Chapter 49 Eugene Just Realized Scarlett Might Be Magic
All he could do was stand there with the case file in hand, utterly thrown. He just left like that? Not even a phone number…
When he looked down, he finally noticed that John had written his email address on the cover of the medical file.
He exhaled in relief. Looks like I still have a shot at becoming his apprentice.
It was just that earlier, when it came to Scarlett, he hadn’t provided any evidence–now John probably thought he was careless and imprecise. This is all Scarlett’s fault.
She’d put on such a convincing act for the past few years, he’d never even thought about collecting proof.
Besides, the whole cutting–ties thing had happened so suddenly.
Even now, he still believed it was just Scarlett playing hard to get. Forget it. I’m done wasting energy on that infuriating girl.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the file in his hand.
The task John had just given him–this was his chance to change John’s mind.
And besides, he really wanted to know how Rebecca–who was originally supposed to need a kidney transplant—had somehow gotten better.
That was even more important than becoming John’s apprentice.
No, he had to go to the university and ask Rebecca in person.
Rebecca rummaged through every box in her dorm until she finally found one of Scarlett’s old drafts.
Luckily, she’d collected them all back then.
Otherwise, she’d really be drawing a blank on how to deal with Connor right now.
Once she found it, she quickly copied it out by hand.
Then she took a photo and sent it to Connor.
Connor was full of praise the moment he got it.
“Rebecca, I knew I could count on you to come through when everything felt hopeless!”
Rebecca gave a shy little smile, her voice soft.
“As long as I can help you, that’s all that matters.”
“You absolutely did.” Connor’s excitement was obvious. “Rebecca, you’re seriously my lucky star.”
After hanging up, Rebecca let out a long breath.
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She had planned to take a short break, but then Eugene called. So she had no choice but to quickly change
and head out.
At the cafe just outside the school gates, Eugene waved her over enthusiastically when he saw her.
“I know you don’t like people thinking you’re using the Joyner family’s resources, so I picked a place off campus, didn’t want anyone getting the wrong idea.”
Rebecca had complained about that before, but only to score points with him.
Stanley had never really cared. But Eugene actually remembered?
“Eugene, that’s so thoughtful of you. Thank you. Coffee’s on me today.”
Eugene gave her a doting smile.
“No need. This cafe happens to be ours.”
Then, he changed the subject.
“Rebecca, how have you been feeling lately?”
Her smile froze slightly; she immediately forced a couple of dry coughs and softened her tone.
“Still hanging in there. Eugene, I told you, I really don’t want the surgery.”
Only then did Eugene realize–Rebecca didn’t know yet that she wouldn’t need a kidney transplant. She was probably still living in fear.
But he wanted to surprise her, so instead of telling her the good news, he pretended to be concerned.
“Have you taken any medications recently?”
Rebecca paused, a little caught off guard.
“Just the ones you gave me.”
Not that I actually took them. She did have some kidney issues, but they weren’t serious.
If she actually took Eugene’s medicine, she’d probably recover too quickly.
And right now, getting better too fast was the last thing she needed!
Otherwise, she wouldn’t get Scarlett’s kidney.
Eugene frowned deliberately. “That’s not possible. Those are just for symptom relief–how could they…”
Rebecca’s heart skipped a beat. Wait, could there have been a problem with the last test results?
Back when she was first identified as the Joyner family heiress, she happened to be recovering from a
serious illness. Her kidneys weren’t metabolizing drugs well at the time, so her test results had shown rena dysfunction.
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She’d played it up on purpose, hoping to win the family’s sympathy and avoid too many probing questions, even taking extra medicine to worsen her condition.
She’d thought everything was under control–but then the Joyner family went too far and found Scarlett as a kidney donor.
With no way out, she kept taking that same medicine before every check–up. Could it be, I’d taken too much and actually damaged my kidneys?
Either way, she couldn’t admit to anything.
Worst case, she’d just go back to that person and get another test.
“Other than those meds, just the herbal supplements my sister made for me.”
Her unease swirled as she stirred her coffee.
But Eugene didn’t notice her panic.
He was too anxious.
He didn’t believe it. “Rebecca, think harder–besides the herbal supplements, did you eat anything else?”
Rebecca bit her lower lip hard.
She was already overwhelmed with anxiety. What exactly has Eugene figured out?
But then she calmed herself down.
Her arrangement with that person had been extremely discreet.
If it ever came to light, she could always just claim she’d been tricked.
So for now, she couldn’t admit anything.
She needed to probe Eugene and see how much he knew-
Then she could decide how to handle it.
“No, nothing else.”
“Eugene, I think my sister truly cares about me. She makes me those herbal stews every day. She just wants me to get better soon so I can stay with the family forever.”
She said this mainly to plant a seed in Eugene’s mind. If my next test results aren’t good, the herbal stew is the obvious culprit.
