Chapter 8: Bill already settled?

Dracon walked to the hospital room where his brother lay. She did not walk in. His face was peaceful. He looked just like how he looked when they were younger, still as handsome as ever still the little boy who would follow behind her calling her sister. Her light and the only family she had left slept peacefully. She could finally see him. She could not cry even if she wanted to. She had been through so much that there were barely tears in her eyes. She had cried so much that there were no tears left in her eyes. But she was in pain. She placed her hand on the window, caressing it trying to make out the facial features of the man lying in the hospital bed.

Dracon stood like that for some minutes. The doctor urged her to go inside, but she wasn't ready to see him yet, not as dragon or Erica. Because the people trying to take advantage of his brother knew she was dead and they did not realize he had Dracon's help, she kept it a secret. This was so as not to startle the snakes that lay in wait.

She had no doubt that her brother would come to learn of her involvement in his case and he would begin looking for her. Even then she would make sure he did not learn of her identity as Erica.

Using her Dracon personality she could at least help extend the time the snakes needed to rob her brother of his property. At the same time, it would alert the mastermind that her brother had a backer, making it easier for her to catch them all in one fell swoop.

Dracon stood there in a daze and then she made her way to the reception to settle the bill.

"Sir the bill has already been settled. It was settled a few minutes ago by a super duper handsome guy," the nurse answered her eyes full of worship.

Dracon looked at the lady and could not help but lament how vain women were. An hour ago they were staring at her like they could eat her alive. Now they had changed their target to a new love interest. Indeed women were vain creatures. They could not be trusted with good-looking things.

Besides Lena's family, no one else knew about her brother, or so she thought. Even though she was well aware that the man could never pass up the chance to bootlick those in power, she also understood that he was busy with his wife who was about to give birth.

Also, she was pretty sure that man was not good-looking enough to make the nurses so dumbstruck. He was in no way comparable to his Dracon face or her brother's handsomeness. Therefore, she was sure he was not a person she was familiar with, at least for the time being.

" Do you know the man? Have you ever seen him before?" asked Dracon, feeling lost himself. She did not know if the person was a friend or a foe. She didn't want to investigate him and end up upsetting their helper if it was the former. This is because no one likes being investigated, but it might be dangerous if he was one of the people responsible for her parent's death.

Either way, she was conflicted, and she figured it would be right if she just asked the nurses first before thinking about anything else.

"I don't know him, and I have never seen him before. This is my first time seeing him sir," answered the nurse.

Another nurse came along hurriedly afraid that Dracon will leave and told her while out of breath, "Excuse me, sir, he came here yesterday as well with a team of doctors from abroad, I heard from someone that even the director does not dare to show off in front of him, I also heard that he flew in those doctors from abroad in mere minutes some of them are said to have changed from their pyjama's in the jet that had been sent to pick them up.

"The only thing I know about him is that he is a powerful man. Since he got all of the famous doctors to come down here personally, even those who were in Africa, I heard none of them complained even after they found out that the handsome young man was not seriously injured. They were forced to stay up all night until he regained consciousness and did all sorts of tests on him to make sure he was fine before they were all allowed to leave."

Erica slipped into deep thought. She did not remember their father having any friends who could bring together such a huge number of world-famous doctors. Since most of the most qualified doctors worked for the government and her family was in the illegal drugs business, her family has never had a positive relationship with any reliable doctors.

Even after the underworld became legal, she did not have such a huge network of genius doctors under her. She was very confused. Now more than anything she needed to know who was the man that had helped her brother. She needed to know if it was an ally or an enemy.

"Okay thank you for the info. By the way, you look so sexy in your uniform," Erica went back to her Dracon persona and left behind a blushing nurse as she swaggered her way out of the hospital.

She made her way outside the hospital, and just as she made her way outside she saw a line of cars, all Rolls Royce. The cars had tinted windows which rendered it impossible for her to see inside and identify who was inside. They were a total of fifteen cars all having the same number plate with a star.

Erica's eyes narrowed. Only the wealthiest and people who had contributed to the country's peace could use symbols on their number plates. Even she who was the wealthiest underground overload was not that wealthy and could not spend as lavishly as the man that catered for her brother's medical bills. Now she was even more interested in learning the identity of the man who had helped them out. She was out of the dirty business so she did not believe the government was after her through her brother.