The doctor bristled, feeling his professional skills had been insulted.


    He said sternly, "Ma''am, although the patient''s thigh was impaled by a steel rod, the injury was not life-threatening, so you don''t need to worry. The surgeons at this hospital are highly skilled. It was just a puncture wound."


    The unspoken message was that Susan had little faith in their abilities.


    Susan gave a weak smile. "Sorry, doctor. I was just worried about him."


    The doctor looked at her smile and heard her apology, but he didn''t sense an ounce


    of sincerity. In fact, it seemed like she was hoping for the patient''s demise.


    Shaking his head, the doctor turned to leave. What kind of family was this?


    "Wait, doctor. When we found him, he seemed to have lost his memory."


    The doctor exined, "The head scan showed a severe impact to the back of his head, causing some blood clotting. It''s not a good location for surgery, so we''ll observe him for a while. If the clot dissipates, his memory should return. It''s not too severe, so there''s a high chance he''ll remember everything."


    Susan asked, “Is there any way to make the amnesia permanent?"


    The doctor stared.


    Seemingly unnerved by such a difficult rtive, he quickened his pace, breaking into a light jog as he moved away.


    "Pfft..." Natalie, who had been watching from the side, couldn''t help butugh.


    Susan saw Natalie''s bright, toothy smile and felt a pang of regret. "Sigh! How can such a terrible person have such good luck?"


    Natalie''s smile faded, her expression growing serious. "Perhaps his good luck was running into us."


    If Jared hadn''t encountered them, he would have surely died today. The plot had deviated from her past life.


    Susan''s feelings wereplicated. She used to wish for Jared to get hiseuppance, but now she understood that trying to change his fate had been a mistake.


    Not interfering in someone else''s destiny was a form of respect for their choices. Whatever happened to Jared from now on had nothing to do with her.


    The two went to his room, which was spacious. Land was plentiful on the ind, so every hospital room wasrge and bright.


    Jaredy on the bed, his face pale and lifeless.


    Susan was


    troubled. "Natalie, Mrs.


    Scott has already disowned him, and


    I doubt Nathan and Joanna wille take care of him. If we don''t, what will happen to him? And if looks like he really does have amnesia."


    Natalie said, "Susan, call Mrs. Scott. There''s no way she''d abandon her own son."


    Wendy had sent Jerome abroad to protect him.


    She''d kicked Jared out to make Joanna see him as a useless pawn, preventing her from having a chance to harm him.


    Susan hesitated for a moment, knowing she hadpletely fallen out with the Scott family. “Alright,” she said quietly.


    She took out her phone and called Wendy.


    "Susan," Wendy''s voice was as kind as ever.


    Susan exined, "Natalie and I


    found Jared while we were diving for


    fish. It looks like he got into a fight was stabbed and then pushed into the ocean. He happened to fall right where Natalie was diving. We''ve brought him to the hospital, but I have work and can''t stay to look after him."


    "Natalie has also cut ties with the Scott family, so she has no obligation to care for him I''m


    to bother you but som


    sorie


    be sent to look after him."


    Susan didn''t mince words; there was no way to soften a situation like this.


    Wendy took a deep breath. "Susan, I don''t want to deal with him. Just hire a nurse for him. I''ll make sure the nurse gets paid on time."