10 Chapter 8.
Susan still standing at her place.."You have something to say?".. her father bowing down his head without saying a word.
Susan sneered "Of course"..and after a pause started going upstairs.
Suddenly a sound came from her behind, when she turned back to see, it was her father barely standing and clenching his chest on the left side. The sound came from the dropping of the plate, she hurriedly ran towards her father..." DAD!!!...."
Her father was now dropped at the floor, and she was trying hard to hold him up....but wasn't able to, she was lost...her mind gone numb she wasn't sure what to do.
She was holding her father in arms and panicking "Dad...dad...what should I do.."
she was sweating and her hands were trembling.
She then somehow managed to took out her phone from the pocket of her trouser.
With trembling fingers she somehow called hospital for an ambulance.
Then she subconsciously dialled Charlie's number but stopped just before calling, tears started to roll down from her eyes..she somehow managed to called for an ambulance.
She again hold her dad who was struggling so much.....it was so much painful just to watch she couldn't imagine how much her father was in pain...few minutes may have passed and she heard knock on the door, it was the ambulance...after that whatever happened it was such in a hurry that everything became blurry .
She was waiting outside the operation theater, her mind was not working, she was in a shock...
What happened...why is this happening...yes, it was her fault. She was the reason her father had a heart attack, .....only if she kept her mouth shut or...or asked him in a different manner..why...why she yelled at him. With her face in between her palms, she didn't even realised when Ariana came..
"Susan...what happened".." sorry for being late, I came as fast as I could have "...
Susan lifted her view towards her ..
" Dad..dad had.....a ...heart attack" she said with helplessness in her eyes.
Arian sat down beside her on the bench and hugged her...
"Don't worry it's gonna be ok....don't cry..."
After some amount of time passed, the doctor came and said...
"Ms. Susan, your father is in a stable condition now"
After hearing that Susan left out a deep breath she was holding until now.
"But, his heart is very weak, his heartbeats are not stable thats why he suddenly had a heart attack"
"Then....what should we do.." she again got tensed after hearing that.
"We have to transplant his heart"
"..." she didn't know what to say and continued to look helplessly at the doctor, while Ariana was holding her arms.
"The hospital will arrange a suitable donor for the heart..as for the money, you have to deposit it first then we will perform the surgery" he continued.. "Until we find the donor your father have to stay in the hospital under observation"
"How much money do I have to deposit for the surgery?" she asked with a hesitance. After hearing the amount a lot of thoughts started roaming inside her mind, she didn't have any money, how is she supposed to pay for her father's surgery...the restlessness was growing inside her, she had no idea what she was supposed to do now.
"So can I see him now?" Susan asked impatiently with wet eyes.
"Yes you can but try not to wake him up " with that the doctor left.
"You go inside, I will ask my father for the hospital fee, ok.." Ariana said with assuring smile.
Susan wasn't in a condition to have a debate with her on this topic so she silently nodded and faintly smiled back at her.
As she entered the room, she saw a bed on which her father was laid down while two to three different equipments were attached to him, she slowly and hesitantly started walking towards the bed, seeing her father's lifeless body with his eyes closed a fear crept through her heart, she wanted to wake him up so that she could have relieved, but remembering what the doctor said she stopped and shut her eyes down.
Again the scene of few hours ago started flowing in front of her eyes.
She could have asked her father in a different manner but instead she yelled at him.
How much pain her father was bearing at that moment both physical and mental she couldn't have imagined.
Her eyes again grew wet, and she left.
She started searching for Ariana, after few steps she heard a faint yelling sound around the corner, after walking further ahead the words became somewhat clear...
"DAD, I am telling the truth this time, my friend really need the money for her father's surgery"
"...."
"I know...I know, I lied to you before few times, but this time I'm telling you the tru....DAD..DAD.....UGH ..I hate you"
Ariana was still shouting as her father hung up, she again dialled a number after a brief pause.
"Mom, mom..listen I really need money this time, it's really urgent....
As Ariana was still talking to her mother, Susan silently left and she knew what she needed to do, even if this cost her dignity to shatter, she had to do it because of her family, her father, she had already lost her mother if not for today she would have never knew about her and she can't afford to lose her father.
