The next moment, Victorino’s figure appeared in the doorway.
When Allyce saw Victorino, it was like seeing a saviour: “Doctor Griego!”
“Has the gentleman not woken up yet?” asked Victorino suspiciously when he saw that Severo was still lying in bed.
“No, I couldn’t wake him up.” Allyce spoke in panic, her eyes already red.
“What?”
Victorino sniffed, frowning, as he immediately put down the things in his hands in a nonchalant manner and approached the bed.
“Sir?” He called tentatively before reaching up to flutter his eyelids, his expression instantly grave when he saw that Severo was still in a deep sleep and not responding at all.
“Doctor Griego, Severo, what’s wrong with him? I expected an answer from Victorino and at the same time I feared what I did not want to hear from Victorino.
“It looks like he’s just sleeping, I’ll check him out first.” Victorino finished with a rude look and began to physically examine Severo.
Severo’s face looked much younger than yesterday, which could mean that the antidote he had developed was working, but why wasn’t he waking up?
Allyce was anxious, but she had not forgotten that Alonzo needed her care.
He calmed down, knelt down in front of Alonzo and said: “Alonzo, can we go and eat first?
Alonzo looked at her and returned his gaze to the bed, then held out his hand and pointed, with his serious and puzzled little face, “Papa …”.
Allyce understood that Alonzo was asking why his dad hadn’t come up for dinner….
“Dad is still sleepy, let him sleep a little longer, okay? We’ll go eat first and then he’ll get up when he’s had enough sleep.” Allyce stroked Alonzo’s face and coaxed him gently.
Alonzo hesitated at her words and, after a few seconds, seemed to understand what Allyce meant and nodded obediently.
Allyce took Alonzo to the dining room, took care of him during breakfast and then went to the living room.
Severo did not wake up and Allyce was so preoccupied that she had no appetite for food.
He picked up toys for Alonzo and told him to play with them on the side before approaching Victorino and asking him: “How are you?
Victorino frowned sharply before saying: “There is nothing physically wrong with him and he is not unconscious, the test results show he just fell asleep.
He said the last three words with some difficulty, as if he found it hard to understand that Severo could have fallen asleep like that.
Almost immediately, Allyce’s face changed: “When will she wake up?
It would be good if Severo’s health was intact, but it was not good if he was asleep and never woke up.
Because the situation seemed too strange.
How can a person remain asleep and not be awakened?
“Sorry sir, this must be a problem with the K1LU73 virus antidote, it didn’t happen when I was experimenting on animals before.”
Victorino finished taking a deep breath and rubbed his forehead hard, looking annoyed and shy.
“Animals and people are different, and you wouldn’t want that to happen. But you did the best you could, and Severo trusted you, his trust will not be questioned, when you brought him the antidote he didn’t even think about it and drank it straight away, he trusted you a lot, you have to trust him too, he’ll be fine.
Her words were addressed to Victorino, but her gaze remained on Severo’s body, and she was not sure whether the last sentence was a consolation to herself or to Victorino.
After a few seconds, Victorino turned his head to look at Allyce and then spoke solemnly: “Madam, thank you.
For the past three days, he had worked tirelessly on the antidote, experimenting and researching endlessly, and felt confident and proud when the antidote was done.
But Severo’s current state still made him feel a little self-conscious, and in general he felt responsible for Severo being in the state he was in.
And Allyce’s words comforted him.
Allyce could probably guess what I was thinking and paused to say, “Doctor Griego, you don’t have to do this”.
“Sir doesn’t know when he’ll wake up, so I’ll connect him to the nutrient solution, so you’ll have to be a little more careful, ma’am.”
“I know.
When Victorino left, the composure Allyce had maintained disappeared for a moment.
She was only pretending to be calm in front of Victorino, but if she didn’t reassure him like that, his self-confidence would take a big hit and that would have a profound effect on him.
Dr. Griego has been so tired lately that he has hardly rested for Severo and the development of the cure.
And Severo would be like this because of her.
“It’s all my fault. Allyce sat on the edge of the bed, clutching Severo’s hand tightly, unable to hold back the tears.
He just remembered that Alonzo was here, so he didn’t shout.
She wept silently and wiped her tears again.
In the days that followed, Allyce stayed by Severo’s side day and night. He was unable to care for Alonzo and left Neto to pick him up.
Now she had to deal with Severo on the one hand and Alonzo on the other, which was definitely too much for her.
Allyce stayed by Severo’s side, not daring to sleep or leave, fearing that he would wake up suddenly or not wake up at all.
Every day, she watched over Severo, rubbed his body, sometimes wandered off, and when she was too tired to stay awake, she lay down in front of the bed for a while, but soon woke up again.
That day, Victorino had just left to change Severo’s bottle of serum when Allyce gently placed his hand on the back of Severo’s, fearing that it would get cold.
“You need to wake up soon, it’s been five days, I haven’t seen Alonzo for five days, I miss him a bit, don’t you miss him?”
Allyce rambled on, after a while she felt a bit tired, she looked at the bottle of saline, it was almost full.
“I’m really sleepy, I’m going to take a nap, you have to wake me up if you energize me oh.” Allyce said in, placing a kiss on Severo’s lips.
Although Severo’s bottle of serum was still full, she feared she had overslept, so she set the alarm clock and then fell asleep on the edge of the bed.
She didn’t know how much time had passed, but when she woke up, she found a soft mass underneath her.
He sat up with a jerk and found himself asleep in bed.