Chapter 27 Not Being Loved Was Embarrassing
When Grace received the news, Juniper had already prepared the car, and Frank drove them to the hospital.
As soon as they entered the hospital, Elodie's mother saw Grace and started wailing, "Oh my God, come and judge this! Nathan ran into my daughter, and her recently operated leg's condition worsened. Now he's using his serious illness to intimidate us, trying to bluff his way out of it. Is there no justice left in this world?"
On the way, Grace had learned everything over the phone.
It was said that Nathan wanted to go out for a walk but had a conflict with Elodie, who was also outside.
First, Elodie invited Nathan to join her in the VIP ward for treatment.
Nathan refused, but Clara couldn't stand Elodie's sarcastic behavior and scolded her. Elodie's mother saw Elodie being bullied and started fighting with Clara.
In the end, Elodie's mother, unable to win the fight, pushed Nathan, causing him to fall and injure the nerves in the back of his head.
Seeing Nathan being bullied, Clara pushed Elodie, who had just had surgery and was sitting in a wheelchair.
Celeste was the first to handle the situation, and when the police arrived, they took Clara away, and she was now in the police station.
Elodie's family, however, was unscathed.
It was clear to anyone that this was a premeditated conspiracy.
Elodie, as a VIP ward patient, had her own resting area, yet she came to Nathan's remote ward corridor and coincidentally ran into him, who was about to go out.
The scene became chaotic.
Elodie's mother cried and complained about Elodie's leg, but Grace saw that Elodie seemed fine.
She had just hurt her leg and wasn't even in a hurry to get treatment.
It seemed like she stayed on purpose to see how things would unfold.
Grace knew that Elodie was the mastermind and approached her coldly, "Elodie, I didn't expect you to target my family."
Elodie looked pitiful, on the verge of tears, as if she could cry at any moment.
She looked weakly at Grace, "Mrs. Montague, how can you say that about me? I'm a victim too. My leg just had surgery, and now your mother pushed me, it will definitely leave a lasting injury. I even spoke up for her when she was about to be taken away."
As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd around them started to get noisy,
"How can Mrs. Montague be like this? Even though her father is in the operating room, it was her mother who started it."
"Exactly, Miss Williams is so kind, she even wanted to let Mrs. Montague's father go to her VIP ward for treatment."
For a moment, there were many opinions.
Seeing the public opinion in her favor, Elodie smiled and pulled Grace aside, speaking in a voice only the two of them could hear. "Grace, leave Henry. He doesn't love you. If you don't want your father to get into trouble again, you'd better do as I say."
Grace knew that Henry didn't love her after three years of marriage.
But Elodie was using this to threaten her and hurt Nathan. How could she tolerate it?
She had been married to Henry for three years, and Elodie had been around for three years. This was the first time she truly faced Elodie, who was vulgar and vicious.
She would stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
If it were the old Grace, she might have been at a loss for words, but now she found it laughable and spoke loudly, "Miss Williams, if you want to be with Henry, I don't care, but you shouldn't have targeted my father."
As she spoke, she slapped Elodie hard across the face.
With a loud smack, Elodie was stunned. She covered her face, staring at Grace in disbelief, not understanding how the usually timid Grace dared to hit her.
And before she could react, Juniper, with her fiery temper, knowing the whole thing, didn't care about the public opinion and kicked Elodie out of her wheelchair.
Elodie fell to the ground, her legs hitting hard, and with a crack, the recently fixed metal plate shifted, causing her to cry out in pain.
Elodie's mother, Rebecca Wallace, seeing Elodie being bullied, went up and slapped Grace, "Your whole family wants to bully my daughter. If anything happens to her, I won't let you off."
Seeing Grace being bullied, Juniper rolled up her sleeves and slapped Rebecca, knocking her to the ground. She sat on Rebecca, hitting and cursing, "Bitch, how dare you hit Grace? Your daughter is just a slut.Now that she can't take Grace's place, so she start scheming? Do you deserve it?"
Rebecca didn't dare to fight back, she wasn't as strong as Juniper, and Juniper was too wild when she fought.
The main reason was that they had bullied Grace.
