Chapter 310 Dismissal
Chapter 310 Dismissal
Victoria and Steve visited Jenny at the hospital, then headed back to Hilltop Residence.
Victoria glanced at the rearview mirror, puzzled. The paparazzi who'd been tailing them were gone.
Steve noticed her looking back.
"What's wrong?"
Victoria turned away casually. "Nothing."
The paparazzi probably got bored following her around when they couldn't get anything useful.
When Victoria wasn't paying attention, Steve also checked the rearview mirror.
Looks like those people had already been dealt with.
Thinking about tomorrow's trip to the hospital in Emerald City, Victoria asked Steve, "Steve, do you know any lawyers?"
Steve didn't hesitate. "Yeah. I'll have him contact you."
Victoria smiled slightly. "Thanks."
She'd taken his words to heart—she was trying not to be so formal with him.
Steve was incredibly efficient. That same evening, a lawyer contacted Victoria.
Victoria arranged to meet him the next morning at Emerald Hospital.
The public opinion issue was handled. Now all that remained was dealing with Emily.
Emily had claimed online that Victoria caused her miscarriage. Victoria didn't plan to explain anything about it—she'd let the lawyer handle it directly.
Emerald Hospital had Emily's medical records, and at that time Victoria had been in Lucent. How could she have harmed her?
Victoria arrived at Emerald Hospital.
She found the department that handled patient records. Only one young nurse was inside.
Victoria knocked.
"Hi, I'd like to review someone's file."
The young nurse had earbuds in, watching videos on her phone. Her desk was littered with empty nut shells. She didn't even glance at Victoria.
Victoria's brow furrowed as she raised her voice.
"Excuse me, I need to review a file."
The nurse finally looked up with obvious irritation, her tone terrible. "Can't help you."
Her show was at the good part—she couldn't be bothered with this person.
The nurse clutched her phone and spit nut shells at Victoria's feet.
"Ptoo, ptoo. Now get lost. You're blocking my view."
Blocking her view?
More like blocking her TV show.
The nurse clearly had no intention of doing her job, and Victoria's eyes turned cold.
She checked the time. Ten a.m.—work hours.
This young nurse was watching TV and eating nuts.
Seeing the nurse wouldn't cooperate, Victoria pulled out her earbuds. The nurse immediately started cursing.
"What the hell? Are you blind? Can't you see I'm busy?"
Victoria gave a cold laugh.
"Busy? Busy watching TV? Want me to call your hospital director over to see how 'busy' you are?"
The nurse scoffed, jabbing a finger at Victoria's nose. "Go ahead and call him! If you've got the guts, bring the director here. Quit acting all high and mighty. You think I'm scared of you? Let me tell you something—I run things at Emerald Hospital!"
"Who the hell do you think you are, ordering me around? Today I'm not letting you see those files, and there's nothing you can do about it!"
The nurse's attitude was absolutely appalling.
The lawyer couldn't take it anymore and pulled out his bar card.
"I'm an attorney. We're here to legally obtain evidence. Please cooperate with my work."
He'd assumed the nurse would back down when she saw he was a lawyer. Instead, she glanced at his bar card and rolled her eyes.
"Oh, so you're a lawyer. Big deal. You're still not seeing anything today."
The lawyer hadn't expected the staff at Emerald Hospital to be this unprofessional.
"It's work hours, and you're clearly not busy. Why won't you cooperate with a legal investigation?"
The nurse plopped down in her chair, crossed her legs, and slouched lazily. "Because I don't want to. What are you gonna do about it? My uncle's the associate director of this hospital. If I don't feel like working, I don't work. That's none of your business. Go ahead and report me if you want—see if anyone cares."
The lawyer frowned, not expecting things to be this difficult.
He turned to Victoria. "This evidence is critical. If we can't get it, we might not be able to charge Emily."
Victoria nodded slightly, her face showing no sign of worry.
She spoke calmly.
"Don't worry. We'll get the file."
The nurse beside them heard Victoria's words and laughed out loud, spitting more nut shells as she mocked her.
"I said you're not getting it, so you're not getting it. I don't care who shows up today—nobody's seeing those files."
Victoria gave a cold laugh.
"Really? Hope you're still this tough in a minute. Don't you dare back down."
The nurse, provoked, grabbed her half-eaten bag of nuts and threw them at Victoria's face.
"I'll show you if I back down—"
Victoria dodged to the side. The nuts scattered all over a middle-aged man who'd just reached the doorway.
"It's work hours. What the hell are you doing?!"
The newcomer was none other than Josh Hall, director of Emerald Hospital.
He hadn't even made it through the door before getting pelted with sunflower seed shells. Josh frowned at the nurse.
"You're eating sunflower seeds during work hours?"
The nurse who'd been so arrogant moments ago instantly deflated when she saw Josh.
Her posture straightened immediately. Her eyes darted around, and she quickly started throwing Victoria under the bus.
"Dr. Hall, this isn't my fault. She's the one causing trouble, deliberately disrupting my work. You need to have security throw her out!"
The nurse seemed to think she'd found the perfect excuse, her eyes gleaming with satisfaction, as if to say, 'Scared now?'
With doctor-patient relations so tense these days, and violent incidents happening so often, hospitals hated dealing with difficult patients.
Victoria's expression didn't change. She stood tall and watched silently as the nurse dug her own grave.
She didn't need to say a single word in her own defense.
Dr. Hall, who supposedly dreaded patient disputes above all else, didn't kick Victoria out as the nurse expected. Instead, he turned on the nurse with a sharp rebuke.
Dr. Hall's brow furrowed, his tone deadly serious.
"What are you talking about? There's no way she's causing trouble. You're clearly slacking off. Apologize. Now."
The nurse opened her mouth to protest.
"Dr. Hall, I work hard at my job. Why are you siding with this troublemaker?"
What was wrong with Dr. Hall?
Taking an outsider's side and not believing her.
Was this woman one of Dr. Hall's relatives?
Josh saw the nurse showed no remorse and worried about upsetting Victoria.
The miracle doctor had finally come by, only to run into this clueless nurse. It was infuriating.
He knew this nurse in the records department—she was the associate director's niece.
Her work attitude was terrible. She was always late or left early, bossed her coworkers around, and frequently clashed with patients.
Just this month alone, there'd been three complaints about her.
He'd been turning a blind eye out of respect for the associate director, but now that she'd crossed paths with the miracle doctor, he absolutely couldn't tolerate it anymore.
"I know exactly what kind of person she is. As for whether she's causing trouble or you're neglecting your duties—I'll know as soon as I check the security footage. And you..."
Josh looked disgusted. "You've been reported three times this month, over twenty times in the past six months. You've seriously damaged our hospital's reputation. Clearly you're not cut out for this job. As of today, you're fired."
The nurse who'd been so cocky moments ago changed like someone had flipped a switch, her face going deathly pale.
She immediately started shouting.
"Dr. Hall, you can't fire me! My uncle's the associate director—"
"Even if you were my own niece, you'd still be fired today." Josh cut her off coldly.
He turned with a smile toward Victoria. "Miracle doctor, what are you looking for? Let me help you find it."