Trading My Ex for His Uncle

Yale shook his head. "No idea. Let's check on Michelle first."

He had no intention of getting involved in whatever had happened between Brandon and Valarie.

"Alright," Nolan replied.

When they reached the ER, Michelle was still being treated.

Jayden sat in a chair in the hallway, head down, lost in thought. Hearing footsteps, he slowly looked up.

When he saw that Brandon wasn't with them, he let out a bitter laugh. "Of course, he didn't come. Heartless bastard."

Yale sighed. "Jayden, you can't blame Brandon for this. He promised Valarie he wouldn't see Michelle for a month."

Given Brandon's personality, he wouldn't break his promise, no matter the trouble Michelle stirred up.

"So a stupid promise means more than someone's life?" Jayden shot back.

Yale frowned. Seeing that Jayden wasn't in the mood to listen to reason, he didn't argue.

In his opinion, Michelle had brought this on herself. If she thought attempting suicide would make Brandon cave, she was dead wrong.

If he were in Brandon's shoes, he wouldn't have come either. Otherwise, once Michelle realized she could manipulate him like this, wouldn't she start threatening suicide every other day?

The hallway fell silent again.

Nolan wasn't too concerned about Michelle. His mind lingered on the man he'd seen with Valarie earlier.

After a moment's hesitation, he pulled out his phone and sent Brandon a message about it.

...

Brandon had just gotten home and was about to take a shower when he saw Nolan's message.

After reading it, his expression darkened immediately.

Without a second thought, he grabbed his phone, rushed out the door, and drove straight to the hospital, not even bothering to put on a coat.

...

As Stefan stepped out of the elevator onto the eighth floor of Pinnacle Hospital,

he saw his mother's bed had been moved into the hallway.

His face twisted with anger, and he stormed over to the nurses' station. "Who gave you the right to move my mother out of her room without permission?! Her condition is critical! If anything happens to her, will you take responsibility?!"

The nurse remained calm. "Mr.

Foley, we notified you aboutnoveldrama

transferring your mother to another

hospital, but you refused. The

deadline has passed, so we're

following hospital policy."

"But we already paid for the next month's bills! Why are you kicking her out?!" Stefan demanded.

The nurse frowned. "Mr. Foley, we have not received any payment. In fact, your account has been overdue for more than half a month."

"What?! That's impossible!" Stefan's eyes widened in shock, anger rising within him.

Michelle hadn't paid his mother's medical bills?!

Seeing his disbelief, the nurse pulled up the payment records and turned the screen toward him. "Mr. Foley, your mother's last payment covered only half a month-72,131 dollars. That payment was made last month, and her account went into arrears on the 3rd, more than two weeks ago."

"No way! That has to be a mistake!" Stefan yelled.

Seeing him lose control, Valarie gently pulled him aside. "Stefan, calm down. Right now, the priority is paying the bill so your mother can be moved back into a proper room."

Her voice was soft but firm, helping Stefan regain his composure.

"You're right... but I don't have that kind of money..." he muttered.

That was why he had reached out to Valarie when he couldn't reach Michelle.

"I'll cover it for now. Go check on your mother," Valarie said.