Meeting the Unexpected

Hospital.

Laras looked annoyed at her daughter, but again her eyes filled with tears. And she turned around quickly.

"Mother ..? Are you crying? I'm okay mom. I will be healthy and recover quickly," said Ella.

"Look at me, mom. I've been very good," she said again.

A neck brace was attached to Ella's neck, her left leg was gipped down to her knee, plus her right arm was also injured, and must also be gips and the white rope that supports Ella's left shoulder.

"How come, you said you were all right, Ella Amber? You could have lost your life!" Laras said louder, as she wiped her tears.

"You can't take care of the horses anymore." Lara's face became very fierce.

"Mother! Don't do it! What should I do later?" Said Ella irritated.

Laras is even more annoyed by her daughter's refusal, which almost takes her own life.

"You can help me, a lot of homework on the Huxleys," Laras answered.

"Huxley's had Helen, Floretta, and Alvin taking care of. Why am I helping? Please ... It's my fault anyway, Jason tried to warn me ....."

"But you didn't hear it! And look at you now! If it wasn't Mr. Edward who brought you quickly to the hospital, maybe you have ..." Laras sobbed again.

"What ...? Mr. Edward? Mr. Edward brought me to the hospital?" Ella asked, but her mother still kept crying and kept saying ...

"You are my only daughter, do you not want to hear what your mother said."

"Mother ..... Stop acting like that. I know you are just acting ... and don't expect me to be sorry," Ella pouted.

Laras immediately straightened her face, and this time she showed her normal face.

"Huh! you can't sympathize with your own mother? This time I'm serious about what I said. You can't take care of the horses anymore!" said Laras. Said Laras with a fierce face.

"Did Mr. Edward, not come to visit to see me?" Ella asked, her mother immediately staring at her suspiciously.

"What?"

"I mean, is he ..."

"You have to say thank you to him, I know you really hate Mr. Edward. But he's really worried about your situation. In fact, he said you don't have to worry about all the medical expenses while you're in the hospital."

"Because Mr. Edward said this was an accident at work, and the Huxleys would cover all the expenses." Laras gives a long explanation.

Ella thought about what her mother said, she remembered Edward again. Does he really care about Ella's state?

The door to the room opened, a nurse and a man had just entered her room.

"Good evening, Miss. Amber." Said the female nurse in a friendly manner, and Ella immediately recognized the man beside her.

"Alfred ..?"

"Doctor Alfred, these are the results of Miss. Amber's latest examination and these are the results of the pre-treatment examination." The nurse handed several notes to Alfred, who immediately went over them carefully.

"What? So you're a doctor?" Said Ella while glancing at Alfred, even though his movements were like robots.

"Aaacchhhh ..." Ella felt a pain in her neck, as she tried to move her neck so she could see Alfred's face clearly.

"Ella ... Be careful, you can't move your neck too much." Laras began to advise back.

Alfred just looked with a smile.

"Good afternoon Miss. Amber, it looks like you are better. But remember, your bones are still not fully glued together. You still have to be careful," said Alfred.

"Alfred? Umm ... Sorry Doctor Alfred." Ella started to open her mouth to make a sound.

"So ... you really are a doctor? I thought you were the same age as Mr. Edward." Ella asked stupidly.

Alfred laughed at Ella's words, "I take it as a compliment Ella, I'm older than Edward, of course. Ahh I know, because I was wearing my brother's alma mater jacket at that time, so ... you guessed like that right?" Alfred replied.

"Ella, stop with what you will say. You're being so rude, I'm sorry Doctor Alfred." Said Laras looked uncomfortable.

The door to her room opened again, this time Ella saw that Kristy and Calvin had entered her room.

"Ella .... Hahhhhh? Are you okay?" Said Kristy, immediately giving a tight hug.

"Acchhh ... Kristy, you hurt me." Ella tried to loosen her friend's hug. "I'm sorry, it's accidentally." Kristy immediately let go of his hug.

"It seems it's my time to say goodbye. And remember Miss Amber, for the time being, you are not allowed to do any dangerous activity. Including horse riding." Said Alfred, Laras, who heard it, nodded in agreement with the doctor's statement.

