CHAPTER02
1079 Words
Celyn rushed into the hospital and met the doctor standing with her business crush, Mr Carlo Buenavista.
She looked away immediately so they wouldn't see her. She came in through the left door while the two men stood on the right.
Celyn didn’t hesitate to use the lifter up to the reception room where she would wait for the doctor.
She was disturbed in her heart.
“Could this be the reason why the doctor called me?”
“I don’t remember discussing Mr. Carlo Buenavista with anyone else, even Yna doesn’t know the reason why I asked for his details.” Celyn murmured to herself.
“Excuse me Doc, is that not Miss Reyes?” asked Mr. Carlo.
He had already noticed her when she stepped down from her car through the hospital glass door.
Immediately, the doctor looked towards the direction he sighted Celyn and, with a smile on his face, he affirmed that it was her.
He went further to ask Mr. Carlo how he got to know her.
Mr. Carlo smiled and told the doctor never to mind.
They exchanged pleasantries, and he left, while the doctor went back to his office.
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The doctor rushed back to his office.
Celyn was already worried about why the doctor would ask to see her immediately.
She was obviously looking drained already.
“Good day Doctor”, Celyn greeted coldly.
“You said my attention was needed urgently.”
“What is it? "What could be the matter?” Celyn fidgeted.
“You’ve got to calm down, Miss, it’s about your mum. She…”
Celyn couldn’t wait for the doctor to finish what he had to say when she held onto the doctor, asking him what was wrong with her mother.
“Miss Celyn, you really need to calm down and hear me out. Your mum had a sudden cardiac arrest.”
“When we ran some tests on her, we discovered she had congestive heart failure.It’s almost in stage D and that is what led to the sudden cardiac arrest,” the doctor explained to Celyn.
Celyn demanded to see her mum immediately.
She couldn’t bear to hear all that without seeing her sweet mother.
The doctor led her to the special ward where her mother was. She was fast asleep.
“Doctor, will she be okay?” Celyn asked with her teary voice.
“We will do our best to make sure she survives this stage”. The doctor replied,
“Survive it, what do you mean by that Doc.?” Celyn asked sharply.
“My dear, this last stage of congestive heart failure has advanced symptoms that don’t get better easily with treatment, and it’s the final stage of heart failure.”
“Her survival chances are low due to her age, but in the meantime, we will place her under hospice care and continuous infusion of inotropic drugs.” The doctor explained.
Celyn quietly sat close to her, held her hands and cried uncontrollably.
“She will be fine, Miss.”
“Good thing she was brought in right on time. "She’s under our surveillance now.” The doctor said politely and begged to take his leave.
The warmth touch from her mother, who was awake, already woke Celyn, who was watching over her before she dozed off.
“Mum, how’re you feeling? I’m here for you, and you mean the whole world to me. "I love you so much, mummy,” Celyn said tenderly as she fought back her tears.
“My little Angel, I’m going to be okay. "Don’t worry,” Mrs Reyes replied as she gave a weak smile.
“How did the meeting go?” Mrs Reyes asked.
Celyn took after her mother’s ambitious nature. Mrs Cristina has always been a steadfast woman.
Running the company over the years and handing it over to her daughter was one of her best decisions. And she believed Celyn would make her proud.
“It went so well mum, everything is in order”, Celyn replied faintly.
Celyn didn’t want to open up to her mum about the current situation of things in the company, she had to cover up.
It was already 9pm, Celyn was still in the hospital. She can’t imagine going back to the mansion and meeting her mother’s absence.
Celyn kissed her mom, who was already asleep on her forehead, and went to the doctor’s office.
She suggested that her mother should receive treatment at home, but it was never going to happen.
“You’ve got to go home now, Miss. Your mother is under our surveillance, she will be okay,” said the doctor.
After a brief conversation with the doctor, Celyn left for her mansion.
Stepping into her car, her lover called her.
“Hey babe, why have you not been picking up my calls since?” Her lover asked calmly.
“I had a terrible day! "My mum was rushed to the hospital while I was at work. I had to rush down immediately to the hospital to see her,” Celyn said in a weak tone.
“Where are you at the moment so I can come pick you up? You sound so exhausted”. Her lover asked, feeling so concerned.
“I just stepped into my car and was about to leave the hospital already,” Celyn said.
“Let me come drive you home, my Angel, you can’t focus as you’re driving.”
“Just relax in your car. "I will come in a cab because you’re with your car. "I will be there in a jiffy,” her lover said from his end.
Celyn was obviously really exhausted, and she really needed someone to drive her home at that point.
She waited patiently for her lover to come drive her home.
She had still dozed off again in her car when he arrived.
The knock on her car window woke her up.
He gave her a mild kiss, took over the driver’s seat and they drove off.
“I’m sorry you have to go through all of this,” Celyn's lover said as his voice became soft and soothing.
Celyn allowed him to carry her to her room when they got to the mansion as she was slightly weeping.
Celyn has never really felt life this tough.
She has always been a mummy’s girl. Now she’s shuffling between the company and her sick mother all by herself.
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