Chapter 927
After they passed by the outpatient facility and cafeteria, they finally found the deputy director's office inside the office block. Then, Pierre said, "I'll knock first."
Upon hearing that, Matthew sped up and burst out harshly, "Just kick it down. What's the fucking use of knocking?"
Just then, the door to the office swung open, and a woman walked out of it. Matthew stopped in his tracks and asked Pierre, "Do you know her?"
Pierre shook his head in reply and asked the woman, "Hello. May I know if the deputy director is in?"
The woman sized him up before she answered, "I'm the deputy director. What sort of business do you have with me?"
Pierre frowned and said, "Isn't the deputy director a man? Did they switch him out?"
The woman finally realized what he was talking about and said, "Oh, you mean Mr. Lemire? It's been a while since he stopped working here."
Pierre seemed to be a little disappointed with the result of his finding, but he asked, "Do you know where I could find him, then?"
The woman sported a bizarre look on her face as she questioned back, "Must you find him that badly? You could just come to me if you need anything now."
But Pierre didn't budge, and his voice was firm when he answered, "Yes. I have to." Then, the woman sighed and pointed to the ground, saying, "Find him if you must, but you'd have to look for the grim reaper to get to him. He passed away."
Pierre stood stunned when he heard what she said. Never had he imagined Ebenezer would pass away so quickly. He then glanced at the hidden syringe in Matthew's hand and thought, "Ebenezer's luck indeed!"
Well, revenge was not an option now, but Pierre couldn't help feeling a little empty inside.
Now that Pierre went silent, the woman smiled and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."
However, Pierre blurted out all of a sudden, "How did he die?"
The woman then sighed and answered, "Quite disgracefully. There was a patient who passed away in the hospital, and he offered to compensate the family for it, but the patient's family wanted to file a lawsuit against the hospital for being irresponsible.
"Mr. Lemire then insulted them for being stupid and not taking the money when the patient was already dead. One of the family members killed him on the spot by hitting him with a bench because of his words."
Now that he heard of the story behind Ebenezer's death, Pierre began to applaud abruptly. The claps sounded like firecrackers going off repeatedly, and Pierre said aloud, "Good riddance! Serves him right!"
The woman felt a little frightened by Pierre's reaction and scooted away after she made her way around him.
Pierre was still basking in glee at
Ebenezer's death and clapping as he said, "This is karma-the beavens. made him pay for his price. He died off real good! Finally, there's someone who took things into their own hands and dealt with him!"
Matthew honestly felt quite happy to see Pierre getting so excited over Ebenezer's death, and it somehow undid some of the hate he harbored.
After Pierre had finally calmed down a few minutes later, Matthew said, "Let's go. He's dead anyway."
Pierre then hummed in reply and walked outside with Matthew. Having returned to the car, Matthew took out the Grudge Diary and flipped to the next entry, which was written as follows:
"20th January 2014 Sunny.
"I went to my local courthouse to change my name today. The name that I've been given, Cleeve Davenport, is officially laid to rest.
"From today onward, my name is called Pierre Davenport. I've gotten my new ID card, and I'm going to live afresh from now.
"25th February 2014-Sunny.
"I finally found myself a new job—I'm a doctor at Clemency Hospital now. During the department meeting today, the chief doctor especially recommended a type of medicine called Biconex-3.
"It was sold at 49 dollars and 80 cents per box and he said that it can't be found anywhere aside from the hospital.
"I thought it was the result of a
recent technological breakthrough, and that the hospital had specifically invested in new advanced technology for the sake of the
patients in the hospital and to keep
up with times.
"I thought that all of the patients in Clemency Hospital were really lucky, and I felt
even more honored to be working in this hospital.
"I curiously unboxed the
recommended medicine and took out the ingredient list, taking a look at the ingredients listed. It included 15mg of diclofenac sodium, 15mg of synthetic bezoar and 5mg of chlorpheniramme maleate,
"My back went cold—those were the exact same ingredients used in Nexcoldia! They merely changed the name of the drug and marked up the drug from 3 dollars per pack to 49 dollars and 80 cents per box!"