Anna POV
It was the final exam week before we had our summer break. I just finished my exam for today and left me 2 more days to go.
Today is my mother therapy schedule at the hospital. I pushed my mother's wheelchair to the stroke rehabilitation room and reported to the on duty nurse.The nurse took my mother wheelchair and pushed it to the room, I already made her appointment. I read my book for tomorrow exam while waited for my mother outside the room. I Tried not to waste my time.
It was already more than 1 hour when the nurse finally walked out of the room and approached me. I read my books seriously not aware of the nurse.
" Ms. Hart, can we talked inside?" the nurse called me. I looked at her and nodded.
" Sure" the nurse lead me to go inside the rehabilitation room.
" How is she?" I asked the nurse once we sat inside the rehab.
" She has some progress, but she needs to practice more to improve her muscle strength and coordination" the nurse explained.
" Maybe if we can make more schedule for her to practice here, like 3-4 times a week?" the nurse asked me.
I was glad with her progress, but to get more therapy seemed impossible right now. But I smiled anyway.
" I will think about it and check if it's possible to get 3 times a week. " I said
The nurse nodded and gave me the administration paper I should paid at the cashier.
" Dont forget to keep the medicine in time" the nurse said.
" OK, thank you, Rose." I thanked the nurse as I saw her name tag.
She smiled and showed me the way to my mother at the next room.
" Right here Ms. Hart" she said.
We walked to the pointed door, and found my mother waited for me in her wheelchair.
" How is the training?" I asked my mother. I squatted down and caressed her cheek. She looked tired.
" A bit exhausted but I'm fine." she said smiling.
" Nurse Rose said you have some progress." I said to my mother.
" I guess, I just need more practice." she said and I nodded
" Come on mom, let's get home." I said
I pushed my mother wheelchair to elevator and then pushed ground floor button. We waited until we got to the ground floor and the elevator door was opened. Then we walked to the pharmacy and handed the prescription. I put my mother wheelchair next to an empty seat. And I sat on the empty chair, while waited for her prescription ready.
I took my mother twice a week since she got the stroke attack. I used my saving to paid for the therapy and the medicine. And I realized my saving and payrol as a cashier will not enough for my mother additional therapy.
' I should look for another job during the summer break.' I told my self.
I could do double jobs and started search in the internet after i got home. My exam will be over the day after tomorrow.
" Victoria Hart" the pharmacian staff called my mother name.
I stood up and walked to the Pharmacist. She gave me and told me about the medicine.
After all done, I took my mother home.
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Mason POV
Ethan Grant had woken up yesterday after passed out for 2 weeks. He and his wife Emilia had a car accident.
We were happy that Ethan finally woke up. The doctor exam his condition. He said Ethan had a severe head injury. He still got so much pain in the head. He should not got stress or sad or had an overthinking of what had happen, until his head totally cure or else it will make it even worse and could cost his own life. That was the last thing we wanted to be happen.
I visited Ethan personally at the hospital and about to go back to the office, passing the pharmacy area when my eyes catch her. She looked sad and too much thinking as if she wasn't there, sitting beside a woman on the wheelchair. She wore her jeans and T-shirt and her brown hair were tied in pony tail.
I remembered she was the girl from the university when James gave speech 2 weeks ago. She asked for James signatures and photograph. She introduced her self to James, but I forgot what her name was.
The things that made me remember he, was her face. I remembered took her picture with James and when I looked at the picture, I was stunned that her face looked like Emilia, Ethan’s wife. Most people might not notice the similiarity, because she looked younger and thinner, and had different style with Emilia. But to my well trained eye, they looked the same even with different hair and eyes colour. The girl had brown hair and Green eyes, while Emilia had red hair and hazel eyes.
Emilia was a beautiful woman, She had shining skin, beautiful face and she dressed well. She got everything that she needed to make her beautiful and attractive.
This girls I saw, had the same beautiful face like Emilia, but she didn't get all the privilege that Emilia had, that's why people weren't noticed if they were like identical twin.
They were like 2 diamond, the first diamond had been cut and polished, and the other one was raw diamond.
I waited and observed her. She stood up when the pharmacian call Victoria Hart. And then she took the women on the wheelchair out after finished with the administration. I followed her to their house and waited there.
I called Jimmy, one of my man at the office to check on Victoria Hart daughter and gave him their addres.
After waited for about half hour, the girl walked out the house and drove her car to a restaurant. The restaurant hadn't open yet. She entered the restaurant and spoke with the staff there. And then she stayed at the restaurant. Not long the restaurant opened and I figured that she work there.
I got back to my office and asked Jimmy about her. Jimmy gave all data about Victoria's Hart daughter. All about her background and life.
I found out that Her name was Anastasia Hart. she was an undergraduate student in business school and got scholarship from Grant Enterprise. Grant Enterprise only gave scholarship to high grade student, so I assumed she was smart girl.
She lost her father when she was a teenager, and she lived only with her mother. She worked at that restaurant which I followed her. The data told me that her mother got stroke 2 months ago and unable to worked again.
Jimmy also got me her bank account resume. She took a lot of her saving in the last 2 months and her saving was running low. I guess it was for her mother medical reason. Now I know why she looked sad.
I'd been thinking for a plan, and she was just perfect for the plan. She had what we need right now. I just had to cut and polished the raw diamond.
I drove my car to the Grant mansion where James and his wife lived. I stopped at The security guard.
" Mr. Mason" the security guard greeted me and let me passed.
They knew me well. I am the head at Grant Security company. A company owned by James Grant in security field. I responsible for all Grant resident and company savety.
Jude, one of my man told me that James Grant already waited for me at his office. I stepped up to his office in 2nd floor and knocked on the door once I got there.
"Ccome in" he said from inside the office.
I walked in and found him sitting in his chair looking outside the window.
I saw sorrow and sadness on his face.
" Good evening James." I greeted him.
" Good evening David." he replied.
" How is Ethan ?" I asked him
“ He still get his pain attack, and always ask about her." he told me,
" And I can't tell him about Emilia. It will break his heart and I don’t know what might happen next"
I listened to him and we both knew it was too risky to let Ethan know about his wife.
" I can't lose him, Mason. He is my only child." He cried. He cant held his tear anymore. I knew he tried to kept it all this time, but what he had was overload him.
I'd been working with him as his personal guard for 10 years and never saw him cried for once, until today.
I walked closer to him. And I held his shoulder.
" I might know a way out. " I said to him.
I had this plan in my head how to save Ethan’s Life.
" How David?" he asked, raising his head to looked at me and waited for my answer.