taylor.
She told Taylor to contact Gerado – a Taylor instantly grew anxious.
and sure enough, a nurse answered. The nurse explained the situation with Gerado, and
But Taylor was tied up with work and couldn’t make it back immediately.
Yunice glanced at the road sign outside the car window. “I’m nearby. I’ll go check things out first.”
Hearing this, Taylor hesitated – probably thinking that she and Yunice weren’t close enough for Yunice to rush around for her like this.
But how could she know? Yunice
–
was also Dr. Rylie and in Yunice’s heart, Taylor was already considered one of her own.
Without wasting any more words, Yunice had Jordan drive her straight to the Saunders family hospital.
Yunice knew the Saunders family hospital very well. She had just rushed to the emergency room entrance when she saw Elsie walking out.
Elsie’s long black hair hung loose. She wasn’t wearing a mask or goggles and pale green like spring onions.
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not even gloves – her manicured fingernails shiny
She paused with her hand on the door handle. When she saw Yunice, she couldn’t hide the disgust on her face. “What are you doing here?”
Yunice didn’t hold back either. “I’m here for the same reason you are.”
Elsie snorted. “I’m here to save lives. You?”
12:12 PM
Which made it reasonable to suspect the illness was infectious.
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