Chapter 114
The doctor did not answer immediately, and instead asked, “Is your family with you?”
Samantha, who had been standing at a corner, promptly replied, “I’m his wife.”
Like any other human being, Samantha yearned dearly for the one thing she lacked. While she was just a mistress, she certainly would never miss a chance to introduce herself as Mrs. Spencer out in the open!
“Is my husband alright, doctor?” she asked then.
“No, there’s no need for worry,” the doctor replied “Anyway, I’ll be writing a receipt for you, Mr. Spencer. There’s another test you should take ”
After writing on a piece of paper and passing it to Lionel Spencer, the doctor said, “You can go now. Your wife can stay.”
Lionel, however, could tell that the doctor was trying to send him out of the room. “Just be honest with me, doctor,” he said. “There’s no need to lude anything from me I’m prepared for the worst.”
The doctor stayed awkwardly silent for a moment, and said, “Very well.
“He read through the reports again, and finally told Lionel, “You have a malignant brain tumor.
Despite having prepared himself mentally, Lionel almost fell off his chair from sheer shock, his knuckles balling into fists on his lap just then.
Samantha naturally lost composure as well, since Lionel was basically her sugar daddy. “It’s just a cough, doctor! How could it be a brain tumor? Could there have been a mistake?”
“It’s probably metastasizing,” the doctor replied. “The dry cough is a symptom that it’s moved to the throat and lungs.”
“There must be a mistake!” Samantha snapped.
Lionel did not have it in him to flip out just then. “Please, leave us.’
Samantha, however, seemed to not hear him. “Let’s go to another hospital. This place is full of quack doctors! You’re just fine, there must be a mistake”
“That’s enough!” Lionel barked, his ire getting to him.
He was already in a bad mood, but she just had to keep yapping!
Samantha reluctantly turned quiet.
Feeling chagrined, Lionel said, “Sorry about that, doctor.”
The doctor waved him off-he certainly understood, and there were other patients whose family members reacted worse.
“How… How long do I have left?” Lionel asked even as he worked hard to keep himself together.
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