A Regret Named Me Chapter 03
Author: Mohini
Nadia’s panicked voice came from the other end. She sounded like she was about to cry.
“Mom suddenly twisted her ankle. She can’t move at all right now,” Nadia said. “I called an ambulance. Shawn, please come help me.”
Her crying drowned out my pleas for help, and the call was immediately disconnected.
In the end, a coworker realized I hadn’t shown up for work and called an ambulance to take me to the hospital.
When I opened my eyes again, the doctor on duty sighed. “Brain damage caused by high fever is irreversible. You studied medicine too, so you should know better.”
I did. But as the attending physician, Shawn should have understood that even better than me.
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Shawn didn’t find out I was hospitalized with a fever until late that night.
He had just finished making his rounds and hadn’t even had time to take off his white coat. He picked up the chart by my bedside and checked it.
“Your fever is still lingering,” he said. “Let’s add another dose of medicine and see if it helps.”
His touch on my forehead was gentle, but my gaze was cold.
“I told you I had a fever. Why didn’t you help me?” I asked.
Shawn stopped what he was doing and frowned.
“The elderly aren’t like younger people. What if she broke a bone?” he said. “You’re a medical professional. You should know which situation is more urgent.”
Yet, his own motto had always been that every patient mattered equally.
Just then, Nadia walked in with a guilty look on her face.
She said, “My mom’s injury came at a bad time. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken up the ambulance and caused Janet to end up hospitalized.”
Shawn glanced at me icily before comforting her in a gentle tone.
“There’s no such thing as good or bad timing with accidents,” he said. “Janet has always been overly sensitive since she was little. You know that.”
My voice suddenly turned cold. “The hospital has other ambulances.”
The smile in Shawn’s eyes vanished, replaced by annoyance.
“But you’re okay now, aren’t you?” He sounded impatient. “Nadia was crying so hard that I panicked.
“I didn’t think about anything else because I knew you could always take care of yourself.
Maybe the ones who cried the loudest always got the most attention.
Perhaps I was just never Shawn’s priority.
But this time, I almost died. This incident was different from all the times he had taken her side.
The hurt I had buried rose to my throat, but I swallowed it down and said, “Shawn, let’s break up.”
After saying that, I turned around and closed my eyes.
Nadia grabbed the corner of my clothes from behind, looking so anxious she was on the verge of tears.
“Janet, I’m really sorry,” she apologized. “If you want to blame someone, blame me! Please don’t be mad.”
The next moment, Shawn laughed bitterly behind me.
“Don’t you know what she’s like?” he said. “She probably learned that little push-and-pull trick from something she saw online.”
Then he added, “When has she ever had an attitude? She has only started acting differently recently. I don’t know what got into her.”
The two of them started mocking me again, just like they always had, for being so quiet and reserved.
Neither of them noticed the flight notification that popped up on my phone.
