Chapter 484
Daddy, Mommy had been in Prison
âYou just told us that similar cases to Robert had come around. How did those people end up?â
Georgia asked it right away. Sheâd guessed at the results but didnât want to ask about it in front of Robert.
âAll sorts of situations. Some couldnât take the pain from all their issues from the experiments. Over half of them killed themselves. The rest sometimes had hope in the beginning, even signed private contracts with me, willing to go under research no matter what drug I developed, trying to fight for a glitter of a hope that theyâd survive. Regrettably, I couldnât save them.
âTheir organs had been damaged too much, and their immune systems were completely destroyed at the end. Unless they stayed in a sterile vacuum, theyâd develop all sorts of infections that slowly spread. They left this world with regret and resentment, and it weighed on me.
âWhen I was young, I thought I was clever, that I could change the world. But experiencing all that, I came to understand that too many times, thereâs nothing you can do in this world, and youâll let a lot of people down who needed your help.â
Antonio grew sorrowful. Georgiaâs question had probably reminded him of too many past patients.
He wasnât a doctor, really, but the people whoâd come to him couldnât be saved by doctors, and had only hoped heâd develop some particularly effective medication or special substance to alleviate the pain in their body somewhat. Even methods that werenât orthodox. But so long as a person was alive, they had endless drive to remain alive, so there would be people willing to come try him.
âSo no matter they couldnât take the pain and killed themselves or they bore the pain with hope, there was nothing that could be done in the end for them and they all departed this world, right?â
Georgia found her courage and asked that, while Antonio nodded heavily.
âMiss Lane, this is why I was sighing to you and Mr. Simpson. Thereâs been too many failures on my end, but you donât have to despair too much.
The cases that came to me were at the end of their rope, and there was nothing that could be done. They just wanted a miracle from me. They also didnât have that sort of special anti-cancer substances being actively generated in their body. Mr. Simpson is different. His body has those two substances in balance. Sometimes, a person has to believe in miracles, and I feel that Mr. Simpson is one such miracle.
âWhat weâre studying now is, whether or not the balance can be broken. After itâs broken, how can we help Mr. Simpson? Mrs. Simpson, youâre a specialist at cancer treatments, and when you were talking with me yesterday, we chatted about related subjects. You could research with me. A hundred years ago, nobody could have pictured flying through the skies with airplanes. Twenty years ago, nobody thought weâd be walking down the streets with smartphones, watching videos. So long as Mr. Simpsonâs condition is stable, weâll get enough people to research, and possibly solve this problem.â
âThank you for your comfort, Antonio. I know that I canât give up hope no matter what. I have some thoughts, but theyâre disjointed. After I go back and arrange it, Iâll write up a full hypothesis and experimental research direction report to discuss with you and see if itâs viable.â
âAll right. A single personâs thought processes are limited. If you have a better thought pattern or if your thoughts are more practical, we have to try to accomplish it. Iâve failed again and again over such cases the last few years, and to be honest it dealt me a blow. If we can research a way to solve the problem, itâll be more than the joy of success waiting for us, but weâll also help a lot of people.â
Georgia managed a smile.
She stood and bade Antonio farewell.
After Georgia got out, she went over and took Robertâs hand.
âLetâs go. Just in time to eat dinner back home.â
Robert took his wifeâs hand gently, and let Ivan and Robert take the kids home.
In the car.
Other than the kids chatting from time to time, the adults almost didnât speak at all.
By the time they got home, it was already night.
The chefs had prepared a rich dinner while they were notified halfway.
With all those people at home, even if Georgia didnât have an appetite, the kids, Ivan and Wilson still had to eat.
Dinner was finished in that peaceful and quiet atmosphere.
At night, Robert and Wilson took the kids and played around in the garden.
Georgia and Ivan stood on a quiet balcony on the second floor, talking.
âGeorgia, ever since we came back from Antonio, youâve been glum. What did you talk about alone with Antonio? Something grim?â
âNot much. I just asked him what the situation of the failures heâd seen was like, then had him send over those peopleâs figures. I wanted to study them.â
Georgia had only thought about it later on. After she left, she chatted with Antonio a while and had him send the data over by email.
Daddy, Mommy had been in Prison ï¤Chapter 483 Mrs. Simpson Says Pwease The Unexpected Marriage At the same time, she sent Sarahâs list of research staff over to Antonio, wanting him to help check where those people were spreading now.
Sheâd had Wilson check it before, but Antonio lived here regularly and was part of such circles, even occasionally getting in contact with people from the black market. With his connections, he could check more rapidly, so Georgia had him help out.
Her thoughts were jumbled and she couldnât muster the energy to do anything.
Logically speaking, she should be energetic right now and focusing on research, cooperating with Antonio, believing she was invincible and a genius and that she could fix Robert.
She was in this line of work, after all. But she seemed to have lost all her confidence. She said she had to work hard, but now she just wanted to stay here and have some peace and quiet to herself.
Doing nothing, thinking nothing.
âGeorgia, I know you can easily think about the worst possible situation right now and magnify your pessimistic thoughts, and think of the worst case scenario for Robert too. But you have to look on the bright side, right? Other than fainting and coughing blood twice, Robertâs like us normal people most of the time. No hint of being unwell. That proves that weâre doing good. Thereâs a lot of medical miracles. People with cancer heal without cures sometimes with no medical reason. You need to look on the bright side.â
Georgia forced a smile at Ivan.
âI understand all that. Maybe I just need a few hours to let out these feelings. I canât be optimistic all day at every moment. Donât worry about me.
Maybe Iâll come back swinging in a few hours. I just want to be quiet alone for a while. Look at Robert. He hasnât come over to bug me, right? Iâm this close with him, but he knows that even a couple doesnât have to be meshed into each otherâs lives every minute of every hour. He knows I need to be quiet. When Iâm tired and need him, heâll come hold me. I can do it. Go down and play with the kids too.â
Ivan smiled, somewhat relieved.
But before Ivan left, Georgia sent the list Sarah had given her to Ivan as well.
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