Five Years of Marriage to Mr. Bradford (by Koi Fish) novel Chapter 647

Chapter 647

Irene had arranged ever fees in advance.

herself for the morning surgery. The caregiver was ready, and she paid the hospital and surgery

When the caregiver asked why her family wasn’t showing up, frene waved it off. “They’re all boy. It’s a minor procedure. I don’t want to trouble them.”

The caregiver sighed, knowing this was hardly a minor procedure. Without another word, she helped the nurse wheel frene toward the operating room.

At the door, someone waited. Irene recognized him as Vance’s classinate, Darren Horton.

“Child, what are you doing here?” she asked, then remembered the doctor had the same last name. “Is Dr. Horton your…”

“He’s a relative,” Darren replied. “I found out from him that you’re having surgery today. Vance is my friend. I know you have your reasons for not telling him. I’ll stay and keep you company.”

Irene’s eyes grew moist. “Thank you, but you should go to class.”

“It’s fine. Vance’s grandma is my grandma, too. Go on in,” he said, taking her hand. “I’ll be wareng right here for you to come out. You’ll be okay.”

Her hand slipped from his grasp, but in that last moment before she let go, he felt her fingers tighten ever so slightly.

She looked up and smiled at him. In the split–second, she.sensed something warm and strangely familiar, as if she had known those eyes forever. Before she could look closer, the gurney moved forward, and the operating room doors closed.

Darren and the caregiver waited outside.

Time passed slowly. Suddenly, heavy running footsteps echoed down the quiet hallway. Someone came rushing over, breathing

hard.

Darren stared at Vance in shock. “How did you get here?”

Vance opened his mouth but couldn’t speak.

That morning, he ran into one of his grandmother’s old friends and casually asked why she wasn’t traveling along. That was when he learned there was no trip at all. Irene had lied to him.

He went to the community center, then to the community hospital, pleading to see her medical records. Only then did he learn about the free senior health screening and trace everything to this hospital and today’s surgery.

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He couldn’t understand how Darren knew about it when even he, her own grandson, had been kept in the dark. And Darren was there waiting outside the operating room.

Darren forced a smile. “My great–uncle is the doctor treating your grandma, so I…”

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