"Miss Sherman, you're here." The doctor took off his mask, his voice joyful, "Your mother's surgery was very successful. You can rest assured, she's fine for now. The patient will be sent back to the Intensive Care Unit first."
She's fine now...
Evelyn Sherman's tense nerves relaxed, and her whole body leaned against the wall with exhaustion.
"Miss Sherman, although I can understand how you feel, as the attending doctor for your parents, I have to remind you to be prepared. Their condition is very precarious, and they could leave us at any moment."
The doctor stepped forward, looking at her pale face, and spoke with reluctance.
"Can't they really be cured? Give them the best medicine. I'll find a way to pay for it, no matter the cost!" Evelyn regained her senses and grabbed the doctor's arm.
As soon as she spoke, her eyes reddened.
It's been four years since her parents' car accident, and the doctor has warned her more than once to be prepared.
But how could she give up on her parents, who had always held her in the palms of their hands...
If it wasn't for her, they wouldn't be like this now - vegetative, living on ventilators, counting down their days...
It was all because of her.
It was her stubbornness and uselessness that led her to watch her parents suffer the accident, with the family's property gradually being taken away by unscrupulous relatives.
It wasn't until she received a court summons informing her that the Sherman Family Company had gone bankrupt that she finally realized.
There was no daughter more useless than her. If her parents were still awake, they would certainly be disappointed in her.
Was that why they chose to remain asleep, unwilling to even look at her?
"I want to go see my parents."
Evelyn blinked away the tears welling up in her eyes, and walked toward the hospital room...
She stayed in the room and lost track of time.
It wasn't until the nurse came to remind her that she realized she had been in the hospital for a whole day.
She had left Chester Yale's villa so abruptly, without saying goodbye. She wondered if he would come up with some new tricks to annoy her when he found out.
Her fingers still hurt from peeling shrimp shells all night yesterday.
Most infuriating was that she could look but not eat, an inhuman torture!
As Evelyn thought about this, her whole body tensed up, and she hurriedly prepared to leave the hospital.
Just as she stepped out of the elevator, a sharp voice rang in her ears.
"Well, well, look who it is. Our very own Miss Sherman."
...
Evelyn stopped in her tracks and turned to see a seductive figure approaching her.
A mocking smile hung on the woman's beautifully made-up face.
Evelyn furrowed her brow as she looked at the person in front of her.
Anna Rivers, the Rich Heiress of the Rivers Family, college classmate and rival since their school days, constantly competing with her from campus life to work.
Both of them graduated from film school. Evelyn became a scriptwriter, while Anna pursued acting.
Whenever Evelyn had a successful submission, Anna would use the Rivers Family's influence to join the film crew and star in her work.
For four years, Anna had been like a dog-skin plaster, appearing wherever Evelyn did, and within three days, Anna would show up.
Always opposing her at every turn!
"Come to visit your not-quite-dead parents again? You really have time. Instead of worrying about them, you'd better worry about yourself. If you can't secure the contract with Yale Group, you'll end up in jail. What will happen to your parents then? Won't they follow you in death?"