Chapter 441: Chapter 441: Shifting the Blame
Mrs. Lockwood yelled and screamed at the doctor, and when the doctor wouldn’t agree, she went berserk and charged over, trying to hit the doctor.
The doctor turned and fled the ward.
Almost bumped into Samuel Lockwood, who was coming over.
The nurse outside saw this and asked, "Dr. Cheney, what happened?"
Dr. Cheney, with sweat on his forehead, said helplessly, "I ran into a crazy family member. I told her a fact, and she said I cursed her grandson. Isn’t that ridiculous? I’m not related to her, would I curse her grandson? She even cursed me as an incompetent doctor and wants me to call the director over. Who does she think she is? The wife of Ravenswood’s mayor?"
The nurse looked full of helplessness. Such crazy family members are rare, but when they encounter one, it’s really troublesome.
The nurse comforted Dr. Cheney, "Don’t pay attention to such sick family members. If she wants to find the director, let her. The director won’t be unjust. We’re in this profession to save lives, not to endure family members’ grievances."
Most family members nowadays are sensible and reasonable. If they were all like that crazy family member, being a doctor would become a high-risk occupation.
Dr. Cheney nodded, "Okay, I’m off duty now. If they look for another doctor, you have to tell our colleagues that the family member might get violent, so if they see anything wrong, they should run."
He paused and then said, "That child of his wife... is very likely deformed."
Dr. Cheney didn’t dare to say this in front of Mrs. Lockwood.
He only suggested that Mrs. Lockwood terminate the pregnancy.
The nurse said, "Okay, Dr. Cheney, I got it."
Samuel Lockwood walked into the ward. He only heard the earlier part, not the part about the child being deformed.
"Samuel, the doctors in this hospital are useless and have no manners. You call them to bring the director over. I want to talk to the director. No matter how much it costs, I want Wendy’s baby to be safe and sound."
The doctor ran fast, and Mrs. Lockwood couldn’t catch up. When she encountered Samuel entering the ward, she said angrily.
Samuel Lockwood frowned, "Mom, calm down, some things... can’t be forced."
Mrs. Lockwood was stunned, "Samuel, what do you mean?"
Wendy Quinn clenched the blanket, tears streaming down her face. What did Samuel mean? Wasn’t it obvious? He didn’t want the child in her belly, hoping it would miscarry.
Wendy’s heart ached. Samuel Lockwood... how could you be so heartless?
Wendy gritted her teeth and said, "Mrs. Lockwood, no matter the cost, I want to keep this child, even if it means using my life to ensure the child’s survival."
Wendy maliciously thought: she would never let anyone get rid of the child to fulfill Samuel Lockwood and Ivy Linden.
Ivy Linden doesn’t deserve Samuel’s love, nor does she deserve happiness.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lockwood turned her head, looking at the now awake Ivy Linden, her eyes reddened as she nodded, "Wendy, you really are a good daughter-in-law to me. Don’t worry... I will help you keep this child. With me around, don’t be afraid of anything. I won’t let anyone harm your child."
Wendy nodded with tears flowing.
Samuel Lockwood’s face was cold and indifferent.
Seeing Samuel this way, Mrs. Lockwood raised her hand and pounded his chest twice, "Do you have a heart? Look at how good Wendy is. How can you not be moved?"
Samuel Lockwood sneered, smirking: Moved? By a woman who destroyed his family?
Samuel Lockwood said, "I think you should listen to the doctor’s advice. Don’t end up doing something you’ll regret for life."
Mrs. Lockwood was almost infuriated by Samuel. If Samuel wasn’t her son, she would have slapped him twice.
What kind of talk is that?
No different from that doctor who cursed her grandson.
Mrs. Lockwood was utterly furious.
The nanny came over, supporting the trembling Mrs. Lockwood, and said somewhat reproachfully, "Young Master, you know how much Mrs. Lockwood has wanted a grandchild all these years. Just fulfill Mrs. Lockwood, don’t go against her, okay? Mrs. Lockwood is getting old. If you make her sick from anger, won’t you regret it for life?"
Samuel Lockwood clenched his fingers. If he hadn’t feared for Mrs. Lockwood’s health, he wouldn’t have let Mrs. Lockwood take away the pregnant Wendy Quinn.
Mrs. Lockwood calmed herself and said, "I know, you’re just poisoned by Ivy Linden, no matter if she cuckolds you and embarrasses you, you still can’t forget her."
Samuel Lockwood’s face was shadowed, "Enough, don’t mention Ivy Linden again."
This angry?
Wendy Quinn looked at Samuel Lockwood with teary eyes, how much does he care about Ivy Linden?
Wendy was very unsatisfied.
"Mrs. Lockwood... actually... I became like this all thanks to Ivy Linden. She had people watching me outside the Lockwood family home and found out I took Nicole out. She rushed over, blocked my car halfway, trying to forcibly take Nicole away. I caught up, refusing to let her take Nicole, and then she..."
"Then what?" Mrs. Lockwood asked nervously, her voice trembling.
Wendy Quinn, crying, said, "She pushed me down, pressed on my abdomen, and slapped me wildly. My face... was swollen from her beating."
Mrs. Lockwood was extremely shocked. When she first came in, her mind was full of thoughts about how her grandson couldn’t have any accidents. She hadn’t thought about why Ivy Linden’s face was swollen like a pig’s head?
So it was that little bitch Ivy Linden who hit her.
It infuriated her.
Mrs. Lockwood resentfully said, "That bitch Ivy Linden, she did it on purpose, purposely beat you, wanting you to miscarry. She’s too vicious."
Mrs. Lockwood then said to Samuel, "You see, that’s the woman you love, a vicious woman who won’t even spare the child in Wendy’s belly."
Samuel Lockwood was surprised and shook his head, "Ivy isn’t that kind of person."
Wendy hated Samuel for defending Ivy Linden, she cried saying, "Yes, Brother Samuel is right, Ivy isn’t like that. It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t chased Ivy, it wouldn’t have led to her retaliating. It’s all my fault, boohoo..."
Mrs. Lockwood felt pity for Wendy, Wendy is too kind-hearted. Even at this stage, for Samuel, she still takes the blame onto herself.
Mrs. Lockwood didn’t want to acknowledge that Wendy’s words were sarcastic, said purposefully for Samuel to hear.
"Wendy, don’t speak for that bitch Ivy Linden anymore."
Wendy stopped speaking, glanced at Samuel’s dark face.
"I will go and question Ivy Linden," Samuel Lockwood said in a deep voice.
"You can’t go." Mrs. Lockwood stopped Samuel from leaving, angrily said, "If you go, will Ivy Linden admit it? She will only pretend in front of you. What you need to do now is stay with Wendy, wait until she and the baby are safe, and take them both home."
What kind of person her son is, she knows better than anyone.
Running to that bitch Ivy Linden, seeing that bitch cry a little, he will be heartbroken again.
She will never let a vile woman, who almost killed her grandson, be by Samuel’s side again. Even if all the women in the world died out, she could never accept Ivy Linden again.