Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
However, the cafeteria lady might be used to such excuses and reject Elspeth.
“No.How can I accommodate you? If I did and the superiors found out, I might get punished and have my salary revoked.”
The cafeteria lady mercilessly rejected the suggestion.
When Elspeth heard that, she quickly promised, “If they do revoke your salary, I will pay you double the amount.How does that sound?”
Those words seemed to have hit the cafeteria lady’s sore spot because she suddenly began shrieking, “Yes, you are very rich because you make a lot of money and can do whatever you want! Despicable! They always try to use money to solve everything!”
It was obvious the cafeteria lady had misunderstood Elspeth’s words, and Elspeth did not know how she would explain herself.
She wanted to say something, but her tray was instantly taken away.
“That’s it.I don’t think you need to eat.You can go somewhere else to buy them.”
In the end, Elspeth left the cafeteria empty-handed.
With no choice, she headed to a place some distance from the hospital to get some takeout.
After making the round trip back to the hospital, she discovered half an hour had passed.
When she returned to the hospital and arrived before Yelena’s ward, she heard a commotion from the on-duty room nearby.
Seeing that Yelena’s room was quiet and the nurse from before had disappeared, Elspeth placed the food by the door and went into the on- duty room.
As a result, she saw the nurse being held down by someone, with Thaddeus standing next to them with a grim expression.
Not understanding the situation, Elspeth asked, “What happened?”
Noticing Elspeth’s return, Thaddeus was guilty.
“Miss Lynwood, I’m so sorry.I failed to supervise my people, which was what led to that situation.Luckily, I noticed it early and stopped her in time.”
Once he was done, he angrily pointed at the nurse.
“This woman tried to bring the virus into Miss Sullivan’s ward!!!”
Elspeth looked at the shivering woman on the floor and asked, “Are his words true?”
The young woman’s voice was trembling because she was obviously frightened.
“I…”
Looking at her reaction, Elspeth was sure that it was true.
“Why did you do it? Who asked you to do it?”
The young woman bowed her head and replied after a long while, “No one asked me to do anything.I did it willingly.”
After scoffing, Elspeth asked, “Fine.Since no one asked you to do it, then why do you want to harm her?”
If her memory served her right, the young woman before her had no grudges against Yelena.
They don’t even know each other, so how did this young woman come up with the idea to harm Yelena? Elspeth scanned the young woman before her, feeling like she was hiding something.
“No reason.I just don’t like her,” the nurse explained as a vicious glint appeared in her eyes.
“Why does she get to stay in a VIP ward and enjoy the best care while my parents can only stay in the lobby with many other people? Also, their symptoms hadn’t gotten any better.”
While listening to that, Elspeth thought the nurse’s words seemed reasonable, but she kept having a feeling that it wasn’t the truth, so she asked, “What’s your name?”
The young woman bowed her head and muttered, “Soraya Tisdale.”
Elspeth took out her phone to send a text before turning it off and looking at the young woman.
“You said you tried to harm Yelena because she’s been given biased treatment here, right?” Soraya nodded.
“That’s right.I did what I did because I felt it was unfair.If you want to punish me, you can call the cops to attain me.”
While speaking, she seemed unafraid, as though she had expected she would be captured and stopped struggling.
Meanwhile, Elspeth noted how she stubbornly refused to tell the truth and decided to do the opposite.
“Since you’re not afraid of the police, I won’t call them to attain you.”
A trace of surprise appeared inside Soraya’s eyes as she didn’t expect this.
Elspeth wasn’t angry and was even smiling at her.
“What’s the meaning of this?”
“There’s no meaning, but I would like to chat with you.”
Elspeth carefully helped Soraya to her feet and brought her to the bench to sit down.
“What are you trying to do?”
Although Soraya was relieved after seeing that Elspeth wouldn’t send her to the police, she was still puzzled by Elspeth’s actions.
“I’m not trying to do anything.I just want to talk.”
Elspeth looked at Soraya with sincere eyes, which made her feel lost.
“Shouldn’t you hate me? I almost harmed your friend, yet you’re here, calmly and peacefully talking to me.”
Are you in over your head? Like, for real?! Instead, Elspeth smiled but did not reply to that question.
“I wanted to ask you about what you just said.”
At the mention of her parents, Soraya seemed slightly sad.
“What do you want to know?”
“You said your parents have been infected with the virus, right?” Soraya nodded.
“Yes.They’ve been infected for over a month but haven’t improved.”
Their health might deteriorate even more if this situation went on, but Soraya could do nothing except feel anxious.
“So, let me ask you, what can you or your parents get from harming Yelena?”
When Soraya heard that question, she averted her gaze for a moment.
“I know that harming her won’t help my parent’s condition, but harming her can make me feel good.”
“Simply put, it’s purely getting back at her, am I right?”
Since Elspeth had learned some psychology, she could tell from Soraya’s reaction that she was hiding the truth.However, this incident might be related to her parents.
Unwilling to continue this conversation, Soraya demanded, “What do you want to ask? I’ve already told you everything, and you’ve already got what you wanted.Just call the cops to arrest me.”
Elspeth felt that Soraya was hoping she would call the cops, but she refused to do what Soraya wanted.
“I won’t call the police to arrest you.Not only that, but I will also treat you well.I’d like to see what the real deal is.”
At that moment, Soraya turned ashen.
“What do you mean to say?”
“Like what I had just said.”