Chapter 3: My daughter is hospitalized
It's been over a week since Enzo left the house and he hasn't called me and neither have I because I understand we're not in a cold war that is breaking up is ending everything that has nothing to do with each other.
I never had a moment of pleasure when my ex-husband left, even more, heartbreaking when I thought of myself as being cheated on and despised by him for the last five years.
"Maid?"
“Sexual slavery?”
“He never considered himself a wife… what about Min? Does he love our daughter?”
I don't want to know an answer.
Since I don't have to spend on three people, I don't need to do three jobs at a time, now I will spend a lot of time with my daughter and try to make up for the shortcomings in the previous period.
In the morning, I made bento and took her to school, I'll pick her up in the afternoon. But late at night, when Min went to bed, I was alone in the living room drinking and crying pitifully, but in the early morning the next morning, I quickly cleaned up and used perfume to deodorize to mask the alcohol smell.
It's lucky my daughter hasn't discovered anything unusual.
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Inside the office
The arrogant woman walks up to my desk, her name is Lina - Marketing Manager and I'm an employee here.
Lina brought a pile of papers down to my desk and said irritably:
“Hey Flora, hurry up and settle this document, stop being lazy.”
I'm not as lazy as she says, I know she's always jealous knowing I've had a handsome and charming husband.
“I already know, I emailed you yesterday, did you get it?” - I ask.
“I know how many things, those emails I'll see about later, do your job.” - Lina says and against her hips, she often shows herself to be very busy.
I know she's lying.
Because I only do one job, I also feel more comfortable, and no longer as tired and exhausted as before. Everything seems easier than before, sometimes when I have free time, I will also find a day job to do.
But before I was happy for a long, I received bad news.
Zada, a close friend of mine, telephoned that Min had suddenly fainted in the classroom and had been taken to the nearest hospital. When I heard that, I panicked, anxiety and restlessness were dominating my whole body, my limbs were shaking, and my whole body was wobbly and unsteady.
I quickly grabbed my coat and phone and ran out of the company to the surprise and confusion of all my colleagues.
I hurriedly caught a taxi coming in,
"Take me to Hospital X, my daughter is in danger, come on, come on.” - I earnestly urged the driver to drive, at this moment I am completely out of control like the madman who cries out.
"I got it." Are you okay?
“Stop talking, come on, come on!”
After arriving at Hospital X, I rushed straight inside at the information counter and said:
“Where is my daughter right now? Tell me quickly.”
“What's your daughter's name?”
“It's Min, Min Robert, where is she.” - I hurriedly spoke loudly to the old woman.
After finding out where my daughter was, I ran like a moth to it in the hallway without knowing how many people I bumped into. When I got to the hospital room where my daughter was, a doctor came out and asked:
Who are you?
“I'm Min's mother, I heard she had to be hospitalized so I got here quickly, what's wrong with her? Is it serious?” - I was afraid to shed tears, I couldn't let her happen anything.
The doctor looked at me and said:
“She's fine at the moment but… we know she already has heart disease, maybe now it's not a serious problem but if she doesn't have surgery soon, it's going to be life-threatening.”
“It's impossible, how could my daughter have heart disease, she's only three years old.” - I was struck by lightning through my ears, scared and horrified to hear the words of the doctor in front of me.
“Age has nothing to do with that.”
The doctor and the nurse wanted to leave but were held back by me, my face was filled with tears. I glimpsed Min lying quietly in the hospital room.
“What do I do now, please tell me.”
The doctor sighed and looked at me and said, his voice was a little tired:
“You come with me to the office, we'll talk more closely.”
"Okay, thank you." - I followed him.
After a little walk, there was an older man coming after me, and I realized that he was the driver who had just brought me there, why was he there?
“Why are you still here?” - I ask.
“You haven't even paid me how I can go.”
At this point, I realized that I had lost my mind, but inside I couldn't calm down when I heard the bad news from my little girl.
“I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it.”
The bad thing is not only hearing that my daughter has heart disease but also the amount of surgery and other expenses, when hearing the doctor say the amount of 65,000 USD per visit made me dizzy.
“I expect the baby to have surgery soon, which is good for her.” - The doctor
That day, I waited for Min to wake up and go home together, my heart was really confused and sad, my daughter was only three years old and had a heart condition that needed surgery or it would affect her life. , Min is my only relative, I can't lose her.
But where do I get that much money?
The current savings is only one-third of the hospital fees, despite borrowing a lot of friends and colleagues but still not enough to pay the amount requested by the hospital, if there is no money, the hospital will refuse to treat my daughter.
While I was having a headache thinking about what to do, I couldn't borrow anymore, and I couldn't keep my daughter waiting any longer, bad things kept surrounding me for years, and one bad thing ended. Another bad thing came, they kept coming after me and squeezing me.
