By the time Sarah returned to the hospital, she was looking jaded, sucked and stolen. Her eyes had swollen and countenanced had fallen so hugely that she argued hiding her troubles from her father this time around. When she thought she could stay away from the hospital just to avoid explaining herself to her father, a phone call came from the hospital.
The doctor had phoned her about her father breaking down after reading news. Like lightning, she had gone to the hospital to check on Greg Canon and what news could have possibly broken him down. She least expected anything sort of that happening so suddenly.
What news could have done this to her father and what could be his condition now?
It was same day, after she stopped my convoy that she got the call. Standing at the door of the ward, Sarah gazed upon her father, asleep and taking some pints of drip and just by his side was a newspaper. Anxiously she picked it up and on the front page was Sarah kneeling to me and the headline said it all; Cancelled Marriage; Sarah Canon Begs To Be The Hundredth Wife To Mike Done,
“What happened to your marriage, Sarah?” the doctor had asked the moment he drifted to her side, “The very news got your father devastated. He collapsed and gasped for breath. If not for the presence of a nurse, we would have lost him.” he shot his narrowed eyes at him.
Sarah bit her lower lip, trembled in sob as tears surged down her cheeks. She wanted to mumble at least, a word or two to the doctor but instead she found herself shedding tears and sobbing like a kid who was denied cookies.
“Put yourself together, Sarah and talk to me,” said the doctor as he patted her on the shoulders.
She sniffed repeatedly as she fought back tears so she could speak up, “It is true doctor. The world richest man engaged me some days ago but mysteriously he called off the wedding.” She resumed her sobbing and shamefully lowered her gaze.
The doctor raised a distressed brow, “Mysteriously? How come? There is no smoke without fire. Losing and falling short of the favor of the world richest man is maddening. The world richest man is such a reputable senior citizen you wouldn’t want to provoke. It is very disheartening that you lost your place in his life as his wife, something every lady in the world is scouting for right now.”
Sarah lied, “I never did anything. The world richest man is such a user and a playboy. He has only used me and dumped. I regret accepting his ring.” Her gaze fell upon the diamond ring before the doctor caught sight of it and shrugged.
“Listen up, Sarah!” the doctor said and took other news paper, “I don’t know who gave your father this newspaper. But right now in this condition of his, he doesn’t need grotty news as this. And you must not break any sort of grisly bad news to him just so that he could have a merry heart and stay alive…”
Sarah gave a firm nod and stared at the doctor as he fondled into his brown file and brought out a sizeable paper, which he handed some to her.
She glanced at it hastily.“One point five million dollars!” she snapped and shot her frown at the doctor, before asking yet further, “The medical bill is much dear. When did it accumulate to this amount, uh?”
The doctor shrugged and enunciated further, “Sarah it is what it is. Have you forgotten you begged me to administer drugs to your father free of charge just because you were faced with bankruptcy? I started administering drugs to your father and when he seemed to be healing he heard the bad news which made him break down again, and this time it is very terminal…”
“Terminal? She interrupted him, drifted to the father, took his hands upon hers and watched him lay stilly, “What could be the problem now, doctor, please, talk to me,” she persisted and blanked anxiously for his reply.
The doctor breathed uneasily in one moment of pity, “I am so sorry Sarah. Your father broke down with an Arial Septal Defect which we must treat urgently or we will lose him,” the doctor sounded at a breath.
Sarah seemed to be lost. Heavy sweat surged from her brow to the neck, “Please doctor, I didn’t get that ailment what is Arial Septal whatever? I am ….I am lost” she stuttered swallowed hard and on the verge of weeping out her eyes.
“Pardon me for not giving you the literal meaning of that heart disease. Your father has a deep hole in the heart that requires surgery. The one million dollars covers all expenses accrued by your father ever since he got here…”
Tears trickling down the eyes of Sarah interrupted the doctor just then and Sarah quickly fondled into her handbag and brought out the one trillion dollars credit card I gave her . She flashed it at the doctor, “Okay doctor I got the one trillion dollars credit card from my …my fiancée.” She was skeptical to call me her fiancée because it was all obvious I had called off the wedding, “Yeah he gave it to me to sort out our bankruptcy .” she fondled with the card, “It is not my intention to temper with the money but I got to do it.” She sniffed and lowered her gaze at the card, “My father’s life matters most to me .”
The doctor stood on his feet and dimmed his eyes at Sarah, “I am happy you got enough money. Please you must go right away to make the money available so that we could commence with the surgery.” He gave a firm shrug and walked away.
Sarah drifted to her father, held his hand and brought her gaze on his stilly face. “I am going to save you with this credit card father. Your life comes first before any other thing,”
Afterwards the door banged. She had left
Vengeance was about to happen…