Supreme Medical Sovereign

Betrayal

"Oh! You are here? I can't believe you are still waiting and witnessing the wedding" Ana's mom brought Desmond back from his thoughts.

He stood up and wiped his tears.

"Mom, what did I do to deserve this? You should have told me about this beforehand instead of wasting my time and energy. I didn't deserve to be treated like this?" He lamented with his broken voice.

"Firstly, I'm no longer 'that mom' that you used to call me. I have a name and that's Maya. I'm sure you are fully aware of that" she Answered, emphasizing on the word 'mom'

"Secondly, I thought you were wiser enough to notice the movement between my daughter and your uncle but you ended up being a dummy. I don't want my daughter to get married to a dumb person like you" she added, then adjusted her eyes shade.

"Thirdly, your uncle is ten times richer than you. Hr might be old but age doesn't matter. You might not get to his position in the next twenty years and my daughter needs someone that will take care of her bills without laying a complaint. Your suit is just two hundred dollars and you got my daughter a wedding gown of three hundred dollars? Can you imagine! My daughter was at an average wedding with just twenty people present? Well, we sent another message to your guests, notifying them that the wedding has been canceled but you were too busy to notice that. My daughter deserves better" she uttered, scoffing as she kept glaring at Desmond with a disdainful look.

"Who is he?" A woman, who was Maya's friend, approached them and asked.

"A loser that is just dumb by my beautiful daughter" Maya proudly replied to her.

"Oh, he is too handsome to be a loser. I think he should work harder" the woman replied with grins on her lips and finally left with Maya 

Desmond was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe his ears. Was he a loser? His uncle was rich because he was a senior doctor and has been working for more than twenty five years! Desmond just started working eighteen months ago and he was expected to have such a huge amount of money?

"You can let him in, the wedding is over. It's time for merriment" Maya shoot him an annoyingly looks and went back to the hall 

Out of Curiosity, with the mindset that he needed to ask Ana the reason for her action, he sluggishly entered.

Upon sighting him, both Uncle and Ana bursted into laughter and walked forward to meet him.

"Are you here to congratulate or to create a chao?" Ana asked, more like mocking him.

"He won't dare to create chaos unless he wants to stop working under me. Anyways, thanks for bringing Ana into my life and for the money that you spent on this wedding preparation, consider it as payment made for staying with this beauty for two years" his uncle, Josh smirked.

"Congratulations on your wedding ceremony. I'm only hurt that you did this while I was happy about me getting married today. I had no idea the uncle, whom I trusted much would betray me and you, whom I picked up from the street, clothe you and feed you for two years, even paid your family house rent with the little I was getting as a resident doctor. I starved myself and deprived myself of good things because you needed to be good, I feel ashamed of getting paid with this betrayal. Well, you did me a great job by letting me realize that you ain't worth to spend my lifetime with" he uttered bitterly, threatening to fight the tears that have accumulated on his eyebrows.

"You ain't the one that also sacrifices for someone. I also did! Bringing you out of your smelly village when your mother died and you had no one is also a huge sacrifice for me. Just think of this as a way of paying back my good deeds. If you may excuse us, I'll need to greet my visitors with my newly wedded wife" uncle Josh answered him, feeling no remorse.

Creating a scene there Wouldn't favor Desmond as the visitors were of high classes and he could easily be dealt with.

Feeling embarrassed and angry at himself but not being able to do anything and had no hint of when his uncle was already dating his fiance, he left in shame.

"Darling, I think we did a good job of keeping him busy with the surgery and the bouquet but I'm worried, you know Desmond is a silent fighter. Ain't it gonna backfire on us when we least expect it?" With worries noticeable in her voice, Ana asked Josh.

"Worry not my darling wife, I have everything under control" Josh smirked.

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Sitting on the floor of his sitting room, gulping down from the bottle of beer that he was holding, Desmond couldn't control his tears.

He was crying like a day old baby. His heart was shattered and the one thing that could console him was alcohol.

Suddenly, his phone started ringing and upon checking the identity, it was a call from the hospital.

"What!" He exclaimed after picking the call and immediately dropped the beer bottle.

He picked his suit and his car keys, then dashed out of the living room.

After fifteen minutes of rough driving, he arrived at the hospital, panting heavily. 

He went straight to the ICU but when he arrived at the entrance, the patient's guardian rushed to him and grabbed him by his collar.

"Why did you leave my husband alone after the surgery? I was told the surgery was successful but what happened? Why did you deceive me? My husband is my everything, what did we do to deserve this?" The middle aged woman was crying and created a scene that attracted other passersby.

Desmond was confused, he was sure that everything was perfect before he left.

"Where the heck did he go wrong? It was just an appendix surgery and even a resident doctor could easily do it" he thought.

"Desmond Maxwell, you are to go to the conference room now!" A colleague of his approached him and instructed.

Still confused, he managed his way into the conference room.

The hospital boards of directors were already there, the CEO and other senior doctors which included his uncle.

"Why did you leave the hospital instead of staying with the patient till he wakes up? Don't you know you have to monitor his health status?" The CEO questioned Angrily with his voice echoing in the conference room.

Before Desmond could answer, his uncle interrupted him, giving him no chance to talk.

"Where are you still asking that question? Is it not obvious that he rushed outside for fun? Can't you see how he reeks of alcohol? He was on duty and left his newly operated patient to have fun, is that not a great offense under the medical law? Now, the guardian is about to sue him and the hospital for their negligence! I can't blame her though, her husband went into a coma and was almost brain dead with no tangible time of waking up. He might not even make It. I don't think we should cover up for a doctor that chooses fun over his work. Let him be punished according to the medical rules"

Desmond lost it! He couldn't control the tears from Falling. It was obvious that his uncle was at the verge of ruining him. He was not allowed to check on the patient nor was he allowed to defend himself. The heartbreak wasn't foreseen. He thought his beloved uncle loved him. Why did he suddenly change?

"I agree with what Dr.Josh said. Keeping him with us will bring up nothing but a downfall. You are here by sacked and the hospital will do nothing to stop the trail. Go and serve for punishment. All the best" the CEO finalized the meeting and vacated the room.

Desmond fell on his buttock, looking confused.

The doctor opened again, revealing two cops.

"Mr Desmond Maxwell, you are here arrested for negligence at work" one of the cops uttered. 

"W-wh-what!" He was dumbfounded.

Everything was faster than he thought. No one would ever imagine that Dr.Desmond could be in such a position in the previous Twenty four hours.

The cops weren't gentle on him according to the instructions given to them.

Within a Twinkle of an eye, he has been handcuffed.

"Make sure you handle him very well. He is a criminal" his Uncle added salt to his wound as he instructed the cops, smirking at the same time.

"Uncle!" He cried out.