Sheffield also stood up abruptly, leaning over the desk towards Sidell. Phrasing his words as a sarcastic taunt, he said, "She panicked? So you're telling me that this is the reason why Dollie committed perjury?"
Sidell could see the hatred in his eyes—clear and resolute.
The confrontation between them didn't last longer than two minutes. All of a sudden, Sidell felt his legs weaken and he fell back to his chair. Then he asked an insignificant question. "Sheffield, how did you open my safe?"
With his hands in his pockets, Sheffield looked at the man indifferently and said, "I spent one month practicing how to open all kinds of safes. In addition, I hacked into your safe with my computer and got the password."
'I see!' Sidell nodded and closed his eyes in defeat.
Within three days, Sheffield cleared his name and showed the public the surveillance video of Sidell meeting with Helena Meng, the head nurse; the autopsy report of the dead patient; the surveillance video of Helena Meng injecting the patient with the drug in the operating room and so on. All evidences were strong enough to prove that Sheffield was being framed by Sidell.
Sheffield also revealed that more than ten years ago, Sidell had done the same to Ingrid Chu. Only at that time, it was Sidell who did the counterfeit medicine transactions and caused the death of Ingrid's patient with the fake medicine. After that incident, he let Ingrid take the blame for the death of the patient.
Additionally, Sheffield made public the victim's medical record, the oral confession recording of Sidell's assistant and an audio recording where the patient's family members admitted to being threatened by Sidell. When all the evidences were presented to the public, Sidell admitted to all the crimes.
It also came to light that Dollie, Sidell's youngest daughter, committed perjury under her father's instructions. She aided in the destruction of a kindhearted, highly-skilled doctor.
The materials Sheffield released caused such a sensation that the whole of Y City was talking about it.
Many journalists became more curious about him and wanted to interview him, but he refused each and every one of them. He only made a statement on the phone saying, "We cannot bring back the departed. I have no intentions of talking about my past. I hope that you will all respect my wishes and let my mother rest in peace."
Sheffield became famous overnight. Many people in Y City went to the hospital just to see him after this incident.
However, he didn't entertain any of them. In order to escape the constant unwanted attention, he decided to take a short vacation.
In the cemetery of Sunny Mountain County of Y City
A man wearing sunglasses stepped out of the car, opened the trunk and took out a bunch of red carnations before he headed towards the mountain.
He came to a tomb next to a river at the bottom of the mountain. Every time he'd visit, the tomb would always be clean and well-kept. He made sure of that.
On the tombstone was the photo of a young woman smiling happily, as if she knew that her son had come to visit her.
Sheffield took off his sunglasses and put the carnations in front of the tombstone. He took a deep breath and said, "Mom, I'm sorry for not coming to see you earlier. I haven't been a good son."
He took out a small box from his pocket, which was neatly filled with milk candies. "You used to love this candy so much. When the milk candy factory went out of business, I bought it out. From now on, every time I come to see you, I will bring your favorite milk candy to you."
He picked out one candy and put the rest in front of the tombstone. He unfolded the wrapper in his hand and placed the candy, along with the wrapper, in front of the tombstone. Half squatting, he gently stroked the photo on the tombstone and smiled. "You are still so beautiful. Have a taste, to see if the milk candy still has its original taste. After all, it's been so many years."
A gust of wind blew over and he pulled his coat closer to his body.
Suddenly, as if he remembered something, his eyes sparkled with tenderness. "Mom, I have something else to tell you. I have found you a beautiful daughter-in-law. I hope you're not angry to hear me say this, but she's a little prettier than you. I love her so much! She is so wonderful that she has men lining up to meet her. Please give me your blessings so I can marry her as soon as possible.
You used to pull my ear while saying that I would be a playboy when I grew up. Mom, you were wrong about that. From the day I met her, I lost all interest in other women. I've become the most faithful man in the world. I hope you're happy to hear this. Don't worry about me, okay? Your son will never be an unfaithful jerk in his life.
I will propose to her when my research is completed. After we get married, I hope we have a son. I hope he will be as handsome as me! But my future father-in-law is quite troublesome. If you have some free time, please tell my future father-in-law to be nice to me, so I can marry his daughter as soon as possible. Please don't forget to do that! I guess he will listen to you. Even Carlos Huo would respect my great mother, right?"
The woman in the photo still had a smile on. Her eyes, staring at her blabbering son, as if she was saying, "Don't worry, my son."
Sheffield held the tombstone in his arms and pressed his cheek against it. "Mom, I have sent Sidell to prison and I have cleared your name. Don't get into trouble or you will have to find a smart man like me to take care of you over there. I won't mind if you do, and please thank him for me! Mom, I have told you so many things. Can you remember them all?"
Then he stood up, put on his sunglasses and looked around. "You always liked to visit Sunny Mountain County a lot when you were alive, but now you live here. I hope you're happy now. Mom, please be happy forever! I'm sorry, but I have to go now. I'll tell you a secret. I haven't seen my girlfriend in many days. I have to see her as soon as possible or someone else will steal her from me. Goodbye for now, Mom!"
He gently kissed his mother's photo and then left the cemetery.
'Mom, next time I come here, I will bring your daughter-in-law to visit you.'
When he drove back to Y City and was about to drive into his community, a woman ran over from the roadside and stood in his way.
Fortunately, his car came to a screeching halt as he stepped on the brakes before he hit the woman.
Eyes wide with confusion, he glared at the woman who was standing in front of his car with her eyes shut tight because of fear.
When he honked at her impatiently, Dollie opened her eyes and ran over to knock on his window.
Right behind Sheffield's car was another car trying to get into the community, so he quickly pulled down the window and yelled at her, "You're blocking the way. Please move away because there's another car behind me."
Since Sidell was in prison, Dollie was no longer the daughter of the president of the hospital. Judging by the way she looked now, it was clear that she had fallen on tough times. It seemed like she was wearing the same old clothes she had worn in the past two days. She looked into his eyes and eagerly said, "I've been looking everywhere for you. Do you have some spare time now? Can we talk?"
"I have nothing to say to you. Please get out of my way!" he dismissed her immediately.