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Chapter 14 Chapter 14

Henry decided to sit down and wait for the doctor to return and his head went down as he waited.

"Mr. Brighton?",

Duke and Henry embraced each other and Henry left for the doctor's office while Duke and Eva left the hospital too.

Henry knocked on the doctors' office and there was no one in his office as the nurse left him to go call for the doctor who was attending to another patient.

Bethany was so happy to hear the good news that she shed tears knowing that her mother was open-eyed.

Eva, who was sitting by her asked why Bryan had said and Betty narrated to her what he just said.

"Thank you for leaving all you have to do and be with me all day", Bethany said to her friend holding her hand.

Eva smiled and with right her rubbing Bethany's chin, she let out,

" We are like sisters and you too have been with me through my rough times Betty", she uttered taking her into her arms.

They were at the hospital and Bethany ran out of the car forgetting that she had to pay the driver.

Eva paid the cab driver and got down of the vehicle.

Bethany had entered the hospital with the velocity of light that she almost pushed down a lady that was coming out of another corridor.

When Eva entered, she realized that Henry was not at the reception anymore and she thought that his mother had been discharged so he had taken her to the house.

Eva walked through the corridor leading to where her friend was with her brother.

"Bryan, how is a mother, and have you seen her?", Betty asked her brother with accumulated tears in her eyes.

Bryan responded with satisfaction telling her that their mom was asking after her as she did not see her when she woke up.

"Can I see her now?", she asked her brother trembling as though she had never seen her mother before.

" That is a nurse coming you can ask her", Bryan said pointing at the nurse that was in charge of Mrs. Marvin's room.

Bethany walked up to her and pleaded to see her mom. The nurse accepted but asked her to wear her face mask so as not to be in direct contact with the patient.

She looked back and asked her free if she wanted to enter with her, but Eva told her that it was better she went inside alone.

Bethany decided to go inside to see her mother before going to meet with Doctor Travis so as to know what the chances of her mom's survival will be.

Bethany pushed the door and went inside and her mother's eyes were closed. She could not help but cry as she could only imagine the pain her mom was going through.

Sitting on the bed and taking her mother's hands into hers, she tried butterfly as she considered herself a failure for not saving her mom.

"I am so sorry mother that I have not been able to do anything to remedy this painful situation that you are going through", she tried out in anguish as she thought of her mother's duration on earth of the surgery was not carried out as soon as possible.

Her mother who wasn't sleeping opened her eyes and said,

" Betty sweetheart, it is not your fault that things turned out this way, and always keep this in mind that I am proud of the young woman that I raised", she spoke these words of consultation to her daughter as she rubbed her hair.

Bethany loved her mother and if doing the impossible to save her was what is required, then she will take that journey to the land of the dead and back.

"You will be fine mother, I can assure you this with my life", she spoke as she kissed her mother's hands with tears dropping from her eyes even more.

Her mother wiped them off with a smile as though nothing was happening to her but Bethany knew that she was feeling bad about the situation.

Bethany decided to go and see Doctor Travis and hear what he had to say to her concerning the new cause of her mother's illness.

" Mother, I will be back okay, I need to go to the Doctors office now, I will be back soon", she said getting up from the bed and kissing her mother's forehead.

She left her mother's ward and went to meet the doctor.

Bryan who was still in the corridor, went in to be with his mother for some time and also to ask if his mother hungered for anything to eat.

He went inside leaving Eva outside as she said she wanted to use the restroom. She took the other entrance leading to the restroom and she went inside.

Everywhere was clean and the air smelled so fresh and she felt like she could stay there for quite some time.

When Eva was done in the lavatory, she came out washing her hands with the liquid soap that was on the sink and passing her hands on the dryer.

Everything at the hospital was organized and the floor was shining in a manner that one could see her reflection in it.

She came out of there and decided to go to the reception as she had to make a call to find out how her siblings were doing at home because she had left the house since morning.

"What a stressful day," she said opening her bag and searching through her things to find her phone to call.

"Where could I have dropped my cell phone", she wondered as she kept on searching and walking without looking at where she was going.

