Chapter 3

Sleep immediately left me when I heard those words.

I had gotten the exact same phone call in my previous life.

Could it be that my efforts were in vain?

I drew a deep breath and forced myself to calm down.

"Dr. Smith," I said finally, "I can promise you that I would never prescribe amoxicillin to a pregnant woman who is allergic to it."

He sighed and replied, "Cleo, you're the most talented student I had the honor of teaching. However, it's already all over the internet. Everyone believes that you've deliberately prescribed that drug to the pregnant woman, causing her to nearly miscarry."

I swiftly clicked on my social media app. Sure enough, the trending topic of the day was, "Sister of Wood Corporation's CEO Nearly Miscarries Due to Medical Negligence."

Rita had posted a long, tearful statement. She claimed I'd knowingly prescribed her amoxicillin despite being aware of her allergy, which apparently led to her near miscarriage.

She'd even attached a picture of her registration record and outpatient slip to her post. Then, she posted a picture of me accepting said slip.

Netizens hurled all sorts of abuse at me in the comment section. They called me a quack doctor and voiced their support for Rita.

Still, I saw a few scattered comments that were dancing a different tune. They were written by my former patients.

"Dr. Summers was my wife's primary surgeon. She was very meticulous and patient. She constantly reminded us about precautions and repeatedly checked over my wife's health before proceeding with the operation. I don't believe she'd ever do something like this."

"That's right. Dr. Summers double-checked everything before prescribing medicine to my grandmother."

However, those comments were quickly overwhelmed by Rita's vehement supporters.

"She deserves to die! If someone as wealthy as Ms. Wood could be fooled by a doctor, what about us ordinary folks? I support Ms. Wood!"

"Ms. Wood is a kind woman. She doesn't deserve to run into a doctor like that."

Rita swiftly posted another video of her crying.

"I finally got pregnant, and I've always considered my baby as my little miracle," she sobbed. "I don't know what I've done to Dr. Summers for her to do this to my baby. I might have lost my baby if Ryan hadn't rushed me to the hospital in time.

She added, "I didn't make this post to ruin Dr. Summers. I posted this as a reminder for everyone to be careful in the future."

Her post was like fuel to the fire that was the netizens' anger. Soon, all sorts of comments demanding that I be severely punished flooded the hospital's official account.

Someone even managed to dig up my information and posted a picture of my resignation.

Shortly after, the hashtag #CleoSummersFleeing shot up to the top of the trending list.

Several hot-blooded citizens had even taken the initiative to camp out at the hospital and at my residence.

I had nowhere to hide, so I could only release a public statement.

"I hope Ms. Wood could provide genuine evidence and stop posting provocative updates to escalate the situation."

Rita went live 30 minutes later. Tears streamed down her face as she sobbed into the camera, "Since evidence is what all of you want, then I'll show you the evidence."