Chapter 89 Harsh Penalty


    "Ha-ha!" Horace pinched the bridge of his nose and chuckled while shaking his head. "Your sudden


    change of attitude amazes me. Dr. Bowman, would you have spared me today if I wasn''t the heir of the


    Warren family?" he asked seriously.


    Without waiting for a response, he looked at Cowan and said, "Corruption and ssism have infiltrated


    the healthcare industry. Ordinary people have a hard time getting timely and good treatments because


    of greedy and rude medical practitioners like you. An operation that normally costs some hundred


    thousand dors in other hospitals. However, you demanded a whopping two million dors. As if that


    wasn''t enough, you became greedier and asked for eight million dors. It''s daylight robbery! You are


    jacking up prices at will. How about you drop the medical profession and be a robber instead?


    The only way I can spare you today is if you give me sixteen million dors!"


    "Ah! Sixteen million dors?" This hit Cowan like a bolt out of the blue. He almost fainted from the


    shock. Although the cost of the surgery had been inted, he could only receive ten percent from each


    payment. This meant that he had to operate on eighty patients before he would be able to earn sixteen


    million dors. There were many cancer patients admitted to the Rinas Infirmary, but only a few of them


    could afford the surgery fee. Most rich people in this city didn''te here for treatment. They preferred


    to go to Antawood.


    The money in his ount didn''t add up to sixteen million dors. If he wanted to get it, he would have


    to sell his car and house and also take loans.


    These loans would take years to pay back. In essence, he would go bankrupt for the rest of his life if he


    wanted to appease Horace with such an amount.


    "Mr. Warren, I''ll give you sixteen million dors. Please let me go, okay?" Javier asked and kowtowed.


    Cowan couldn''t afford that amount because he was an ordinary doctor, but it wasn''t a big deal for the


    assistant director of the hospital. Javier''s basic sry wasn''t very high. However, he got paid ten


    percent of every operation carried out by the subordinate doctors.


    "Tsk, tsk, tsk! You wish!" Horace stared at Javier and added calmly, "I wasn''t directing that first demand


    at you. Since you hold such an important position, you are three ranks higher than Cowan and earn


    more than him. I won''t ckmail you, but you need to be fined ording to your status. Just give me


    fifty million dors. That''s a fair deal, right?"


    ''Fifty million dors? But you just said that you won''t ckmail me? Where am I supposed to get that


    kind of money from?'' Javier sighed. All the cuts he received from other doctor''s operations and the


    funds he had embezzled for so many years didn''t amount to fifty million. He had never handled such an


    amount before. He would go bankrupt and swim in unyable debts if he really wanted to raise such


    an amount.


    Both erring men suddenly became dumb. They could only scratch their heads in confusion and fear.


    Horace didn''t spare them some time to think about it thoroughly. He just turned away from them.


    With a disapproving expression, Donn said to Elmore, "It seems to me that a great part of your staff is


    corrupt and morally decadent. I''ll have to reconsider the cooperation between the Warren Infirmary''s


    research institute and your hospital. We only have dealings with upright people!"


    Tobias snorted and chipped in, "Mr. Warren is a noble person. How dare you insult him and treat him


    like trash? He gave you light punishments, but you are hesitating. So you want him to let you go scot-


    free? Anyway, I hate to break it to you, Dr. Hond. The medical research institute wouldn''t be the only


    one to put an end to the cooperation with your hospital. The pharmaceutical factory would no longer


    supply drugs to you from now on!"


    Without giving Elmore a chance to speak, Tobias and Donn turned and stood by Horace''s side.


    A banging headache suddenly gued Elmore. These derations were heavy blows for him. In


    anger, he pointed at Cowan and Javier and shouted, "You two are fired! I regret employing you both.


    Some time back, I noticed that you were behaving rather shady. Now that it''s obvious that you are


    corrupt, an investigation team would look through all your work. If they find out that you have


    overcharged or taken bribes from patients, you will be dealt with!"


    Cowan and Javier were taken off guard by the director''s deration. They both groveled at Horace''s


    feet again. Each of them held one leg and cried, "Mr. Warren, I''m sorry. I shouldn''t have behaved that


    way. I''ll pay you the money. Just don''t make me lose my job. I swear on my life, I''ll do whatever you ask


    of me. Please have mercy!"


    These full-grown men were acting like pitiful children. Tears were already rolling down their cheeks.


    Horace was naturally softhearted, but he had no sympathy for them. He was fighting not only for


    himself, but also for all the other patients that had been treated unfairly.


    He wriggled from their hold and both men crashed to the ground. "Since you didn''t seize the


    opportunity when I first extended it to you, it''s all gone now. The hospital''s affairs are none of my


    business. I don''t give a damn about your jobs!"


    Horace shot them a final re and began to walk out of the tarmac.


    "s!" The hospital staff stared at the miserable men on the ground and then nced at Horace''s


    receding figure. Meanwhile, Elmore was thanking his lucky stars that he hadn''t said anything to Horace


    earlier. If he had, he would be kneeling on the ground and begging for forgiveness like Cowan and


    Javier. The thought of losing his job and all he had worked for all these years scared him out of his wits.


    "Mr. Warren is so awesome! The expert oncologist and even the assistant director are like ants in his


    eyes!" Admiration shone in Susie''s eyes as she stared at Horace''s receding figure. She felt that he was


    so humble, yet so intimidating. She concocted a n in her head in a trice. Afterward, she grabbed her


    colleague''s arm and said, "dys, let''s go and find out which ward his mother is admitted to. He''s so


    awesome!"


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    The two nurses followed Horace secretly to Caylee''s ward.


    Both of them were a little shocked to see him enter a ward in the oncology department. "dys, isn''t


    this the ward Cara''s rtive stays?" Susie asked in a low voice.


    "It seems so!" dys replied uncertainly. She stared at the room number on the doorpost with squinted


    eyes. Afterward, she nodded. "It most certainly is this ward. Cara had told the management that her


    rtive is down with cancer and has been admitted here. She took a long leave on the basis that she


    wanted to take care of her full-time! Wow! So Cara is rted to such powerful people? Who would


    have thought?"


    Susie did a facepalm when she heard this. ''I thought you were just naive. It turns out that you are


    indeed stupid. How did you be a nurse with such a low IQ?'' she insulted her colleague in her


    mind.


    "Put on your thinking cap, dys. If Cara has such a powerful rtive, do you think she would be


    ving off in this hospital? She''s not doing this job for the love of mankind like Cathy, who''s a rich kid.


    She''s a greedy person. From the look of things, she found out about Mr. Warren''s noble identity.


    Something tells me that she lied and took a long leave to cater to the patient because of the juicy


    benefits she was offered!"


    "Whoa! You have a point there. How about we go inside and have a look? Maybe Mr. Warren would


    hire us if he sees that we are cute. We''ll be able to make a fortune if that happens!" dys''s eyes


    shone with great expectation. She was already mapping out her way out of poverty.


    Before they could decide on what to do, the door of the ward suddenly swung open. They stepped back


    in fear. It was Tobias. He walked out of the ward and looked at them. "Are you two nurses in this


    hospital? Inform Dr. Hond that I have hired the two of you to assist me!" he ordered straightforwardly.


    "Okay, Professor Bates, we''ll call him right away!" they said in unison as soon as he finished speaking.


    Today was their lucky day. They had been nning on how to get close to Horace. But the next


    second, a golden opportunity dropped in theirps. They had never been this happy.