The day after when I went to look for Eva, she asked me to seated and have a talk.
"What should I call you?"
"Call me B... Have you thought about what you want?" tried to inquire.
"Whatever I do I won't be alive if I go against you. You have kept me safe until now means you have a way of keeping me alive. But my old teammates, I can't trust them. They are like wild beasts."
"Then can you go against them?" I asked raising my right brow.
"The most important thing is to survive. I was helping them for my survival and now to help you is also for survival." I could see the sadness in her eyes as she spoke.
Everyone has their own story. They think whatever they do is right. No one thinks they are wrong.
Before deciding more and judging her, I think I have to hear her story. Will it be as bad as mine or much worse??
Eva again speaks, "I don't know about you but I am sure you are linked with Rit and Del. Some incident happened on Wega because of me. Maybe you are in anger or waiting for a chance to take revenge against me. I will not stop you. But please help me to meet someone who is very important to me. He might be in a dangerous situation or I won't have a chance to see him later. You can do whatever you want to me later on."
"Sure, just say how can I help you?"
"He is actually not blood-related to me. But he has always treated me kindly. He is admitted to the Weery City private clinic. I wish to see him for the last time."
Here I thought I had to act super cool and my time came to shine, by rescuing someone. But the reality—
"Wasn't your biological grandfather staying there?"
"Oh that…I used him as a cover to visit the old man. I can't directly meet him. And my biological family…. I don't want to talk about them." A smell of vengeance in the air could be sensed.
"I think you need to hurry up then if it's the same person I am thinking about then he was in serious condition, you may make up before his death, hurry up."
Meeting someone who is on their deathbed is something I had once wished for too. It was a regret for me....
"And don't worry about entering there. Your identity will be the assistant of the director of that clinic and for your outer appearance look yourself in the mirror. And from now on you will be called Eve. As the reason for the change of your name and appearance; you will know yourself." I didn't have to arrange anything for her as everything was already ready.
She was shocked by her appearance but kept herself calm to ask for later. I gave her some unused clothes to dress up well. I booked a cab and took her with me to the clinic. I always changed my appearance when I am out.
When the security guard was trying to stop us from entering I showed him the documents and both of us entered.
I can't leave her alone as she was a bit weak after laying on the bed for a long time. But that wasn't the main reason why I was with her. It was to observe her movement as I haven't believed her yet. I acted as the director and she was my assistant.
I went directly to the head office and presented my documents. Everyone gathered to meet me: as the document said, I had the highest share of the clinic so I could exercise my power well.
"Before the meeting, I would like to check the situation of patients and maintenance of our clinic. And all of you call me director Eve." Wanted to make a fake name but later changed to Eve.
I acted like inspecting the patients but with my eyes, I asked Eva which room and where the old man was. As I had expected, it was a room with skilled guards standing outside.
I asked for permission and some other director with Eva could enter the room. The situation in the ward was gloomy. I had to divert the attention of the people inside, so Eva could bid him goodbye for the last time.
"Hello everyone presents here. I am the new director of this clinic. The old man in the bed looks the same as my grandpa. I couldn't do anything for him when he was alive but I want to do something for this grandfather. I would like to reduce the treatment price for this old man by half. You guys will let me do it, won't you ?"
"Sure why not."
"Doctors will be more attentive to him. Let the head doctor give him a check again." The head doctor was called. I signaled Eva to be ready.
Most of the people's attention was on me. I silently counted- one, two, three,...and ten. The light went out and the rooms turned dark. I had prepared for this situation before entering the room.
I acted to scold the administration of the clinic and the management for the negligence of their work. The room was in chaos. In the dark, I could see Eva holding the hand of the old man and whispering in his ear. She had said, "Thank you for being there for me. You don't have to suffer here. I will do my best to survive. Maybe it will be the last time we meet, goodbye old man."
The old man looked at Eva with misty eyes. His eyes told a lot of things about her. More than love or unwillingness to leave her, I saw a pity in his eye for Eva.
'What has the girl gone through?' I wanted to hear her life story.
A few drops of tears fell down from Eva's eye too. She returned back to her previous position near me. All those happened within a minute. The light was repaired and the room brightened.
The head doctor checked his condition but was told to not have any progress. The people inside the room accepted the doctor's word. All the outsiders left the room. I and Eva were at the last.
I turned back and asked, "If you don't mind, can I ask a question?"
"Sure" one of the women in the room replied.
"You guys don't seem to be local to Weery City, why is the old man brought here?"
"It was his own choice as this place was his hometown."
"Okay, I will take my leave."
Visiting some other patients, I conducted a meeting at the head office for two hours afterward. Who will listen to the boring presentation neither was I interested in it. I just wanted to acquire the ownership of the shares. Actually, it was not going to be my property, it was left for Eva but I didn't tell her.
Someone knocked on the door and entered. It was a nurse and she walked towards the Head of the clinic and whispered. Everyone was informed that the old man died because his heart stopped working.