When I Was A Wallflower

Chapter 59

Only then did he relate, “It was indeed a girl who was about sixteen or seventeen years old. I freaked out when she came to me, saying she wanted to remove her cornea. I dissuaded her from doing something this crazy for a long time, but she looked anxious and kept saying she wanted to save a life. I’m sure you understand that we doctors can’t make a living, breathing person blind no matter how desperately we want to save anyone, what more when the patient was merely blind. With no lives at stake, we wouldn’t do something like this even more so. The director was there as well, and he reprimanded the girl for good before asking security to take her away.”

He continued, “I thought that was the end of it, but who’d have thought the director called me to his office a few days later, wanting me to do a cornea removal operation?! I thought I was doing it on a dead man, but when I got to the operating room, I found the same girl lying on the table. I don’t know what she did, but she ended up making the director agree to it. Meanwhile, the director kept telling me it wouldn’t implicate me if I kept my mouth shut and never divulged it to anyone ever.”

At that, the doctor took a big gulp of water.

Even after a decade had passed, he still felt gun-shy talking about it, still having deep guilt over what happened.

“I had no other options. As you might know, the director of the private hospital was also the CEO, so how could I say otherwise? So…”

The doctor didn’t dare miss Leo’s every expression when he spoke, and his heart skipped a beat, not daring to continue when he saw Leo lowering his head with furrowed brows and his hands bunched up into fists at some point. His face, too, was beyond somber.

“And after that?” He heard Leo ask moments later. Though his voice was still monotonous, it was obvious to the doctor that his mood was already off.

Despite being unable to grasp Leo’s thoughts, the doctor dared not defy him even more so, and he could only bite the bullet. “After that… After that, the girl… You may be unaware of this, but the risk of a cornea removal operation is high, and no doctor would do it on a living human. The girl insisted that we save the cornea at all costs, so I…

“What happened to her?!” Leo bellowed impatiently, startling the doctor, who sat upright and hurriedly said, “Because of an intraoperative infection, the girl fell unconscious, and for some time, we all thought she….

she…

Sweat gathered on his forehead as he spoke, still disturbed even after so long.

we didn’t deliver it for the transplant immediately. As such, the director had no choice but to send the cornea as a consignor to the hospital the girl had specified

up when he heard the girl had

You have no idea how worried we were about her life then. Fortunately, she regained consciousness in the end and didn’t hold us liable for anything. She left not long after waking up,” said the doctor as he patted his chest. It was probably the scariest thing he had ever

brighter when he heard

director to give the cornea to?

“As for the girl, she didn’t leave her full name but

Leo looked at the doctor

me!”

as she glanced awkwardly at the surrounding indistinct gazes on her. “I’m fine. Don’t hold on to

entirely blind. Thus,

to talk!” Julia was still mad about

Amelie over for a check-up, and of course, Steven had

be if he learned that his baby girl was blind in

nerve to do something as crazy as removing your cornea just like that! You can even give up your life for Alston, can’t you?!” Julia caterwauled, utterly disappointed in

that, Amelie smiled helplessly and tugged the hem of Julia’s shirt gingerly. “Come on,

fist, wanting to bash the

that son of a b*tch. You sacrificed one eye for him, yet

cut it out.” Amelie held Julia’s hand gently. “I made the decision myself without letting him know at all. Besides, we were married for four years, and

earned and lost nothing during those four years while you suffered every possible misery! Tell me that

she couldn’t help feeling bad for Amelie every time she thought about

she had brought Amelie over to check on her