The Amazing Doctor: Gerald's Ascendance

Chapter 12

Gerald scoffed at Henry. He believed that if only Henry knew that he was invited by Grace to come work there, he would not be talking to him the way he was doing.

Gerald believed that Henry would have been addressing him with respect if he knew the connection he had with Grace and her grandfather.

"How dare you scoff at me?" Henry asked in anger. "You bloody ex-convict!"

Gerald did not want to get angry with Henry because of Grace, so he kept quiet while Henry called him names.

Henry on the other hand became more angry with the silent treatment Gerald was giving him.

He could not stomach the fact that someone who he believed was beneath his status would keep silent as he was talking to him.

"You have the guts to ignore me when I'm talking to you? Who the hell do you think I am?" Henry shouted.

Gerald was beginning to get tired of Henry's childish outbursts but he still refused to lose his cool.

"I don't know what you want me to say or do. When I talk, you pick offense, when I keep si