Soon, Rebecca's face was swollen from the beating.
But when she calmed down, she remembered she had Henry backing her.
She threatened to call the police to have Juniper arrested and sentenced.
But Frank stepped in, pulling Juniper behind him, his expression very cold. "Do you think if I crippled you, how many years would I get?"
Rebecca looked at Frank in front of her, who had a scholarly appearance but a hint of menace, and her body trembled. She didn't dare to act recklessly anymore.
She turned and helped the crying, pained Elodie back into her wheelchair.
Elodie, enduring the pain, stared sharply at Grace.
Seeing this, Juniper rolled up her sleeves, ready to slap her again, but Henry arrived at that moment.
Celeste followed him, reporting the details of the incident.
As soon as Henry arrived, Elodie started crying, hugging Henry.
She looked pitiful and wronged.
Rebecca added fuel to the fire, "Elodie was initially pushed over once and ended up with a lingering injury. Now, being bullied and pushed again by Juniper and Grace has definitely worsened her condition. How is she supposed to live like this for the rest of her life?"
Elodie cried sorrowfully, and after the doctor examined her, he said, "Her leg plates have shifted and will need another surgery, otherwise, it will be difficult for her to walk again."
Henry first glanced at Grace, then looked at Elodie. He knew the real reason behind this incident.
The wheelchair was broken, so he bent down and carried Elodie in his arms, following the doctor out of the room.
Grace watched his departing figure, knowing that between her and Elodie, he chose Elodie
This might be the outcome of not being loved.
Grace found it laughable, while Elodie, cradled in Henry's arms, gave her a victorious smile.
Though tears hung at the corners of her eyes, she smiled triumphantly.
Grace knew Henry didn't love her. When Oliver was sentenced to ten years, Henry didn't care at all.
However, Elodie stayed in the VIP ward, while Nathan was in the most ordinary ward, and the attending doctor was driven away by her.
Grace stood motionless until Henry's figure disappeared from her sight.
Rebecca's slap didn't hurt her, but Henry's choice and indifference felt like a heavy slap on her face.
This slap turned her three years of emotional investment into a joke.
In fact, she herself was the joke.
That absurd night years ago led the Windsor family to such a downfall.
Juniper accompanied her to the outside of the operating room.
Through the door, Grace looked at Nathan lying on the operating table, clenching her fists tightly.
At night.
Juniper wanted to stay with Grace at the hospital overnight, but Frank dragged her away.
In the vast hospital corridor, Grace looked at Nathan, who had just undergone surgery and was resting in bed, feeling a bit dazed.
It was as if her life had been paused again.
She kept Clara's situation a secret, saying Clara had gone out for two days and that the nurses would take care of him.
But Nathan wasn't stupid, he knew Grace was lying to him.
Feeling powerless, he looked at the crescent moon outside the window, a bit dazed, "You should go home and rest, there are nurses."
Grace nodded, left the room, and sat in the quiet corridor, feeling very complicated. There was a faint red mark on her face from Rebecca's slap.
She didn't know what to do next. Henry was forcing her to beg him.
Felix, at some point, sat next to Grace, looking at the injury on her face, wanting to touch it with some heartache, "Grace, be with me. Henry doesn't love you, don't you understand?"
Grace slapped his hand away, sniffed, and chuckled lightly, "No need to trouble you, Mr. Rodriguez."
She said this and then got up to leave the corridor.
But this scene fell into the eyes of Henry, who was standing deep in the corridor.
Watching Grace's desolate back, her stiff movements, and lifeless eyes, he thought of that night when Grace, though tired, was full of spirit.
"Henry, I don't love you anymore, let me go."
"Henry, isn't Elodie enough for you? I'm really sorry then."
At that time, Grace was vibrant. He knew that if he let go, Grace's life would become very good.
Whether she became Lucas's wife or Felix's wife, she would become very happy and live vibrantly.
Between fulfilling others and fulfilling himself, he chose to fulfill himself!
He knew Grace was always very smart, and he believed Grace would come back to beg him.
Looking at the message from Elodie on his phone, he chose to leave the hospital.
[Mr. Montague, I heard you came to the hospital to see me. Why didn't I see you?]