Cherished By Seven Sisters

Chapter 49 Betrayal

"Come on, tell me what happened!"

After everything that had happened, Caylie was confused to see Emrys sitting in Apricot Hall all by himself with neither the patients nor Lincoln in sight. Emrys then told her the full story from start till end.

"What? This is unbelievable! I can't believe I hired a murderer! He even had the audacity to confront me over the phone about this!" Caylie exclaimed angrily.

Being a medical practitioner herself, Caylie knew who was in the wrong after hearing Emrys describe the little girl's symptoms.

Besides, she would surely choose to believe Emrys anyway.

"Don't be angry, Caylie. The world of medicine is better off without scumbags like him. Keeping him around will only bring us trouble sooner or later," Emrys comforted her. Caylie let out a helpless sigh. "I hired him because he was a student of Mr. Rodriguez. Who would've thought he'd turn out like this?"

Caylie knew that Lincoln's medical skills were no better than hers, but he was more famous due to his status as Duncan's student.

Had Caylie chosen to continue working in Jadeborough Hospital instead of setting up her own clinic, she would slowly but surely make a name for herself as well. Unfortunately, no hospital would accept her after she rejected several advances from the head of department's son.

As such, Caylie had no choice but to set up her own clinic.

Of course, it was no easy task, but it was the only option she had left.

"Hi, Caylie!" a young girl called out to her while entering the clinic.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Caylie turned around and responded in a gentle voice, “Hi, Henny! Thanks for covering half my shift for me yesterday. You should head home and get some rest."

The young girl was Henrietta Black, a doctor working at Apricot Hall. She had just graduated from university less than a year ago, so she was the least qualified of the bunch.

"I heard about what happened with Dr. Faraday. Cheer up, okay?" Henrietta said.

"Thanks for coming over to comfort me, Henny. I really appreciate it," Caylie replied with a relieved smile.

"Um... I actually came here to tender my resignation, Caylie..." Henrietta said hesitantly after a brief pause.

Caylie's eyes went wide with shock and disbelief. "What? You're resigning?"

Henrietta was the kind of student who barely got by in school, so she had very poor medical skills when she first joined Apricot Hall.

She had tried applying for jobs at many hospitals before, but they all rejected her.

Caylie once asked her if she would be willing to relearn everything from scratch. Henrietta said yes and expressed her regret for not working harder while she was in university.

Sure enough, Caylie was impressed by Henrietta's sincere attitude. Since Apricot Hall was in need of doctors at the time, Caylie decided to hire Henrietta and spent a whole year mentoring her.

She would always guide Henrietta patiently whenever she encountered problems she couldn't solve. Eventually, Henrietta was competent enough to start treating patients on her own.

While they did not treat each other as a mentor and a mentee, Caylie had been playing the role of her mentor all this while.

As such, Caylie could've just asked Henrietta to cover for her shift unconditionally, but she decided to pay Henrietta twice as much for her time anyway.

Because of how well Caylie had treated Henrietta, she was shocked by the latter's sudden decision to tender her resignation.

Caylie's heart ached as she asked, "Henny, have I not been treating you well enough?"

"You've been really nice to me, Caylie..."

"Then why are you resigning?"

"It's because I plan to take a post-graduate entrance exam. As you know, competition is incredibly tough among hospitals these days. It's really hard to land a job without high qualifications. Besides, I don't want to spend the rest of my life working in a clinic..."

Henrietta's voice grew weaker as she got to the last sentence, and she even avoided making eye contact with Caylie, who was stunned.