Doctor John's face expression changed. He became all white. His eyes were about to pop up from the orbit and for a good while he was immobile.
Then he became very angry, he began to toss in the air anything that was in front of him while slurring.
"This little hooker has really succeeded to throw me out of the office with the power of her legs. The chairman Ben Madoff is under a spell and behaves out of his senses. This enchantress wants to try me ? Well she will get what she is looking for," he pledged to himself as he ransacked his working space.
In the meantime, another major event occurred in Cecilia's hospital room. Indeed, her daughter Joanna's telephone rang once again and like previously, she made to draw all the attention on her.
On the screen, it showed Ben Madoff was the one calling.
"Allô darling!" said Joanna with a sensual voice as she answered.
"Miss Joanna, I have wonderful news for you ! You are now in charge of the city's general hospital. Henceforth you are the general director of the medical center. Doctor John has been thrown out. I think your mother will not be bullied again now that you are the head of the hospital," Ben Madoff announced to her before brutally ending the call.
Joanna was in total shock and for a good reason. Indeed the mogul appointed her to a position for which she had no prior training. Before the scoop, she was just a waitress a coffee shop.
Mrs. Goldberg who couldn't stand Joanna's acting any longer took back the floor.
"You little pretentious girl, what could you possibly be up to ? Who have you been talking to since almost ten minutes now? To your bastard billionaire ? Another one of those wealthy businessmen who can't self contain when they see women's curves," spat out the patron of the city's general hospital.
Joanna can't help herself but laugh out loud. She mocked Mrs. Goldberg who didn't like it and warned her as the room's heat went up.
"Are you going to stop this, you little rude impostor ?" shouted Mrs. Goldberg.
But Joanna was deaf. She didn't listen to the warning. She continued to laugh more and more and it was only when her ribs began to hurt that she finally stopped. A little out of breath, she took deep breaths to recover from her spending of energy.
Then without any form of apprehension, she threw the scoop of the last hour in the face of Mrs. Goldberg and the medical staff around the patron, while staring at them.
"Well you all pay attention to to the new chief of the city's general hospital, that is to say me, Joanna Norton" she declared with pride and joy, thus sending a shine down the spine of Mrs. Gold and her supporters.
A graveyard silence then grips the room. Everyone was stunned. Cecilia, Joanna's mother, who was laid on the bed, instantly rose up. She sat gently and leaned against the wall behind the bed's head. She opened her eyes widely asked her dear child : "Excuse me, Joanna ! What did you just utter?"
However, Joanna did not bother to answer her because she was so focused on Mrs. Goldberg and expecting a reaction from her instead. The latter was in turmoil.
"Oh really? But tell me, little pretentious prostitute, what rich and stupid man have you seduced to give you such a great opportunity?" questioned the city's general hospital patron.
"You will know who I was talking to in due time. For now I won't say anything. You will have to wait," Joanna replied with a little satisfactory smile, thus prolonging the suspense.
After all, she had not been officially married with Ben Madoff yet. And the latter could chang his mind. So she remained cautious. Moreover she would face unbearable shame if it happened and this was out of the question for the young woman.
However, she couldn't get over the fact that Mrs. Goldberg called her a mistress. So she answered her:
"Prostitute ? The word is not appropriate I think, Mrs. Goldberg, given that I'm not paid for having sexual relations. My rich dude knows more than anyone that I'm a decent woman. That's why he's mad in love with me and wants to marry me," Joanna told the patron.
The confidence of the young woman disconcerted Mrs. Goldberg. She almost had a stroke but recomposed herself right away. The great lady that she was couldn't let herself be embarrassed by a nobody like Joanna, she thought.
"Frankly dear, who wants to believe this crap? If you're so sure of yourself, why don't you reveal the name of the man you say wants to get wed with?" asked Mrs. Goldberg with bitterness.
"You, just wait ! But it seems you're very impatient. What are you going to do if you know his identity now ? You're going to ruin everything, aren't you? Or worse, maybe simply poison us or something like that ?" Joanna interrogated her with a serious tone of voice.
For Mrs. Goldberg, Joanna's audacity was reaching a new unacceptable level. She could no longer stand her.
"Stop it while there's still time, otherwise I will deal with you in the most regrettable way," she concluded before screaming from the depths of her guts and walking away to the sound of her high heels and this, without even saying goodbye to the medical staff.
Joanna pulled herself together at this moment and moved forward a few meters towards the nurses. Then, in her capacity as the new boss of the city's general hospital, she issued an order.
"Well, as you have heard very well, I am your new chief. However, fully aware that every patient including Mrs.Cecilia Norton my mother, must pay medical bills, I will not do any exception. And since I am requesting that you send her to a high standard room, I will definitely support all the incurred expenses. Just give one or two days. Well, what are you waiting for ? Go ahead and send my mother to her new room!"