Chapter 68
Lisa groaned softly as she opened her bleary eyes. At first, nothing was clear but when her vision became clear she then realized she was in a hospital.
She tried standing up from the bed but then a hand held her down.
“No you need to rest Lisa” she heard Daniel’s voice. She turned as she and Daniel’s eyes came in contact.
“What happened? Why am I here? And how long have I been out?” Lisa asked and touched her forehead as her head was aching so badly.
“You’ve been out for two days. The doctor said you were poisoned and thank goodness you were brought to the hospital in time. You would have lost the baby” Daniel said looking as worried as ever.
He had only gone for hours and Lisa was in the hospital. He didn’t realize that he had created so many enemies for Lisa and he blamed himself for it. Now, Lisa’s life is in danger just like the baby.
Lisa turned to Daniel and stared at him for some seconds. Poisoned? It was the coffee she drank, it was brought by Daniel’s secretary. Why would the secretary Liam want her dead? She barely knows him. She sighed softly and looked away.
She raised her eyebrows and turned to Daniel, “Aren’t you supposed to be on a business trip?” Lisa asked
“I had to come back when they called me when you were in the hospital.” Daniel said and Lisa gave him the look “who?”
“It’s Martha, ” Daniel said and Lisa sighed softly. Martha was the last person with her before she passed out, she was so sure it was her that brought her to the hospital. She saved her life, she’s forever in debt to her. She then wondered where she is now, Lisa thought.
“Lisa, do you have any idea who poisoned you?” Daniel asked and Lisa turned to him.
“Uhm, no. Liam had brought me coffee saying you told him to give me one. I had drunk it and suddenly my head started feeling heavy and I lost consciousness and woke up only to see myself here ”Lisa said and Daniel stared at him in shock.
“Liam brought you the coffee? I never asked him to bring you coffee and Lisa you know coffee isn’t good for pregnant women” Daniel said
“Why?” Lisa asked
“Because of the baby. You don’t know that?” Daniel asked and Lisa shrugged.
“How would I know? This is my first time getting pregnant ” Lisa said
“Just be careful what you take. From now on no coffee till after you give birth. Alright ” Daniel said and Lisa nodded.
Daniel sighed and stood up from the chair he was sitting on.
“Where are you going?” Lisa asked
“I need to deal with something,” Daniel said and Lisa held his hands.
“Liam brought the coffee but from the look of things, he didn’t know it was poisoned. Someone gave him the coffee to bring it to my office ” Lisa said and Daniel stared at her for some seconds before looking away.
He thinks Lisa’s right, he needed to get hold of Liam and asked him who gave him the coffee.
Daniel nodded and Lisa let go of his hands before walking out of the ward.
Just then Martha, Derek, Joy, Julia, and Dina walked in.
“Oh my goodness!! Lisa, are you alright? We were so worried after we heard what happened ” Derek said and Lisa smiled
“I’m fine. All thanks to Martha. She brought me to the hospital in time” Lisa said and Martha smiled at her.
“I wonder why Liam would give you a poisoned coffee,” Julia said
“I think he didn’t know it was poisoned. Someone asked him to give me the coffee saying Daniel ordered it for me” Lisa said
“Hmmm, I’m so sure it was Liam and Tessa. I saw them this morning discussing, I’m sure they planned all this” Martha snorted and Lisa scoffed.
“You shouldn’t jump to conclusions yet and don’t accuse anyone without evidence. We’re gonna find out who did this” Lisa said calmly and turned to Dina who hasn’t said a thing since she came in.
“Hey,” Lisa said to Dina and she smiled. Just then Martha heard his phone ringing tone.
“It’s my mom, I’ll answer it,” she said and walked out of the ward.
“How are you feeling now?” Dina asked as she sat close to her on the hospital bed.
“I’m fine now,” Lisa said
“I was so worried about you. Clara and I have been praying for you, I’m glad you’re fine” Dina said and Lisa smiled.
“What about Clara, how’s she?” Lisa asked
“Oh!! She’s fine. I left her with her new nanny” Dina said and Lisa nodded.
“Lisa, you shouldn’t drink coffee anymore. It’s not healthy for the baby. They’re some food you shouldn’t eat any more now you’re pregnant. It might put your baby at risk ” Dina said and Lisa pouted.
“What is the food I shouldn’t eat?” Lisa asked
“I’ll give you a list of them later,” Dina said Lisa nodded.
Just then Martha walked in and told Lisa she was leaving, she needed to attend to something at home, and she might come back later.
“You should be careful Lisa. There are so many people around who don’t like you not even one bit and would do anything to get rid of you. Be safe” Martha said and with that, she walked out of the hospital ward.
After Martha left, the rest of them sat together and began talking about random stuff.
It was evening and Lisa was already discharged. She was waiting for Daniel to come to pick her up from the hospital, but sadly only the driver came to pick her instead. He said Daniel had an important issue to attend to.
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A car screeched to halt in front of Daniel’s house. Lisa came out of the car and Mrs. Lois who seemed to have been waiting for Lisa rushed out of the house.
“Ma’am Lois” Lisa called as she hugged her.
“Oh, my child! Thank goodness you’re alright” ma’am Lois said as her heart leaped in joy. Lisa smiled at her.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t come to the hospital to see you,” ma’am Lois said
“Oh!! I understand. It doesn’t matter, what matters is that I’m here now”, Lisa said and ma’am Lois hugged her one more time before holding her hands.
“Common, let’s go inside. I prepared your favorite food” ma’am Lois said as they walked inside the house.
“Oh wow,” Lisa giggles, feeling so excited.
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It was almost midnight, after Lisa had had dinner, she lay on a long couch in the sitting room watching TV, also waiting for Daniel to come home.
When she was almost asleep, she heard the sound of a car driving inside the compound. She peeped from the Window and saw it was Daniel.
She felt so happy to see him.
Daniel came in and she hugged him so tight. Daniel sighed and pulled away from the hug.
“Why are you still up? You should be sleeping. You just got discharged Lisa, you should be resting ” Daniel said
“I’m sorry, I was just waiting for you,” Lisa said and pouted
Daniel smiled and hugged her then kissed her forehead.
“I’m here now, you can go to bed,” he said, holding her.
“Yeah but not until you tell me. What did Liam say? Who did he say sent him?” Lisa asked and Daniel sighed.
“Didn’t find Liam. He got away before I could get to him” Daniel said and Lisa stood there staring at Daniel, she was in deep thought.
“What if he didn’t get away? What if he was kidnapped by the person who sent him” Lisa said
“I don’t know but my search party is looking for him now. We will find him” Daniel said and Lisa nodded.
“Common, you should go to sleep now. It’s almost midnight ” Daniel said and Lisa smiled at him.
“Goodnight, ” she said before climbing the stairs and walking inside her room.
She lay on the bed tiredly staring at the ceiling with lots of thoughts going through her head.
TBC