“Where do you think you are? This is the hospital. If you want to quarrel, you should go home and do it.” As this was the pediatric department, the entire floor was filled with children. Given the ruckus that they had caused, many of the children began to cry. The hospital staff that had gathered began to feel exasperated with some of them even threatening to call the police.
Vivian quickly stepped forward and apologized, “I’m so sorry, everyone. My son and daughter-in-law are having some trouble. I will definitely reprimand them when we’re home. So please don’t be mad. Now that it’s over you can move along now.”
Finnick quickly helped Dustin up and softly censured Larry. “What are you doing? Why do you need to beat up a doctor? Can’t you just talk calmly over whatever it is?”
“This man is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He is a scheming hypocrite with no good intentions at all,” Larry retorted.
Bending down to pick up the medical report, he glared at Joan, “I have not fallen to such depths where I need someone else to raise my son.”
At that moment, Joan couldn’t tell what Larry was thinking from the look in his eyes. All she felt was his disappointment and sadness.
As Larry took the medical report to get Leslie’s medication, Joan whispered to Dustin, “I’m sorry.”
Although it wasn’t enough to compensate for the harm Larry did to Dustin, she still felt the need to say it.
“It’s not your fault.” Dustin replied plainly.
When Caspian and Nancy arrived at the hospital to visit Joan and Leslie, they saw Larry at the pharmacy paying for medication. Nancy immediately motioned for Caspian to approach him.
Right away, Caspian noticed Larry’s rolled-up sleeves and the torn calluses on his fists.
Based on his experience, he knew at once that Larry had gotten into a fight.
“Boss, what happened to your hands? Who did you beat up?”
Ever since they were in the army, he knew that Larry was a really good fighter. Now that his hands were hurt to that extent, it meant the victim had suffered much worse.
Nancy’s lips twitched. “It can’t… can’t be Joan, can it?”
Caspian shot her a glance while Larry looked at his own hands and sneered, “He can still walk.”
“Caspian, take this medication to Ward 16 on the third floor. I’m not going back.”
Caspian took over the medication. “What’s wrong, Boss? Aren’t you going to visit Leslie?”
Of course I want to! It’s just that it hurts so much when I see Joan, as if my heart has been pierced by a knife.
After giving it some thought, he felt that Joan had started it all. Unwilling to back down, Larry turned and left.
“Wait!” Joan’s voice rang out from the back. “How can you leave right after beating someone up and turning the hospital into a wrestling ring? Furthermore, you even treated someone else as your punching bag! Therefore, aren’t you being irresponsible by leaving just like that?”
Larry sneered, “Joan oh Joan, don’t you know who is the one that started all this? Instead of reflecting on your actions, you now choose to blame me?”
Joan snapped, “No matter who is the one at fault, you still can’t beat up someone and disrupt the peace at the hospital. Your ridiculous reasoning is simply your attempt at desperately justifying your own actions.”
Both Finnick and Vivian quickly approached to pacify both of them.
“That’s enough. You’re both adults. Even if you don’t mind embarrassing yourselves in the hospital, at least think about your child…”
“Your child needs a quiet environment to recuperate. Why don’t you leave him in the hospital first and arrange for two persons to stay with him?” a doctor by their side suggested.
Finnick shook his head helplessly. “Both of you don’t deserve to be parents. You can’t even handle your own emotions, let alone raise a child.”
He reached out to hug his crying wife. “Larry, go home now! Come back only after you have calmed down.”
