CHAPTER 2
1096 Words
Andrea sat crying for a while before she finally left the hospital. She wondered why the hospitals in New York City kept turning her down.
“Could it be a rule here in New York or what?" She asked herself.
" No matter what happens, I'll do anything to save you mum,”She muttered to herself.On her way to her apartment, she accidentally stepped on a man's toe.But the man didn't take her sorry for an answer, he insisted she get him a pain reliever.
“My bad, I don't have enough money for that. “ After all, she didn't intentionally step on him.
She made an attempt to walk away, when the man pulled her by her hair and pushed her down, bruising her face, elbow and knee. Andrea gave out a loud cry, attracting the attention of passersby. She buried her face in shame and managed to stand up with the help of the little girl who was standing by the roadside.
" Next time, watch where you are going, you scumbag” The man said and hissed while walking away.
"Sorry Ma'am, are you really hurt? , you'll be fine, okay?”
The little girl said while trying to clean the injury with a piece of wipes from her school bag.
“Ma'am are you going somewhere?Are you in a hurry?
Could you wait a bit here, I'm waiting for my dad to come take me home, he's a medical doctor, he has a first aid box in his car.” Andrea wore an amused smile and nodded.
Few minutes later, a black BMW car pulled up by where Andrea and the little girl were standing. “That's my Dad,” the girl pointed with a smile.” I'll be back soon.”
She walked to where the car was parked, before she could say anything, 'Clara hop in, I need to catch up with someone, I'm already so late.’ “ Dad… there's a lady… Clara…… please.. we'll talk later” Cyrus cut her short.
Through the window, Clara yelled out - " Ma'am I'm sorry, my dad is in a hurry." Oh it's fine, what's your na… before she could ask for her name, the car had zoomed off.
Andrea had no choice, but to walk home. She was lucky the bleeding had stopped. While walking home, she thought about how her day went and felt like crying.
She couldn't help but think about her mum's health and swore to herself that she'd do anything she could to save her.
She dialed her mother's guardian number to ask about her health.
After speaking for a while, Andrea broke down in tears and wished her mom never got sick.
Mrs Rose, her mum, a teacher in a high school, slipped and fell in the school's bathroom one afternoon.
She had scripts to mark, before heading back home. She decided to quickly have a bath, then continue. While coming out from the bathroom, she slipped and fell hitting her head in the Jacuzzi bathtub.
Luckily for her, her colleague heard the fall and rushed to where she was. By the time he was there she was already unconscious.
He quickly rushed her to the school clinic for immediate resuscitation.
“Hello? Is this Andrea Jobs, I'm afraid your mom is in a critical condition now in the school clinic, she's advised to be moved out immediately to a good private hospital."
" What!? Oh my God. I'll be there shortly”
Andrea was terribly scared. She couldn't think straight as soon as the call ended.
Two hours later, Mrs Rose was rushed to the ICU in St Mary's hospital to receive proper treatment. Series of tests and X-rays were carried out on her.The results and X-rays showed that she had Hemorrhage, brain bleeding and needed to undergo surgery.
“Your mother is in a critical condition and if not acted fast, I'm afraid she may lose her brain completely resulting in psychosis or even death," said the doctor.
Andrea was shell-shocked. She knew she had to raise about a million dollars for the series of surgeries to be conducted on her mum. She wished she had siblings and also that her dad didn't pass away untimely.
After working tirelessly for two weeks, she was able to raise two thousand dollars.
Her friend suggested that she move to New York for better opportunities. “Andrea, you have two fuckin kidneys, sell one and save your mother, she whispered to herself and liked the idea.
After being to about three hospitals, none accepted her sale. She had really hoped that Dr Cyrus the popular billionaire would accept her, but she was turned down again.
Walking down home, she took out her phone from her pocket and searched which hospital in New York accepted the sale of kidney.
Results showed that, US as a whole prohibits sale of kidneys and that only donation without payment by a living donor or from a deceased donor is allowed.
No wonder she was turned down, but none of the hospitals could tell her outrightly that it was prohibited, rather she was lied to with different stories such as she doesn't look healthy, she was too young etc.
She knew selling her kidney was out of the plan.What can I do to raise such an amount, she asked herself.
With no answers to it. “Hmmm,” a sigh of pity followed.
In Cyrus's Villa, while Cyrus worked on his computer, Clara wouldn't stop gisting with him.
“Hire a mum”?
Clara nodded. The mummy and me day was fast approaching and her classmates wouldn't let her rest by their constant discussions of what their mum would wear on that day.
"It'll be for just the event dad, then you pay her and off she goes. “
I thought my mom really loved me, since she has refused to show up for my event, so let her be! “
Clara said amidst sobbing.
Cyrus looked at her with so much compassion. He knew how much she had missed her mum. For a while he couldn't really say anything, but pulled her to his chest, comforting her. He imagined the ridicule his 9 year old Clara would face on that day, if he didn't act fast.
As soon as he put Clara to bed in her elegantly well decorated room that reflected a loved and happy child, he turned on his system to get to work.
But
he wouldn't just focus, a feeling of loneliness and emptiness filled him.
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