CHAPTER 12
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Claire said something unexpected.
“Yes sir”
There was silence in the room after that. Richard hadn't expected that reply from Claire. She expected a more emotional response from her, and with that response she gave, he was now totally embarrassed with himself.
He didn't know when he turned sheepishly and left the room. He muttered a sentence as he opened the door on his walk out.
“I'll call you by 12pm with the details of the venue and the dress you're going to put on that day; I am sorry Claire for my outburst recently”.
Without looking back, he left the room.
“I hadn't expected that to turn out the way it did. I expect a more memorable s****l encounter than the former one we had.”
“What's wrong with Claire? Or is it me?” crossed Richard's mind as he zoomed off the hospital looking distressed.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
“It's not yet 12pm, so why is he calling so early?” said Claire as she reluctantly picked up her cell phone to answer the call. She was now discharged from the hospital and in Richard's mansion.
With a distasteful and gruntful tone she answered,
“Yes Richard, I'm not ready yet, it isn't 12pm as you said.
“Good day ma, I'm sorry if you had expected another person, but we're calling from the hospital in Turkey.” a friendly but formal tone ran out from the cellphone.
“Uhn hospital! Turkey! Did anything happen to my mother?!” pronounced Claire in utter anxiety, her heart began beating and pounding. Her breath seized and the hairs on her body stood up in expectation of the news to come.
“Be rest assured Miss, your mother is fully recovered and is going to be discharged from the hospital today.”
“We weekly update the number given to us as the guidance of the patient, her health status. So I'm surprised you didn't know your mother has been doing fine for two weeks now, and has been undergoing some rehabilitative services.”
“As of today, she is very healthy and ready to be discharged.”
“Okay sir, thank you very much for the information, let me make plans with my fiancé on how she's going to be discharged” denoted Claire politely. Her legs swayed in joy in the process. She couldn't believe her ears.
“Ohh looks like you have no idea, but one of the numbers put forward as beneficiaries in her file arranged for her to be taken by a private jet to the newsline concert in Las Vegas today.”
“She's currently on her way there, to get prepared.”
“I followed hospital procedures to let every contact on this list be aware of the circumstances so far” the voice said, as if there were more than two numbers on that list.
Claire's cell phone number and Richard's own.
“Okay, okay, thanks once again” Claire uttered, trying to sound as composed as she could.
“How could he make such decisions without informing me first?”
“Does he not consider me important enough to make decisions regarding my mother again?”
She fumed about feeling left out in the affairs of her mother.
“Well, on the other hand, who am I to complain that my mother was driven out of the most expensive hospital in a private jet”? She contemplated trying to find justice for what Richard did.
“That's a luxury. And that's my life now!” she exclaimed.
“I have to get ready. Today is going to be splendid.”
“Mom is going to be around!”.
Another call came at that moment.
“My love”
"Richard, why was my mother discharged, and I wasn't informed?" Claire answered, not giving him a proper intro greeting at first.
“Oh s**t! How did you figure that out? I was expecting it to be a surprise, dear” voiced Richard in disappointment.
“It's fine. The impact was still made” Claire said dejectedly.
“Wear the red dress that'll be delivered to you soon. After that, a jet will be waiting to take you to the designated place”
“Why red?” Interfering Richard's speech with an abrupt question, her tone increasing as she asked the question.
“Are you challenging my decisions again!?” Barked Richard in anger at that moment.
“Uh-huh I- I'm so-sorry Claire, I didn't mean to raise my voice at you, I've just had a stressful day, that's all” muttered Richard.
It was only three times he had vocally apologized to anyone in the world, and that was his 3rd time. He had to reluctantly suppress his ego to say that.
He knew what he stood to lose if Claire didn't conform to his public marriage arrangements.
“It's fine sir” Claire said, with no emotion showing neither in her face nor voice.
She abruptly ended the call immediately after she made that statement.
“I have to endure Richard, at least he loves me. Who knows, I'll grow to love and cherish him” she said aloud in a way that tricked her mind to feel she was doing the right thing.
“I'm getting married to the most powerful billionaire bachelor in town. Aren't I lucky!?”
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