Chapter 55.1: Grandma will always be here, in your heart

After a peaceful night's sleep, Ivy woke to find herself on Ray's bed. She sat up and saw the neatly folded blanket and pillow opposite her on the sofa bed. Feeling a little bad that she had caused Ray a bad night's sleep, Ivy walked out of his room while scratching her head and yawning. Midway, Sandra opened her room's door wanting to head over to Andrew's room only to be greeted by a drowsy Ivy who had just woken up.

"Morning!" Sandra chirped as Ivy looked up and smiled before giving her a hug sleepily. "Morning!"

"Where did you come from? I thought your room was here…" Sandra pointed to the room in front of them as Ivy sighed. "I think I fell asleep in Ray's room while having a little chat with him till late at night. Have you seen him?" Ivy asked as she yawned again.

Sandra shook her head. "Not yet… In fact, I was just about to head over to Andrew's room to wake him…" At the sound of Andrew's name, Sandra remembered about the concert tonight and quickly turned around to her room. "Give me a minute Ivy. Wait here." Sandra said on the way into her room as Ivy stood curiously waiting for Sandra to return with a concert ticket.

"Here… for you! Let's head to our first concert in Landsfield together!" Sandra cheered as Ivy took a look at the ticket which was identical to the one Jason gave her. She took a deep breath thinking could it be fated that she was meant to attend the concert after all before nodding and walking towards her room.

Sandra noticed Ivy's unexcited face as she turned her around before questioning her. "What's wrong, Ivy? You're not interested in going?" Ivy chuckled and shook her head.

"No, silly. Just that I already got a ticket invite from someone else before you did. This one perhaps one of my brothers could have it." Ivy said nonchalantly as she continued to walk towards her room while Sandra trailed her.

"Someone else? Who is it? Oh, oh is it Jason?" Sandra squealed as Ivy rolled her eyes and nodded before Sandra closed the door and began to rummage over Ivy's wardrobe to fix an outfit for her night's date.

The brothers and Peter who were downstairs at the dining table could hear Sandra's squeal as they ate quietly till Peter cleared his throat wanting to ask the brothers about the situation. "So, what's the situation like between your sister and Mr. Rahi?" Peter asked while taking a mouth of his bowl of porridge. The brothers noticed Peter had not used Jason but instead Mr. Rahi which meant he hoped the brothers had managed to get Ivy to stick with professional relationships only.

"She is determined to clear all doubts and keep it professional. There's no need to worry." Ray said solemnly as Peter nodded to the answer he wanted to hear while the rest of them continued to eat quietly. Although Peter still has his doubts, he hoped Ivy would stick to her words.

Jason on the other hand had been anxious the entire night that he had not gotten enough sleep.

"Yo bro, your eye bags are horrendous! You're sure you can pull a good look for tonight's date?" Marcel teased in the midst of stretching after waking up next to Jason's single bed as Jason couldn't help but chuckled.

"I have been thinking about it the whole night… What if things just go wrong? I mean I am pretty confident that she has feelings for me but I really couldn't tell if she was trying to play expensive or was she really worried about something?" Jason explained as he sat by the side of his bed facing Marcel who was still covered in his blanket. "Why are you always so pessimistic about things when it comes to Ivy?" Marcel mumbled as Jason raised an eyebrow. "You know how she is, don't you? She…" Jason sighed at how far things had come and most of the time it was best to stay prudent and be prepared for the worse. Marcel nodded as he stretched again.

"Hmm… Perhaps, you're really wanting this relationship to work but you're afraid that it would turn out bad don't you?" Marcel asked as Jason stared at the ground for a while. Marcel knew it was exactly Jason's thought.

"Perhaps, this should have something to do with Nancy as after all, she tried to attack Ivy while stalking both of you, and mind you it was a fake relationship. Can you imagine if Nancy finds out about all this? What will happen to Ivy? Don't you think she doesn't feel the security she needed yet? I mean, all girls need the sense of security before they could be committed." Marcel sat up as he explained, leaving Jason pondering for a second.

