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" You're lucky you brought her in the time you did because what would have happened if you didn't?" A doctor wearing green scrubs said and they looked up front looking so forlorn.
" My name is Dr. Matthew, who is her relative here?" He inquired.
Mark rose immediately, " I am her husband."
" Ex-husband." Mr. Richard whispered under her breath but the doctor still ended up hearing.
"Her husband nonetheless,"
"We are her parents. May we know what the matter is?" Mr. Richard intervened. If he allowed Stacey, she was ready to embarrass their family in front of the stranger. The most annoying part, she didn't see what was wrong with that.
The doctor's eyes darted between the members of the family and he wondered about the dynamic; his wife's mother would never dare speak to him in that manner.
He slipped his hands into his pockets and rocked on his feet. " Please follow me." Dr. Matthew ended up saying.
"Please take a seat." He said and gestured to the seats opposite him and they gladly plopped on each of them.
" So, she found out that she was suffering from food poisoning. We were able to make sure that she's very stable and she should be awake in two hours tops." He said with a small smile.
Mrs. Richard cast a glance at Mark. He was the one who poisoned her daughter.
"Is there a way we can determine the kind of food which caused her to pass out." She asked.
'God help him so that we discover that he's the one behind the poisoning.' She thought.
The doctor shook his head slightly, "None for now. We can only advise that she be extremely careful about the things she allows into her buccal cavity."
" The mouth?"
" Yes."
Mrs. Richard rolled her eyes at the terms that these doctors loved using. "Thank you doctor for saving her life unlike some people who want to take her life." She said, giving Mark a not-too-subtle look which was obvious to everyone who was there that she was referring to him.
Mark stared on, ignoring his mother In-law's gaze, because he was getting annoyed by her words, she didn't have to speak to him in that manner in front of the doctor. " So, we will wait till she wakes up."
" No, I'll stay with my daughter."
" Stacey" Her husband called, giving her a warning stare. He didn't want to be involved in this annoying scene, they wouldn't embarrass themselves here.
" Okay, sir. Anyone is welcome to stay with her. But only one person can stay in the ward with her." He gave them a warning stare as he stared on.
" Okay, then,that's good because I will be staying with her." Mrs. Richard repeated Incase they didn't hear the first time.
The doctor stared at both men wondering why they couldn't handle this woman before him. Her husband seemed like a calm man and that was why she was probably misbehaving without remedy.
He shrugged, to each family his own.
Mrs. Richard didn't care for anyone's thoughts. She had spoken and that was how it was going to be. If they didn't like it, then they could get out.
" I'm going right now." She rose immediately and headed to the door. She stopped when she touched the handle of the door knob, " What room is she?"
" 345"
" Thank you." She gave him a nod before exiting rudely.
There were few things that managed to get under Mr. Richard's skin and her behavior here managed to top it. His threshold was pushed. He wanted to speak sense into her head but he wasn't like her so he'd rather ignore.
" I'm sorry about her behavior, she's not in a good mood, you know with her daughter lying there... You know how women can be." He said attempting to cover up his wife's mess.
The doctor nodded, " Yeah, it can be tasking on their mental health." He replied sarcastically. There was nothing wrong with her, she was just being enabled.
He can see that her husband was also a driving force for her. If he called her out on her bullshit, she would change. When h spoke earlier, he saw that she stopped her verbal attack but the moment he turned, she returned to it
If he had the time to speak with Mark, he would have told him not to keep tolerating the disrespect, but what did he know?
" Okay, Mr. Richard and Mr. Mark, it was lovely seeing you. I know that she will soon be well. Just make sure that she only eats good food. I mean highly hygienic. Is that okay?" He asked.
" Yes, we will make sure of that."
'Of course you will, because your mother-in-law will have your head for attempting to do otherwise.' He thought inwardly and smiled at them.
" Good, so who will take care of the bill?".
" Mark will."
Mark's eyes widened in surprise but quickly wiped it off his face. He was happy that it wasn't Mrs. Richard that was asked this question because everyone would have known what kind of person he was, a broke nigga.
" Thank you." He mouthed when the doctor checked his drawer for something.
Mr. Richard shot him a thumbs up in return, " Is that our bill?" He inquired from the doctor.
" No, this is just a note of things that you will be needing from the pharmacy. I can discharge her today if you don't mind."
" Is that better for her?" Mr. Richard replied, her health was more important than work or anything. He didn't want her to experience another breakdown at work.
"She's a strong woman, the only thing is for her to continue her drugs and watch her blossom tremendously. I could keep her to watch over her but believe me when I say that it's not necessary. She will be fine in a few hours. A little bit weak but she will be fine. But if you want her to remain here, then I can deny her from going home.