I WAITED FOR FIVE FUCKING HOURS, but no one came, not a single one of them. I couldn’t reach Lady, I’ve been trying to call her since earlier, but her number is always unreachable. I even tried to reach her on Instagram, but still nothing.
What should I do? Is there a problem with the supplier? Did something bad happen that they both couldn’t come? I don’t have the supplier’s contact, so I don’t know how to reach them. Lady is the only contact I have here.
Did I just get fvcking scammed? Did they do it on purpose? Did they rob me? Five hours, and I just dropped the fork I was holding out of sheer despair. That was my savings, that’s all we have, nothing else, I have nowhere else to turn to.
I felt my phone vibrate, so I quickly picked it up, but it wasn’t the call I was expecting, Jane’s name was on the caller ID.
“Jane, hello,” I tried to force some cheer into my voice because they knew I went to an appointment, I didn’t want them to worry, but I stopped when I heard Jane’s soft sobbing on the other end, so I pressed the phone closer to my ear.
“Eli….” She said amidst her sobs, and I immediately stood up, ignoring the other customers in the coffee shop.
“Jane? Jane? What happened, why are you crying?” I tried to calm myself down, I stood up and grabbed my bag, then quickly left the establishment, “I’m coming, where are you?”
“Eli, I’m at the hospital, we rushed Dan here just now, he suddenly collapsed and his nose started bleeding, I don’t know what to do,”
“Which hospital—”
“Eli, the doctors said they can’t wait for you, I need to decide if Dan will undergo surgery, Eli,”
“Give the phone to the doctor, I’ll talk to him,” I immediately ran to the taxi stand, I didn’t care how expensive it was, I needed to get there quickly.
“Good day Ms. Alano, I’m Doctor Mendez,” we knew each other since, he’s also the doctor who attended to Mama when she was hospitalized before, “And based on our findings, it seems like he inherited the same illness your mother had, but unlike your mom, Michael is already showing early curable symptoms,”
“Thank God, thank God,” I kept muttering, “What do we need, does he need surgery? You can do it anytime, doc,”
“I know, but I’m sorry, you have to pay fifty percent of the total surgery expenses before we can actually start operating on him, just like what happened with your mom,”
“Doc, maybe you can do it first, I’ll pay, I’m asking you, please, I’m begging you.”
“I badly want to operate on him right now, but it’s the hospital policy, I’m sorry,”
“Eli— what are we going to do? Something might happen to Dan.” I could hear the fear in Jane’s trembling voice, she’s scared, and I’m trying to fight it too.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, Jane, I’ll take care of it, I’ll find a way, just watch over Dan, I’ll be back soon, okay?” I didn’t wait for her to respond, I hung up immediately and called Kei next, but he hasn’t been answering either, “Come on, Kei,” I thought of calling Ai because Kei might be in a meeting.
“Hello, Ai?”
“Ms. Elina, did you need something?”
“Where’s Kei, I badly need to talk to her right now, can you put her on the phone?” I pleaded with her because the surroundings were quiet, maybe she’s just in Kei’s office.
“Huh, didn’t Ms. Kei tell you, she’s attending a board meeting at Vanchez, she won’t be back until next week, actually she just left on the plane she took,” so that’s why she hung up after just a few rings.
“Is there no way to contact her?” I’m still hoping I could reach her, I need her help.
“As of the moment, no, what do you need, I’ll relay it to her,” I know she was just trying to help, but my problem can’t wait until next week.
I didn’t even say goodbye and hung up. Where will I get the money for Dan’s operation? I have nothing, and the loan process takes several days, I’m not even sure if I can get a loan because I’m currently unemployed.
Lord, why, why do you keep on doing this, who am I going to call at this m——-
I must be crazy to think of that person, but I have no choice, I’ll swallow all my pride, I’ll do anything to have my brother operated on, I grabbed my phone and looked for his number, he answered after a few rings.
“Gray..” I could hear various voices in the background, I didn’t know if I should still say anything or if I was bothering him, like he said, he’s busy, “Help me, please,”
“Sir, what can you say about— can’t you see, I’m on the phone with my wife right now, are you deaf or just plain stupid?—but sir—”
“I-I’m sorry, I think I got the wrong nu—-”
“Send me your location baby, I’m coming for you,”
That was the most soothing and comforting words that I heard.