Nicholas POV
THE NEXT MORNING
I groaned, stretching my hand to the lamp table as I searched for my phone, my eyes half closed. I felt the phone with my hand and I grabbed it.
“Yeah” I uttered into the phone, my voice rough with my eyes half closed as I placed the phone on my ears
“I have good news Nicholas” Anthony’s voice blared from the phone and I couldn’t help but take the phone far from my ear, frowning.
“Can you keep your voice down? You’re too loud” I grumbled, placing the phone back in my ears and laying my head back on the bed, intending to sleep on the call.
“This is not something I can’t remain calm about”
“Cut to the chase Anthony,” I said, frowning at his inability to see that I wasn’t in the mood for talks. I just wanted to continue my sleep.
“Don’t tell me you’re still on the bed Nicholas” Anthony said and I fell silent, lacking the strength to reply to him
“I want to continue my sleep Anthony and your call is making that an impossibility right now,” I said.
“All all right” I reached out to the phone again, about to take it off my ears “I just wanted to share the good news I found about that email you received yesterday but it seems like you aren’t interested so I’m going to just keep this good news to myself”
My eyes snapped open instantly as every drowsiness I felt dissipated into thin air “What about the hospital? Are they fraudsters or_”
“I think you should go back to bed Nicholas,” Anthony said and I quickly rose to my feet
“Anthony I’m sorry about how I behaved so can you tell me about this good news,” I said, trying to sound calm as I desperately wanted to hear what he wanted to tell me.
“say please ” Anthony ordered.
“What!” I exclaimed in shock, definitely not expecting that request from Anthony.
“Say please Nicholas” he repeated.
“Are you blackmailing me to beg you?” I asked, shocked by Anthony’s request.
“It’s not blackmail Nicholas. It’s a request that I want from a brother. Is it that hard to say please” Anthony asked, his tone laced with
I gritted my teeth as I breathed in and out slowly, shutting my eyes as I tried to calm my nerves.
“Please Anthony can you share with me this good news,” I said, my voice very calm.
“Hmm let me think,” Anthony said then fell silent and my hand trembled in a fist. “Okay I tell you now” he finally agreed
“You’re a pain in the ass Anthony,” I said, gritting my teeth.
“That’s why I’m your best friend and buddy” he replied, laughing hard and I frowned even more
“Are you going to tell me what I want to hear?” I yelled, removing the phone from my ears and staring daggers at it as I imagined Anthony.
“I did some research” he started
“And?” I said, desperately waiting for his next words
“And I discovered the laboratory existed and they are based in Germany. They even have a hospital and it ranked the best in the world for its successful brain surgeries over the years”
“This is good news” I yelled, happiness seeping from my heart to every part of my body “So this means it is safe to invest with them?” I asked.
“one hundred percent safe. I’ve already prepared the contract and everything is ready for kick-off”
“Let’s get this done as soon as possible,” I said and I instantly hung up the call and dashed out of the room in happiness.
This was good news. This was the best news so far this week. This news just revealed that Monica had a chance to live.
“Monica” I yelled, running down the stairs barefoot, taking the stairs three at a time as I went to the living room, but met her absence “Monica” I called again and she ran out of the kitchen, fear evident in her eyes.
“What the problem, Nicholas? Why are you screaming my name? Have we been robbed?” She asked, her gaze behind me as she held tightly to the knife in her hand.
I rushed to bed and swept her off her feet. “We did it, honey. WE DID IT” I said again, turning her around and feeling her tight grip on my shoulder.
“What’s going on honey? You are very happy” she asked, a smile on her lips as she stared at me with her brightly blue eyes
“It started yesterday. I had emailed a surgeon in Germany and he emailed back that they could operate on the brain tumor you have, but they still weren’t done with their research and they needed funds. So I decided to invest but Anthony kicked against it that they may be fake and suggested he does some investigation he called this morning saying they existed and that I could go along and invest with them”
“How does this investment have anything to do with me?” She asked, confusion etched on her face.
“I’m investing in their research about the brain tumor you have Monica. They figured out a way to successfully remove the brain tumor but stopped the research because they lacked funds. I’m investing now so they could come up with a way for your brain tumor to be removed.”
“Are you sure about this, Nicholas? Could this tumor be removed?” She asked tears gathering in her eyes as she stared at me in disbelief.
“Yeah, honey. The surgeon said he was going to come up with a way to remove Brian’s tumor if we invest very soon. Monica, if this goes well, you get to live. You get to be alive with me and Mason and Macy”
Monica began crying, tears streaming down her face as she rushed to me and gave me a tight hug “Thank you, honey. Thank you for not giving up even when I gave up. Thank you for going this far for me. Thank you for having hope and_”
“It’s okay. This news is not for you to cry but for you to celebrate. We should celebrate this and not cry. This is proof that the universe was in our favor” I said, wrapping my eye around her as joy enveloped me.
“Thank you” she whispered again and I placed a small kiss on her cheeks. This was just a glimpse of the silver lining in the cloud and I looked forward to seeing every last part of it.