Chapter 139


    Having detected his gaze, Bailey turned toward the stairs and saw Cadence staring at her.


    Does he recognize me? He shouldn''t be able to. I was wearing a mask when I came into contact with


    him three years ago. I''ve never shown him my real face, so he shouldn''t know what I look like.


    With that in mind, Bailey shed him a faint smile before retracting her gaze. “It''s almost noon, Mrs.


    Chivers. Let''s go see what''s avable in the kitchen.”


    Naturally, Gwendolyn wasn''t about to say no to that. “Oh, yes! Eddy tells me your cooking is on par with


    international chefs. Come on, let''s go! I want you to teach me a thing or two!”


    Bailey shed Cadence another smile when she passed him by before entering the kitchen with


    Gwendolyn.


    That made him even more confused.


    I definitely know this woman, but I just can''t remember where I met her...


    “Dr. White? Dr. White!” Yoel called out to him a few times, snapping him out of his train of thought.


    “Huh? Oh, sorry, I was spacing out for a bit. What is it, Mr. Chivers?” Cadence asked.


    Yoel led him toward the couch and stood in front of Glen as he said, “Father, we cannot dy the


    treatment for your condition any longer. I''ve spoken to Mr. White about the treatment just now. He says


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    there is a ten to twenty percent chance of sess, so how about you give it a shot? If you don''t get the


    surgery done soon, the cancer cells will spread to the other parts of your body. It''ll be toote for


    regrets, then.”


    Glen waved at him with a stack of poker cards in hand. “I told you, I''m not getting treatment. Stop


    forcing me, or I''llmit suicide!”


    Yoel was about to say something in response, but Artemis stopped him. “Why don''t you and Dr. White


    go have a cup of coffee or something, Uncle Yoel? I''ll talk to Granddad.”


    “Sure thing. Father always listens to you, so you could help us talk some sense into him.”


    Artemis nodded and told Glen, “Come on, Granddad. Let''s go for a walk around theke in our


    backyard. There''s something I need to talk to you about.”


    “You''d better not try to talk me into getting surgery, you little sh*t! I''ll whack you with my cane if you do!”


    Glen shouted impatiently as he got up from the couch.


    “All right,” Artemis replied with a helpless chuckle.


    It was unclear what the two of them talked about in the backyard, but Glen agreed to let Cadence


    perform surgery on him when they returned at two in the afternoon.


    Everyone, including Bailey, was shocked when they heard that.


    Bailey waited until no one was paying attention before dragging Edmund to the gazebo outside. “Are


    you guys seriously going to let Cadence perform this craniotomy on Old Mr. Chivers?”


    Edmund rubbed his forehead and sighed. “My father, Aunt Felicity, and even Artemis have all agreed to


    it. He even managed to convince Grandpa, so what else can I do? I''m really worried, Bay. Cadence


    says there''s only a ten percent chance of sess. There are simply far too many uncertainties


    involved in this surgery. I fear that Grandpa may not survive it!”


    Bailey was worried too as she knew Cadence''s capabilities all too well.


    Back then, Cataleya was regarded as the leading authority in neurosurgery. In order to boost his


    medical skills, Cadence spent a few years trying to court her. However, Cataleya rejected his advances


    as she had recognized Bailey''s talent and wanted to pass all of her knowledge down to her. Although


    Bailey never officially became her disciple, she did learn all of Cataleya''s medical skills over the years.


    Eventually, Cataleya got tired of Cadence''s incessant pestering and decided to issue him a challenge.


    She told him she would ept him as her disciple if he could defeat Bailey, at the time unnamed, but


    he would have to leave her alone if he lost.


    The rules of thepetition had been simple. Cataleya chose two patients with end-stage brain cancer


    and had them treat one each. The one who could prolong the patient''s lifespan by three months would


    be dered the winner. Bailey had been able to extend her patient''s life by three months, but


    Cadence''s patient died on the operating table. That was how she ended up defeating Cadence while


    remaining anonymous.


    In other words, I was the reason Cadence failed to be Cataleya''s disciple. While it wasn''t exactly


    a big deal, I did indirectly crush his dreams of learning from the best neurosurgeon. It has only been


    three years, so I highly doubt that Cadence has made any significant progress in his medical skills.


    Although the condition of that end-stage patient he treated was worse than Old Mr. Chivers'', the fact


    that he died on the operating table proves there is something wrong with Cadence''s methods. Knowing


    all that, I can''t just sit by and watch as Cadence operates on Old Mr. Chivers! Mother and Granny


    would probably roll over in their graves if I let that happen!


    With that in mind, she grabbed hold of Edmund''s arm and urged him anxiously, “Trust me, Edmund. I


    have other ways of saving Old Mr. Chivers. Give me a week, and I''ll find you someone who can truly


    perform this surgery. She has at least a fifty percent chance of sess.”


    Fifty percent? That''s quite a high chance!


    Edmund''s eyes lit up with joy when he heard that. “Do you happen to know Anonymous, Bay?”


    Bailey pursed her lips and kept quiet for a while before saying, “Actually, I am Anonymous.”


    Edmund''s eyes went wide with shock and disbelief. “Y-You''re really Anonymous?”


    Secondster, he let out a helpless chuckle as he continued, “I should''ve guessed! You''re Snowke,


    so the possibility of you also being Anonymous isn''t that far-fetched!


    Bailey shook her head and said with a sigh, “The Anonymous today is different from the one back then.


    I... I can barely even hold a scalpel anymore...”


    After another long pause, she mustered up the courage and gave him a brief summary of the events


    that urred three years ago.


    After he heard her story, Edmund''s eyes filled with sympathy. “Bay, I...”


    Bailey made a shushing motion at him and said, “When I found out about Old Mr. Chivers'' special


    rtionship with my granny two days ago, I was determined to save him. That''s why I left the Chivers


    residence and headed over to Veronique''sboratory. However, when I walked up to the operating


    table, I realized I had yet to recover from my trauma. My hands would tremble whenever I picked up the


    scalpel.”


    Edmund pursed his lips when he heard that. Having learned about her past, he didn''t want to force her


    into doing anything she wasn''tfortable with.


    Even so, he couldn''t just sit by and do nothing while Glen''s life was at stake either.


    “I''m sorry that the Chivers family has put you in a difficult spot, Bay.”