He never truly thought of this before but perhaps it might be the reason. It added more reasons for him to be more determined to talk things through with her tonight. Looking at Jason's face being less tense, Marcel knew Jason must have figured it out.

"Good luck, bro for tonight! I will see you next week in Manes. Send me some updates after you get the contract signed with Mr. Jing tomorrow." Marcel said before heading to the washroom to get ready to pack up to catch his flight at noon while Jason fell back on his back and stared up at the ceiling, trying to catch some sleep.

Meanwhile back in Manes, in a heavy downpour, Daisy was driving Jason's grandma carefully home from her weekly coffee and tea session with her friends in their old neighborhood. The old lady watched the heavy rain outside the window panel sadly as she began to miss Jason and Ivy after their visit a week ago. She was reminded of the small conversation they had shared and the promise Jason made to accompany her someday to meet with her friends. So, she decided to ask Daisy to get Jason to visit her again with Ivy.

"Daisy, where is my grandson? He should come back and see this old lady more often with that sweet girlfriend of his…" Jason's grandma complained as Daisy chuckled. "Mum, that's not his girlfriend yet…" Daisy explained as Jason's grandma scoffed. "Then, he must quickly make her into one! She is so much better than the previous girl…"

Daisy could only chuckle at her mother-in-law's whine at missing his grandson. "Alright, mum. He is at Landsfield on business. I will arrange for them to head back and see you soon once he flies back home, alright…" Daisy held her mother-in-law's hand to comfort her as she grumpily settled for Daisy's arrangements.

Moments later, Daisy felt strange when she tried to step on the brakes as they were nearing the traffic lights when she realised the brakes were malfunctioning as she gasped and tried to sound her horn to alert cars to avoid her.

"What's wrong with the car, Daisy?" Jason's grandma asked as Daisy panicked.

"The breaks won't work mum! Mum, sit back! Hold tight!" Daisy was trying to brave the crossing traffic from her left as she tried to speed up her driving away from the crossroads but immediately after that, in front of her was a long trailer that was too blurred to notice earlier due to the heavy rain.

Jason's grandma being quick-witted tried to swerve Daisy's steering wheel to the left to let the car knock on the curb on their right which send the car spinning around as both ladies held on tight to the car's handle for their life. After a few spinning, all Daisy could faintly see was her mother-in-law lying next to her as both of them were injured and bleeding in a pool of blood when the car came to a halt in the rain.

Daisy prayed earnestly as she lay half motionless by her mother-in-law's side and hope very much for her to survive before Daisy finally succumbed to being unconscious.

Marcel who had just landed at the airport from Manes, immediately was spammed with messages and phone calls from Rahi's household informing him of news of the accident as he rushed over to the given hospital to scout on the situation before informing Jason.

"Mr. Rahi…" Marcel greeted Jason's father who was standing in front of the operation theatre.

"Where is Jason?" Mr. Rahi questioned as Marcel bow his head down thinking about Jason's schedule.

"He is on business away in Landsfield, sir," Marcel answered honestly as Mr. Rahi scoffed the moment Daisy was pushed out from the operating theatre. It has been four hours since the operation started.

"Honey… Are you alright?" Mr. Rahi went over to her bedside as Daisy weakly nodded before trying to talk to him.

"Ja… Jason… mo…ther…" Daisy said weakly as Mr. Rahi nodded and stopped her from continuing to explain herself that their mother wanted to see Jason and he must get Jason back as soon as possible.

"Don't worry. You rest. I will wait for mother..." Mr. Rahi who had been in a long feud with his youngest son had ignored Daisy's intention of bringing up Jason's name and only focused on assuring her that he will look after his mother's matters. Daisy had no choice but to surrender to her weak self who couldn't explain further as the nurses then pushed Daisy's bed away to send her to the ward. Instead, Mr. Rahi was surprised to see the doctor standing in front of him.

"Doctor, how's my mother?" Mr. Rahi asked as the doctor shook their heads solemnly.