Love You Enough to Leave You novel Chapter 184

Chapter 184 Drinking The Sorrows Away

“Why move to Chanaea all of a sudden?” Oscar asked while drinking straight from the bottle.

“I’ve actually been thinking of doing so for a few years now, but I had to postpone those plans because I haven’t been able to hand my work there to someone else. Now that we have an exchange program with Chanaea, I applied to be an exchange doctor here in Chanaea,” James replied while chugging away at his drink.

“Don’t they have better employee benefits over there?”

“They do, but working there isn’t challenging at all. I heard Chanaean medicine is famous for acupuncture, so I decided to move here and learn it. I could just move back after mastering it, anyway. Who knows? I might even stay here if I end up marrying a Chanaean woman! While I may not seem like it, I’m actually in my thirties now. It’s about time I settle down and start a family.”

“James… We’re friends, right?” Oscar asked when he noticed that James seemed to have something on his chest.

“Yeah, why? Do you doubt our friendship?”

“Then tell me, did something happen to you?”

James paused for a moment before bursting into laughter. “Oh, it’s nothing, really! I just thought I’d have a change of scenery, you know? Chanaea is a huge country filled with lots of amazing people and good food, after all! Food in Erihal is really greasy and could easily lead to cancer.”

“Pfft, that’s no problem at all! Just let me know if you need anything!” Oscar said.

James gave him a thumbs-up. “My man!”

The owner of the restaurant came over with two bowls of soup and said, “Hey, handsome! I thought I’d make you two some soup since you’ll be having a lot to drink. It’s on the house, and only handsome people get this special treatment! Feel free to come again if you like it!”

“Thank you for being so kind, beautiful. I wish you all the best in life!” James said with a smile.

The owner chuckled in amusement. “Your Chanaean is really fluent, handsome! Had it not been for your foreign appearance, I would’ve mistaken you for a local!”

“I may look foreign, but I’m a Chanaean at heart, so you can just treat me like one!”

“All right, you two carry on! I’ll get back to work now!”

“See you around, beautiful!”

Oscar waited until she left before carrying on eating.

“Hey, Oz, I remember you complaining about how dirty this place was when I got you to eat here with me back then. Heck, you even refused to take a single bite and just glared at me the whole time! So, what’s changed you, huh?” James asked.

“She likes the food here,” Oscar replied, obviously referring to Amelia.

James too, continued stuffing his face with steak before putting on a more serious look as he said, “Listen, Oz… The blood clot in Amelia’s brain is exerting pressure on her optic nerves, so there’s a possibility that she’ll end up blind even after a full recovery.”

Oscar froze when he heard that, and his expression turned gloomy. “What blood clot?”

“The car accident left some pretty nasty injuries on her. I’m talking about fractured ribs, ruptured organs, and serious trauma to the brain. The blood clot in her brain is too close to her nerves, so we can’t remove it just yet. If it does cause damage to her optic nerves, it could very well lead to blindness. Of course, I’m just assuming the worst-case scenario here. There is a chance that we can remove it surgically after her recovery without her going blind beforehand. Oz, it’s practically a miracle that she even survived this car accident. As brilliant as Professor Schweitzberg may be, Amelia’s strong will to survive is what really helped her pull through,” James explained.

Oscar kept his head low and continued to down his drink in silence.

James clinked his bottle with his own and said, “Hey… Don’t be like this, Oz…”

“How likely is she to go blind if the blood clot isn’t removed?” Oscar asked as he took a chug.

“Eighty percent.”

Oscar took another few chugs from his bottle. “Is it curable?”

“Well… Unless she can find a suitable donor for a corneal transplant…” James didn’t have to finish his sentence for Oscar to understand what he meant to say.

“You’re a brilliant surgeon, James. If you were to carry out that surgery, what would you say your chances of success are?”

“Thirty percent.”

Oscar’s heart sunk when he heard that.

“What about your mentor?”

“Forty percent.”

“If I recall correctly, you’ve performed this sort of surgery before. Why the lack of confidence this time?”

“Amelia’s condition is a very tricky one, Oz. The blood clot is located in a spot where most of her nerves are concentrated, and the slightest error could result in her death due to a rupture of the surrounding blood vessels. On top of that, her current physical condition is too weak for such a surgery, so we have no choice but to go with a more conservative form of treatment. For now, we’ll just keep her situation under control through medication and decide our next course of action when she’s all better. I’m sure we’ll be able to come up with something if all the local and foreign experts work together!”

“Keep it a secret from Amelia.”

James nodded. “I will, but she has to find out sooner or later. Oz, I suggest you tell her about this when she wakes up. That way, she can be mentally prepared for anything. It’d be a lot better than to have her find out by suddenly going blind someday.”

Oscar shot him a glare and said, “She won’t go blind.”