The next day, before dawn, someone knocked on the door of Elly's room.
She freaked out a bit and after several minutes, Elly was totally awake. She got to the door and opened it. The first thing she saw was Miss Elliot's angry face.
"What kind of a woman are you? Don't think you can sleep in like that even if today is your day off. Do you know what time is it now?"
"Ma'am, It's not even 6 a.m yet." Elly's head began to hurt as Miss Elliot yelled at her, she tried her best not to shout back.
Miss Elliot curled up her lips. "It's already too late, you lazy girl! Be ready and clean the house for me. Some important guests are coming today. I can't welcome them with such a dirty floor."
She left, Elly stood there and gaped at what the lady said. Elly looked at the house and touched her growling stomach, she sighed and got back to her room. She shouldn't be surprised, Miss Elliot really wanted to torture her.
"Today is gonna be a long day." Elly mumbled while she mopped the floor.
Right after Elly finished her work, the bell rang. Miss Elliot opened the door.
Some ladies that looked luxurious and wealthy stepped in, they tended to change their shoes but Miss Elliot smiled at them, "No need to change your shoes, just go inside."
Elly watched the footprints that those high heeled shoes left on the floor, she had just cleaned the floor a few minutes ago, carefully.
"When they leave, don't forget to mop the floor again!" Miss Elliot said sternly when she passed by Elly.
Elly felt sad for the floor, then she heard Miss Elliot's voice.
"Elly, bring some coffee here!"
The ladies mowed when Elly came back with a tray with cups of coffee. One of them asked. "Who's this?"
Miss Elliot smiled softly but her eyes which were looking at Elly were full of contempt. "She's just a servant, don't mind her."
"Are servants nowadays look like this young and beautiful girl?" still that lady who asked Miss Elliot.
"She's beautiful but she is just a servant, useless." Her smile faded a little and she scolded Elly again. "If you are already finished, go and prepare food. Do I need to teach you this again? Idiot!"
Some of the ladies laughed, they seemed interested to watch a young and pretty servant being yelled at.
Ella was unhappy with what Miss Elliot said, she accidentally spilled some of the coffee, she was frightened, that's why the cup fell down and broke.
"What did you do? You can't even properly hold a tray, useless, such a useless girl!"
"I'm sorry." As she was being insulted in front of all these people, she felt that she shouldn't explain anything.
"Clean it up! Don't you know what to do, huh?" Miss Elliot angrily kicked Elly's body.
A Madam tapped on her shoulder and told her to stay calm. "It's okay, don't be angry because of the accident, it's just a cup of coffee."
Elly tried hard not to cry, she bowed her head and quickly picked up the broken glasses, she could still hear Miss Elliot when the lady shouted.
"Do it quickly and go away, don't you dare show your face in front of me!"
Elly's tears fell from her eyes. She tried to stay calm, she thought of John, thought of all that he sacrificed for her. As she bent over to clean the broken cup, the ladies continued their conversation.
"I heard the Young Master was already engaged. It looked like the validity of the marriage we arranged has gone?" The lady in purple was half joking.
When she heard about this, Elly's cleaning speed slowed down, anxiously, she waited for Ms. Elliot to respond.
Ms. Elliot laughed at the guests. "Why do you say so? Dear friend, sometimes the children are combustible and may go the wrong way but eventually they tend to go back to thr right path. Your family is noble enough and is respected nybthe communitd. If your daughter agrees to marry John, it will be our honor! "
"Lady Elliot, you make me feel much relief. Maybe we'll let the two kids go out and meet the next day. "
Ms. Elliot did this in front of Elly on purpose. Miss Elliot was felt happy when she saw Elly's face was full of fear. Under John's protection, Ms. Elliot felt that Elly became too arrogant, she wanted her to know who she is and wanter her to go away from her son.
Elly was in no mood to continue listening. When she thought of the image of John as he dated another girl, she felt pain in her heart. She hurriedly picked up the last piece of the broken glass and left the living room.
She could not continue to see Ms. Elliot's eyes filled with satisfaction.
At the hospital, John Elliot sat on the bench and he found himself too weak and tired.
The patient was not taken to the hospital in time, because of this, John was unable to save his life.
He saw another life pass in front of him and couldn't do anything about it.
When he left the operating room, the patient's family was very agitated and insisted on blaming him.
He tried to explain but they did not accepted, he felt very tired and exhausted.
Other doctors tried to help him but the family members did not want to hear their explanation.
They surrounded him, forced him to return the patient's life back. They
only left when the hospital's manager had arrived.
The manager realized that John's condition wasn't good, he allowed John to rest at home for a few days and asked him to wait for the new decision from the management.
John didn't say anything, he just nodded his head and left. He came home with a tired face. Elly was the first person to recognize the unusual thing in him. "What's wrong with you?"
John told her what happened at the hospital as Ms. Elliot sat next to them.
After their conversation , she got angry and pointed at Elly's face.
"It was all because of her! She is the comet that brings bad luck to you! "
"Mom, don't say things like that!" Said John.
"Since you knew her, your career has gone down, things were all messed up."
"Mom, stop it!" John's patience reached its limit, he roared angrily. "Can you keep quiet for a few minutes? I have had enough."
Ms. Elliot was stunned by John's scream, his face was very angry which made the two women worried.
Everyone thought it was just a small incident, it affected John's career a lot.
The family of the dead patient had made the problem more serious.
The manager had to suspend his work and did not let him do any operation.
John's mood got worse as days goes by. He walked around the house with a gloomy face and didn't even talk.
Ms. Elliot looked at her son who ate and drank like a robot, she suggested, "The treatment that the hospital offered made me disappointed. This is an opportunity for you to change your job."
John Elliot did not answer, he quietly ate his food that Elly put in his bowl, he felt like food he put in his mouth have no taste.
Ms. Elliot continued to persuade him. "The Elliot company needs a new manager. I think you should leave the hospital and try this new job. Maybe you'll like it."
"Not interested." John said coldly. She still did not gave up, Ms. Elliot tried to convince him again. "Your father is getting older. Sooner or later, you have to inherit the family business."
John lost his patience. "You knew that I'm totally not interested in business. I love my job, I love being a doctor, I don't want to do things I hate."
"It's our family's company. Do you want to leave it to an outsider when both me and your dad pass away?" Ms. Elliot retorted angrily.
"I don't care!" John said stubbornly. "The company has nothing to do with me."
Ms. Elliot couldn't stand John's stubbornness anymore, she hit her hands on the table and stood up.
"Tomorrow, go to the hospital to file for resignation. After that, get back home immediately to inherit the company!"
Ms. Elliot quickly walked towards her room and slammed the door strongly to express her anger.
John put his bowl on the table, he lost his temper and kicked the table. That made the table slide, the food above it scattered a bit.
Elly suddenly raised her voice. "Don't be upset, I think your mom said that because she loves you, she worries about you. Why don't you try to listen to her wishes? You haven't tried it yet, how will you know if you hate it or not? "