Not Your Doormat Anymore novel Chapter 35

I said coldly, "Is it the truth simply because she claimed it to be? If she wants to accuse me of taking bribes and preying on patients, then she should at least have concrete evidence.

"Does she have a bank transfer record, a video of me accepting a gift, or a specific date involving her daughter, along with surveillance footage that clearly shows I committed a crime?

"If it were my family in this situation, I'd go to the police immediately instead of spreading it around and causing more trauma to the child."

I would never admit to something I hadn't done.

"She's a single mother. How could she compare to someone like you, with influence and power on your side? She had no choice but to create a public scene just to seek justice. Is that so wrong?" Samuel sneered at me.

There was no evidence, but when enough people repeated a lie, it began to sound like the truth. Even if just to protect the hospital's reputation, Dr. Crowell wouldn't keep me around.

"Is that so? If I really had that much influence, would you have been allowed to take my place?" I countered. "At the end of the day, you don't have a shred of proof. I won't acknowledge a word you say."

"You gave Kourtney Gomez medicine, didn't you?" Samuel, sensing that the situation might be slipping out of his control, rushed to accuse me.

"That's right. But it was after she was discharged." I nodded, speaking before Samuel could smear me. "Doctors are indeed supposed to maintain boundaries with patients, but those who've already been discharged no longer fall under that rule."

"She was still your patient!" Samuel hadn't expected that answer. His eyes shifted. "And who's to say you only started seeing her after she left the hospital? Maybe it's like that other girl—maybe you'd already done something to her before that!"

"You used to work at NewtonCare Hospital. During the counterfeit drug scandal there, I remember you were involved, too. How much did you make off it? 50 or 100 grand? Are you still selling counterfeit meds now that you're here?"