When I Was A Wallflower

Chapter 111

“Acute appendicitis. She needs to undergo surgery immediately. The doctor pulled his mask down.

Whew. Amelie felt a weight lifted off her shoulders, and she slowly relaxed. Just appendicitis. Not something terminal. She felt her strength coming back to her.

“Arrange the surgery right away, doctor,” said Leo.

A nurse came to them with a consent form, and Amelie signed it. Then the nurse took it back. “Make your payment at the counter. The surgery will begin soon after.”

“I’ll do it,” said Leo.

“It’s alright. I’ll do it,” Amelie declined politely and tried to pay for the fees herself.

A frown furrowed Leo’s brow. “I am her father as well.”

Amelie stared at him in surprise for a moment. That’s the first time he’s calling himself her father out of kindness.

Leo whipped his phone out. “Online transaction works faster. We won’t have to line up, and Bria can go through the surgery faster.”

Well, if he insists. She let him pay for the surgery. Amelie stood by his side, biting her lip. She didn’t stop him because she recalled Bria talking in her sleep last night and thought Bria would love it if she found out her father was showing concern for her.

thanks to the anesthetic. And she still looked

As Leo watched his daughter, he felt something melting his heart. He could

it.” He bent over and carefully took the girl in his arms, worried he might pull on her wound. He was trying his best to hold her as steadily as he could. One hand was holding her back, and the other held her feet. He was as gentle as he could be, placing her on the bed like

be thrilled when she

the appendectomy, and Amelie listened intently so

was watching the nurse as she hooked Bria up to the IV infusion. His heart skipped a beat, and

presence, the nurse missed the spot, forcing her to pull

kept turning the needle around in the girl’s flesh, trying to find the right position. But this was even worse than pulling out

anymore. Seeing the nurse’s clumsy operation of the needle angered him. “Enough!” he growled

might hit her, the nurse paled, and she teared up

“Out,” he hissed.

away, burying

the room, she saw the nurse running away in tears,

looked at his daughter’s hand and whipped his phone out. “Mr. Lang, I need

came the hospital’s director. He tucked his pen into his coat’s pocket and approached Leo. “What seems to be the matter?” he asked kindly.

an IV infusion. Help me

a cardiologist, and you expect me to do

thought it was a

Oh, the previous nurse must have messed up. He then appointed the