The night before Grandma's surgery, I pulled my adoptive father, Robert Shaw, into the office and made him stay up with me, going through the medical plans in detail until dawn.
All this was because, in my previous life, when Grandma's heart condition suddenly worsened, the "real daughter", my younger sister, Jill Shaw, insisted on taking my position as Grandma's attending physician so she could personally perform Grandma's heart transplant.
I knew she had only attended a three-year vocational nursing school, so I refused.
However, Jill thought that I was humiliating her.
To prove herself, she impersonated me and secretly performed the surgery on Grandma. The next day, Grandma died on the spot from a rejection reaction. Her blood vessels ruptured.
When Robert arrived at the scene, Jill immediately threw herself in his arms, sobbing, "Dad, I never thought that Janice would be so afraid of me taking her spot as the attending physician that she'd break hospital rules and operate on Grandma in the middle of the night!"
Before I could explain myself, my adoptive mother, Molly Walton, jumped in to accuse me, "Janice, you're a murderer! Grandma trusted Jill to operate on her, so you tampered with the surgery and killed her!"
Robert, blinded by rage, shoved me straight off the 36th floor.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the very day Jill planned to operate on Grandma.
"Janice, this is an important operation for Grandma. Let me handle it. Your skills aren't that great anyway. If anything happens to Grandma on the operating table, can you bear the consequences?"
Jill looked at me smugly, with her arms around our grandmother.
When I heard the familiar voice, I realized I had returned to the day before our grandmother's surgery.
I thought about the feeling of free-falling from a tall building and could not help but shudder.
"No. Absolutely not."
Before I could continue, a cup landed on my head.
"You have no right to speak! Jill is the Shaw family's legitimate heiress. She wants to be a good granddaughter by operating on her grandmother. What's wrong with that? Don't think that just because you took Jill's place, you're the Shaw family's real daughter!"
My adoptive mother, Molly Walton, sat on the edge of the couch regally and arrogantly, not even bothering to look at me.
Our grandmother was also furious. "Jill has been away from the family since she was young, yet she's worked on herself and become a famous doctor. She's much better than you! I have decided to let my granddaughter operate on me. You're just an outsider! You have no say on this matter!"
Jill looked truly aggrieved. "Janice, you've only become the attending physician here, all thanks to the Shaw family's name. You aren't that capable at all.
"Grandma's condition is critical. I've already come up with a new surgery plan. Janice, don't let your pride delay Grandma's treatment."
I looked at the trio before me, my fury boiling.
I wanted to stop Jill from proceeding with the surgery, but it looks like none of them were going to listen to me.
At that thought, I clenched my fists tightly.
In my previous life, Jill had just been found and reconciled with the Shaw family. When she found out that our grandmother needed surgery, she offered to take my place to operate on her.
I secretly conducted a background check on Jill and discovered that she had attended a vocational nursing school for only three years. She had almost failed to graduate for skipping classes and getting into fights.
To protect the Shaw family's reputation, I refused her offer without any hesitation.
However, Jill thought that I was eyeing the Shaw family's wealth and did not want her to gain credit for the surgery.
After a huge fight, she followed our grandmother to the hospital. I thought they would listen to the doctor's advice, so I did not tell my adoptive father, Robert, about this.
The next day, when I arrived at the hospital right on time, Robert slapped me on the face angrily right by the entrance of the surgery theater.
"You filthy brat! Your grandmother is dead. Are you happy now?"
Before I could process what was going on, Jill threw herself into Robert's arms, sobbing. "Dad, I never thought that Janice would be so afraid of me taking her spot as the attending physician that she'd break hospital rules and operate on Grandma in the middle of the night! She didn't even tell us after the surgery had failed! You didn't even get to see Grandma one last time."
I could not believe that our grandmother had just passed away just like that.
She had never liked me since I was young, just because I was a girl. She did not like my presence, so she often punished me by making me stand on the staircase.
Later, when Jill was found and reconciled with the family, our grandmother loathed me even more.
