Love At The Wrong Table

Chapter 44
“It’s none of your business!” Mackenzie snapped before
walking off.
“Haha, see you next time, Ms. Quillen!”
Despite Mackenzie’s arrogance, Joel had no choice but
to maintain a cordial smile.
After all, the Quillen family wasn’t one he could afford
to offend.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel had laid Alessandra down on
the bed of a single ward. After that, he massaged her
acupoints to alleviate the pain.
Soon, a doctor who specialized in internal medicine
arrived.
His name was Darren Chase and was acquainted with
Emmanuel.
The sight of Emmanuel treating his mother elicited a
furrowed brow from Darren. As a doctor of modern
medicine, he wasn’t familiar with traditional medicine.
In spite of his disdain for gynecologists like Emmanuel,
he maintained a polite smile on his face. “Dr. Lowe, why

did you bring the patient here when you know how to treat her yourself? It’s not like you’re unaware of how
busy the hospital is.”
Turning around, Emmanuel anxiously explained, “The condition of my mom’s kidney is really bad, not to
mention that she only has one left that’s functioning. I
decided to bring her here since she needs modern
medicine to reduce the inflammation and
round–the–clock care.”
Even though Emmanuel was trained in traditional
medicine, he wasn’t averse to modern medicine.
Instead, he was someone who believed in the
effectiveness of combining the two.
When it came to inflamed kidneys, the injection
techniques of modern medicine were more efficient
and effective than relying on the herbs of traditional
medicine.
“In that case, come with me and complete the
admission paperwork on your mother’s behalf.”
“Sure.”
Emmanuel instructed the nurse to hook Alessandra up
to a drip before heading out with Darren.

When he returned, he was surprised to see his mom
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standing outside alone with the mobile drip stand.
“Mom, what’s going on? Why are you standing
outside?”
Surprised and feeling bad for her, Emmanuel hurried to
her side.
Bearing the pain in her kidney, Alessandra gave him a
helpless look. “A hospital staff came in to inform me
that the ward has been reserved by someone else and
kicked me out of it. On top of that, they’re unable to
find a room for me!”
Emmanuel’s brows knitted in response. Throughout the
two years he worked in the hospital, such a situation
was a rare occurrence.
Thereafter, he went to see the nurse in charge of the
wards.
“Dr. Lowe, the wards are allocated by the attending
physicians. Dr. Chase has assigned it to someone else,”
the nurse explained.

Emmanuel was outraged by the answer.
He could clearly remember that the hospital didn’t
have a policy for reserving wards. Moreover, his mother
had clearly come first with Darren’s knowledge.
Therefore, he wondered how the room was allocated
to someone else right when he went to complete the
paperwork.
Consequently, when Emmanuel requested to see
Darren, the latter found an excuse not to come.
At that moment, two burly men in suits who looked like bodyguards emerged from the ward.
“Haha, Mr. Chamberlain has reserved this ward, so stop
causing trouble here and move along!”
“That’s right. You can’t afford to bear the
consequences of interrupting his rest.”
In a fit of rage, Emmanuel barged into the ward. Upon
reading the man’s medical file, he was further
infuriated.
This so–called Joel Chamberlain is only suffering from an inflamed prostate which can easily be cured by
medication. There’s no need for him to be hospitalized, yet he insists on taking over Mom’s room. This is
outrageous!

“Hey, kid, who are you? What are you doing?” Joel
questioned in an intimidating voice when he saw
Emmanuel.
Suppressing his fury, Emmanuel replied politely, “Mr.
Chamberlain, your condition doesn’t require any
hospitalization. On top of that, my mom came here
first. Can you let her have the ward back? Thank you.”
Joel was momentarily stunned before guffawing out
loud. “Is this a joke? Who the hell are you? Why should I
give you the room?”
I arranged to be hospitalized on purpose so that I can
enjoy the company’s medical benefits. Getting paid for
doing nothing just feels great!
As his fingers balled into fists, Emmanuel couldn’t
come up with a solution to the impasse.
Meanwhile, a loud crash was heard outside the ward,
followed by a commotion.
With no time to argue any further with Joel, Emmanuel
rushed out of the ward to be greeted by the sight of
Alessandra grimacing on the floor.

“Mom! Mom!”