The Poor Billionaire

Chapter 89 Harsh Penalty

"Ha-ha!" Horace pinched the bridge of his nose and chuckled while shaking his head. "Your sudden

change of attitude amazes me. Dr. Bowman, would you have spared me today if I wasn't the heir of the

Warren family?" he asked seriously.

Without waiting for a response, he looked at Cowan and said, "Corruption and classism have infiltrated

the healthcare industry. Ordinary people have a hard time getting timely and good treatments because

of greedy and rude medical practitioners like you. An operation that normally costs some hundred

thousand dollars in other hospitals. However, you demanded a whopping two million dollars. As if that

wasn't enough, you became greedier and asked for eight million dollars. It's daylight robbery! You are

jacking up prices at will. How about you drop the medical profession and become a robber instead?

The only way I can spare you today is if you give me sixteen million dollars!"

"Ah! Sixteen million dollars?" This hit Cowan like a bolt out of the blue. He almost fainted from the

shock. Although the cost of the surgery had been inflated, he could only receive ten percent from each

payment. This meant that he had to operate on eighty patients before he would be able to earn sixteen

million dollars. There were many cancer patients admitted to the Rinas Infirmary, but only a few of them

could afford the surgery fee. Most rich people in this city didn't come here for treatment. They preferred

to go to Antawood.

The money in his account didn't add up to sixteen million dollars. If he wanted to get it, he would have

to sell his car and house and also take loans.

These loans would take years to pay back. In essence, he would go bankrupt for the rest of his life if he

wanted to appease Horace with such an amount.

"Mr. Warren, I'll give you sixteen million dollars. Please let me go, okay?" Javier asked and kowtowed.

Cowan couldn't afford that amount because he was an ordinary doctor, but it wasn't a big deal for the

assistant director of the hospital. Javier's basic salary wasn't very high. However, he got paid ten

percent of every operation carried out by the subordinate doctors.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! You wish!" Horace stared at Javier and added calmly, "I wasn't directing that first demand

at you. Since you hold such an important position, you are three ranks higher than Cowan and earn

more than him. I won't blackmail you, but you need to be fined according to your status. Just give me

fifty million dollars. That's a fair deal, right?"

'Fifty million dollars? But you just said that you won't blackmail me? Where am I supposed to get that

kind of money from?' Javier sighed. All the cuts he received from other doctor's operations and the

funds he had embezzled for so many years didn't amount to fifty million. He had never handled such an

amount before. He would go bankrupt and swim in unplayable debts if he really wanted to raise such

an amount.

Both erring men suddenly became dumb. They could only scratch their heads in confusion and fear.

Horace didn't spare them some time to think about it thoroughly. He just turned away from them.

With a disapproving expression, Donn said to Elmore, "It seems to me that a great part of your staff is

corrupt and morally decadent. I'll have to reconsider the cooperation between the Warren Infirmary's

research institute and your hospital. We only have dealings with upright people!"

Tobias snorted and chipped in, "Mr. Warren is a noble person. How dare you insult him and treat him

like trash? He gave you light punishments, but you are hesitating. So you want him to let you go scot-

free? Anyway, I hate to break it to you, Dr. Holland. The medical research institute wouldn't be the only

one to put an end to the cooperation with your hospital. The pharmaceutical factory would no longer

supply drugs to you from now on!"

Without giving Elmore a chance to speak, Tobias and Donn turned and stood by Horace's side.

A banging headache suddenly plagued Elmore. These declarations were heavy blows for him. In

anger, he pointed at Cowan and Javier and shouted, "You two are fired! I regret employing you both.

Some time back, I noticed that you were behaving rather shady. Now that it's obvious that you are

corrupt, an investigation team would look through all your work. If they find out that you have

overcharged or taken bribes from patients, you will be dealt with!"

Cowan and Javier were taken off guard by the director's declaration. They both groveled at Horace's

feet again. Each of them held one leg and cried, "Mr. Warren, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have behaved that

way. I'll pay you the money. Just don't make me lose my job. I swear on my life, I'll do whatever you ask

of me. Please have mercy!"

These full-grown men were acting like pitiful children. Tears were already rolling down their cheeks.

Horace was naturally softhearted, but he had no sympathy for them. He was fighting not only for

himself, but also for all the other patients that had been treated unfairly.

He wriggled from their hold and both men crashed to the ground. "Since you didn't seize the

opportunity when I first extended it to you, it's all gone now. The hospital's affairs are none of my

business. I don't give a damn about your jobs!"

Horace shot them a final glare and began to walk out of the tarmac.

"Alas!" The hospital staff stared at the miserable men on the ground and then glanced at Horace's

receding figure. Meanwhile, Elmore was thanking his lucky stars that he hadn't said anything to Horace

earlier. If he had, he would be kneeling on the ground and begging for forgiveness like Cowan and

Javier. The thought of losing his job and all he had worked for all these years scared him out of his wits.

"Mr. Warren is so awesome! The expert oncologist and even the assistant director are like ants in his

eyes!" Admiration shone in Susie's eyes as she stared at Horace's receding figure. She felt that he was

so humble, yet so intimidating. She concocted a plan in her head in a trice. Afterward, she grabbed her

colleague's arm and said, "Gladys, let's go and find out which ward his mother is admitted to. He's so

awesome!"

The two nurses followed Horace secretly to Caylee's ward.

Both of them were a little shocked to see him enter a ward in the oncology department. "Gladys, isn't This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

this the ward Cara's relative stays?" Susie asked in a low voice.

"It seems so!" Gladys replied uncertainly. She stared at the room number on the doorpost with squinted

eyes. Afterward, she nodded. "It most certainly is this ward. Cara had told the management that her

relative is down with cancer and has been admitted here. She took a long leave on the basis that she

wanted to take care of her full-time! Wow! So Cara is related to such powerful people? Who would

have thought?"

Susie did a facepalm when she heard this. 'I thought you were just naive. It turns out that you are

indeed stupid. How did you become a nurse with such a low IQ?' she insulted her colleague in her

mind.

"Put on your thinking cap, Gladys. If Cara has such a powerful relative, do you think she would be

slaving off in this hospital? She's not doing this job for the love of mankind like Cathy, who's a rich kid.

She's a greedy person. From the look of things, she found out about Mr. Warren's noble identity.

Something tells me that she lied and took a long leave to cater to the patient because of the juicy

benefits she was offered!"

"Whoa! You have a point there. How about we go inside and have a look? Maybe Mr. Warren would

hire us if he sees that we are cute. We'll be able to make a fortune if that happens!" Gladys's eyes

shone with great expectation. She was already mapping out her way out of poverty.

Before they could decide on what to do, the door of the ward suddenly swung open. They stepped back

in fear. It was Tobias. He walked out of the ward and looked at them. "Are you two nurses in this

hospital? Inform Dr. Holland that I have hired the two of you to assist me!" he ordered straightforwardly.

"Okay, Professor Bates, we'll call him right away!" they said in unison as soon as he finished speaking.

Today was their lucky day. They had been planning on how to get close to Horace. But the next

second, a golden opportunity dropped in their laps. They had never been this happy.