Alfred and the nurse had left the room. Calvin was already sitting on the side of the bed, while Kristy took the chair that he was close to Ella's bed.

"Ella, is it okay if I go out for a bit?" Ask Laras, "There are several things that I have to take care of."

Laras also left Ella's room, the three of them stayed in the room. Calvin and Kristy continued, staring in amazement that Ella could still be alive.

"Wahh .. is this your way to kill yourself?" Calvin said, tapping Ella's leg gyps lightly. "It seems less successful, do you want to repeat it again?" Calvin scoffed.

"Would you like to try it with me, Calvin?" Ella asked in return, and Calvin grinned with amusement.

"Ella, is it because of that guy? So you're doing this kind of reckless?" Kristy started teasing her again,

"Ha?? What do you mean?" Ella pursed her mouth.

"You know exactly what I mean, Ella," Kristy emphasized.

"I hope your brain is still sane, and forget that bastard !!" Said Kristy.

"You know Ella, Kristy panicked when she found out you had an accident. Just watch her eyes turn puffy." Calvin added.

At least Ella felt comforted by the presence of her good friends, they both really cared about Ella.

Ella remembers her first meeting with Calvin when she almost had a duel because of a minor misunderstanding in the school lab.

And finally, a noisy Calvin boy falls in love with a beautiful girl named Kristy.

Calvin asked Ella for help to be very close to Kristy at that time. And their friendship continues, until their final year at school.

***

Laras looked doubtful looking at the nurse who was in the administration room. She took a deep breath and started walking.

"Is there anything I can help?" Asked the nurse who guarded the room. Laras stared doubtfully for a moment. "I want to check my health condition." Said Laras.

"You want us to help a general practitioner, or we help you to a specialist?" The nurse asked again.

"Can you help for a specialist in internal medicine?" Ask Laras again.

Alfred was just walking around and was quite tired of his routine schedule. "Are there any patient schedules that I have to visit again?" Alfred asked the nurse beside him.

"No Docter Alfred. You are free, now," said the nurse, flipping through the paper she was holding.

"Ok, if there is anything I will be in my room until five o'clock in the afternoon." Said Alfred who immediately walked to his room.

But Alfred slowed down and saw someone he knew.

"Isn't that Mrs. Laras?" Alfred said softly to himself.

Laras has entered the room, accompanied by a nurse who greeted her kindly.

Alfred looks confused because Laras enters the special room to check for serious internal diseases.

"Is she sick?"

a few moments before, In the room Laras sat with an uneasy attitude, she recalled her meeting with the doctor she had just met.

Laras answered a lot of questions from the doctor, and almost all the symptoms she mentioned and where had been experienced by her.

Coughing up blood, pain in the chest or ribs area, fatigue, weight loss due to decreased appetite, and sometimes all these symptoms are accompanied by fever.

"Mrs. Laras. I highly recommend that you take serious care in the future. Indeed, for lung cancer, it cannot be detected quickly, that's why you only feel have the flu accompanied by a cough." Said the doctor.

Laras looked seriously at all the doctor's explanations.

"Please reconsider all my words, because it is for your benefit. In the meantime, I will give you the appropriate medicine, and you should not continue your old medicine."

The doctor's words, still haunting her mind, Laras stared at the medicine she had redeemed. And there are five kinds of temporary medicine, and she must drink it regularly.

Laras also glanced at the payment receipt which she was holding tightly. She looked at the nominal amount she had just paid.

"Hhh ... just for a drug like this the price has exhausted my pocket," Laras said sadly, what she thought at that time was the cost of her medical treatment which would have been expensive.

She does have savings, but she will use the money for Ella's college fees. Not felt a single tear had wet her cheek.

"Laras?"

A man was already in front of her, looking at her with a shocked look.

Alan Smith was still standing and as surprised as Laras.

"Alan, why are you here?" Said Laras and she got up and wanted to leave the man immediately.

"Please. Don't go." Alan, who can already guess, holds Laras's arm tightly and holds it as hard as possible.

***