Loredana, on the other hand, trembled. Two months ago?
She calmed herself down and asked as if nothing had happened, “You said Cormac did not like Helen before but after returning from a business trip two months ago, he suddenly gave her the status as his girlfriend?”
Coral nodded, “Yeah, the young master is not a blurred person. It’s abnormal that he suddenly admits it, perhaps something had happened.”
Loredana contemplated. Helen’s animosity towards her seemed to be very intense.
Was it just because she married Cormac, or was there a hidden truth?
She could not figure it out by just thinking for a while so she could only go to the hospital to see her mother first. Before going to the hospital, she cashed the cheque, retrieved the amount that she needed to use, and saved the rest. Then, she went to the hospital and paid the medical bills. The nurse brought her to see Maxina.
Maxina was locked in a small room with nothing inside. There were only a bed and a table with a plastic cup with a half glass of water on it.
Some psychiatric patients would injure themselves without consciousness. So, before she came in, the nurse also checked her body as she was not allowed to bring any dangerous items in.
Maxina was wearing a blue hospital gown. She was crouching at one side of the bed, mumbling something.
Loredana could not hear clearly what she said and opened the door. Seeing Loredana come in, Maxina raised her head and she was stunned for two seconds, “Lola.”
Although it was only a simple sentence, Loredana’s eyes reddened and she was on the verge of tears.
She rushed forward and hugged Maxina, “Mom.”
Maxina reached out and fondled Loredana’s hair, “Why did you come alone, why you didn’t bring Jeremy to see me? I haven’t seen him for a long time.”
The doctor’s words that day still echoed in her mind. All she heard was the doctor’s heartless voice,
“Your brother is already hopeless…”
The tears that welled up in her eyes fell.
She hugged Maxina tightly, “Jeremy is in school, I’ll bring him to see you next time.”
Maxina’s mind was a bit chaotic. She nodded in confusion and stopped talking.
Loredana wiped the tears off her face and smiled, “Mom, what do you want to eat? I’ll buy it for you.”
Maxina did not say a word and her hands were circling her knees. This was a sign of having insecurity.
When Loredana spoke to her, she just stared blankly somewhere. Her vision was unfocused and her eyes looked empty.
“Mom…” Loredana grabbed her shoulder and shook, “Talk to me, look at me. I’m Lola, your daughter.”
Just now Maxina obviously could recognize her. She even called her by her name.
Loredana could not accept Maxina’s memory confusion as she remembered at an uncertain time and would forget not long after.
“Don’t do this.” The nurse who patrolled saw that Loredana was quite agitated so she came in to stop her.
Loredana looked at the nurse, “Is my mother’s condition getting serious?”
“Psychiatric patients are normally like this.” The nurse looked at the clock, “The visiting time is almost up, you shouldn’t get too emotional in front of the patient as it will affect the patient.”
Loredana nodded, “I understood.”
Loredana told Maxina about the memories of the past. Loredana was drawn into the state of recalling her memories.
It was only when the visiting time ended and the nurse called her that she regained her presence of mind. She looked at Maxina, not willing to leave, “Mom, I’ll come to see you again after a few days.”
“Lola.” When Loredana walked to the door, Maxina suddenly made a sound. Loredana turned her body and found that Maxina was not looking at her.
Maxina froze and looked somewhere, soliloquizing, “My daughter, Lola is pregnant. The child has no father, what should she do in the future?”
She cried as she said that.
Loredana only felt that her heart was burned by fire. She felt excruciating pain.
She was afraid that she could not contain her emotions. So, she turned and walked out of the room.
She sat alone on the bench in the corridor.
“Lola.” Sampson walked over in his white coat.
Loredana stood up.
Sampson walked up to her and patted her shoulder, which meant to let her sit down, “I have something to tell you.”
Loredana sat on the bench while Sampson sat next to her, “You saw it, right?”
“Um.” Her hands were clasped together, cold and clammy.
“You’ve to be mentally prepared, it’s hard to recover fully from a situation like this.” Sampson sighed,
“She was dealt with a too big blow and if her condition reaches the worst condition it’ll be very serious.
She will selectively forget some memories, especially the things that make her filled with agony.
Therefore, she will have memory confusion.”
Loredana bit her lips, “She forgot the fact that Jeremy had passed away, and asked why I didn’t bring him along to come and see her.”
Sampson reached out and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, rubbing her arm, “Don’t cry, I’m here.
Don’t need to worry, I’ll take good care of your mother.”
Loredana bowed her head and said, “Thank you.”
“No problem.” Sampson sagged his eyes, thought for a while and finally chose to express his thought,
“Lola, when the agreement you have done with Cormac reaches the end, let me take care of you, okay?”
Loredana looked at Sampson, startled, “Sampson…”
“I know it may be too sudden for you to accept this. You already know me for a long time, I’m not a bad man, I just want to take care of you. You have to consider for the sake of the child in your belly even if you don’t consider for your own sake. The child needs a complete family to grow decently, I have this capability.”
Sampson’s words had already come to this point. If she still did not understand, she must be silly.
However, she just treated Sampson as a family member.
“Don’t worry, I’ll treat him as if he’s my child.” Sampson looked particularly serious.
Loredana did not know how to answer and replied after a long time, “Sampson, I, I never think to…”
“Don’t refuse me in a hurry.” Sampson looked at her, “Have you ever thought about the fact that after the child is born when he asks you where is his father in the future, how should you reply? I’m a psychologist, I know that a child growing up in a single-parent family will have character defects. So, think about it meticulously for the sake of your child.”
Sampson’s attitude was very sincere as he had made a big change from his previous lifestyle full of relaxation. Maxina’s illness was likely very hard to recover. Moreover, Loredana had no money, if she gave birth to her child, he could imagine how difficult her future life would be.
He really wanted to take care of her from the bottom of his heart.
Loredana lowered her head. She admitted that Sampson’s words were right. The child needed a complete family for him to grow decently.
But…
It was not easy for her to accept it.
This child was not his.
And he was not from an ordinary family.
“Lola…”
“Sampson,” Loredana quickly interrupted him, took out a stack of money from her bag and handed it to him, “The medical bill you helped me to pay last time, I’ll give it back to you now.”
Sampson looked at the stack of money and his face slowly darkened, “Was this money given by him to you?”
Loredana shook her head, “No, this was given by Garrett.”
She didn’t tell him the details.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
Leave a Reply