After Leia and Renee walked out of the ward, Leia pulled Renee to a corner near the stairs. "That ring... It's Stefan's, right?"
"Yes." Renee nodded tiredly, unable to run from the truth any longer. "I'm sure you've gained some information, right?"
Leia knew that she could no longer hide it since things had turned out this way. She could only tell Renee everything she knew. "I'd been wondering if someone had done this on purpose after something went wrong with Quinton's accident. So, I went to the medical staff and interrogated them."
"What did they say?" Renee asked cautiously.
"That nurse claimed that the main surgeon received a call before Quinton's surgery telling him to do the surgery well or something like that. The caller was Shirley, so I went to find her and confront her. She claimed that it was Stefan's order..." Leia told Renee everything. "I thought Shirley was just trying to create problems, so I wanted to get more evidence first, but… it seems that the evidence came to us. When I saw the ring, I knew I had to tell you."
"Thank you, Lei. I could have guessed it even if you didn't tell me. I was just fooling myself and didn't want to accept the truth. I always thought that he wasn't that bad..." Renee admitted, her heart aching.
"We can't blame you or him. After all, he's forgotten everything about you, so you don't mean anything to him anymore. It's not odd that he would do something like this for the sake of profit," Leia said hesitantly, unsure of how to console Renee.
"Yeah, I know he's forgotten about me. I'm the only one who keeps holding on to the past. It's my fault!" Renee took a deep breath, fighting back tears.
Someone draped a coat on her shoulders, and when she turned around, she found that it was Justin.
"Phoenix, you've been sitting here for hours. Aren't you tired? I'll carry you back, okay?" Justin had both of his hands in his pockets as he smiled gently at her.
"When did you get here?" She whispered guiltily as she looked up at him.
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