Female Novel
Chapter 2830
It was a long distance between General Hospital and the outskirts of A City. Coupled with the heavytraffic downtown, by the time Marcos arrived at the hospital, it was already past 10:30 p.m.
There was only half an hour left before visitors were prohibited from entering the ICU.
“Where's my mother?" Out of breath, Marcos trotted over without even greeting Luke and Luca. He justwanted to see his mother's condition and confirm whether they really found her.
Luca looked at the sweat dripping from Marcos' forehead and pointed to the entrance of the ICU. "Mr.Marcos, I've already informed the nurse, so you can go in once you put on the isolation gown. Thename your mother registered here is Sarah Poplar. Let the doctor know when you go in, and he'll takeyou to your mother's bed."
Without further ado, Marcos put the isolation gown on.
After disinfecting, the nurse let him in.
The professional doctors and nurses inside asked Marcos for the patient's name and brought him toSarah's bed.
Marcos saw the woman lying on the hospital bed. Due to the craniotomy, her golden blonde hair wascompletely shaved off. Her head was wrapped in layers and layers of gauze, and her chapped lipswere as pale as her face.
She was his biological mother...
Tears rolled down Marcos' cheeks when he saw how frail Sarah was. From her sunken face andprominent high cheekbones, he could tell that she had suffered a lot in the past 20 years.
Marcos asked the doctor in English, "How is my mother doing?"novelbin
"The intracranial hemorrhage was caused by a cerebral aneurysm, but it's better if you ask the doctorabout the specifics." The doctor glanced at Sarah's medical records and then at Marcos.
"Can she hear my voice?" Marcos asked again.
"The anesthesia hasn't worn off yet, so she can't hear you. You should go first. We'll notify youimmediately if there's anything wrong with the patient," said the doctor. Visitors were not allowed to visitthe ICU anymore, so he could not let Marcos stay any longer.
Marcos wanted to accompany Sarah, but the doctor did not let him, so he could only walk out with hishead down.
After he took off the isolation gown, Luca noticed his bloodshot eyes.
Luca opened her mouth slightly, hesitant to speak. In the end, she could not utter any words of comfort.
She did not know how to comfort Marcos, so she looked up at Luke.
Luke said, “Johann said that we can only know if there are any aftereffects or complications after yourmother wakes up."
Marcos nodded. He was not hoping for Sarah to live a luxurious life, but he just wanted her to behealthy and safe.
"Can we have a talk?" Luke looked at Luca.
"Sure." Luca knew what he was going to ask.
The three of them went to the coffee shop on the ground floor of the hospital. The coffee shop wasopen 24 hours a day, as if it was a place for sad people to sit in silence.
"What drink do both of you want?" Luke asked them.
"I don't want anything." Marcos was feeling down, so he was not in the mood for anything.
Luca shook her head at Luke, not knowing what to say.
Marcos and Luke were similar in many ways, but Marcos smiled at people more compared to Luke.
After what happened, his smile disappeared. Now, both of them gave off the same cold aura thatpushed people away.
In the end, Luke bought two cups of coffee and a glass of juice.
The juice was for Luca as she did not sleep well at night, and coffee would make it worse. On the otherhand, the coffee was for him and Marcos.
Marcos was not going to be able to sleep tonight anyway.
Luca took the juice.
Marcos held the coffee in his hands with the same expression that seemed to be filled with sadness butalso full of hatred.
Luca spoke up, "Mr. Marcos, do you want to know how I met your mother?"
Marcos nodded. The sadness and bitterness in him made him speak much less.
His hatred was directed toward Matysh and his family!
If it were not for them, would his mother have lived such a difficult life?
Sarah graduated from a prestigious university and had the opportunity to further her studies, but shechose to give it up to marry his father.
Even without the support of her husband and family, she should still be able to find a decent job in ACity with her education.
How could an educated and knowledgeable woman not be able to support herself?
From Sarah's condition just now, Marcos could tell that his mother had lived a rough life for so manyyears.
"I got to know your mother because I once bumped into her when I was carelessly walking. I wasworried that something would happen to her, so I gave her my business card so that she could call meif something came up, but she didn't.
"One day, when I had business to deal with in the suburbs, I ran into Ms. Poplar, your mother. She wasbeing chased by loan sharks..." Luca did not mention that they wanted to pimp Sarah out.
She was worried that Marcos would be triggered and look for those people to cause trouble.
What Marcos needed to do most right now was to keep a low profile. If he attracted too much attention,the people in Russia would notice.
“What happened next?" Marcos' voice was hoarse, as if he had been enduring a great amount ofsadness before uttering those words.
"She didn't owe them much money, so I helped her pay it off. Then, she asked for my business card,saying that she'd return the money to me. After that, the nurses from Mercy Hospital found mybusiness card in her wallet, so they called me to ask me to go over there. I saw that she wasn't in goodcondition, so I transferred her over here to receive treatment. Her condition was very bad. If she did notreceive treatment in time, she might not have made it through the night, so I took the initiative..." Lucaemphasized Sarah's condition.
She was worried that Marcos would think that she took the liberty to worsen Sarah's condition.
"Thank you for saving my mother." Marcos knew what happened next. He cleared his throat and took abig sip of coffee.
The caffeine in the coffee could not calm him down.
Marcos' anger was like a raging fire, setting his mind to flames.
He could not wait to go to the detention center to kill Matysh!
Back then, his mother left the marriage with nothing, but they still did not let her off the hook!
Not only did they find someone to deal with her, but that bastard, Matysh, even tainted her!
Sarah had no choice but to escape to A City. She chose to come here because she shared memorieswith her husband here. She was worried about being watched by the family, so she chose to lead adifficult life instead of developing her career with her skills.
She even borrowed money from loan sharks.
Marcos believed that the money Sarah borrowed from the loan sharks was not for reasons likegambling but to make it through tough times.
Luca said, "The doctors in Mercy Hospital said that Ms. Poplar's cerebral aneurysm had been growingfor several years, but she refused to undergo surgery because she didn't have enough money. Instead,she took medicine and opted for conservative treatment."