Eva was not focused and before she could realize what was happening, she had already bumped into Henry who was coming from the receptionist desk.

He immediately held her with his right hand going around her waist to support her from falling.

Henry had already recognized her as he was as tall as his friend Duke but Eva had not discovered that it was Henry she had bumped into

Taking her eyes up slowly, she was immobile as she looked at Henry and her heart skipped a thousand times.

" Henry", she spoke softly as though she had seen an angel.

Henry with a smile looked at her and said,

"Be careful where you are going next time young lady", he let go of his hand on her waist and Eva who had become all read like an adolescent who had met face-to-face with her crush for the first time was lowering her gaze.

" Thank you for the support you gave me so that I would not fall", she grind her teeth in her mouth while she spoke out.

Henry who had noticed how awkward Eva was behaving, decided to ask if she was okay or whether she was feeling pains somewhere.

Eva was filled with mixed feelings as no man had shown her care before like Henry was doing and she responded,

"Yes I am fine, I have to worries".

Henry was holding a backpack and Eva felt the need to ask what his mother was doing.

" How is your mother now, and what are the doctors saying?", she inquired all concerned looking profoundly at Henry.

Henry was touched by her interest and so he answered,

"My mother is feeling all better now and she will be discharged by tomorrow as the doctors said that she has no problems except for her bruises", he narrated.

Eva with a feeling of contentment was happy to stumble on Henry again as she thought that his mother had been discharged from the hospital when she came back as she did not see him at the reception.

" I thought that you had taken your mother home when I came back", she finally narrated pressing her hands on her robe.

Henry with a smile said,

"I wish that was the case but I had just stepped out to go get a few things for myself, as my Nanny was here with some food and dresses for her and also to take care of her", he explained without moving his stare on Eva.

He needed to take his bath as he had been there all night till the next day, and his bother was demanding for a shower.

" I body that you could get all what you

Henry wanted to get his mom out of the hospital as the infirmary premises is not a memory for him.

He had requested for one of the adequate nurses the hospital had so that she could continue to take care of his mother at home.

" That is good to hear Sir, I wish her a speedy recovery", Eva mumbled while she continued with the search of her phone.

Henry had remembered that she was in the hospital with her friend Bethany and he has a tip of their conversation while they bumped into each other in the morning so he asked,

"What about your friend, how is she coping with her mother's condition", Henry was not sure about how the situation had come out for them but he knew that heart disease was not something to joke around with.

Eva taking in a deep gust with her eyes closed and her lips flipped into her mouth to show the level of bad news that she had stored in her chest, she grumbled,

" Her mother needs to be operated on as soon as they can as her heart has deteriorated and finding a donor is not easy to find.

Henry felt bad hearing this and he placed his right hand on Eva's shoulder, reassuring her that everything was going to be fine.

Eva taking up her hands and crossing her fingers with closed eyes let out,

"I pray so Sir because Bethany's mother has been like a second mom to me since my mom passed away leaving just me and my two sisters", she explained with pains running throughout her being.

Henry could see how concerned Eva was for her friend's mother and that made him to admire what kind of being she was.

Eva who had been talking with Henry while searching for her phone finally found it and told him to excuse her as she needed to call her siblings to know what they have been up to all day.

Henry held her hand as she was about to leave as he had something to say to her.

When Eva turned back and looked at him with her charming smile, he mumbled to her,

" Take care of yourself", as his eyes were bright with something he could not even explain on how it had come into existence.

Eva blinking her eyes in disbelief as she heard those words fell out of Henry's mouth, she responded,

"I will Sir and I can take care of myself very well".

She left the hospital and went outside as to have a private chat and Henry left for his mother's ward turning back to watch Eva walk through the hospital portal.

The sunset was visible as the evening was coming up slowly by the sky slowing changing into dusk, and the lights in the hospital were getting visible.

Duke had already calling d his friend to let him know that he was about to leave his office for the hospital.

Henry was glad to have his pal come check ok him even though he was tired from work.

Bethany was in front of Doctor Travis's office and she did not know whether to know or to go back as she was aware of what was going to happen once she crossed the line of that door leading inside his office.

