Chapter 44
Calista was worried that she might be recognized. She pretended to cough and swept hair forward to cover her face.
In the VIP ward, Brigid had a mink coat draped over her shoulder and wore heavy makeup. She was sitting on the couch and having a spirited conversation with a patient on a hospital bed.
Calista deliberately avoided eye contact. Brigid was so engrossed in her gossip that she didn’t realize the nurse in front of her was the same lady she had humiliated in a poker game a few days ago.
“Some people just don’t know their place, you know? A few days ago, I saw how Mr. Fenwick and Ophelia acted all lovey–dovey and inseparable at a banquet.
“I have no idea what his idiot of a wife is thinking, allowing something like this to happen and letting people make her the laughingstock.” Brigid loved gossip more than anything. Her best friend, Niamh O’Connor, shared her passionate love for gossip as well.
Niamh couldn’t care less about the nurse, who was helping her change her IV drip. The moment she talked, the arrogance in her tone was unmistakable.
“Don’t you know? Mrs. Fenwick came from the countryside. Now that she finally snagged a rich man, of course, she’s gonna do everything to keep him happy.
“She didn’t dare talk back when Wendy bossed her around. Do you think she’d have the courage to question Mr. Fenwick about the ladies he keeps around him?”
Niamh had just finished speaking with a smirk on her face when she suddenly took a sharp gasp.
“Ouch! Can’t you even do this right? It shouldn’t hurt when you remove the needle from my hand. How could you be so useless?”
She flew into a rage and mercilessly slapped Calista, who lost her footing and fell straight to the floor in front of the cabinet, sending the metal tray crashing to the floor.
Brigid couldn’t stay still either. She came over in a puff, her voice grating as she hurled insults at Calista. Then, she immediately raised her hand, ready to strike her.
“I’m sorry, miss!” Calista instinctively flinched when she saw what Brigid was about to do. At the next moment, she immediately got
down on her hands and knees.
That pitiful, submissive posture instantly made Brigid feel better, hence sparing Calista from another slap. She lowered her hand, eyes brimming with arrogance as she gazed at Calista.
“The nurses here are trained well, it seems. At the very least, they deliver a good apology.”
Brigid and Niamh were cut from the same cloth. Their twisted sense of pleasure was something Calista could never understand.
When Niamh saw Calista’s groveling posture, she waved and sent the latter out of her ward, but she never ceased grumbling. The gist of it was that her mood was spoiled by Calista.
Calista walked into the hallway and didn’t dare let out a weary sigh until the door closed. She could hear laughter echoing inside.
Brigid and Niamh were still talking about Lucien and Ophelia. As expected, everyone saw them as a perfectly matched couple.
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