The Poison of Regret

"Dylan already called me. I know exactly what you're trying to do. Do you realize that you're wasting medical resources? Making a fake emergency call like this could cost a real patient their chance at survival!" Nathan continued to lecture me from the other end of the line.Then, it finally hit me. Nathan was a doctor at a nearby hospital. He must have seen my request, called Dylan, and decided to meddle.I was speechless. "So doctors these days don't even need to examine a patient before making a diagnosis? Just send the ambulance over now, or you'll be the one held responsible."Nathan was furious. "Who do you think you're threatening? If you hadn't schemed your way into Dylan's bed, do you think he'd ever have been with you? A manipulative woman like you belongs in a psych ward.""You're seriously insane. I recorded that. You can be sure that I'll be sending it straight to your hospital's complaint inbox."With that, I hung up. Then, I called the hotline again. This time, I made su

I turned around and saw Bernice standing at the end of the corridor, with Nathan beside her. Her eyes were red as she walked toward the doctor and asked, "Who are you saying didn't make it?"Confused, the doctor glanced at me. I explained, "She's their biological daughter."The doctor furrowed his brow and asked, "Why are you only arriving now? If you had come a little earlier..."Maybe afraid of provoking Bernice and triggering a medical dispute, the doctor quickly changed his tone. "I understand how you're feeling. We're also very saddened by your loss. Please accept our condolences."He quickly left, likely fearing that Bernice would take her anger out on him.Bernice's legs buckled, but Nathan steadied her.A few seconds later, she lunged toward me. "What's going on here, Fiona? Didn't Dylan say that you were just jealous and putting an act on with my parents? How did it end up like this? Did you poison them?"I calmly looked at Bernice, who had become frenzied. "The police will in

I just learned that Andrew and Sally never liked Lauren. They had thought that she was too scheming, so they repeatedly tried to talk to her and convince her to leave Dylan.Lauren took the money and left without hesitation.Later, they arranged for Dylan and me to meet, and everything went smoothly. But when Lauren returned, Dylan kept sneaking off to meet her.One day, Sally couldn't bear it anymore and pretended to be sick, tricking Dylan into coming back.I had no idea about any of this, but Dylan blamed me. He thought that I didn't want him to see Lauren and had purposely teamed up with his parents to deceive him by pretending to be ill.When Dylan found out the truth about this incident, he stepped back in shock. After a long silence, he finally looked up at me and said, "I'm sorry, Fiona."I didn't say anything.At that point, the truth didn't matter at all. I had already seen Dylan for who he really was. No matter how many apologies he offered, I could never forgive him.The p