I took my daughter to the doctor again, in spite of the hospital fee is not enough for treatment, the medical examination fee is possible.
“Hello, I had an appointment with Dr. Jack.” - I hugged my daughter and told the staff at the information desk.
“Let me see, here it is, you go straight to the red line under the floor to reach the cardiology department, Dr. Jack is in the office.” - The employee opens the book, is recorded, and speaks.
Min looked at everything in the hospital bewildered, unlike other children Min is a very quiet girl and does not like to talk much, I have never seen her actively go out to play nor have I ever seen her ask for anything. That is not good at all, many people will feel that Min is a good child but I do not feel that is "good".
"Mom, why do we have to go to this place, this place smells weird."
I smiled and explained, but didn't tell her how sick she was.
“We come here for routine checkups, everyone is like that, and the smell you smell is antiseptic.”
Min didn't ask anymore, her prying eyes were always looking around, not shaking, not shouting, not demanding like the children other.
After the examination, I left Min with some little friends in the room so I could talk to Dr. Jack alone.
“Dr. Jack, the amount of treatment for heart disease is almost enough at the moment, can I supplement it later? I... I'll be quick to get the money to pay for the hospital but my daughter can't wait.” - I was confused and embarrassed to tell the man in front of me, my daughter needed treatment so she couldn't wait.
The indifferent doctor shook his head, definitively answering:
“I can't interfere with this, if you can't pay the hospital fees, we can't provide the services, I'm sorry.”
“But….” - I watched the man leave, helpless in the heart.
I was tired and exhausted, I knelt on the ground, my daughter had to do something, Min couldn't wait for me to get more money, she needed urgent treatment or else…. I dared not think about it anymore.
My mind was being submerged under a sea of confusion and water, unable to think about anything else. Suddenly there was a hand on my shoulder, I looked up at it was a beautiful woman, she was smiling at me.
“Hello, are you Flora Susan?”
“Yes… yes, I am, who are you?” - I wonder at the beautiful blonde woman.
"I am Gemma Taylor - Enzo Robert's secretary, I have come to pay all the hospital bills for Miss Mindina Robert on Boss' orders."
"What? Secretary? Sir Enzo Robert, my ex-husband?" - I said in amazement, could not believe my ears, my ex-husband has a private secretary but before that, he did not have money and work. What's going on?
But before the secretary could reply, I was angry because I thought she must be making fun of my situation.
“Hey, don't talk nonsense, my ex-husband doesn't have money and work, he hasn't cared about our daughter before, why maybe….?”
The woman was extremely calm in front of my anger, she just smiled like a machine and said.
“You may not believe it, because I'm not obliged to explain these things, I just took Boss's orders and came here to solve them.”
I still don't understand what's going on, suddenly a strange woman comes and wants to pay the full cost for my daughter, maybe she's crazy or maybe she saw my embarrassing image that she just pitied?
Dr. Jack had just left and now he was rushing back, he came up to me and said:
“We will continue to treat Miss Mindina Robert.”
“But… I don't have enough money to pay the hospital fee, what happened?”- I looked at him in amazement.
The doctor shook his head, his attitude much more respectful and reserved this time than before.
"The hospital fee has been paid in full, sorry I didn't know Miss Mindina Robert is the daughter of Mr. Enzo Robert, I was rude just now, please forgive me."
Gemma standing beside me was very pleased with the doctor's attitude, she said arrogantly:
“Be careful with your words, Mistress Mindina Robert is the only child of Sir Enzo Robert, if something happens to Boss's daughter this hospital will collapse, and you will lose your job forever! "
“Yes, yes, I already know.” - The man bowed his head in a wry manner and said.
I stood there and still didn't understand what was going on, Gemma turned to me and smiled and said:
“Miss Flora, do you believe now? Boss can't meet you in person right now, so I hope you take care of Miss Mindian. Now I have to leave, see you soon.”
“I'm her mother and those things don't need your mention!” - I angrily shouted loudly.
I don't know what the hell my ex-husband is doing, but someone known as his personal secretary, is it really Enzo the husband I know? For five years, he hasn't even once cared about his daughter. It's important he doesn't have money, he doesn't have a job.
The more I thought this was absurd, the more likely it was that he actually had a large amount of money and used it to hire a beautiful woman to act as a secretary to come here and make me regret my decision to divorce him. A man of honor like him is very likely to do so.
And the big money to pay all the hospital fees, where did he get them from? I suspect he's got that money from an unclean, illegal source, but it's not as important as my daughter's life right now.
In front of me I needed help, although I didn't know why Enzo had so much money this favor I would definitely pay this, I didn't want to owe the man anything even the smallest.