780 PROTECTING CAYENNE’S KINDNESS
Feeling the tension between Kyle and the other n, Jackson approached them and handed his business card. It was the card that Tristan helped him to personalize.
“Good afternoon, gentlen. I’m Jackson Mondejar and I am Mrs. Dumrique’s secretary. She’s over there.” Jackson pointed at Cayenne and the n stretched their necks to look at her. “We’re here because one of the good citizens of your place – ”
“Ms. Yen! Ms. Yen!” A girl shouted while running in their direction. “It was ! I contacted your team!”
“Panyang!” One of the ladies yelled at her and the girl stopped running at once. The middle-aged woman who was chatting with the other ladies approached the girl and pinched her ear angrily. “Why did you do that?! Didn’t you see what happened to them already?! Stop being so willful!”
“Ma! Ms. Yen isn’t like those people. She would never do sothing horrible because she’s married to one of the most powerful n in the city. She has a reputation at stake!”
Cayenne could no longer take it while watching on the side as the young girl received her punishnt. With her bodyguards surrounding her for safety, she approached them and smiled.
“You are Epifania, right?” She asked and the young girl nodded her head. “You’ve done a great job. I am here because you asked help for Mr. Laborada.”
“Yes. Yes. It was . He needed help for the treatnt of his child. They were scamd before and they lost all their possession and his child isn’t cured.”
“Panyang! Shut up!” The woman yelled again but Cayenne stepped in this ti before the woman hit the child again. “Get out of my way!”
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“Don’t touch our madam or you will find yourself in jail.” Her bodyguard comnted which stopped the woman from hitting Cayenne. “We don’t know what happened before, but we are here to help. It’s up to you to believe it or not. At least, let our Madam do what she can.”
“I’ll lead the way.” Epifania said and walked to another direction, away from her mother and the other adults. “I apologize in behalf of their poor behavior. They’re just really concerned for Mr. Laborada’s child. Because of the situation in our community, not many people would bravely co to offer so help. When we heard that soone was willing to offer so help in exchange of a hefty sum, we pooled as much money as we could to give. I an, it is seldom to have soone who would co to help us in this place. At first, they sent dications and other things while they schedule her for an operation. Not many of us here have finished a decent degree. So, it took us a long ti to realize that we were being fooled. They said that a large amount of money is needed for the operation but we have nothing to offer anymore. Then, they suggested that Mr. Laborada should sell his kidney to earn money. He did. Then, those people suddenly vanished.”
“No wonder they acted that way.” Kyle comnted as they followed the girl. “Do you have any picture of that person who ca to help? Maybe we can trace them.”
“I have. I asked my cousin to take a picture of them.”
“You are very smart.” Jackson said and patted the girl’s head. “Are you studying?”
“Yes, sir. I’m currently in 6th grade.”
Cayenne just followed silently behind while observing the place that they passed by. It was a common setup for slum dwellers and she felt really bad for these people. There were kids loitering around with no shirts on and with their bloated stomach but skinny bodies, she could tell that they’re malnourished.
On another side, she could hear the noisy mahjong house. Even though they were having a problem to feed themselves, they would still gamble which most of the ti; they’d end up losing.
Cayenne kept her opinion to herself and just continued walking. Ten minutes later, they finally arrived in front of a small house which was made of light materials such as thin wooden boards and tarps. It could easily catch a fire if such an accident would happen.
Epifania went inside without knocking; well, there’s no point in knocking because the place didn’t have a door.
As a sign of respect though, Cayenne and her company stayed outside and waited for the young girl to co out and get them. Many children were looking at them already and so of them even asked Cayenne for coins.
“Martin, go and find another sundry store in this area and buy sothing for the children. Biscuits and juice should be fine. No candies for them.”
“Yes, ma’am.” Martin told the kids to follow him and they did. He looked like a mother duck with his ducklings following him in a long line.
Two minutes later after Martin left, Epifania ca out with Mr. Laborada. The man invited them inside even though his place was really small. Inside the shabby house, the bedroom, living room and the kitchen was just in one place.
Cayenne teared up as soon as she saw their situation because she often complained in the past. She questioned God why her job was so difficult, why her mother had to get ill and a lot more of whys. She never thought that sowhere out there, soone else had it worse than her.
Realizing that this would be recorded, she wiped her tears discreetly and faced the middle-aged man. She introduced herself and her purpose for coming over. She also showed him her work as proof to make sure that the man would feel at ease around them. Despite being scamd once, Mr. Julio Laborada still continued to hold on that soone with a good heart will co to help them.
He showed the stitches that he had after selling his kidney as well as the dical record of his child. “I know that I can’t get my kidney anymore and I might die soon, but ma’am, I want my child to live. I want her to enjoy her life. I don’t want her to stay in bed for the rest of her life.”
“Sir, I cannot say not to worry about anything but I hope that you will not lose hope. Epifania contacted us because she hopes for your child to live as well. In any case, that’s the reason of our visit here. Now, your place is quite far from the city and it would be ti-consuming if we keep going back and forth. How about you co with us to City B to get your child a full-body checkup? We’ll pay for your hospital bill, accommodation and als. You just have to bring your ID and other personal belongings.”
“Are you sure about that ma’am? I really have nothing else to give you.”
“We’re serious. My team chose you because they know your child is in need of imdiate care.”
After an hour or so, Mr. Laborada finally packed his things as well as his child’s. His daughter was already ten years old but she was shy around people and she rarely talked. The whole ti that Cayenne stayed inside their dilapidated house, the child spoke for, at most, ten tis. She stuttered whenever she talked which Cayenne thought was the reason why the child didn’t like to chat with them.
On their way back to the city, Cayenne called her husband and told him the progress of her work. She also inford him that she needs a place for them to stay near Senyu dical Hospital.
While talking to her, Stefan wrote sothing on a small piece or paper and handed it to Tristan. The man imdiately checked the place and called the current ntainance director of the apartnt which was owned by Stefan. Most of the tenants there were students and Dominic’s friends stay in this place as well to save money.
“Done.” Tristan muttered and Stefan told Cayenne about it.
Sitting on the passenger seat, Jackson was awed at how fast Stefan was to help his wife. She just said she needed an apartnt for the father-daughter pair, and not ten minutes later, Stefan said it was taken care of.
From having lunch until this mont, Jackson had been observing Cayenne to see how genuine the woman was. He wanted to know if she was wearing a fake facade in front of her viewers or if what they saw across the screen was the sa as the one off-cam.
[She’s really kind. I will do my best to protect this kindness.] Jackson thought and Cayenne had no idea that she gained a new loyal staff who would do everything to protect her.
anwhile, during the eting, Tristan received an e-mail which ca from an unfamiliar na but the content of the ssage was so familiar to him. He just couldn’t rember what made him feel like he was having a deja vu.
-I need help to know more about Jamie and Carina Malvar. Anything that you can find which is related to them – Ceres.
Since the eting was just about the sponsorship of the olympic which will be held in A City, Tristan quickly replied to the sender before exiting the page he opened.
He was currently attending the eting with Stefan and he couldn’t continue to slack off so; he promised to send the result in two hours. It wasn’t hard for him to track soone anyway.
[Jamie Malvar. Carina Malvar. Where have I heard these nas?]
Note: There’s another secret to Tristan’s identity which will be discussed in the next book “My Dumb Doctor, Please Look At ”. Please add it in your library and support it as well.
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