Chapter 907 Beg Me
The doctor breathed a sigh of relief, "The bone marrow donor still needs to receive a month of filgrastim. Please bring the person to the hospital for examination as soon as possible. We will also adjust his body condition quickly to prepare him for bone marrow transplantation."
"Okay."
Natalie still held Nathan in her arms. The little guy was tired and had fallen asleep.
Oliver called the servants from the Rosewood Estate to take Nathan back.
The servants arrived quickly. They were the two who usually took care of Nathan closely. They had originally traveled abroad with Natalie and returned together. Natalie made a temporary detour to the hospital, while they continued back to the Rosewood Estate.
Just as Nathan was handed from Natalie to the servant, before the servant could hold him securely, the little one woke up.
Blinking in confusion, Nathan looked at Natalie on the left, then turned to look at the servant. As if suddenly understanding something, he immediately reached out towards Natalie, unwilling to go to the servant's arms.
"Mrs. Windsor..." The servant looked at Natalie in distress.
Nathan was usually very well-behaved and would let the servants hold him most of the time. It was only a few nights after the last near-accident that he insisted on sleeping with Natalie, but later he slept in his own room.
Nathan kept twisting, trying to turn back into Natalie's arms. With big pitiful eyes looking at her, it was hard to refuse him.
But when Natalie looked at the fragile Lucas in the ICU, thinking about the many things that needed to be resolved, she gritted her teeth and resolutely handed Nathan over to the servant.
"Take him back." Natalie turned her eyes away, unable to look at Nathan a second time. "If he gets too upset, call Flora to see if she can come over, or bring Tina here."
The two servants were startled by Natalie's attitude, holding Nathan, who had started to cry, feeling uneasy but not daring to ask more questions.
They looked helplessly at Oliver.
They thought, 'Mrs. Windsor is usually the most affectionate towards Nathan, but now... Nathan seems well-behaved, but when he throws a tantrum, only his mother could calm him down.'
Oliver nodded, indicating that they should follow Natalie's instructions.
In the current situation, Nathan was indeed not suitable to stay here. Not only was there no one to take care of him, but it would also affect his emotions. Nathan was sensitive to emotions, Like today, he seemed to sense that something was wrong today and insisted on sticking to Natalie.
"Who do you need to contact?"
As soon as Nathan was taken away, Natalie took out her phone, and Oliver held her wrist.
Natalie blinked and said truthfully, "Susan."
"Natalie, she might be waiting for you to contact her."
They both knew that Susan had previously used bone marrow as leverage to try to secure her release from prison, which had failed.
Now, if she found out that Lucas' leukemia had relapsed, she would likely make significant demands.
"I have to contact her, right?" Natalie asked.
Currently, Susan was the only matching bone marrow donor they had found.
Finding a matching bone marrow for leukemia was already a stroke of luck in misfortune.
"Natalie, let's discuss a strategy first. We don't need to rush in these few minutes." Oliver took Natalie's phone, holding her hand. "You need to calm down first."
Natalie kept telling herself to be calm, but she can't calm down. Instead, tears flowed uncontrollably.
Two lines of clear tears unexpectedly rolled down. Oliver's heart ached.
"Darling, it will be okay."
Oliver embraced her tightly, comforting her.
Natalie had always been strong, but at this moment, she buried herself in Oliver's arms and cried bitterly.
She cried so hard that her whole body trembled.
Oliver could only hear Natalie's soft cries. It seemed that she was trying to suppress her feelings.
In a place like a hospital, where separations were commonplace, crying outside the ICU was common.
"Oliver, I even wonder if fate favors Susan." Natalie's murmured voice came from Oliver's embrace, filled with resentment.
She thought, 'Otherwise, why would it be Susan who could save Lucas?
'After Susan has done so many disgusting and malicious things, why she could get out of jail easily?'
"Natalie, listen to me." Oliver pulled her out of his embrace. As he saw Natalie with tear-streaked face, looking pitifully at him, a pang of pain struck his heart.
He knew very well that it wasn't about the fate. With kinship siblings, the chances of a match were much higher than with strangers.
"Natalie, I'll talk to Susan on that side. You need to calm down for now. Lucas will be worried when he wakes up and sees you like this."
Natalie blinked, tears suddenly streaming down her cheeks. She even dared not blink her eyes.
She was afraid that blinking would make her cry again. Once tears started flowing, it was hard to stop.
Oliver sighed, wiping away the tears from Natalie's face with his thumb, kissing away the tears in her eyes. "Darling, what can I do?"