She breathe in and out gathering the courage she needed to get in there and face that pervert in Doctors' attire.

She could finally knock on the door with shaky hands and a sweaty face.

" Come in", Dr. Travis spoke from his office as he was looking at the documents on his table.

Bethany went into the office and with a solemn voice she greeted the Dr. and her voice caught his attention as he could recognize that noise even amongst thousand voices.

Lifting his head and looking at the person who had just entered his office, his smile could be seen from the side of his lips as he loved such situations.

"I knew that you will come back", he said as he asked Bethany to sit down.

Bethany already had an idea of how the conversation will end up.

Dr. Travis is an average height man with a medium size and a big tummy. His eyes were deep blue in color and his curled hair and his finely shaped nose were his greatest assets.

Looking at him, one could tell that he was comfortable and had enough to take care of himself and his loved ones but what Bethany could not understand was the obsession he had to get her laid.

" Is this what he does with all his female patients that can not afford to settle their bills?", she asked herself in disgust while staring at him as though she washed to strangle him with her bare hands.

She kept on wondering how a selfish man like him could be blessed with the talent and knowledge that he has.

"What can I do for you today?", he asked with that devilish smile if his as though he had no idea of what could possibly have brought me into his office.

With a deep breath of faith as she hoped that this time around he could take pity on her poor mother and reconsider her request.

" I have been here since morning sir and I asked at the reception at what time your shift would be so that I could talk with you", She explained with a shaky voice as tears mounted in her eyes.

"I was told by my secretary that a lady whose mother is hospitalized here had been looking for me, so that was you not so?", he asked licking his lips and tapping his hand on his table.

From the sound of that, Bethany knew that things will not be easy on her. She rolled her eyes all over the room trying as hard as she could not to cry in front of him.

With an act of pale courage, she continued,

" My mom was brought in here this morning after she had another crisis", Bethany narrated folding her hands beneath the table.

With a long and unpleasant look, Dr. Travis asked,

"Did you tell her that she has barely sixty days to live if a transplant is not done soonest?".

A deep flush crept up Bethany's neck to her hairline. And with a look of despair, she responded,

" No, I could not find the right words to say this to her", she let out not being able to hold her tears back.

Dr. Travis took out a cleaner from its packet standing on his table and handed it to her to dry up her tears.

She used her hands to wipe off her eyes as of sign of rejection and the doctor understood that clearly.

"Why have you not told your mom about her actual situation?", Dr. Travis inquired turning his chair to the left and getting some other documents from the drawer beneath the other table.

Bethany did not know what he wanted her to say so she answered his question with hers,

" What did you want me to say to her, that she had just some days on earth?".

It is true that Mrs. Marvin, was fully aware of her health ailment and also the fact that she had a heart condition, but telling her that was too hard for her and she could not tell her mother about that.

"So do you have the money for the surgery now?", Dr. Travis asked drawing his chair closer to his table and facing me directly.

Bethany, swallowing some spittle, responded to him,

" I need you to carry out the surgery and I will pay you every single dime that it will cost me", she said crying out loud.

Dr. Travis rose to his feet and walked from behind his table to his door keying it and turning to face Bethany,

"You know what you have to do in order to save your mother, as I had already explained to you Ms. Bethany!", he whispered as he approached her from the back.

Bethany felt disgusted by his words and moves as well as the fact that he had such a noble profession.

" Please I can do anything to save my mother but what you ask of me is too difficult to do", Bethany related.

Dr. Travis was a man that had whatever he wanted so he was bent on having Bethany no matter the strategy he had to use.

"You are such a beautiful young lady and I love fresh meat like you", he went on passing his hand through her strands of hair.

Her eyes opened each time he did that but she was thinking of a possible way to discard him without getting him angry as he was the best surgeon in the hospital and the one who had to carry out the Mothers surgery.

Bethany, going down on her knees begged the Dr. to please help her save her mother's life but as usual, he was determined to have his way with her.

Duke found a parking space around the corner from where a Mercedes car was packed at the hospital parking lodge.

He shut off the engine to his car and came around to get some few documents that had fallen from his car when he was parking.

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