Tux and Spell

Second Heartbeat

After making sure Molly was asleep. Roderick stood up… intending to leave the room. There was something he needed to talk to Jacob about, including giving her an IV and tracking down Maria's second heartbeat. Hendrcik just closed the door when he came out of the room, the figure of Margy came with a red face…he was in a hurry..and brought a glass.

"What's that?" Roderick asked the glass Margy was holding. He was holding a white glass, so that the contents inside the glass could not be seen from the outside.

"Tonic." Margy answered doubtfully.

"Tonic for?"

"Blood booster. It's not a magic potion you think… it's just a blood-boosting tonic that contains iron, zinc, vitamin K and vitamin B, the usual tonic you buy at the pharmacy to treat anemia.” said Margy and was thrusting the glass at Roderick.

"If it's an ordinary tonic… why did it take you so long to take it?" Roderick asked suspiciously.

“That's…that's because…because of Jacob! Satisfied? Did you do it on purpose? Huh… watch out… I'm going through!” Margy commanded an annoyed snort, indeed Roderick with his big body was blocking the way, because the blonde man was standing right in front of the door.

"You can't come in. Molly is sleeping, it's your fault you took too long." Roderick said grinning and walked into the living room. "Where's Jacob? I have to talk."

Roderick walked into the living room, there he found Jacob leaning his body on the soft sofa in the room. He saw Jacob massaging his forehead as he closed his eyes.

"Jacob!" Roderick greeted then sat right in front of Jacob.

Jacob opened his eyes and turned to Roderick. "How's Molly?" she asked a little worried. Jacob sat up straighter.

"Sleep…I think she's getting better." Roderick replied casually. Margy soon joined them, he brought three glasses of orange juice with ice. Margy sat down next to Jacob.

"What did Molly say?" Margy asked drinking the juice in his glass. Margy seemed to know that Molly had said something to Roderick.

"Why are you asking me? You were in the same room as me earlier!” Kilah Roderick. Molly had told her not to tell Jacob or Margy anything.

“Hufft….you forgot? I'm Molly's sister, just looking at her face, I can tell there's something she's hiding. What exactly? If you don't want to talk either… how can we help. We're a team, remember?" Margy gave advice to Roderick who refused to speak.

“Just a moment. You guys just skip to another topic. I don't know what's going on inside…anyone willing and kind enough to explain it to me?” Jacob protested, who had been waiting for anyone to tell him what had happened in Maria's room.

"You want me to describe what's going on inside?" Roderick asked nonchalantly.

Jacob nodded and covered his mouth, he waited for an explanation from Roderick.

“Well…basically. Molly cast the spell… many times, then when she cast it for the last time she looked different. Her face was transparent, her hair, eyebrows and eyelashes were white, her voice was strange…and at the last second before she finished the procession…Molly was shaking quite violently. Then he fell asleep, curled up because of weakness…I carried him, as he requested…wanted to rest in the room…and he was currently sleeping. There was a woman who said she promised to bring a tonic that she said would help… but from the start she never arrived… I don't know what she was doing in the kitchen.” Obviously Roderick was sneering at Margy who was blushing red.

“I was just worried about him…I made sure he was okay!” said Jacob.

“Hmm…but the one who is weak from expending a lot of energy is my Molly…why are you worried about Margy!”

“Because…..You dip s**t! Because if I hug and kiss Molly it's impossible. I can't and won't want to. So I kissed and hugged Margy! Understand?" Jacob answered in a slightly raised tone. Margy lowered her face deeply, she was so embarrassed that Jacob finally leaked the incident in the kitchen. The man immediately attacked him…with a reason of concern.

"Ha ha. Found out too!” Roderick replied laughing loudly. “Molly said earlier… the chances that Maria will wake up are tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. And considering that the child doesn't eat and drink while he sleeps…we should give him an IV…so that his body doesn't go limp when he wakes up!” Obviously Roderick was repeating his conversation with Molly in the room.

“Ah… yes it makes sense. I'll call the nurse tonight." Jacob said to Roderick.

"Then?" Margy asked with raised eyebrows.

“Molly said she healed her memory, she told the memory to erase the bitter parts of her life…and just reminded her that there was Robby as her sister, Manuella as her mother and there were some people who loved her…us.” Roderick continued…explaining what Molly said.

Jacob nodded. Margy who seems dissatisfied.

“I…even though I don't have the same power as Molly, I know very well the contents of the spell…then when Molly stroked Maria's body…her face changed slightly. Molly must have sensed something was wrong. I'm his sister…Roderick, I can tell by the look on my brother's face! You still want to dodge?" Margy said curtly.

"Well...then you'll just ask Molly." Roderick replied nonchalantly.

Margy snorted in annoyance. She couldn't just sit still…she was already curious about what was going on, and Roderick had refused him many times to speak the truth.

"Don't you know? When Molly cast the spell…for a moment, it was an ancient spell that required a lot of energy, not just anyone could cast it…then…Molly did it, this was my sister's first time casting it, and since it's a very powerful spell…it might not be only erased Maria's memory, but also Molly's. She fell asleep right after?” Margy said scaring Jacob. Actually, Margy knows exactly, nothing happened to Molly, her sister is a strong person with the most stable energy that Margy has ever met. Nothing like that could happen to her sister. She did this lie just for Roderick to talk to her.

"What? Why didn't you tell me? What if Molly lost her memory too?!” Roderick was hysterical with a beard on his face. He ruffled his blonde hair a few times. Jacob only glanced at Margy, it seemed that Jacob had understood that this was just Margy's creation.

"Yeah, it's up to you. I might be able to help if something untoward happens, as you know… even though I'm not as strong as my brother… I also have witch blood in me.” Margy said with a serious face.

Roderick rubbed his face again roughly. He didn't know it would be like this. If the risk was this heavy, he wouldn't let Molly do it. "Then, how?"

“Tell me what happened? What my sister said…so I know, and can be on the alert in case anything happens.” Margy said, in her heart Margy smiled contentedly, it seemed like she would succeed in getting Roderick to speak.

"Hmph. Molly said. She heard another heartbeat in Maria's body, Molly wasn't sure yet…that's why I was told not to tell you. Later when Maria wakes up…we can take her to the doctor.”

"What!!!!" Jacob and Margy shouted at the same time.