Chapter 62

"Irye..."Richard whispers as he gets to Irye's room in the hospital.

His eyes teary, while his breath, fast. He must have ran to the place, with the thought of his daughter in his mind.

He sees Irye having another one of her seizures. They have come this close to loosing her and there no time to waste.

"Mom"Richard calls and Grams turns to him.

She stand up."Richard."She says and walks to him. She hugs him and rubs his back.

"She will be okay. Don't worry about anything."Grams encourages.

"How can I not? She might lose her life if it goes on like this. For how long has she been like this?"His tears fall and the family can't help but watch.

Seeing Richard like that is their first. He didn't even act like that when Abigail once visited the house after abandoning them.

"Are you the one donating?"A man coming from behind asks. They break from the hug.

"It shouldn't be delayed you know. Let's see if you are match." The man Richard recognises as a doctor says.

"What are talking about? Donating?"Richard asks, confused.

"Ah, I guess the nurse didn't tell you because she didn't want to scare you but we have to hurry if you want to save your daughter. It's already a miracle she's still alive. A real miracle." The doctor explains.

"Oh..o...okay. Let's go"Richard follows the doctor to have the test done.

Grams returns to Irye's side. She is already put on blood. But there is shortage of blood and not all the bloods available are a match to her's.

That's why a donor is needed. It's not like the rest around her are a match.

Richard is their only hope.

"Please."Grams prays internally as she looks at her granddaughter.

Evie and Claude stare at Grams while she whispers inaudible words. Evie is about walking to sit on the chair near the door when she sees someone through the window.

"Mom?"She says to herself, opening the door.

"Hey.."Her mom pulls her into a hug. "Are you hurt anywhere? Are you alright? What of your brother?"She breaks from. the hug and checks her daughter's body.

Hearing the noise from outside, Claude turns and sees his mom.

"Mom!"He exclaims, making the others turn.

Gerrard turns to look at Mae.

"What?! I called her here because I wanted her to stop worrying."Mae shrugs.

"You know it's not the right time. I mean it's all good but not the right time."Gerrard tells her.

"What are you trying to tell me?. She's not seen us for months now and you are telling me it's not right of me calling her here?"Mae's voice begins rise and Grams sniffs a quarrel.

"It's okay. You shouldn't do this here."She stops them. Mae walks out with the baby in her arms.

He enters into paradise since the moment they get there. He gets enough food and proper change of clothes and toiletry.

After Irye has been admitted, the baby becomes their first priority before they do anything else.

Rachel McVenus, the twins' and Mae's mother becomes shocked when she sees a baby in Mae's arms.

"Whose..."She begins.

"Oh it's a long story but this is Irye's kid brother."Evie cut in, quickly noticing her mother's face expression.

"Who? When did Richard have a child that I didn't know? And don't tell me that's Mirabel's kid."Rachel says with a funny expression on her face.

"No, Mom."Mae giggles. "Prepared to be shocked though."

"Mm hm? Am all ears darling. Fill me in."Rachel acts all curious.

"Why didn't you call her."Grams asks and Gerrard turns.

"What?"He asks back, pretending not to know what Grams is going on about.

"Your Mom. Why didn't you...."

"Just didn't want to bother her."Gerrard interrupts Grams. "I will be going home anyways...from here. There's no need."

"Son, you don't have to act all strong. I know all about it. Isn't that why you act like nothing worries you."Grams retorts. "You can be weak infront of me...That's okay with me."

"Grams..."Gerrard stands up. "I don't wanna talk about it..please. Let's pretend this never happened..mm?"

"Alright"Grams sighs and nods. "I won't force you. Talk to me when you feel like it okay?"

Gerrard nods before going to stand at the side window in the room.

His mom and Abigail are the same except for the fact that his mom stays home with them, he and his father.

To cover up his pain, he smiles and crack jokes a lot even when not necessary. Acting all carefree is just to get his mind off his troubles.

Before he knows it, he's gotten used to it and it's like he was born carefree.

"Okay"Mae says to her mom. "Listen carefully. The thing is...."

"He is Aunt Abigail and Uncle Sam's son."Evie quickly says.

"Spoiler!"Mae accuses.

"Already said it."Evie pulls out her tongue and they all laugh.

"Whose child did you say he was? Is he the one?"Richard is seen standing with the doctor a bit far from them.

"Is he the one?"Richard points at the baby in Mae's arms.

"Yes Uncle."Mae answers and tension begins to build up.

This is the product of the two people who betrayed him and even if it's not said, he is the cause of all that happened to his family. They went there because of him.

"Let's go." the doctor taps Richard on the shoulder and leads the way.

Irye is being transferred to another room together with Richard.

The family watch as the go out of sight.

A sea of relief washes over them for things have ended. At least their suffering has ended. The only thing left is for Irye to get well.