Mullen Summer, a trainee doctor, came out from the conference roomand hurriedly followed behind Everleigh.


    “Dr. Trevino, which option do you think the patient’s family will choose?”


    “I don’t know.” Everleigh looked indifferent. “Anything is possible.”


    There were two options, the first option was to save the child first, but the operation sess rate to remove the steel pipe from the mother would inevitably decrease. The second option was to remove the steel pipe first, but thesess ratefor the child to bebornsafely would be lower.


    For doctors, exining it clearly to the family members was merely just about exining the two different operation ns. However, for the family members, they held a different perspective;to them it was a matter of life and death.


    It was not the first time Everleigh encountered such a difficult problem.


    At the door of theoperating theater, the patient’s husband had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Everleigh walking towards him in a white coat, he immediately got up from his chair and asked, “Doctor, how is it?”


    Mullen told the patient’s husband about both the operation options and said, “Currently, the oue of the experts’ consultation are these two options. However, you will need to make a decision and sign a consent form once you have confirmed your decision.”


    With the procedure consent formin hand, the husband of the patient, who was a middle-aged man who was expecting his first child at the age of 40, looked pale and hesitant.


    Everleigh had seen a lot of human nature and was already a little numb to it by now. She turned around and went directly into the operating theater. “Mullen, send the form inter. I have to clean my hands and change my clothes first.”


    “Okay, Dr. Trevino.”


    …


    The white light of theoperating theatershone brightly on the operating table.


    The pregnant woman was about to give birth at full term. The left side of her chest was pierced by a rusty steel pipe of about half a meter long. At that moment, there was no color on her faceand no sign of life could be seen in her. The instruments were beeping next to her, showing her vital signs.


    Everleigh changed into sterile clothes and stood in front of the operating table with her hands hung in front of her. Not long after Mullen brought in the consent form, she looked at it and frowned slightly after a nce, but said nothing.


    The nurse on the side pushed the equipment cart aside and Everleigh took two steps back to make room for Director Wood from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.


    The human heart was something that was even harder to directly look atthanthe sun.


    Director Wood was racing against time. After the cesarean surgery was over, he immediately sutured the patient, then handed the operating table over to Everleigh.


    “Hemostatic forceps.”


    …


    “Tweezers.”


    ….


    For some reason, Everleigh was particrly serious about the operation. She barely blinked her eyes. A second beforeEverleigh pulledout the steel pipe, everyone in the operating room held their breath.


    The moment she pulled it out, the high pressureblood from the patient’s chest gushed out directly towards the surgical lightand sshed all over the faces of the nurses nearby.


    Everleigh, however, was calm. “Get ready to stop the bleeding.”


    …


    “Suture needle.”


    “I’ll stitch it,” said a familiar voice from the side. Everleigh turned her head in surprise and saw that the surgical assistant next to her was Christopher.


    While she was lost in thought, Christopher used the suture needle and threadand made the final stitch on the patient’s wound.


    The operationsted for five hours. When the suture waspleted, everyone in the entireoperating theater, including the trainee doctors and hospital leaders in the external room of theoperating theater, was relieved.


    “Dr. Trevino, Dr. Meyer, thank you for your hard work.”


    “It’s nothing. Send the patient to the ICU.” Everleigh took off her mask and gloves and threw them into the medical waste bin next to her. Then, she held her sore waist and came out of theoperating theater.


    “Are you okay?” Christopher handed her a thermos cup, which contained some tea. “Have a drink.”


    “Thank you.”


    “You are not in good shape today.”


    Everleigh paused and lowered her head to avoid Christopher’s eyes. “I’m just a little tired. I went hiking with Yvonne this morning asI didn’t expect there to be any operations in the afternoon.”


    “Really? Just because of this reason? In the past, you have brokentheboratory records for notsleeping for a week while you were a trainee. Did something happen to you in the morning?”


    Christopher was like a mind reader. He could tell from the look in her eyes that she was hiding something.


    Although she knew that he knew her well enough, Everleigh still chose to avoid him. She pretended to be rxed, smiled at him and said, “I’m getting older, how can I have the same kind of physical strength from my youth? ”


    Christopher looked at her with suspicion and seemed to be thinking about something.


    “Alright, it’s gettingte soI’m going back to rest. Are you leaving too?” Everleigh changed the subject and went into the elevator.


    Christopher followed her and said, “I’ve exchanged shifts with AlexsoI will be on duty in the emergency department tonight and Saturday.”


    “You are on duty on Saturday?” Everleigh nced at him and said, “Didn’t you promise stair and Adrienne to apany them to learn swimming on Saturday?”


    “Alex had a family emergency,I had no choice but to exchange my shift with him. I will exin it to the kidster.”


    “It’s okay.I’ll go with them then.”


    “That’s fine too.”


    They were then separated at the door of their office. Before opening the door, Christopher turned around and said, “Everleigh, if something happened, don’t carry the burden yourself. Share them with me;two heads are better than one.”


    Everleigh was stunned for a moment, then smiled lightly and said, “Okay, I will.”


    “That’s good.”


    Everleigh closed her office door and leaned against the door. The smile on her face froze, then she returned to her expressionless face. The uneven door panel behind her felt ufortable, but at least it could support her body from falling.


    She leaned against the door for a while, then recovered a little of her strength and dragged her heavy steps to her desk to sit down.


    She did not tell Christopher about Selena. On one hand, she did not want him to get deeper into the muddy waters, and on the other, she had already thought about where she would go in the future. If he knew, he might not agree to let her go.


    In the evening, the blue school bus of Sapphire Elementary School stopped at the entrance of the Blossom Residence.


    “Bye, teacher.”


    “Bye, stair and Adrienne. See you next Monday.”


    “See you!”


    After the school bus left, theTrevinosiblings appeared. Adrienne skipped over to greet the middle-aged man in the security booth. Before stair even took out his ess card, the security guard had already opened the door for them.


    “Thank you, sir!”


    “You’re wee. Go home early.” The security guard looked at the two children adoringly.


    It was a long-distance to walk from the entrance of themunity to their home. Adrienne was holding a lollipop in her mouth and her ponytail swayed as she walked. “stair,Mommy is getting busier recently and so is Christopher. Do you think we can still go swimming tomorrow?”


    “It should be possible.”Property ? 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.


    “Really?” Adrienne suddenly stopped, reached out to her brother, and said, “stair, give me your mobile phone.”


    “What do you n to do?”


    “Make a phone call. You have Theodore’s phone number, don’t you?”


    stair frowned like an adult when he heard what his sister said. His beautiful eyes were filled with a calmness beyond his age. “Adrienne, didn’t you promise Mommy that you will not contact him anymore?”