If she had not had a tough life and single-handedly brought Robert up, not to mention how technically challenging the surgery was, I would not have accepted to operate on her.
I just did not expect her to pass away, even before I got to treat her. I had been asleep the entire night before, so I could not have operated on her.
However, before I could explain, Molly accused me, saying, "Janice, who would've thought that just because Grandma is usually stricter with you, you'd kill her just like that! You're a monster! You ungrateful brat!"
Robert's eyes widened with fury when he heard what Molly said. He immediately put me in a chokehold, tightening his hands around my neck. I was on the brink of suffocation when he shoved me down from the 36th floor.
Only after my death did I find out that Jill was afraid that I would successfully treat our grandmother, so she persuaded her and Molly to proceed with the surgery earlier than planned.
Once the surgery had problems, Jill blamed it all on me.
Robert could not accept the death of his mother, and he aimed all his hatred toward me. After he killed me, the police arrived.
Robert was arrested and sentenced to death, while the Shaw family's wealth fell into Jill and Molly's arms.
The reason Jill was so eager to operate on our grandmother was that she was not the Shaw family's biological daughter at all!
She was worried that the truth would come to light, so she set this all up to get rid of everyone.
Everyone in the Shaw family was a monster! I would make all of them pay in this life!
At that thought, I took a deep breath and tried to persuade them once more with the ethics of a proper doctor.
"Jill doesn't have any medical experience at all. She's lying. Grandma, if you let me operate on you, you'll get to live for another three years."
I did not expect our grandmother to scoff at what I said.
"You? Operating on me? With your less-than-mediocre capabilities? Dream on."
At that, Jill, Molly, and our grandmother left for the hospital.
Time was running out. They were worried that Robert would refuse the change of doctors if he found out about this, so of course, they were going to operate throughout the night.
As they left, my eyes gleamed sharply. Since Jill was planning to pretend to be me to operate on our grandmother, I would stay with Robert the entire night.
I wanted to see how Jill explained herself out of this one!
I took a document folder and headed to Robert's study.
Robert and his mother were as close as a mother and son could be. Her surgery was the next day, so he could not possibly sleep at all the night before.
When he saw me, he bellowed angrily, saying, "Why are you still awake? Tomorrow is your grandmother's surgery! You might not focus and make a mistake!"
I jumped and aggrievedly handed the medical report to him, saying, "Dad, the hospital had just sent me Grandma's latest report. I thought of sharing it with you."
Robert's expression softened.
I said, "Dad, the report shows that Grandma is in good condition. She will be able to come home one week after the surgery. When she returns, let's spend more time with her. She will surely be happy."
Robert could not hide his delight. He grabbed me by the shoulders tightly as tears of joy streamed down his face.
"That's amazing! Your grandmother has had a tough life. If you can cure her heart condition, we will always be indebted to you."
Then, he pulled me inside his study. "Come, tell me all about it. What are the changes?"
I smiled widely.
Just like that. The happier Robert was at that moment, the angrier he would be once he found out about the truth the next day.
After all, the higher one's hopes were, the more disappointed they would be!
I wanted to seek revenge on Jill, letting her have a taste of what she did to me in my previous life.
Robert and I discussed every single detail of the report.
He said emotionally, "Janice, you're a good kid. If you can cure Grandma, I will reward you handsomely. You'll get the same as Jill in the future. I can also give you half of the company's shares."
I shook my head shyly. "Dad, I'm just happy to be able to treat Grandma. I mean, Jill has just returned. She isn't familiar with the family yet. Don't be too nice to me. She's your biological child, after all."
Robert looked at me pensively and said nothing further.
Looking at the time, I said, "Dad, it's almost time. Let's head to the hospital now. That way, I can prepare myself, too."
He nodded and got the driver to take us to the hospital.
I had just changed into my scrubs and arrived at my grandmother's room when a figure rushed over to me, yelling, "You witch! You murdered Grandma!"