“P… please sir… you s… should go back… I… I don’t want… you and her… to… she will misunderstand you again,”Patricia said with great difficulty in breathing as Logan shook his head for her to stop talking. She was lifeless and could barely keep her eyes open. Her skin looked as if it would fall off anytime soon and large dark circles were around her eyes
“Please patty… we are friends…just calm down y… you will be fine”Logan whispered as he tried to make her stop struggling, but the lady was looking uncomfortable especially with several tubes connected to her, she was sweating than normal, and he feared something bad would happen to her. The security guard at her villa had called him that patricia suddenly collapsed and fell down the stairs
“S… sir… I’m…delighted for… everything you have… done for me… I… didn’t mean… to cause so… much trouble,”she said and closed her eyes for a while, tears lingered in her eyes as she bit back a sob. It had a only been a month since she started working for Logan and throughout her life he was the only one who showed her that a person could be happy no matter the situation
“Don’t talk… the doctor is preparing for your treatment… you will be fine”it was heartbreaking to see someone fighting for their life just like his secretary had been doing all her life. He was unaware that the same person who worked hard since he employed her was suffering from lung cancer, and it was on its last stage. And lately, she had been given chemotherapy, but it seemed she was just getting worse with every session. The doctor who was responsible for her told him it was too late to do anything
“I…wronged her a lot… but… but I just felt jealous… she has… you… an amazing husband any woman would wish for… and I felt bad”Patricia said, and this time tears flooded her face as she let out a few sobs. She didn’t mean to admire her boss but he treated her more human than the man she had lived with for five years, her husband who didn’t care about her even when he found out she was dying. Yes she felt jealous of her boss’s wife but she didn’t mean any harm she just felt bad and lonely, tears rained down her cheeks even more such that even Rhea who was outside the door watching how the lady was fighting for her life felt a knot tighten in her chest, she didn’t even have the slightest idea that the lady she hated, the lady she said was out to destroy her marriage was also married but lacked love not just that but of what she heard, her husband didn’t care about her, and now she was dying of cancer
“She’s a strong woman”Rhea who was wiping her tears heard a male voice say and when she looked to her side, she saw an elderly man probably a doctor standing beside her as they both looked at Logan trying to comfort Patricia
“S…shouldn’t you go in there and do something”rhea whispered, but the doctor shook his head helplessly
“I’m afraid there’s nothing we can do… she’s tired and won’t make it if we do another chemo on her… her lungs are destroyed… if only she had listened to me and started her treatment early”the doctor remarked in a helpless voice and Rhea looked at him then to Patricia lying in a narrow hospital bed with Logan sitting on a chair besides her. She felt guilty and thought her husband was having an affair with his secretary, but it was a complete opposite
“H… how long has that man… well…”rhea started, and the doctor looked at her with a faint smile
“You mean you husband?”he asked which shocked rhea wondering how the doctor knew that she was Logan’s wife and the doctor just smiled even more
“He told me that he was married and judging by the way you are standing here I’m convinced… you didn’t know what was happening”he lamented and again guiltiness washed over her, all this time she made wrong assumptions about Logan’s character.
“For two years I have never seen Patricia come for check up with anyone here but the nice gentleman… did more than her husband had done really”he added and Rhea looked down. Of course, she knew Logan was kind at heart, and hence he felt sorry for the lady. It didn’t take time before no voices could be heard and rhea who had been sitting on a chair outside the door looked up when the door opened and a tired-looking Logan walked out
“Hey”he said, he knew Rhea had followed him to the hospital. Rhea walked to him, feeling ashamed for whatever she had done. After the doctor talked to her, he went in to stabilize the patient but with the way Logan was looking she knew something bad must have happened
“Are you okay?”she asked not sure what to say to him because it was awkward that she followed him secretly
“She’s… dead I guess”Logan mumbled and pulled Rhea in his arms and Rhea felt like crying. If only she had given him a chance to explain himself, but she judged him, and now she felt bad for not talking to him maybe she would have helped out with Patricia’s critical condition or even had been friends with the poor woman
“What about her husband… why isn’t he here?”she asked as she held the sides of his face and Logan lowered to plant a kiss on her lips and pulled back
“The bastard never cared before I’m sure he’s busy celebrating that she’s now gone”he got a chance to knock some sense into Patricia’s husband, but the man was a complete bastard who knew his wife had cancer but treated her badly. In fact, the night he was supposed to go on a date with rhea, he found Patricia lying in the middle of the road beaten to death and when he took her to the hospital that was when he found out that his secretary had cancer and in its last stage
“I’m… I’m sorry… I feel ashamed… I’m sorry”she apologized, but no amount of apology would make up for all that she has done to Logan
“Wait for me… I need to sign some papers… I’ll explain from the start once we get home”he held her face and murmured with a smile and Rhea nodded and moved away from him and watched as several doctors entered the room Patricia was in while the doctor from earlier went away with Logan,
“Sia was right… I overreacted,”she mumbled and felt like slapping herself, but she had to wait for Logan to clear the air and explain exactly what was going on and why he didn’t tell her that he was just helping his secretary get treatment.
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Meanwhile, Sia was in one of the Alvaro rooms getting rid of the stains on her dress. Apparently some water spilled some red wine on her blue half shoulder mermaid tail dress which exposed her back and had a long slit opening up to her middle thigh high
“That stupid fool… it looked as if he did it on purpose”she said in frustration as she scrubbed to get the stain out, in such cases she wished to just change and get out of the disgusting dress which she was going to do because she strictly asked Emiliano for another dress since she and him were going to be on stage addressing the guests later on, and she was not going out there with a dirty dress, and hence she would wait until the man knocked on her door, so she could change. Already Carmen had told her that the night was special for her and emiliano, and hence she needed to look pretty
“It’s useless”she said and tossed the wet cloth away turned off the water and wiped her hands just as she heard the bedroom door open. Currently, she was in the bathroom and with a huge smile, she fixed her hair and made her way out because Emiliano had gotten her new dress so quickly
“Finally hubby how did you…”she said happily as she opened the door and stepped out only to stop as he legs froze seeing the person standing before her looking all crazy with messy hair and dressed in all light blue hospital clothes and it was none other than
“Angel?”she said his name and Angel who had a smirk on his face took small steps towards her and took out a gun and pointed it at her
“Hello sister in law… glad to see me”he said as his smirk doubled and sia stepped back out of fear seeing a crazy man pointing a gun at her, she was bound to be scared.