Chapter 1233


    Chapter 1233


    Harriet became a nervous wreck. Given that Zephyr had already dropped that statement, if she were to


    insist on opposing him, she would undoubtedly be humiliating Zephyr and at the same time make the


    rest suspicious of her.


    Harriet could onlypel herself to stay calm and stand by Zephyr quietly.


    Time flew by. After more than half an hour, the door to the consulting room was pushed open. Coming


    out was Riley, sitting in a wheelchair pushed by a nurse. Alongside them was the doctor who helped


    diagnose Riley.


    When Harriet pped her eyes on that doctor, her heart sank. That doctor was one of the famous


    psychiatrists in Lommore. She could not believe that they would arrange for that particr doctor to


    see Riley.


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    When Riley was pushed out, she saw a plethora of people with shlights flickering in front of her.


    She recalled what the woman named Rosalie told her on the way there “The next step may be tough,


    and you may face all kinds of situations. However, I hope you can face whatever waiting for you as


    collectedly as possible. Now, what you need most is to stay calm. Only by doing that and controlling


    your emotions will you put up the best fight against the enemy. We’ll help you however possible!”


    Staying calm was her top priority at that moment.


    She used to be the rebellious ex-convict, the spirited eldest daughter of the Summer family. Times had


    changed, though, as she became nothing but a poor patient going through a torturous experience in


    the hospital.


    Riley’s gaze swept over the crowd not far away one by one. Eventually, she noticed Rosalie, who


    brought her there, and also Amelia.


    Amelia stood among the parade of people even with her bulged tummy, looking back at her eagerly


    and anxiously.


    Tears welled up in Riley’s eyes instantly. Never did she expect that after so many years, Amelia still


    persisted in locating her whereabouts and sparing no effort in rescuing her.


    Riley had thought that she would be spending her entire life locked up in the dark, seedy hospital, and


    she might have even chosen to end her life when she could one day take it no more.


    Still, just as she wallowed in desperation, Amelia and her friend showed up, dawning on her new hope.


    Right then, a reporter tried to tunnel through the parade of bodyguar on the frontlines and shouted at


    Riley, “Ms. Riley Summer, were you really abused in the hospital? Could you give us a clear answer


    now?”


    Following that, more and more reporters hurled at Riley a series of questions. “What do you have to


    say, Ms. Riley Summer?”


    “How did you actually lose your finger?”


    “Could you describe how you were abused?”


    Harriet sprinted ahead and wanted to get nearer to Riley. “Shut it, you all! My sister’s still a patient,


    mind you. Is that how you guys treat a patient? I’ll definitely get to the bottom of what happened today!”


    Nevertheless, while walking up to Riley, she was halted in her path by one of Jonathan’s bodyguards.


    Harriet red daggers at that very bodyguard. “Get out of the way. I’m my sister’s guardian. On what


    grounds are you standing in my way?”


    Even so, the next moment, a voice rang out. “I think it’s rather controversial whether Riley needs a


    guardian or not. At least from my initial diagnosis, Riley is in a normal mental state. Although she’s


    been under great pressure having been confined in a psychiatric hospital for so many years, she’s still


    a normal person rather than a mentally-challenged patient.”


    The psychiatrist apanying Riley was the one uttering that speech.


    The audience was in an uproar when they heard that.


    If Riley was not a mentally ill person, that meant the Summer family forcibly sent a healthy person to


    the hospital, treating her as one with a mental illness, not to mention imprisoning her in the hospital for


    years.


    The act was tantamount to sentencing her and torturing her behind bars.


    Any average person would have been pushed to the brink of insanity.


    “What kind of nonsense is that? My sister’s mental illness has been diagnosed by several well-known


    doctors!” Harriet retorted.


    Then came the doctor’s nonchnt look. “Are you doubting my profession? By all means, you may as


    well summon a group of authoritative experts in the psychiatry field to give Riley a thorough


    consultation. We’ll know by then granted she’s deemed a mentally ill patient!”


    Harriet was abruptly put in a tough spot the moment that suggestio brought up by the other party. She


    was in a dilemma about whether give the nod.


    “Well… I’ll be taking my sister home first, and then I’ll get the medical specialists for a consultation,”


    said Harriet.


    “No way.” Amelia stepped forward and shielded Riley. “She can’t go back with you now, given how the


    Summer family treated her as a patient with mental illness and locked her up in the hospital before.


    Who knows what would happen if she went home with you? She’ll be better off staying in the hospital


    and receiving proper care from the nurses.”


    “I’m her guardian!” Harriet emphasized.


    “She’s not mentally ill. To begin with, she was never an incapacitated person, hence not needing any


    guardian! Or could it be that you’re trying to bring her back so that you could forcefully turn her into one


    with mental illness?” were Amelia’s frosty words.


    At that moment, she was like a fighter, charging ahead to protect her friend and confronting their


    enemy.


    “Why you…” Harriet shot Amelia an intense re.


    It was then that a hand moved bit by bit. Riley budged her right hand already missing a finger to hold


    Amelia’s hand with much difficulty.


    Startled, Amelia turned to look at Riley, only to see that thetter’s pale face seemed even more


    drained of colors under the lights at the hospital. Even so, her gaze was poles apart from the way she


    used to look.


    “I… was never mentally ill. My dad, my mom, and my sister ndered me for being mentally


    challenged and sent me to the hospital by force for various so-called treatments. Their motive was to


    get hold of my shares of Summer Group. I believe the expert consultation toe will grant me the


    justice I deserve! At the same time, I also refused to go back to the Summer residence with Harriet. If I


    set foot in that ce, I’ll be entering yet another cage!”


    Riley gushed out her speech right before everyone.


    Suddenly, shes of cameras from the media kept flickering, and Harriet’s countenance became royally


    grim. She knew that when Riley said those words, taking Riley back that day was no longer possible.


    Moreover, as long as she hesitated even a little, the news media would have dirt on her.


    So, she could only pretend to be aggrieved. “Riley, what makes you think so? You were sick back then,


    so Dad took charge of those shares. We always hoped that you’d recover someday. If you really


    recover, then all these years of treatment won’t go to waste. Since you don’t trust your own family right


    now, you can stay at the hospital first. I believe that everything wille to light by then. We’re still


    family, right, Riley?”