At SG Cancer Hospital.
This is the second ti Bella has arrived at this cancer facility. The first ti was when her mother underwent breast cancer surgery, and now she’s back for the second ti.
Walking into the hospital, she felt like she was trudging through mud. Her steps were heavy, and her heart felt tight.
What’s troubling her now is Tristan; she imagines he must be feeling sad about his father. She was also worried that Lewis Sinclair was not in town when William’s condition worsened.
As they enter the elevator and head to the fifth floor, Bella glances at Geoffrey. She asks, "Have you managed to contact Grandpa Lewis?"
"I called his butler, Alan, to update him about the situation. But I’m not sure when they’ll arrive here. I heard they visited Old Madam’s graveyard," Geoffrey explained with an apparent solemn expression.
"I see..." Bella no longer asks anything. Her eyes flicker above the door, focused on the number. She feels tense to know her father-in-law’s current condition.
Soon, the elevator finally arrived at the fifth floor.
The floor seed empty; no other patients could be seen, only a few guards in a few corners and a few nurses walking in the corridor or sitting at the counter near the lounge. Geoffrey led Bella down the left-wing corridor as if he knew where to go.
Later, Daniel appeared from a room near the end of the corridor. When he approached them, he wore Geoffrey’s worried and tense expression.
"Young madam," Daniel politely greeted Bella and gestured for them to follow him to William Sinclair’s room.
"How is my father-in-law, Daniel?" Bella asked.
"Ma’am, he was awake for a few minutes when we arrived here, but the pain he felt was unbearable; he lost consciousness again," Daniel said in a solemn expression.
Daniel continued to explain, "The doctor decided to let him rest and gave him painkillers and sleeping dication. We hope he can be less in pain before Old Master and Master Tristan arrive."
Bella nodded, agreeing with the doctor to let her father-in-law sleep. She could imagine how much he suffered from the naless pain that tornted him from inside.
Standing by the bed, looking at how thin and pale William Sinclair had beco, Bella couldn’t describe how sad she felt. Daniel had told her about her father-in-law’s imnse suffering, but he never expressed anything to them. He hides his suffering.
Tristan also said that his father blad himself for what happened in the past. William believed his illness was a punishnt from God for causing the downfall of their family by bringing a veiled woman into the family. For that reason, William never complained or whined about his illness to Tristan or Lewis Sinclair.
’Father, I hope you are alright... I hope God takes away this illness. Please stay alive; you should see your other grandchild, huh!?’ Bella prayed in her heart, hoping that God would take away William’s illness and stop torturing him.
"Ma’am..." Geoffrey’s voice pulled Bella back from her sorrow. She turned to look at him with teary eyes.
"Yes?" she asked while trying to hold her tears.
"Please take a rest first," Geoffrey said as he led her to the sofa set in the corner.
"How about Tristan? Is there any news?" Bella asked after sitting on the single sofa. She knows her husband only needs forty minutes to fly to this city.
"Yes, ma’am. I got a text from Dylan inford that they landed and are now heading to this hospital," Geoffrey explained.
Bella nodded weakly as she sighed deeply, feeling sowhat relieved that Tristan had finally arrived.
"Geoffrey, did you notice if I brought my bag here?" Bella asked. She completely forgot whether she had brought her bag.
When she left their house, her mind was preoccupied with her father-in-law. She was frightened to imagine he would leave them forever with no family around him. That’s why she didn’t care about anything; she just wanted to arrive at this place sooner.
"Noora gave your bag earlier. I placed it in the waiting room outside," Geoffrey said.
She only smiled, looking at Geoffrey out of the room.
"Ma’am, do you want to drink sothing?" Daniel approached her.
"No, I don’t need anything. But please check where Grandpa Lewis is now," she instructed.
"Yes, ma’am. I will check," Daniel said and left.
Later, Geoffrey returned with Bella’s bag before leaving the room.
Bella knew they were busy arranging sothing, and she didn’t plan to make them even more busy to take care of her.
She checked her cell phone and saw a few missed calls and text ssages from Tristan and Noora.
Bella read Tristan’s text, in which he inford her that he was boarding and asked her not to panic or be sad. This touched Bella; she felt she should give him strength, not vice versa.
’Hubby, why are you still acting strong? I hope you show your vulnerable side, too, huh?’ Bella silently cried as she read Tristan’s text ssage. But later, she tried hard to stop crying; she didn’t want Tristan to see her cry.
Bella tried to distract her mind as she continued reading a text from Aunty Noora.
A smile appeared on her lips as soon she saw Noora’s text.
"Young Madam, I know you will be busy there. But please don’t skip your lunch. If Geoffrey didn’t buy you lunch, no worries; I already packed a few snacks and milk in your bag. And don’t stress so much...I know Master William will be fine! I will pray harder for him!"
Bella checked her bag and found a few chocolate bars, healthy energy bars, and two small milk boxes.
She imdiately reply Noora’s text:
"Aunty Noora, thank you so much. Please continue to pray for my father-in-law. And please get in touch with Nick. Tell him about my father-in-law’s condition. If Grandpa has ti, ask him to co to this city."
She didn’t know why, but she felt her Grandpa should co. She thought Tristan’s Grandpa might need his best friend here.
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