A Wedding Night Gone Terribly Wrong novel Chapter 46

Iris felt deeply satisfied and continued:

"Holden did two things for me. One was pressuring the boss of the Adams Wellness Clinic to fire Winifred. The other was having a friend who works as an official in the medical board put Winifred on the National Medical Practitioner Debarment List. She won't ever be able to find a job again. She's permanently unemployed. She's ruined."

Beatrice paused slightly.

It had to be said, Holden had truly gone out of his way to "eliminate future troubles," virtually driving his ex-wife to her death.

She never expected this young man to go to such lengths for her daughter.

Destroying Winifred was to elevate Iris, ensuring she lived without worry and could comfortably be his Mrs. Lockwood.

Holden's love was truly something to show off.

At the same time, Winifred was dead in the water this time, without a single hope of turning things around.

You have to understand, practicing medicine was Winifred's entire life.

When she was still a baby in swaddling clothes, she lay in a wooden tub watching Chester Shultz treat patients.

The very first day she could speak, Chester taught her to recite herbal names.

By the time she was six, when Madeleine brought her into the Lockwood family, she could already prescribe cold medicine for the household staff and treat common ailments effortlessly.

Over the next 15 years, although she lived with Holden's family, she never stopped studying medicine.

Every winter and summer break, for three months, Chester's friends from all over the country would appear and take her back to Emerald Mountain.

She learned Chester's medical skills, his spiritual arts, breathing techniques, and martial arts...

When school started, she would return, usually bringing a stack of medical books taller than she was—complete with reading assignments that Chester would check the next time she went back.

During her sophomore year of medical college, the Medical Licensing Board recommended her to take a special exam, and she earned her physician's license.

Her college thesis on holistic therapies for tumors had won a gold medal.

Her mentor had specifically applied for a university research grant to set up a studio and study the directions she had pointed out.

"That's wonderful," Nelly said. "Since you're in Kingsbridge lately, bring him over to take a look at my health."

Iris glanced around; Winifred had disappeared somewhere.

She boldly recommended him to the old lady, "Of course. Dr. Adams is amazing; he's the owner of the Adams Wellness Clinic. He also has an acupuncturist at his clinic. Yesterday, a Dr. Hale, who is a huge fan of mine, was there. She's an 8-year combined bachelor's and master's degree doctor with superb skills. Her acupuncture techniques are masterful, and patients line up for her every day."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, it is."

True masters are hidden among the people. Nelly felt a genuine sense of awe. Dr. Shultz had been recommended to her in exactly the same way, brought out from some obscure corner.

She remembered the caregiver who initially introduced Dr. Shultz mentioning that she worked at the Adams Wellness Clinic. Didn't that mean Dr. Shultz was working under Dr. Adams?

No wonder Dr. Adams was amazing—he was the boss. The boss's skills were definitely superior to those of his employee, Dr. Shultz.

Nelly became even more eager.