"Hey, you're being unreasonable!"
"Right? How dare she scolds the others when she's the culprit? I've never
seen someone as outrageous as her!
"Talk no more. Let's report her to the police!"
The crowd was annoyed at Jane's arrogance and pointed fingers at her.
"Shut up! All of you!" Hands on her waist, Jane yelled at them, "Do you k
now that we're the Nicholsons from Glenstead? Even your mayor has to show
us respect, let alone you worthless plebs! Make more fuss, and I'll get
you arrested!"
The accusatory voices instantly died down. An average citizen would not w
ant to get on the bad side of the famed aristocratic Nicholson family fro
m Glenstead.
"Mom, just ignore those peasants. Look at this. I'm hurt." The young woma
n, Dakota Nicholson, suddenly spoke up as she pressed against her wound a
nd winced.
"Are you hurt? Let me take a look!" Jane's expression crumbled, and she h
urriedly checked out Dakota's injury. "Gosh, it's bleeding. This is not g
ood. Her face paled, and she scanned the surroundings until her eyes land
ed on Dustin. "Hey, you're a doctor, aren't you? Quick, give my daughter
a checkup! She's hurt!" Anyone would have thought that Dakota contracted
a terminal disease from the worried look on Jane's face.
"She's fine. It's just a scrape on the elbow." Dustin turned around and g
lanced at Dakota's injury before looking away.
"What do you mean? A scrape?" Jane immediately looked irritated. "My prec
ious daughter has never suffered injuries. But she has
a huge wound now. Of course we'll have to treat it with caution. What if
an infection happens?
"If you're worried about wound infection, buy a bandaid at the pharmacy n
ext door. If you keep dilly–
dallying. the wound's going to heal by the time you get to it," Dustin.mo
cked her. He had never seen a woman as ridiculous as Jane, who kicked up
a fuss over a tiny wound.
"What did you say? How could you
ignore my daughter's injury when you're a doctor? Are you even human, you
fuckface?" Jane was truly cross. No one had ever turned down her request
s ever since she married into the wealthy Nicholson family.
"I have to set my priorities. This girl is fighting for her life. Your da
ughter's wound is nothing compared to hers! * Dustin chided her.
"How dare you compare that peasant to my daughter?" With a glare, Jane re
buked him, "Dakota is the daughter of the Nicholson family–
she's important and precious! You cannot compare her to a commoner!"
"Yeah! She's just a nobody. Well, if she dies today, just consider it her
wretched fate!" The haughty Dakota towered over them. "Treat my wound no
w! It's an order. If I get a scar
from this, I will not let you off the hook!"
"Are you even human? Nobody speaks in that way."
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"That's right. Is a life worth less than your minor scrape?"
The indignant crowd gave their opinions.
"What now? Are you testing me? The audacity to talk back to the Nicholson
family! Come here! Which one of
you wants to be the hero?" Jane hissed maliciously as the onlookers held
in their rage in silence in the face of her insolence. Indeed, the averag
e citizens were helpless when harassed and bullied by the rich.
"Madam, my daughter is in a critical state. Can you kindly allow her
to get the treatment? Just think of this as my plea!" The woman in white
plopped onto the ground with teary eyes.
"Hmph! Knock it off! I don't care! My daughter has to be treated first!"
Jane refused to budge.
"Are you deal? Do you hear what my mom said?" Dakota kicked Dustin but wa
s infuriated when the man showed no response. "So, you're refusing to tre
at my wound. Great! Don't bother saving anyone today!" With
that, she went up to the young girl and pulled out the gold needle.
With the gold needle removed, the young girl started bleeding profusely a
gain, and her face grew paler
because of that.
"Hm?" Dustin frowned and spun around with a deadly stare in his eyes. "Do
you know what you're doing? You might kill someone by pulling out the ne
edle without thought!"
"So what? You can't save any life without my permission." Dakota crossed
her arms on her chest, looking bold and arrogant.
Jane chimed in with the same attitude. "That's right! If you don't treat
my daughter's wound, you won't get to
save that useless commoner!"
"Please Please show mercy and stop making things difficult for the doctor
. I beg of you!" The woman in
white kneeled and pleaded to the Nicholsons, all while hitting her head o
n the ground. She knew she could not
afford to get on the bad side of the wealthy; her only wish was to keep h
er daughter safe.
"Try messing around again, and I won't go easy on you next time!" Dustin
warned Dakota.
She scoffed. "Oh! You got the guts, don't you? Do you know who I am? How
dare you speak
to me in that way? Did you tell me not to touch anything? Well, I'm going
to do it anyway!" While speaking, she moved to remove the needle again.
"Get lost!" Fuming. Dustin gave her a slap across the face. She yelped as
she was flung ten feet away, even rolling
on the ground after landing. Her fair skin was red and swollen. She even
lost a few of her dental
laminates.
"Shit! That doctor is mad! How dare he slap a Nicholson?"
"Being hot–
blooded is one thing; offending the Nicholsons is another. He might suffe
r because of it."
The crowd murmured and cast sympathetic glances at Dustin.
"H–
how dare you hit me?" Dakota got up from the ground, still a little dizzy
and utterly baffled by Dustin's move. From a young age, she was treated
like a princess wherever she went. She had never been slapped, not to men
tion being slapped in public.
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"So what? Don't you deserve the slap for being rude?" Dustin wore a hosti
le expression on his face.
"How dare you hit my daughter? I'm going to fight you!" After the initial
shock, Jane recovered and, her blood
boiling, she launched an attack on Dustin. He merely slapped her, and she
collapsed from the impact. The
mother and daughter both fell flat onto the ground.