Soren nodded his head as a sign of agreement.
"Thank you, Dad! I will go upstairs and freshen up before coming to Greg. You call Uncle Derek and Uncle Mond and inform them," Mike said before rising from his seat and heading upstairs.
After parking his car directly in front of the main entry at the XS Hospital, Mike walked into the building.
In Greg's office, he found an assistant cleaning around. "Where is Greg?" he asked.
"Hello, sir. Mr. Greg is in a meeting," the assistant replied politely.
"When is the meeting getting over?" he asked urgently.
"Sorry, I don't know," the assistant replied.
After pondering for a moment, Mike decided not to waste any time. Frowning at the assistant, he ordered forcefully, "Go and tell Greg, wherever he is, that I have something urgent and I am waiting for him."
The assistant thought Mike's request was rude. But she was terrified when she looked into his fierce, sharp eyes. Reluctant as she was, she nodded in agreement and immediately left the office.
Ten minutes later, Greg returned to his office. When he spotted Mike who was siting on the lounge, he was slightly surprised. "Hello, Mike, what are you doing here?" he asked, his eyes popping wide in surprise.
Straight away, he turned to his assistant. "Bring two cups of coffee," he instructed.
"Okay," the assistant replied, as she turned and made an exit.
Greg made his way to the sofa and took a seat opposite Mike.
As their eyes met, Mike asked directly, "I'll be straightforward with it, Greg. There has been something going on between your father and stepmother, isn't it?"
When Greg heard this, his confusion increased. "What makes you say that?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Sharon has moved out from Xiao House, hasn't she? She now lives with Sally He, right?" In rapid fire Mike bombarded Greg with questions.
Never had Greg heard Sally's name before. But it occurred to him that he met his stepmother and another woman outside Kate Bai's ward. The strange woman's last name, as Greg remembered, was He.
"When my stepmother moved out, she talked about this friend of hers who had just returned from abroad. It has been a while since she left home, but I guess that must be the woman she lives with," Greg replied. "It was on the same day that Lawrence put her down at the party. When she came home, she had a fight with my Dad and left."
The humiliation that Lawrence put Sharon through on that day was etched on Mike's mind. In front of so many people, he had made a fool of Greg's stepmother.
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