Mrs. Waters glanced at Jane and then at Nana. “Carl needs you now. The doctors are in the middle of an emergency, and you know how he feels about you. Your presence will help him recover faster.”
“What happened to Carl? Why is he in the emergency room? I’ll go there right away!”
As soon as Nana heard that Carl was in trouble, she wanted to remove her IV needle and rush over there immediately, but Jane stopped her.
“What are you doing? Haven’t you heard what the doctor said? When will you start caring about yourself?”
“Jane, Carl…”
“Are you a doctor? Will everything be okay if you go there?”
Jane’s words calmed Nana down. She knew that Nana was worried sick about Carl’s condition.
“I understand that you’re anxious, but what can we do besides worrying right now? You should focus on taking care of yourself first. Do you think Carl wants to see this kind of situation?”
With that, Jane held onto Nana’s hand and gently guided her back to bed.
Nana nodded and looked at her IV bag before saying, “Mrs. Waters, Jane is right; I shouldn’t make things worse by going over there when I can’t help him anyway.”
“As soon as my IV is done, I’ll head over there.”
Mrs. Waters sighed with frustration; she knew that Nana was trying to negotiate with her again.
“This girl! She doesn’t even want to give up a needle when my son’s life is on the line! And she listens blindly to whatever her friend says!” Mrs. Waters thought angrily but restrained herself because she needed her help desperately right now.
“Don’t tell me that after turning my son into this state, not even a little bit of guilt crosses your mind?! Now something as simple as an IV could kill you?! My son is in danger!”
When Nana heard Mrs. Waters mention Carl again, she couldn’t control herself anymore and wanted nothing more than rushing over immediately.
Jane grabbed onto her arm tightly which caused some pain for Nana who reminded herself not act impulsively under these circumstances.
Nana gritted teeth together firmly before speaking, “Mrs. Waters, I do feel guilty for what happened, but it was only moments ago when you kicked me out, and besides, the doctor told me specifically to take care of myself…”
“You…” Mrs. Waters became so angry with this response from Nana that she slammed the door hard. Jane continued speaking while trying to calm everyone down, “Mrs. Waters , I know how much you love Carl, and Nana is worried about his condition. That’s why she’s been here for days. But, you just kicked her out moments ago, and now you want her to come back. I don’t think that’s fair.”
“If Carl recovers later, do you think you should let her stay or not?”
“Remember, she’s carrying the Waters family’s blood in her belly. A pregnant woman can’t handle too much stress. If you keep calling her out like this every day and drive her away a few times, it will affect the baby.”
Mrs. Waters looked at Jane and Nana. “Are you two trying to negotiate with me?”
Was she someone who could be threatened? Now that her son was in trouble, she was desperate and had agreed to their request.
“If my son recovers this time, I won’t disagree with your request during this period of time. But you have to stay by his side all the time and take care of him, understand?”
Nana nodded vigorously. “Yes!”
“Where is Carl now?”
“In his hospital room.”
After getting the answer, Nana immediately removed the needle from herself and ran towards Carl’s room while pushing past Mrs. Waters on the way.
Mrs. Waters didn’t mind and quickly followed behind.
Jane glanced at the needle left on the ground before picking it up and inserting it into the IV bag so that none of its contents would spill onto the floor.
Earlier when Jane stopped Nana from speaking with Mrs. Waters directly was because Mrs. Waters was anxious about her son’s condition at that moment; so when would they talk? Should they wait for Nana to go beg for forgiveness later?
This opportunity came just right as helping Nana also helped herself get out of this situation.
…
The Water Moon Community.
Patrick was busy planning for North Bay Amusement Park while Jane watched beside him occasionally chiming in.
“Patrick, can’t we make this location more convenient? Closer to a high-speed rail station perhaps? It’ll be closer to downtown area too which makes it easier for people coming from other cities.”
“You’re thinking what I’m thinking! The people below aren’t very cooperative with my plan so I have no choice but do everything myself.”
Jane sighed before leaning on Patrick’s shoulder, “Looks like you still have some work ahead of you then. I thought today’s work would end earlier than expected; I already knew what I wanted to eat.”
Patrick pinched her chubby cheeks, “What do you want to eat then? I’ll treat you twice.”
“Sushi.”
“That works out perfectly because there are fresh salmon sashimi delivered today along with other sushi ingredients. You can go check them out yourself.”
“All right, I’ll make some cuisine dishes for us soon enough!”
Jane went to the kitchen and opened the fridge, looking at the sashimi inside. She sighed, “You really know how to enjoy life with this tens of thousands worth of sashimi at home.”
As she worked in the kitchen, she turned her head and saw Patrick coming out with his laptop. He sat in a corner where he could see her.
They smiled at each other and continued their work, occasionally glancing up to quietly accompany each other.
The knife slowly fell down as Jane sliced through the fish. With gloves on, she slowly made sushi.
Finally, she finished plating it all.
“Mr. Pansy, please enjoy your meal.”
Jane presented Patrick with sushi and sashimi in front of him. He took a bite and nodded approvingly, “Mmm… very good.”
“If it’s delicious then eat more,” Jane said as she began feeding him one piece after another until he finished everything on his plate.
After finishing his meal, Jane reached out her hand towards him but Patrick put his chin down instead causing Jane to roll her eyes before extending her hand again.
“Aren’t you supposed to be an ice-cold CEO? Why are you doing this?” asked Jane.
“Nowadays everyone is doing this online especially you girls who love taking photos like these then posting them on social media,” replied Patrick.
“I’m not like that! I’m just asking for my tip or else I cooked for you for nothing!” exclaimed Jane as she extended her hand once more saying, “Mr. Pansy, don’t cheat me now!”
Patrick nodded, “Can’t say for sure.”
“You can’t do that! You can’t cheat me!” retorted Jane before laughing when Patrick lightly scratched her nose. “Go help me peel an apple then I’ll pay you back double what I owe!”
“What you said, this deserves a double tip!”
Jane rushed to the coffee table, picked up an apple, and started peeling it.
“Ah!”
She suddenly exclaimed, and Patrick immediately ran over in concern. “What happened? Did you cut your hand? Why so careless?”
Patrick took her hand and examined it carefully.