Chapter 120
If she didn’t call, Hesper would have forgotten about this. She stifled her laugh and said in a raspy voice. “No, if you want to recover, you need to go through this.”
Juniper was speechless. Her orifice was swollen, and she only called because she could no longer
stand it.
“Alright, I’ll hang in there since tomorrow is the last day.”
“Okay, remember to pay me the rest of the money then.”
“Don’t worry, Wights wouldn’t try to get out of a bill.”
The next day, Juniper’s face was restored. She touched her bright skin and started crying tears of joy.
“Finally, I’m normal! I’ll see who will still laugh behind my back!”
“Yes, my daughter is finally alright.” Mrs. Wight couldn’t stop smiling. When her daughter turned ugly, she was very disturbed. She could finally relax how that she was fine.
However, Juniper suddenly said, “Mom, a lot of people know what happened to me, even the people at the station. Now that I’ve recovered, why not throw a party and show everyone that I’m back to being the beauty that I was? That’ll stop people from talking behind my back!”
Mrs. Wight was thinking the same thing and immediately agreed. “Alright, I’ll get it planned.”
Soon after that, the news that the Wights were having a party spread. Juniper’s issue blew out of proportion, and now that she was alright, people just wanted to pry.
There were even people who wanted to be acquainted with Juniper’s miracle doctor because everyone was afraid that something might happen to them too.
The Wights were clever and got in touch with Hesper, hoping that she could attend.
“Of course, but I’m not going without a fee.”
Mrs. Wight’s face froze. “You want to charge a fee for making an appearance?”
She wasn’t some famous celebrity and should consider herself lucky for even getting invited. How dare she ask for payment.
However, since a lot of people were curious, so Mr. Wight asked, “How much do you want?”
“$700,000 will do.”
“$700,000? Are you crazy?” Mrs. Wight yelled. “You’re just a doctor. Why do you deserve $ 700,000? You’re asking for so much just to show up? Why don’t you go rob someone?“
Hesper knew that would be her reaction, so she pressed on. “You’re right, it’s not every day that I meet suckers like you. I’m doing exactly that. I’m robbing you.”
“You-” Mrs. Wight was so angry she almost hung up, but Juniper stopped her. “Mom! If you make her angry, what are we going to do if the same thing happens again?”
“But that’s outrageous!”
Juniper took the phone and said to the person on the line, “$700,000 it is, but you need to promise that you’ll have to cure me no matter what happens later on.”
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