In the Name of the Father
"Ma'am, Ma'am," Nanny Celia patted her madam softly, it was three o'clock in the afternoon and she hadn't eaten lunch yet.
"Uhmmm," Esmeralda muttered softly as she opened her puffy eyes.
"N..Nanny ..." she replied in a hoarse voice, and lazily got up and sat on the bed still hugging her son's teddy bear.
"Ma'am, I'll prepare something to eat. You haven't eaten since yesterday"
"I'm not hungry nanny Celia"
"But ma’am, the chairman called earlier, he said you should eat something after you're able you had complete rest" Nanny Celia insisted, she felt sorry for the way she looked.
Aaliyah didn't answer, she just sighed and instead handed Aling Celia Gio's teddy bear.
"Nanny. Tell uncle Vener to put this in the car, I will just fix myself and we will go to the hospital"
Nanny Celia got up and came out from the room with Gio’s teddy bear.
After a while, Esmeralda came down the stairs, Nanny Celia met her at the bottom of the staircase to help her.
"Ma'am I prepared food, the chairman will scold us, He told me to convince you to eat something" Nanny Celia said anxiously to Esmeralda.
Unable to refuse, Esmeralda went straight to the Large dining table assisted by nanny Celia.
Chef Azon immediately opened the bowl of chicken soup for their madam.
Esmeralda had two scoops and stare at the adjacent chair made of narra.
She couldn't stop the tears from dripping from her eyes; she imagined the image of her son every morning happily eating his breakfast, even though he knew how to eat alone, there were times she used to assist him.
Esmeralda suddenly sobbed, baby, she whispered while sobbing ..
Anxiously, Nanny Celia approached her madam, and she did not hesitate to embrace the mistress she had served since she was a teen ager and lived in her parents' house when they were still alive.
"Nanny, Gio.!, .. Why was Gio?.. I hope I just had an accident instead of him..Why Gio? “ Nanny Celia pitied her madam.
"God have mercy madam, Gio will wake up soon, He will survive" She said while stroking the back of Esmeralda.
They were in that position for a while before Esmeralda calmed down and decided to stand up and go straight to the front door of the mansion with nanny Celia where Mang Vener was waiting besides the car.
He opened the back door of the Jaguar when she saw their madam coming out from the mansion with nanny Celia.
After boarding, Mang Vener slowly stepped the gas of the vehicle and drove out from the mansion compound.
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Asian Hospital, Alabang
It’s already dark when Natalie came out from the hospital after the chairman signed the documents from the company. She felt emotional affected for what happen to the son of the chairman. Nathalie is considered as family members even though the company had been passed on to the young master of the Ricablanca.
Nathalie knew how the chairman and his wife really adore their son Gio.
The longer the secretary left, the longer he stared his son. He could not even imagined how his son manages to bear the car accident, he made a long sigh while clenching his fist.
He wants to punch the wall of the hospital's room, he wants to scream ... my poor son..how I wish to replace myself on his situation.
He almost punched the doctor earlier because he didn't have a good answer when will be his son would wake up. He is almost on the 4th day in the ICU and my son stills in coma and unresponsive.
Damn ... the most upsetting part is there is no sign of progress on his condition. He is thinking of bringing his son in Singapore.
"Chairman Ricablanca, there is no definite time is to when your son wakes up from the physical trauma he suffered, once your son woke up that time we can make a definite prognosis. I'm sorry” Detailed explanation and asking for patience Of the attending neuro surgeon Of Gio
As he expected, he could not keep his wife in the mansion. Esmeralda came over and He kissed his beautiful wife.
Esmeralda responded with a hug and clung to her husband's waist to gain strength because every time she glanced at her son's condition, her knees were shaking and she felt like she was going to fall.
She placed the teddy bear on the chair next to the child's bed.
She seemed to want to cry again but no tears came out from her eyes.
Nicolas supported his wife to sit on the sofa of the private ICU so that they can be comfortable in taking care of their son.
While hugging her husband, they both sat on the soft while Nanny Celia arranged some of their belongings in the cabinet.
Nicolas didn't realize that he had fallen asleep leaning on the sofa, he woke up with his eyes, he looked around except for Nanny Celia who was sleeping in the extra bed of the ICU room and mang Vener who was also asleep on the other sofa but his wife was nowhere.
He looked at his Rolex wristwatch; it was half past seven in the evening. He had been asleep for almost two hours.
Nanny Celia sat on the bed side when felt that the cahirman was awake.
"Nanny," she softly called to his son’s nanny and asked about her wife.
"Your wife said she'll just visit the hospital’s chapel for a while” Nanny Celia responded.
"Yaya, you and Vener can eat first, I'll wait for my wife for a few minutes” Nicolas stood up and adjusted his son's hospital blanket, and the temperature of the aircon, while Vener and Aling Celia prepared to eat.