Chapter 536
The voice came from…
Melody turned in shock, meeting Lucas’s gaze. Lucas was wearing a hospital gown with a jacket over it, and he looked quite energetic.
Melody instinctively furrowed her brows and asked, “Why are you here? Shouldn’t you be in the hospital?”
Lucas walked over a few steps and said in a tone only the two of them could hear, “Dr. Stanton was doing my rounds and mentioned your situation. I decided to come on his behalf.”
“Does Dr. Stanton know?”
“He knows. He suggested I get some fresh air, but my parents don’t know.”
“You really…” Melody sighed but said nothing more.
She had been on the verge of being kicked out by Albert. To expose Cason’s true nature and treat Shindy as quickly as possible, she contacted Rodney secretly.
She hadn’t expected Lucas to come in person. Since he was already here, she couldn’t just send him away.
Melody reluctantly introduced Lucas to the Nathan family, saying, “Mr. Nathan, this is…”
“Lucas?” Owen recognized Lucas first and stepped forward in surprise, asking, “You’re feeling better?”
Lucas replied, “Hello, Mr. Nathan. Thanks for your concern. I should be able to be discharged within half a month.”
Melody looked at them and asked, “Do you know each other?”
Owen nodded and said, “Lucas’s father, Professor Ander Morgan, has helped me in my career. I visit the Morgan family every year during the New Year to express my gratitude. Also, Lucas and my daughter Shindy were high school classmates.”
“I see.” Melody nodded and turned to look at Cason. “Dr. Baxter, do you… recognize him?”
Seeing Lucas, Cason was utterly shocked. He instinctively said, “You… you… how are you still alive…”
The last time, Cason was supposed to perform Lucas’s surgery, but when he discovered that Lucas had a brain tumor, he backed out. He thought the surgery had no chance of success, but now… Lucas was alive.
When Rodney and Ander mentioned it, he’d been halfway convinced that Melody might have the skills to perform Lucas’s surgery. But seeing Lucas standing here in the flesh was a completely different experience from just hearing about it.
Melody actually managed to pull off a surgery he couldn’t even attempt. Her skills were astonishing.
This realization hit Cason hard. Mixing feelings of defeat, jealousy, anger, and panic, made his hands tremble.
“Still alive… What does that mean?” Owen asked in confusion.
Before Cason could respond, Lucas had already spoken up, briefly explaining Cason’s actions at the hospital and how Melody intervened just in time.
The Nathan family members became more displeased as they listened.
Albert was seething in anger. He pointed at Cason and said furiously, “A renowned doctor? How dare you call yourself that? You’re nothing but a fraud!”
Cason replied, “No… I’m not… I’m truly a famous doctor, both here and abroad!”
Lucas sneered. “After I woke up, my aunt told me everything about you. You are indeed famous, but only for your deceit.”
Cason stammered, “You…”
Lucas didn’t give Cason a chance to argue, immediately cutting him off again. “You have hardly any clinical experience, only gaining fame through publishing papers. And from what I heard, many of those papers were plagiarized from your interns! You’ve become infamous abroad, which is why you came back here to treat the wealthy and powerful.”
Cason was upset and clenched his fists, retorting, “You’re lying!”
“Lying? Alright, I’ll pull up the news about your plagiarism right now,” Lucas said, pretending to search for the news on his phone.
Panicking, Cason swung his fist toward Lucas’s face.
Lucas, still recovering with bandages on his head, knew that if he were hit, he might end up back in the ICU. He was startled but had no time to dodge.
At that moment, a figure appeared in front of him immediately. With a swift move, Melody had Cason pinned to the ground using a grappling technique.
Cason screamed in pain as his arm was twisted behind his back.
Everyone around stared wide-eyed at Melody, who had effortlessly subdued the much larger Cason. Even the death warrior assigned to protect Melody showed a rare expression of shock on his usually stoic face.
‘That speed…’ He was certain that Melody’s combat skills were superior to his own!
However, he had trained for over twenty years as a death warrior, while Melody was just an ordinary woman. He was shocked. ‘How did she do it?’
The death warrior was so shaken that it took him a while to recover. However, the others, not understanding combat, only thought Melody’s reflexes were incredibly fast.
Owen was the first to snap out of it. He quickly called for the bodyguards to tie up Cason.
He ordered, “Take him straight to the police. Tell them he was causing trouble and trying to deceive people with his so-called medical skills!”
“Yes, sir!” The bodyguards, suspecting nothing, quickly began dragging Cason out.
Desperate, Cason saw Albert as his last hope. He clung to Albert’s clothes, pleading, “Mr. Albert! You have to believe me! I really am a famous doctor!”
Albert coldly shook him off. “Yes, you’re famous for being a fraud!”
Realizing that even Albert didn’t believe him anymore, Cason frantically said, “Even if my medical skills aren’t as extraordinary as Quentin’s, this woman is definitely not as skilled as I am! If you kick me out, you’re putting Miss Nathan’s life at risk!”
Melody found this laughable.
It was fine that the Nathan family did not know her identity, but the fact that Cason still hadn’t figured it out showed how dim-witted he truly was.
Albert urged the bodyguards, “Hurry up and get him out of here!”
“Yes!”
Within ten seconds, Cason was removed from the Nathan family residence.
Like a child who had just won an award, Lucas winked at Melody. He was expecting some praise.
Melody smiled wryly and said, “Thanks to you, everyone can now see Cason for who he really is.”
Lucas scratched his head, suddenly feeling a bit bashful.
Meanwhile, after Cason was taken away, Albert started to think about Melody.
He quickly stepped forward and asked Lucas, “That miracle doctor you mentioned, her name is… Melody Fox? Yes! Melody. Can you bring her here?”