When the Girl Played Doctor

If he was going to take such a big risk for Elena, I was not going to stick my neck out any longer.

Liam made a cut, and something went terribly wrong. The patient's healthy right lung was removed. Blood started gushing from where the lung had been, and I squinted, trying to figure out what had happened. I thought Liam must have been so nervous that he had accidentally cut a major artery.

Liam was freaking out. He yelled, "Elena, stop the bleeding, quick!"

The blood had already drenched the whole surgery bed. Elena let out a loud scream. Instead of grabbing something to stop the bleeding, she leaned in and started blowing on the wound.

"I'll blow on it to make it feel better," she said.

Liam's mouth fell open in shock. He pulled her back and quickly worked to stop the bleeding.

"Liam, did I do something wrong? When you got hurt and were bleeding, blowing on it made it better, right?" Elena's eyes filled with tears. She felt so upset.

In the monitoring room, the patient's family was furious.

"This is ridiculous! Who stops bleeding by blowing on it?!"

"Now that the surgery's done, send the tissue out to get it checked, quickly!"

I passed on what the family said, and Liam finally got the bleeding under control.

However, when they talked about sending the tissue for testing, Liam realized there was no disease noticeable on the lung at all.

"How can this be..." he muttered.

He looked at me with suspicion. "Did you mess with something?!"

I just smiled. "I didn't even touch the surgery. What could I have messed with?

"Maybe you should think about how you're going to explain this to the family outside."

Liam was shaking. He flipped the lung over, clenched his teeth, and said, "Nobody says anything about this, got it?!

"I'll just tell them both lungs were bad. The family won't know.

"Elena, you stitch up the patient."

I walked out of the surgery room with him.

"The surgery went great, so don't worry! Your dad is totally fine!"

As Liam assured them with confidence, I chimed in lightly, "Absolutely. It’s all thanks to Mr. Chapman. Without him, the right lung surgery would've been a disaster!"

The family member, who had been grateful a moment ago, suddenly became upset.

"What are you talking about?! Right lung surgery?! My grandpa was supposed to have his left lung operated on!

"I guess your hospital is looking to get itself shut down, huh? And you probably don't want to be the head doctor anymore!"

Liam, frightened by the confrontation, started sweating and kept apologizing, "I messed up! I thought the patient's right lung had problems too..."

"That's not true! My grandpa's had lots of tests, and his right lung is fine!"

When Liam realized arguing was useless, he braced himself and made a desperate promise, "We can put the lung back! Don't worry, I'll make sure your dad is okay after the surgery!"

The family member was furious but felt powerless.

Just as Liam was about to head back to the surgery room, suddenly, a beeping alarm sounded from inside.

The patient looked pale, and his heartbeat had stopped.

Elena stood to the side, her hands shaking with guilt.

Liam could not hold back his anger any longer and confronted her, "Elena! What did you do this time?!"

Elena, trembling, spoke up. Her words shocked everyone.