The True Heiress's Return

Fiona's face turned pale as she clenched her fists tightly and screamed, "Lonely Bird, don't falsely accuse me!" Before Shakira could speak, George suddenly slapped Fiona hard across the face

Holding the quickly reddening handprint, Fiona was stunned. "Daddy?" Her eyes were red as she said, "You believe her instead of me?!" She immediately turned to her mother, crying, "Mom, say something, how could Daddy believe the lies of an outsider..." "Fiona!" Sophie covered her mouth, tears sliding down her face, her eyes filled with sadness and pain. "My foolish daughter.

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father and I love you so much and know you so well. We notice your little quirks better than anyone else when your lies get exposed."

Fiona froze. She looked down at her hand, which clenched instinctively-a habit she'd had since childhood. Whenever she was upset and feeling guilty, she'd unconsciously wrap her thumb inside her fist... She stared wide-eyed in realization.

"Why did you do that? It's your grandmother!" George shouted, his voice trembling with sorrow. "She loved you so much. she would have given her life to protect you, yet you've brought her such harm!"

Fiona lost control and screamed hysterically, "It wasn't me! I don't know, I didn't even know Grandma was coming for a check-up-

"I hate her, I can't stand her, I want her completely gone from Haruca Hospital, no, from Crescentville! I only asked Howard to change the prescription to cause a medical incident; I never intended for Grandma to get hurt," Fiona added.

"Yes, you didn't know, so when you got Howard to set me up, you didn't consider the consequences," Shakira said, pulling up a video on her phone showing Fiona and Jaslene faking an emergency to skip the queue. "You're used to living self-centered, and Mrs. Banks has always indulged you," Shakira said.

"Shut up! How can you blame me? If it weren't for you,

Grandma wouldn't be in trouble-ahr

"How could I have such a vicious daughter like you!" George slapped Fiona hard with all his might, knocking her to the ground, with blood trickling from her lips.

He pointed at Fiona, who was shivering on the ground, full of pain and fear, yet still unrepentant. He looked at her as if she was a cold-blooded stranger,

He said, "Just because you hate someone, you went so far as to harm innocent lives, stopping at nothing to achieve your goals, only to end up hurting your own family. Your grandmother spoiled you to this extent...." George laughed at himself, mocking his foolishness, "What a fool, digging my own grave! It's all karma!" Sophie covered her face and cried uncontrollably.

No one expected things to turn out this way. For a moment, everyone sighed, and the atmosphere turned heavy.

Just then, there was a commotion outside. The head nurse rushein and said, "The patients evacuated after the chaos have returned, along with reporters. They're all here to seek justice for Dr. Lonely Bird-

As she was speaking, someone shouted through a loudspeaker, Dr. Lonely Bird could never prescribe the wrong medicine. The hospital should clear Dr. Lonely Bird's name!"

"That's right! When Dr. Lonely Bird prescribed medicine to me, she reminded me several times how to take it, even instructing me on how to take it after meals. How could such a careful doctor prescribe the wrong medicine!" Clear Dr. Lonely Bird's name!"

Michael said with deep meaning. The patients' eyes are the sharpest of all!"

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Everyone present felt ashamed, recalling how they had been so aggressive, pushing Lonely Bird to kneel and admit her mistake, and mocking her for not repenting.

George walked over to Shakira with a heavy look and bowed deeply. I'm sorry, Dr. Lonely Bird, I failed to teach my daughter properly!"

He stood up, his eyes terribly red. "The matter outside, the Banks family will take responsibility and clarify everything to the public. I owe Dr. Lonely Bird a favor, and if you ever need anything in the future, just tell me, and I will do my utmost to repay you!" Shakira did not speak, and George didn't add anything either. Once he made a promise, he was committed to following through!

After the Banks family left, the hallway and office suddenly became empty. The department head awkwardly laughed it off. "What a mess this has become, such a misunderstanding!"

Seeing everyone looking at him, he quickly put on the same ingratiating smile he had for the Banks family. This time, however, his flattery was directed towards Shakira.

"Only Dr. Lonely Bird could stay unfazed in a crisis like this, clearing her name with confidence. No wonder she's Matthew's disciple, she's got such presence! That's something most people can't manage!"

Michael wore a stern expression. The department head secretly brought the Banks family in to cause trouble, breaking Haruca Hospital's rules and crossing his line.

"Joshua, you bribed the examiner to cut your son's internship short, and I turned a blind eye out of respect for your service. But now, joining with outsiders to ruin Haruca Hospital's reputation and harm doctors? We can't have doctors like you here," said Michael. The department head, nearly in shock, hastily begged, "I was wrong, Mr. Lee, please give me another chance!"

But Michael didn't even glance at him. He reassured Shakira with a few words and then went outside to handle matters

Kevin patted Shakira on the arm. Only now did he feel relieved enough to smile and sigh, "Thank goodness you're alright. Otherwise, I wouldn't know how to face Matthew!"

I'm fine, Mr. Jones. I'm sorry for taking up everyone's time." Kevin shook his head with a smile while instructing the staff to clean up

the office that the Banks family had left in a mess.

Yvette and Felix were left feeling incredibly awkward. For these past few days of filming, they had been the closest to Lonely Bird. But when Kevin and Michael were standing up for Lonely Bird, they didn't join forces with her.

Now that Lonely Bird had made an impressive comeback, they, who always claimed to admire her, felt utterly useless! Furious and remorseful thoughts swirled wildly within.

Felix felt a lump in his throat as he reached out to Shakira. Im sorry, I couldn't protect you just now."

Yvette bit her lip with teary eyes and sniffled. "We never expected someone could be so heartless joke about life. We're on the side of truth too. Dr. Lonely Bird, you understand us, right?

The way they spoke, it was as if they were the victims. Shakira glanced at the empty cat bed, not having time to deal with them, and walked out quickly.

Felix looked completely upset. "I'm such an idiot. How could I not trust her? She'll never forgive me!"

Yvette reached out and took Felix's arm. "Felix, don't blame yourself too much, it's not our fault

"Why would you say that?" He was angry at himself for not fully rusting Lonely Bird and was even more upset that Yvette had disrupted his judgment!

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Felix shook off her hand, giving her a resentful look before turning to leave. Yvette's heart skipped a beat. She immediately recognized that look! It was just like the one Mitchell used to give her!

She wondered, "Damn it, I've treated them so well. They always said how important I am as their sister, and now they're both going to abandon me for someone else? Indeed, they're just trash with Nelson family blood, useless themselves but resentful of me.

Shakira searched the area thoroughly but couldn't find any sign of the two little kittens.

The head nurse called to inform her that she could resume her regular clinic hours, so Shakira had no choice but to head back.

After her last afternoon clinic session, Shakira looked out to see the sky densely covered with dark clouds. The weather forecast had warned of thunderstorms for tod

Shakira's eyes flickered as the hazy images she had tried to forget reappeared before her.