Chapter 3 Heartache
Hector had barely finished his sentence when the patient monitor began to beep.
Matthew replied, “I heard you, Grandpa. I’ll marry the eldest daughter of the Wade family.”
He wanted to reassure his grandfather.
Nicolas and some hospital staff had arrived then and began giving him emergency treatment. They eventually wheeled Hector to the ICU.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth frantically peppered the ICU staff with questions.
“When can my daughter leave the ICU? Can I go in to accompany her?”
Her anxiety was palpable, and her eyes reddened, threatened by a fresh wave of tears.
The nurse answered, “She needs to stay in the hospital overnight for observation. You can come back in twenty-four hours. We’ll take good care of her.”
Elizabeth was hardly going to leave the hospital without her daughter, though she still nodded and said, “Thank you.”
Half an hour later, Matthew arrived at the ICU entrance, where a waiting nurse greeted him.
“How is my grandfather doing?”
The nurse checked the files in her hand and replied, “ Hector is still in a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We need to observe him for twenty-four hours. The director has prepared a lounge for you.”
Every hospital staff knew who Matthew Hilton was. He was a close friend of their director, Nicolas, and he had visited his grandfather at the hospital almost daily for the past six years. They admired his filial piety.
Matthew acknowledged the nurse’s explanation with a nod. “I understand.”
He turned around after that, and he noticed that a woman hunched over in the corner of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled and her head buried between her knees. It was a pitiful sight.
Matthew removed his coat and draped it over the woman before heading for the elevator.
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