
As Darius said, Jack was relieved. The man never hated her one bit.
"Of course, Jack. You can still call me Papa. Since childhood, you have been close to me. There's no other reason I'm denying your existence."
Jack is very lucky. Although not a biological child, but the man who had been his father for decades is still willing to consider it. The fatal mistake made by his mother made Jack's life a mess.
Not just there. As a result of his accident with Elena, his former lover a few months ago, Jack still keeps visiting the girl. He had been in a coma for too long.
"Thank you, Pa. I said no, yes" he told Darius.
"Where are you going?"
"Hospital, Pa. I'm going to see Elena. No matter how bad the girl is, my life can still be saved. He's still in a coma until now. I always tried to give her some encouragement so that the girl would wake up soon from her long sleep. Papa also knew that Elena's father had been throwing the girl away."
Jack's right. All this time Elena's medical expenses were borne by him. It was actually not due to a sense of responsibility to the girl, but rather there was gratitude because Jack was still safe and in a conscious state. Elena's parents just let go of her daughter.
"Will Papa befriend? If you take a taxi, it'll be a long time, son," said Darius.
"Later Papa and Mama will make a fuss again if I see me with papa."
"That's never gonna happen, Jack. You'll be safe with me. If you take a taxi, I can't imagine how difficult it is for you to move from a taxi to a hospital. Papa will take you" explained Darius.
"Papa's job, how?" search Jack. He did not want to trouble the man too far.
"You don't worry. There's Will and Caroline."
Yeah, Caroline, that name made Jack fall in love with her. Unfortunately, the fact has been revealed that the girl is his sister.
"Papa sure?" Again, Jack tried to convince the man to drive him or not.
"Wait a minute, Jack! Papa's going to the meeting room. They're there" he said.
Darius, of course, had to say goodbye to William. After all, he could not ignore his other son.
Arriving in front of the meeting room, Darius knocked on the door.
Tok to tok.
Darius went in and called William to speak for a while.
"Sorry interfering. I just wanted to talk to my son for a while" Darius said.
William followed his father to get out of the meeting room. She was actually almost done with the meeting this afternoon, but the arrival of her papa brought her meeting to a halt.
"What's up, Pa?"
"Papa's taking Jack to the hospital. I hope you can continue papa's work" he said.
"Alright, Pa. Be careful on the road. Greetings to Jack."
William returned to the meeting room, while Darius immediately invited Jack to the parking lot.
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"Pa, I'm gonna go in for a second. I want to talk to Elena," she said.
Jack used his full attributes to enter the room. Every visit, Jack always talks to Elena even if only about 10 minutes.
"Ele, I'm coming again" said Jack. He sat on a chair near the gurney Elena occupied. Half a year later the girl was unconscious. One day the hospital told Mr. Darius to stop the girl's treatment, but he was not allowed to.
"Ele, I come here a lot, but you don't get up. Do you know what, Elena? I promised to come back to you so you'd be happy. I'm heartbroken for my own sister, Ele. There are many things you never knew about all this time. I loved Caroline, but the girl turned out to be the son of my own papa. Oh yeah, I wanted to tell you this. Papa Darius was not my father, but he still loved me and you. You know, he made you last this far."
This time Jack can be subtle when dealing with a body that never awakens from his long sleep. His chances with Caroline are slim and Jack is trying to get things back to the way they were.
"Elena, wakeup! I promise you, if you want to wake up, I'll be the first one to make you happy. I don't want you to fall like this. Do you want to have a disabled lover like me?"
No response from Elena. The girl was still asleep and there was not even any movement at all.
"Elena, don't you want to live with me anymore? You're sorry you ignored you back then. Please awake! Don't make me like this" complained Jack.
Tired of not getting a response, Jack immediately told Elena.
"Ele, I'm going home. You never even responded to me at all. If you don't love me anymore, you better just go and never come back" Jack said. He then walked out of the room and returned to his papa who was waiting outside.
"How's Elena doing?"
"It's still the same, Pa. I'm pissed at him. I always tried to wake her up, but she never responded. I'll just say, if you don't like me, just go and never come back" he lamented.
Accompanied by that, the hours of doctor visits came into the room. Darius was hoping to get some good news after they got out.
"We went home after meeting with the doctor who handled Elena" Darius said. He did not even respond to his son's not-so-important remark. Darius' hope, Elena, is improving.
Strange, Darius saw the unusual movement of the health team. Something happened to the patient. Darius tried to ask anyone who was passing by.
"What's this?" ask her to the nurse who happened to pass by.
"Sorry, Sir. We rush. The doctor will explain later" the nurse replied, leaving behind Darius and Jack.
"Pa, do you think there's anything weird about that nurse?"
"No, Jack. He's just in a hurry. All this time, Elena never had any enemies. You don't worry, Elena's gonna be fine."
Nearly twenty minutes of waiting for the doctor to come out of the treatment room made Darius unable to stand it. He was about to enter the room, but was stopped. It would be unethical to leave the hospital without waiting for Elena's health.
Right in the 30th minute, the doctor just came out of that hospital room. He's looking for the whereabouts of the patient's family on Elena's behalf.
"The family of Elena's patients?" call doctor.
Darius and Jack approached. They want to know the latest news on Elena's development.
"We are his family, the doctor" said Darius.
The doctor looked lethargic. "Sorry, Sir. Elena can't be saved. He's gone."
Jack's world is collapsing. He had just wanted to make things right, but Elena proved that the girl did not love Jack anymore as she had just said. Elena's gone for ever and made a crushing blow to Jack.