Meanwhile—
William was pacing around, anxiously waiting for his phone to buzz. He couldn't quite wrap his head around it. What was going on? The call should've come through by now. Why was there nothing? He was pretty sure his product would've wowed Kiran. Finally, he decided to take matters into his own hands and dialed Kiran himself.
“Hello, this is Dr. William.”
“Hey there! Wait a sec… you’re not Kiran, are you?” William started off upbeat, but quickly realized he wasn't speaking to Kiran.
“That's right, Dr. William. I'm Mr. Angelo’s assistant.”
“And where’s Mr. Angelo?”
“Mr. Angelo is in a meeting at the moment and doesn’t have time to discuss the medication with you.”
“…”
William felt like the assistant was just blowing him off. “Okay, but has Mr. Angelo tried the serum? It’s really effective for psychological disorders!”
It’s perfect for his dissociative identity disorder! The last part, William kept to himself. But surely, Kiran knew his own issues, right?
The person on the other end chuckled, “Mr. Angelo wanted me to let you know his condition was resolved 20 years ago, so you don’t need to worry, Dr. William.”
“What? Resolved 20 years ago? How did I miss that?”
William was floored. Had Kiran gone behind his back to another doctor?
William was a mess. “I don’t care, you’ve got to help me get some justice. I can’t be losing money on top of everything else!”
William rambled on for ages, and Colby was getting fed up. Just then, Sophie came out of the bathroom, curious, “Who’s crying?”
“No one.” Colby said, and hung up the phone.
William stared at the disconnected call, feeling all kinds of emotions. Brother! Some brother you are! Running off at the first sign of trouble!
Three days later, William kicked off his legal battle with the Pollard family. In the end, he lost. The Pollards didn’t ask for money but insisted William publicly apologize and admit Kiran had no psychological issues.
At first, William was furious but eventually, he swallowed his pride and apologized.
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