Chapter 330
Rachel didn’t understand. Jim was in good health when she left. How did things change so much in just a few years?
Did Sasha treat him poorly?
The doctor added, “He probably has something gnawing at his mind. I heard the nurses say that when he was sent to the hospital for emergency resuscitation, he kept calling for someone named Rachel. That person is probably the one troubling him. Rachel is your mom, isn’t she?”
Rachel gave the doctor an awkward look. “No.”
“Oh. Anyway, he survived this time round, but things are still not looking good, so do be mentally prepared.” With a glimmer of hope in her voice, Rachel asked, “Is there no other way?”
“Not at this point.”
“Thank you.”
Rachel said nothing further, turning around to make some calls. She knew some doctors from abroad.
As she walked out while looking at the phone with her head lowered, she accidentally bumped into someone.
“I’m sorry, I wasn’t paying attention,” she quickly apologized.
“Ms. Lloyd…” The man said in disbelief, his voice laced with a hint of uncertainty.
Rachel looked up and saw that it was Xavier. She wasn’t expecting to bump into someone she knew at the hospital.
Since he saw her, she could only greet him out of courtesy. Dr. Jenkins, it’s been a while.”
Xavier was aware of what had happened to Rachel back then. No one knew of her whereabouts.
Some even claimed that she ran away with another man. Xavier had only met Rachel a few times, but his instincts told him that she wasn’t one to do that.
Other people claimed that she was no longer alive as she was left in a vegetative state.
Xavier took a while to recover from his shock, and stuttered, “You…you’re still alive.”
Rachel nodded, her eyes bright and lively. “Yes, I’m still alive.”
“But after so many years, why…”
“Dr. Jenkins, my dad is in critical condition. I’ve got to go.” Rachel couldn’t explain to Xavier all that had happened back then at this point.
She was about to leave when Xavier called out to her. “Ms. Lloyd, pardon me, but I have advice for you regarding your dad.”
Rachel stopped in her tracks and turned around, looking back at him with doubt in her eyes. “Do tell.”
“I know you are anxious to save your dad, but from my perspective, I recommend that you don’t re
ate him.”
so?”
Rachel frowned. “Why do you say
“I’ve read your dad’s reports, and his organs are failing. Coupled with a heavy emotional burden over the years, he’s been suffering from late–stage liver cancer. Forcing him to stay alive will only doom him to being dependent
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on these machines to live. You might as well give him release.”
Rachel blinked, his words dealing her a huge blow.
Xavier sighed. “This isn’t your dad’s first time here at our hospital. I’ve chatted with him and he’s very worried about you. He doesn’t know whether you’re dead or alive, and he’s most concerned about that.”
Rachel never expected her departure to affect Jim so negatively.
She thought no one would care that she left.
She was chased out of the Lloyd household back then, and seldom returned.
She never expected her weak father, who was always so servile to her grandfather, to care so much about her.