"I'm sorry." Natalie lowered her head. "I... I don't mean to trouble you, I just can't control myself. I know crying won't help, but I just can't control it."
As she spoke, her voice broke into sobs again.
"I'm not blaming you." Oliver held her face, looking into her eyes. "I just feel helpless, you know?"
Oliver was a person with less emotions. Except when dealing with Natalie, he didn't have much feeling towards others' life or death.
He couldn't empathize with Natalie's current sadness, and naturally didn't know how to comfort her. He wasn't someone who was good at comforting others.
Natalie closed her eyes tightly, taking several deep breaths.
After a while, she finally calmed down, the tears no longer flowing like before. However, this calmness was an abnormal state of tension in her nerves.
"Oliver, go talk to the attending doctor. I'll contact Susan."
"I'll contact Susan." Oliver was worried about Natalie contacting Susan.
Susan was waiting for Natalie to come to her.
"Oliver, I can't intervene in the matters on the doctor's side, but you can. I know that the attending doctor for Lucas was a specialist you brought in. I'm not powerful enough to invite that person over." Natalie changed her wording.
She could only go to contact Susan.
After all the past conflicts, she and Susan were the most direct conflicting parties.
Susan's animosity towards her was initially perhaps because of Oliver, but now it was more because of the Hastings family.
This was something Oliver couldn't handle.
Natalie didn't want Oliver to be threatened by Susan.
He was such a proud person.
Although Lucas' current attending doctor was competent, he was still a step below the specialist Oliver had previously found.
Oliver quickly went to contact his connections.
Since Lucas couldn't be transferred to another hospital, they had to transfer his medical records and treatment plan from the original hospital, along with the attending doctor.
Natalie dialed Susan's number in the empty corridor.
"Hello." Susan's voice sounded cheerful.
Just from the tone, Natalie knew that Susan already knew everything and was waiting for this call.
"Susan, what are your demands?" Natalie didn't have time for small talk and went straight to the point.
Natalie was well aware that Susan would definitely have more than one demand.
"Now that you're coming to beg me. Natalie, aren't you proud? Weren't you disdainful of my bone marrow?" Susan said with a smile, "Is it because Lucas is dying?"
"Susan!" Natalie's voice was sharp.
She thought, "You're the dying one !"
Susan sneered, saying, "Natalie, when you ask for help, you should have the right attitude. Do you understand? Just because you're Mrs. Windsor and mom's biological daughter, you think you're extraordinary?"
After saying that, Susan hung up directly.
She thought, 'Anyway, now Natalie is begging me! I have plenty of ways to manipulate Natalie!'
The sound of the call being hung up made Natalie's heart skip a beat, and she hurriedly called Susan back.
Even though she knew Susan had intentionally hung up the phone, but in the current situation, Natalie had no choice.
After she dialed for the third time, Susan finally answered again.
"Natalie, where's your integrity?" Susan was confident, ready to insult.
"Helen mentioned before, you wanted to be acquitted, right? Fine, I agree." Natalie gritted her teeth. "I agree to clear your name. Are you satisfied?"
"That was the previous condition. Now, the price has gone up," Susan chuckled.
"What else do you want?"
"Kneeling down to apologize to me!"
Natalie was shocked.
"What do I have to apologize to you for?" Even if an apology was needed, it should be Susan apologizing to her.
"You really have nothing to apologize for to me?" Susan had expected Natalie to say that, and she slowly continued, "My downfall has nothing to do with you? Is my imprisonment my own fault? From the heights to the depths, have you not been involved? Natalie, you've distanced yourself completely!"
Natalie's face remained cold as she listened to Susan's crazy mockery.
In reality, apart from being a victim and being forced to participate, Natalie had done nothing. She was only defending her rights!
However, at this point, it was not the time to argue about right or wrong with Susan.
In this game, Susan would be the only winner, unless Natalie didn't care about Lucas' life.
Susan's tone changed. "Of course, these things are not entirely your fault. After all, you don't have that ability. If you don't want to apologize, let Oliver come and apologize to me."
Oliver had been behind the scenes in all these matters, supporting every action Natalie took.
Susan thought the once lofty Oliver, who was like a king, originally belonged to her.
Since Oliver didn't recognize her worth, she would make him kneel at her feet!
"Susan, you're dreaming!" Natalie was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
She knew Susan would take the opportunity to insult her.
If it were up to her, fine. But not Oliver!
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