Chapter 98 He Was Not Joking
“I was so scared,” Ana said.
Fernando stood up and hugged her “She will be fine”
Ana nodded as she looked at Thea on the bed.
“Thank you for handling the issue back there, I won’t have handled it as calmly as you did because I was so pissed. I know how it feels to be bullied so my mental state was a mess”
Fernando nodded and kissed her forehead.
They had both stayed there to watch Thea until she woke up later that afternoon.
“Mummy” She coughed and Ana immediately got up and rushed to her on the bed.
“My baby,” Ana said with a smile.
“Where am I?” Thea looked around the large room.
“In the hospital” Ana said to her.
Thea tried to remember what happened and recalled she had fallen on the ground after hitting her head and hand.
“She touched the bandage used to close her head injury and winced.
“Sorry my love, you will be okay”
“I told my classmate, I have a father but she didn’t believe me and pushed me” Thea said sadly.
Ana's tears fell as she nodded "Mummy will make sure that never happens again. Mummy will make sure you never get bullied again”
Fernando who left to make a call came back into the room and smiled when he saw she was up.
He went to her bed “Thea” he called.
Thea looked up at him with teary eyes “Daddy” she said emotionally.
Hearing her call him father for the first time made his heart dance for joy. His smile widened as he held her hand and kissed it “Yes my love”
“I want you to take me out so we will have so much fun and I can get to do the things I haven’t done yet with you “ Thea said emotionally.
It was always her wish to spend quality time with her father like other children do.
Fernando laughed and nodded “When you get better. Daddy will take you everywhere you want to go with him, I promise” he said with so much joy.
Ana could feel her joy. She has actually deprived her child from her father.
Thea smiled and nodded. Now she is happy and will not cry anymore.
“What do you want for dinner, daddy will ask them to get it for you”
Thea listed a lot of things including the things her mother doesn’t like her to eat.
“My love that is so much, you know what. Daddy will get you the healthy ones while we leave the unhealthy ones for when we go out to have fun, agreed?” Fernando asked
Thea smiled and nodded in understanding.
He had asked Eric to get all the healthy foods she requested and the food came in time.
“Hmm, it smiles so nice,” Thea clapped happily.
Ana sat on the couch and smiled. She is happy because her child is happy. She watched Fernando feed her all the delicacies and watched her daughter smile from ear to ear.
After the dinner, the father and daughter engaged in a long conversation.
Fernando laid close to her on the large hospital bed and told her stories about himself when he was little.
Thea laughed at his funny stories.
Ana was also listening to his stories. She did not think Fernando had this side of him. These were stories she hasn’t had before.
Thea had also made sure to ask her father what he does for a living and she was in awe to learn that he owns a lot of companies and even hospitals.
After the long story, Thea fell asleep happily.
Fernando went to Ana in the couch
“She is so beautiful when she sleeps” Fernando said “It’s the first time I’m experiencing this” he said.
Ana looked at him “I’m sorry Fernando"
“For what?”
“For keeping her away from you. Not telling her about who you were and not letting you know all this years”
“You already explained your reasons for doing so?”
“Yes but I still need to sincerely apologize. You lost 6 years of her life because of me” Ana said.
Fernandod looked at her and saw she felt remorseful “It’s okay, do not feel bad about it. I still have a lifetime to go” he smiled while staring at Thea sleeping peacefully.
“My family will be worried, I need to inform them about Thea. I have not told them yet”
Fernando nodded
Ana went outside and called Nala but Nala did not pick. Maybe she was busy at the hospital where she was interning at.
She thought twice before calling her mother.
Griselda had picked immediately not because she wanted to speak to Ana but because she wondered why she hasn’t brought her granddaughter home yet from school “Ana”
“Mum”
“Why isn’t Thea back from school yet? And nobody is telling me anything” She said in worry.
“She is in the hospital right now”
“Hospital, how come?” Griselda asked in worry.
“She had a fight with a kid in school and sustained a head injury”
“What!!” Griselda stood up from the couch in shock. She placed her hand on her chest “Is she fine now?”
“Yes but she will need a few days to recover”
“Text me the hospital address, I’m coming to see her immediately” Griselda said.
“Okay”
“Have you informed Nala?”
“She must be busy in the hospital, I will inform her when she finishes work” Ana said.
“Yeah, that’s true, I will be on my way now”
Ana ended the call and sent her the hospital address.
She went back to the room and saw Fernando walking on his tablet.
This made her have a flash back. The first time they met was 6 years ago when his car almost hit her and she ended up in the hospital as a result of shock.
She remembered laying on a bed like this and him pressing his tablet right opposite her on the couch.
But this time he was not looking angry or annoyed, he looked happy and at peace.
Fernando looked up at her wondering what was going through her mind.
What are you thinking? He asked her
Ana snapped out of it and went to sit on the same couch.
“Nothing, just thinking about all that happened today.
Fernando kept his tablet away and moved closer to her so close that she could hear him breath.
“Why are you coming too close? Ana asked him.
“Ana, I want us to have a serious relationship, this time it’s going to be real” He said with a serious expression to indicate he was not joking.