After a few slow steps she stopped and turned back to look at Ariana, seeing that she was still talking on her mobile, she took out her mobile but she then realised that she didn't have his number, with the feeling of disappointment in herself she closed her eyes and pinched the space between her eyebrows, suddenly she remembered that she has saved the number on her phone that was not printed along with the message but handwritten on that job letter she got from him.
She quickly searched through her phone's contact list, there it was .....Red Pearl Company.
On the first try the phone on the other side rang but no one answered, she hung up and anxiously bit her lower lip, then tried again.
This time the person on the other side picked up but before he could have said anything, she said that she wants the job.
Only after that she thought what if this was not him but someone else from the company, she then tried to explain herself " I wanted to talk to Ma...I wanted to talk to the CEO.....I am Susa...."
Suddenly a deep husky voice stopped her mid sentence. "I know who you are Miss Green"
He knew that she will eventually come back but he didn't expected that to happen so soon.
It was him, it was Mark, his voice somewhat startled her. Both of them were silent for few seconds.
The deep voice again rang in her ears " Very well then, come to the office tomorrow we will then discuss about the job and your salary"
"I actually...want the money now" with a low trembling voice she somehow managed to say that.
"Hmm...earlier today you said you don't want my money and now you want the money even before doing your job?" he said with a serious tone.
"My father is in the hospital, I need money for his surgery" she said without showing any emotion in her voice but silently clenched her fist.
Hearing that he instantly regretted for saying something like that nonchalantly.
"Which hospital?"
Susan didn't understand what he said...
"huh?"
With a sigh he said
"Which hospital you are in?"
After hearing the name, he said...
"Wait for me" and hung up the phone.
Susan stood there with a confused look on her face, thought..."did he said , wait for him???....is he going to come here???...." she then scoffed at herself.." obviously not, ..why would he come here....but he said nothing about the money.."
"Ugh.." as she was going to call him again, a voice came from her behind...
"Susan, change of plans"..it was Ariana.
Susan turned off the screen and put the phone back in her trouser pocket and turned around.
Ariana continued with a pitiful look on her face " Actually, I have asked my dad for money few times before....lying that my friend need them....so he is not going to give me any money....but I have called Mom and she said she would persuade him...
Untill then I would ask my other friends...so it may take some time "
Susan sighed and smiled softly at her, she felt very lucky that she had a friend like Ariana.
She took Ariana's hands and said "thank you so much ...I don't what I would have done if you were not at my side today" she hugged her.
Ariana patted at her back and said "Idiot why would I be not on your side , we are friends for life, remember?"
Susan returned her a warm smile.
"I know"..after a brief pause she continued.." Thanks for your efforts but I have asked my boss for advance and he agreed....."
she said with a feeling of guilt.
"Really?? That's a great news" Ariana exclaimed.
Susan smiled and looked down...
"But, you never told me where you work, and this boss of yours really agreed for giving you a advance salary of this much amount, he must not be a normal person" Ariana said with a little awkward laugh.
Susan looked a her and awkwardly said " yaa, he..he is a great person "
"Hey, why don't you go and call your Mom and tell het not to worry about the money anymore"
Ariana nodded and left.
Susan closed her eyes and sighed, what she is supposed to say if Ariana ask more about her job and her "great boss", what if she misunderstood anything.
She then heard footsteps coming from the opposite direction, when she shifted her view towards that way, she was shocked...
The man with a white shirt , broad shoulders with opened collar, the fabric clinging to his skin showing every little details of that muscular build, narrow waist and black pant, rolled up sleeves upto a little low from his elbow, on one arm the black coat was hanging while the other hand was holding a phone ..with evenly striking facial features, he suddenly lifted his gaze from his phone towards her and started approaching towards her with an aura of gentleness while his body was depicting something else.
Susan came back to her senses as she saw the figure of that man coming nearer and nearer to her she gasped and mentally screamed....
"WHAT THE HECK.....HE...HE ACTUALLY CAME?"
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