All Chapters of Lover's Scalpel Chose Fame Over My Mom: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

There was a brief silence on the other end of the call before Seth Dawson's voice came through. "Greg, you've gone too far. Even if you're lying, you shouldn't joke about something like that happening to your mom."Hearing that, Bethany lost her temper and screamed, "Gregory Harrington! You're unbelievable! Go ahead and play whatever dirty games you want. But I'd rather teach a complete idiot than teach you anything!"I couldn't be bothered arguing anymore. Just as I was about to hang up, Bethany spoke again. "If your mom's condition isn't that serious, then get back to work. I want you at the hospital tonight!""Why?" I asked. "The patient from today's surgery suddenly developed severe post-op complications. We need you back here immediately."I'd reviewed the patient's chart before. His overall condition and his vital signs had been stable.Although the surgical technique Bethany had pioneered could save lives, it also carried a high risk of severe postoperative complication

Bethany's voice broke as she spoke. "Since when did you become this petty? Seth's my resident. Of course I was going to spend more time teaching him. You're just bitter because you couldn't learn anything from me, so now you're trying to drag us through the mud!"I was just about to fire back when several people burst through the door. A middle-aged couple charged at me, grabbed my collar, and swung at me without warning. "You're the irresponsible doctor, aren't you? My mother's surgery was successful, yet she died from post-op complications! You could've saved her, but you didn't! I'm not letting you get away with it!"Several security guards rushed in to break things up. That was when I spotted Seth standing behind the crowd, a smug grin plastered across his face. I laughed bitterly to myself. I'd planned to let things end peacefully between Bethany and me and stay out of each other's lives. But if this was how they wanted to play it, they couldn't blame me for what came next

The fight dragged on for more than ten minutes before the police finally arrived and broke it up.Bethany sat slumped in a chair, disheveled. "I'm innocent! I never took any money from patients!" She covered her face and wailed. "Even if I wasn't the one who personally performed the surgery, there was nothing wrong with it. You can't blame it all on me!"The middle-aged woman, still furious, tried to strike her again. But this time, the police held her back. "How can you lie through your teeth?" the woman shouted. "Dr. Dawson was the one who came to us asking for money! "He said you normally charged other patients 20 thousand dollars under the table, and that asking us for ten thousand dollars was already doing us a favor! How did someone like you ever become a doctor? You're disgusting!"The second those words left her mouth, Seth's face turned deathly pale. He instinctively stepped back, ready to run. But Bethany grabbed him. "Seth, when did you take money from them?"He

"Damn! I almost believed Dr. Olsen for a second. Turns out, she really did hook up with a younger guy," someone said. "Exactly! Honestly, I wouldn't even have brought it up if things hadn't gotten this bad. Last night, I was in the resident housing complex next door when I heard noises coming from Seth's room. I figured he was just watching porn, but turns out, he was with Dr. Olsen."Bethany went completely pale. Still, she scrambled to defend herself. "It's not what you think! Seth forced himself on me last night!"Gregory, don't listen to them. If you hadn't thrown me out, I never would've—""Enough!" I bellowed, cutting her off. "We're over. You don't owe me an explanation."Just then, a nurse rushed over, clearly panicked. "Dr. Olsen, one of your patients just coded! He's in danger!"Bethany spun around so fast that she tripped and fell to the floor. Then, she looked up at me pleadingly. "Gregory, please help save that patient."I didn't want to go, but then Dr. Sinclair s

"Gregory, your mother's gone, but my life is over too. Isn't that punishment enough for what I did?" Bethany had asked. I replied coldly, "At least you're still alive. My mom's never coming back. Just leave."Then, I slammed the door in her face. …After that, things were quiet for a few days. But it turned out that Bethany had another trick up her sleeve. Late one night, she called me. "Gregory, I just got off work. I swear someone's following me. It has to be Seth. He must've been released, and he's coming after me. You have to come save me."For the first time, I gave in. I'd heard Seth's family had spent a fortune getting him released on bail. They'd practically bankrupted themselves paying a settlement to the dead patient's family just to keep him out of prison.But when I got there, Bethany was all dressed up. Smiling, she tugged me into the same restaurant where we'd had our first date. She'd even ordered the same dishes from the night we got together. That was whe