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Chapter 39
Chapter 39
Chapter 39 Pitiful
Jessica gave Elizabeth a hug. “Let’s go. Dominic offered to send us to the hospital.”
They walked toward Dominic’s car. Dominic stood beside the car, gazing at Elizabeth
intently.
Jessica asked softly, “Dominic has been pursuing you for years. Don’t you have any feelings
for him?”
Elizabeth looked at the man clad in a brown suit. Dominic was good-looking and had a good
family background, making him a great candidate for a husband.
However, Elizabeth had always treated him only as a friend and had never had any extra
feelings for him. Besides, she did not want to burden him.
She had met his family as well, and they wanted him to marry a woman of similar social
status as them. His family did not like her either. They secretly gave her a cheque, asking her to
leave Dominic.
Although she refused to accept the money, she had fulfilled their wish, trying as much as
possible to stay away from Dominic.
“None at all. It’s impossible for us to be together.”
Hearing Elizabeth’s straightforward answer, Jessica nodded lightly.
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She felt that Matthew was an outstanding man. However, since Elizabeth and Dominic were
not meant to be, Jessica thought that perhaps Elizabeth could just stick with Matthew instead.
When both of them arrived at Dominic’s car, they said in unison, “Dominic, sony to trouble
you.”
Dominic smiled faintly as he answered, “It’s my pleasure.”
It was already five in the evening by the time Dominic sent them to the hospital.
They went into the ward and saw several doctors busy working by Pearl’s bed. As blood
gushed out of Pearl’s nostrils, the doctor inserted some gauze into her nostrils to stop the
bleeding.
Being in pain, Pearl kept resisting and crying through her tears, “Mommy! Mommy!”
The doctors pinned her down. Seeing the situation, Jessica quickly rushed over and consoled,
“Pearl. I’m here. Bear with it a little. We need to stop the bleeding.”
Abby was so terrified that she hugged Elizabeth’s leg and said, “Lizzy, Pearl is so pitiful. I
hope she gets well quickly.”
She burst into tears as soon as she finished speaking. Elizabeth felt extremely distressed as
well and was biting her knuckles anxiously.
Meanwhile, Cody was wiping her tears beside them.
Although Arthur and Antony were watching calmly, their eyes showed that they were beyond
heartbroken.
The doctors finally let out a sigh of relief after the bleeding was successfully stopped.
Then, they turned to Jessica and said, “Her illness keeps relapsing. The best solution for her is to undergo the surgery within six months. If we wait any longer than that, then there will be no hope for her to recover anymore.”
The doctor’s words implied that Pearl had only half a year left to live. The moment Jessica heard that, her eyes instantly filled with tears..
“Doctor, when will the hospital find a suitable bone marrow donor? We really need one. I’m begging you.”
One of the doctors read through Pearl’s medical report and nodded.
“We’ll add Pearl to the emergency list, but you’ll have to prepare the money. The treatment fee will be five hundred thousand. if you have it now, you can submit the money first so that the gene bank will give priority to finding a bone marrow match for her.”
When Jessica heard that she needed to pay five hundred thousand, her face turned utterly
pale. In the past couple of years, she had spent all her money on treating Pearl’s illness, Hence,
she did not have any savings left.
Arthur and Antony then walked the doctors out of the ward. The two children were so polite,
behaving like adults.
Pearl had fallen asleep in exhaustion from all the crying.
Jessica tucked her in under the blanket while Elizabeth handed Abby over to Cody.
“Ms. Elliott, could you bring the kids downstairs and wait for me there? I’ll be with you soon.
They still need to attend training tonight.”
With that, Cody held Abby’s hand. Abby was still sniffling and turned her head to look at
Pearl sorrowfully
Elizabeth patted Jessica’s shoulder and said, “Jess, don’t worry. We’ll figure something out
regarding the money.”
Jessica sighed and replied, “You shouldn’t worry about this. You have three kids to take care
How would you be able to get so much money?”
Elizabeth recalled that her neighbor’s son had offered to help her get a loan. He even
promised that she would receive the money on the same day.
She thought that it sounded pretty convenient. Since money was needed to save a person’s life, she wanted to give it a try.
“Jess, I need to go now. I’ll call you once I getContent property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.
once I get the money.”
Just as she walked into the elevator, her phone vibrated. She glanced at the screen and saw that she had received a message from Matthew on WhatsApp.
Matthew: I want to eat pork ribs, catfish stew, sauteed vegetables, and mushroom soup tonight. Below it was a notification that he had sent Elizabeth money through PayPal.