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Chapter 140 Imposter
After speaking, Charmaine turned her phone’s camera toward “Basil.”
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On the screen appeared an elderly man with white hair, wearing a custom white coat from Beacon Hospital.
He squinted through his reading glasses and leaned close to the screen, his face comically magnified.
“Can you get a bigger phone? I can’t see clearly… Hello, Master, is that you? Why didn’t you tell me you were in Eragos? And what’s with this look? You hate wearing sunglasses–you always said they make you look like an idiot.”
As soon as he spoke, Emyr’s expression darkened, sensing that something was off.
Basil‘ suddenly jumped up in alarm, scrambling behind the couch. “Who is this? Get them away from me!”
Freya was furious. “Charmaine, what are you doing? We finally convinced Basil to treat Emyr, and if you scare him off. I swear I’ll kill you!”
Charmaine couldn’t help but laugh as she watched the supposedly frail Basil move with such agility.
“Freya, this is Basil’s junior apprentice nephew. He’s currently the Special Invited Director of the Medical Research Department at Beacon Hospital. He knows Basil better than any of us here.”
Then why doesn’t your so–called Basil recognize him?”
Charmaine pointed at the man hiding behind the couch. “Because he’s not Basil. He’s an imposter!”
“Nonsense! He is Basil, he…”
Tad, bring Basil over,” Emyr ordered coldly.
Tad leaped onto the couch instantly, grabbing the man like an eagle snatching a chick. With a swift motion. he pulled off the sunglasses and mask, revealing the face of a much younger–looking middle–aged man.
Charmaine smirked and said sarcastically, “Wow, Basil is the best holistic medicine doctor. Not only can he cure others, but he’s also managed to turn back time and make himself look 30 years younger!”
Even Freya started to feel something was off.
But in this situation, she couldn’t let Charmaine cause trouble on her turf.
“Shut up, Charmaine! You can’t just bring someone in and claim he’s not Basil.”
use your brain, will you? Basil was already 70 before he retired. No matter how well he takes care of himself, do you think he could look like this?”
Freya’s eyes widened in shock. She was furious but had no way to refute it.
Ignoring her, Charmaine turned the camera back to the phone, where Micah had reappeared.
Micah spoke rapidly. “Someone impersonating Basil to scam people? This seriously damages Basil’s and Beacon Hospital’s reputation. My Master has already reported it to the police. Oh, by the way, my Master asked if the victims suffered any financial losses. Make sure to keep all evidence.
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aren’t too bad–just 100 million dollars.”
“Oh? 100 million dollars? What?”
Micah was stunned.
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Charmaine noticed Emyr’s face turning increasingly grim as he sat on the couch. She decided not to push her luck. The police will handle it. I’ll send you the address. Talk later.”
With that, she quickly ended the call.
Emyr’s icy gaze shifted from Charmaine to the imposter, his jaw tightening. In a cold, clipped voice, he ordered, “Tad, take him away. Handle it personally.”
The imposter, terrified by Emyr’s chilling aura, collapsed to his knees. “Mr. Cross, I’m sorry! I didn’t know. you were the patient. If I had known. I never would have come. Please, have mercy! I’ll return the check…”
Before he could finish, Tad clamped a hand over his mouth and dragged him out.
Freya was still in a state of disbelief. “How could he be a fake? How did this happen?”
Suddenly, her gaze turned sharp, locking onto Charmaine. “So you knew Basil all along, and you kept it from us?”
Instead of reflecting on how she nearly fell for an imposter, Freya now blamed Charmaine. Typical spoiled. unreasonable rich girl.
Charmaine raised an eyebrow. “What exactly are you implying?”
Freya laughed coldly. “What am I implying? You’ve been keeping so many secrets. Why did you approach Emyr? What’s your real motive?”
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