Chapter 871


    The fifty-year-old Doctor Franklin adjusted his sses and raised his head to look at Arianna. He did


    not lose his temper at Arianna’s insolence. Instead, it was as if he had expected it. "Ms. Tanner, your


    uncle''s situation is a bit special. He didn''t need my permission to leave, nor was I even given the right


    to discharge him."


    "So, you''re saying you don''t want to take responsibility for this?" Arianna asked as she narrowed her


    gaze at him.


    "Ms. Tanner, I assure you everything went ording to our procedures. Since the family had requested


    me to discharge the patient and the patient had also agreed, there was nothing we could do to stop


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    them since they''ve signed the disimers.” He finished, took out the legal documents from his shelf,


    and threw them onto his desk.


    Arianna hurriedly looked through them and noticed that Stephanie had signed them with her uncle''s


    crooked signature. "How long have they been gone?" She gritted her teeth and asked as she ced


    her hands on the table.


    "About two days ago," Franklin answered.


    ‘Two days ago?!" Derrick got discharged before Damian reappeared and turned himself in. ‘It looked


    like these two incidents are somehow connected after all.’


    "Who came to pick him up from the hospital?" She continued asking.


    "I''m sorry, we don''t know. However, there were quite a handful of people who came. After all, when Mr.


    Tanner first came to our hospital, he brought many along. The Tanner family is a reputable family, and


    your connections are vast, so it is not surprising that we don''t know every one of your connections,


    correct?” Franklin rified.


    Arianna knew he was pulling her leg but chose not to press the subject. Instead, she thought for a


    moment before asking, ‘Then, did my uncle say where he was going?"


    Franklin just smiled. "I honestly don''t know the answer to this question, but I''m guessing most patients


    would probably choose to go home after being discharged. Since you''re so worried about your uncle,


    Ms. Tanner, I suggest you check on him at his ce."


    Arianna nodded and stood up. "I understand. Thank you for your help, Doctor Franklin.”


    ‘This sly fox is probably one of Uncle Derrick''sckeys too! I don''t know how much truth there was to


    what he just told me.’


    Although that was why Arianna thought, Franklin did remind her that she had not checked the Tanner


    residence yet. Since that was the case, she should make sure whether or not they were back there.


    "Mom, let''s go to Uncle Derrick''s house.” After leaving the hospital, the mother-daughter duo got into


    Arianna''s car. Arianna started the engine and was about to drive to her uncle''s ce when Eloise


    immediately held her and stopped her.


    Eloise shook her head and took out her phone to make a call, "Did theye home? Okay, I


    understand."


    "Your uncle isn''t home," Eloise hung up and told Arianna firmly. Arianna had forgotten that her mother


    had a close rtionship with Derrick’s family. It was natural that Eloise had some connections within


    their family and only had to call to obtain information about them.


    ‘If Uncle Derrick and Aunt Stephanie didn''t go home, where could they be?’


    "Mom, since they''re not home and they''ve already left the hospital, this could only mean they''ve


    nned this for me. They want to deceive me,” Arianna concluded.


    "Don''t overthink. Why would your aunt and uncle want to deceive you? Does that mean they were


    aware of your intentions all along?" Eloise patted Arianna’s hand gently andforted her, ‘That''s


    probably not the case. It just means that your uncle had taken precautions and deliberately avoided


    US. Also, I''m curious about something else.”


    "What is it?"


    "Your uncle, was he truly that sick?" Eloise sighed as she thought about everything that had happened


    in the hospital. "Or was it all just his n from the beginning?"


    "If that''s true, he is a terrifying person.” Arianna could not help but break into a cold sweat as she


    thought of seeing him acting all feeble and sick. She had even witnessed the doctors performing


    emergency procedures on him while Stephanie cried a river.


    Derrick even went as far as to make a will, and Arianna disrespected him because she thought he was


    dying.