Isabella’s POV
” How can you say that doctor? don’t tell me something so stupid and ridiculous”, I heard Justin say.
I couldn’t really tell what was happening, as I had just woken up. No one even seemed to have noticed, as they seemed to be in a serious argument. I looked around and found that that I was in a hospital.
” Where am I?”, I asked in a faint voice, as I sat up on the bed.
” Oh my god, Isabella!”, Justin said in a surprised voice and ran towards me and gave me a hug, ” I thought I’d lost you baby”, he added in a teary voice.
” Really? what happened? am I in a hospital?”, I asked as I still felt a bit woozy.
” Yeah you are and we’re leaving real soon, okay?”, he said to me,” besides, you passed out before, so I brought you here”, he explained.
” Oh okay. But can we leave now? we’ll be late for the play”, I said in surprise, as I remembered the play the twins had talked about.
” What play honey?”, Justin asked me.
” The twins’ play at school. How could you forget?”, I asked him in a sulky face.
” Wait, are you talking about the Christopher Columbus play?”, he asked me.
” Yes of course. Amelia has been reminding me for weeks, babe”, I said to him.
” Honey, that’s already happened”, he said to me as he held my hand, ” the play was last week”, he said.
” No that can’t be”, I said to him, ” I remember Amelia telling me about it yesterday”, I explained to him.
” No baby. You probably need to get some rest”, Justin said, ” maybe we’ll take a little vacation once you get discharged, how does that sound?”, he asked.
” It sounds perfect. Though I really don’t understand how you would tell me that the play was last week. I’m really confused”, I said to Justin.
” Yeah, I get it. Just get some rest. I’ll be back in a few minutes to get you”, he responded. Then he and the doctors walked out of the room.
” I demand to know what’s really wrong with her immediately!”, Justin yelled. I could hear him from my room. Justin’s voice was always so intimidating whenever he got angry.
” Sir, it’s exactly what we told you before. Your wife has a temporal lobe tumor, so she’s going to gradually lose her memory except we have it surgically removed. But it’s going to be a bit complicated”, Doctor Luke said to him.
” But you said it was a relatively easy operation, so why the hell is it going to be complicated now?”, Justin asked the doctor.
” Well, your wife just recently had a baby via CS according to her records. So performing surgery on her now might not be the best idea”, the doctor said, ” we’ll have to wait a little longer”, he explained.
” And risk her losing more memories?”, Justin asked. ” There’s gotta be a safer way to do it quickly. I can’t risk her forgetting all our memories and I certainly can’t risk her dying. You’re gonna find a way that solves both problems, or I’ll take her elsewhere and I’ll withdraw my donation to this hospital”, he said. The doctors stayed silent and all bowed in apology. Then doctor Luke said to him, ” Our offer is the best we have. We suggest you keep her here for two weeks and then we perform the surgery right after that “.
” Hmmmm”, Justin hesitated, his eyes closed as he listened to his inner voice, ” fine! two weeks, just two weeks”, he said. Then I heard all the other doctors thank him.
” But she’s gonna be staying at home and I want a whole shift of nurses at home with her. Meanwhile, you doctor Luke, are gonna come home everyday to check-up on her until the day of the surgery”, Justin ordered.
” But sir…..”, Luke said.
” No buts, it’s either that or no donations or funds for your research”, Justin said.
Then I heard footsteps. They sounded regal, almost like those of Justin. I knew it belonged to someone powerful. I was curious to see the person, but scarcely had the energy to even sit up, let alone walk all the way there. Then I heard a new voice speak as the footsteps stopped.
” I don’t think it’s your place to order my employees around”, the voice said, ” they are mine to control, not yours”, he explained.
” And who the fuck are you?”, Justin asked.
” Oh sorry, where are my manners?”, the voice said, ” my name is Tristan Kelly, the current CEO of Kelly Medicals and the heir to the billion-dollar conglomerate, Kelly Group”, he said.
” Oh, I never thought I’d meet you. I know your dad. We’ve done business together, and I’m guessing you’re the Playboy, drug-loving son, he keeps on whining about”, Justin said.
” I guess my reputation precedes me”, he said laughing, ” I’ve a lot about you from my old man”, he said, ” and the only part of what he said that ever interested me was your hot wife”, he said. I immediately blushed, but soon felt a bit irritated.
” Nothing surprising there, considering your Playboy nature”, Justin said, ” but she’s off limits kid”, he stated.
” Sure she is, while she’s yours”, Tristan said with a chuckle, ” I’m just kidding, man”.
” I’m way too busy for your jokes. Anyway, I want a team of your nurses at my house for the next two weeks to nurse my wife and doctor Luke here to show daily to check up on her”, Justin said.
” Sure bro. Anything for your wife”, Tristan said to him.
” Yeah whatever. Send me the bill. I’m off”, Justin said and then walked into my room and one of his men came and carried me on his back. We headed out with a team of nurses. I tried to get a glimpse of Tristan, and God was he handsome. Our eyes met, and he waved. I couldn’t wave, so I just smiled at him as we left and got into the elevator. He kept staring at me, until the elevator doors closed shut.
I don’t know what it was, but there was something about him that gave me the chills, something dark and sinister.