Chapter 182 At It Again
Olivia frowned. Cassie sure is a real pain in the neck… Our family will never have a day of peace if she and Oscar were to get married…
“Oscar, you’d better take care of your issue with Cassie as soon as possible. She’s way too scary to have around. Caring for her was the biggest mistake I’ve ever made.”
Olivia got a little angry when she saw no response from Oscar.
“What, are you still planning on being with her after everything she’s done?”
“Give me some time, Mom. Right now, all I care about is whether Amelia will make it out alive. Everything else can wait until she gets better,” Oscar said half-heartedly.
Olivia let out a sigh and kept quiet after that.
As the hours went by, the sky outside had gotten dark without them even realizing it. Tiffany checked the time on her phone and said, “Oh, gosh… It’s already seven… How about Gary and I go buy us all dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton? None of us has eaten anything since noon, and we can’t afford to collapse before Amelia wakes up.”
Olivia gave it some thought and nodded her head.
Tiffany then turned towards Gary and said, “Let’s go, Gary!”
“All right,” Gary said, and the two of them took the elevator downstairs.
After fastening his seatbelt, Gary glanced at Tiffany who looked really tired as she slumped against the passenger seat and asked, “Are you okay?”
Tiffany nodded, her eyes slightly red as she said, “I’m fine… I’m just worried about Amelia, that’s all… This is her third surgery in less than two days, and I’m really afraid that she won’t make it…”
Although Gary wasn’t that madly in love with Amelia, seeing her in the operating room like that felt really unpleasant for him as well.
“Don’t worry. Amelia’s a kind soul, so I’m sure she’ll be fine.”
“Yeah… Amelia is really kind and polite, especially towards her elders… But, you see, that got me thinking… What if the good die young?” Tiffany had a sad look in her eyes as she stared blankly at the people and cars outside the window.
“Like I said, I’m sure a kind soul like her will be fine. Don’t worry too much about it, okay?”
Tiffany buried her face in her hands and began sobbing all of a sudden, much to Gary’s dismay.
“Hey, don’t cry… I’m not good with words, so I don’t know how to comfort a crying person…”
Hearing him say that never failed to put a smile on Tiffany’s face.
“Jeez, Gary… Could you put a little more effort into it? I can’t even imagine how annoyed your girlfriends must’ve felt!”
“Every one of them said I was too dense and left me in the friendzone,” Gary replied in a serious tone which had Tiffany in tears from laughing.
“You know, Gary… I think you might have a talent for being a comedian!”
Gary shot her a look of confusion. “How so?”
“Don’t you think the stuff you say are really funny?”
“They are?”
Tiffany nodded profusely in response, and Gary let out a sigh of relief.
“I’m just glad I’m able to make you laugh. Guess being dense does have its perks, huh?”
“Thank you, Gary. You’ve only known Amelia for a short while, and yet you’re the only guy that has shown up after she got into that car accident. None of the other guys that claimed to love her have even bothered to check up on her,” she said sincerely after calming down a little.
“I think it has something to do with the Clintons hushing the media about this incident.”
Tiffany shook her head and shrugged. “Maybe, but still, it is a great honor for both Amelia and I to have a loyal friend like you.”
“Amelia is still undergoing surgery at the moment, so I suggest you bring your wife home for the time being. Getting into a fight here is just going to embarrass all of us.”
Charlie simply frowned at her in response, but Elizabeth wasn’t about to back down that easily. “This is karma! Amelia stole Oscar from our daughter, and now she’s gotten into a car accident! I bet she won’t survive this, let alone that baby inside her! Hahaha, this really is her karma all right!”
Olivia got mad upon hearing that, and Tiffany would’ve charged at Elizabeth had Oscar not stop her in time. “What the hell, Oscar? Are you just going to let that b*tch curse at your wife and child like that? Why are you still defending her?” Tiffany shouted angrily at him.
Oscar ignored her and shot Charlie a cold glare as he said, “Mr. Yard, I suggest you take Mrs. Yard away right now if you know what’s best for you. Our families may seem evenly matched in terms of wealth and power, but that doesn’t mean you’re safe if I were to come after you. I’m a man of my word, and you know it.”
Elizabeth spoke up before he could say anything, “Oh? Are you threatening me, Oscar?”
Oscar shrugged at her. “You can take it however you like, Mrs. Yard.”
“Come on, then! After what you did to my daughter, I’m going to come after you sooner or later anyway!” Elizabeth yelled angrily.
Tiffany was about to charge at her again, but Olivia grabbed her by the arm and stopped her in her tracks. “Your actions today are unbecoming for a parent and have destroyed whatever remaining relations we have between us. My daughter-in-law is undergoing surgery at the moment, and you are not welcome here. Please leave.”
“You think Amelia’s life is the only one that matters? My daughter ended up in an operating room after Oscar visited her! Who’s going to take responsibility for that, huh?” Elizabeth snarked at her.
Olivia frowned. “Oscar and I will visit you for a proper apology once Amelia has recovered. Now, would you mind respecting the patient here?”
Having been blinded by anger, Elizabeth spat the words at her, “Respect? I wish for Amelia to die!”
Her words were so vicious that it shocked everyone at the scene.
Tiffany ran forward and slapped Elizabeth twice across the face before returning to Olivia’s side. “There’ll be more of that for you if you don’t watch that filthy mouth of yours!”
Elizabeth turned towards Charlie and shouted angrily at him, “Charlie! How could you just stand by and watch your wife get beat up like this? At this point, I’m starting to question if marrying you was a mistake!”
“Haven’t you had enough? Are you trying to start an all-out war with them or what?” Charlie shouted at her in response.
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