HIS RUDE CHEF: Chapter 41 – The End
CHAPTER 44
By Naomi Cindy B
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“What do we do?” Melanie said in tears
“We should hope for him to get a donor before three days time, that’s the only thing we can do.. hope” the doctor replied.
” Ok doctor” Philip said slowly, he’s broken to wrecks inside but he’s trying to hide it
He sat dejectedly on the chair and started staring into space
“We’ll include his name in the list of donor recipients and the search for his donor will start immediately” the doctor stated before leaving
” What do we do?, I can’t lose my grandson” Carolyn said , wiping her tears
” Doctor told us to hope” Philip said slowly
“Robin, we can’t lose him” Valerie said slowly
The doctor who went inside Leo’s ward the other time came out
“He’s stable now, you can go in but no noise please” he said
” Sure” Sally replied and is the first to go in while the others followed
Leo is lying on the bed with a bandaged head and Philip can’t help but feel guilty, he did this for him cos if not for him, he’d have died with Melanie
Sally sat beside him and rested her head on his side
“Please wake up soon” she said
“Buddy, you need to really wake up soon, you still have a lot to do please” Philip said
” HNP, a lot of horror novels collection are still waiting for you to read them, just wake up very soon” Carolyn said sadly..
They stayed with him quietly in the ward for a while before going into Robin’s ward, he’s lying helplessly on the bed and he’s unconscious, now a pipe of oxygen has been passed into his nose and he’s breathing with the aid of that
“My boy” Philip said and all the tears he has been hiding fell
This is the height of sadness, utter sadness
“Watching him down like this is kinda scary, you know..for a kid who’s a talkative” Melanie sniffed
” I can’t believe he has actually been hiding it since all these days, I can’t believe it” Philip said
” I was surprised when Michelle told me about it too, I got alarmed and had to rush down here” Mr Jeremy said
” He will be ok right?” Michelle asked childishly, looking at Robin on the bed with a worried face
“Yes he’ll be” Carolyn replied hopefully, all this while, Susan has been smiling
“If I die, I won’t die in vain” she thought…
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They can suddenly hear footsteps coming in in the living room, before they can have time to think of pulling out, Stella came in with a dangerous look on her face
Rico quickly pulled out and pulled up his tr.ousers that’s beneath his legs
Kat covered her thing with her blouse
Stella smiled sternly before crossing her arms on her chest
“So… this is the help you came to offer huh?, Sharing what I eat with me, and you think you’ll go Scot free?, No dear” she said, dipping her hand into her bag
” S-lady you need to calm down, we were just… doing things” Rico said
” Of course you were doing things, and who says you can’t continue? But you can go meet her in heaven and continue” Stella said and pulled the trigger, she shot Kat down on the forehead
Rico looked at Kat’s body and smiled, “so you wasted her huh?’ he said, facing Stella again
” You should be following her but your luck is that you still have a lot of thing to do to me, but your punishment for this is still coming… dispose her off and meet me in my room” she said, going upstairs
” Dmn!” Rico ranted
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“mummy Susan, Valerie, you guys should go home we’ll stay here” Philip said, facing them
” Go home when two lives are in danger?” Susan said
*Mum just listen to him, you need to rest cos you look tired, Valerie please take her home” Melanie said dryly
Susan inhaled before deciding to give in. “Ok daughter, I’ll make sure to come early tomorrow morning, take care” she replied as Valerie left with her
Everyone is in unconsolable sadness
“Valerie you forgot to shut the door” Susan said when they got home and she made to enter without shutting the door
“Oh, I’m sorry mummy” she replied and went to shut it
“When I’m gone, don’t make such mistakes, who knows who might come in?” Susan said
” Are you going somewhere?, You’ve been behaving strange these days” Valerie said
Susan smiled and went closer to her, ” I know Zayn will wake up soon, take care of your dad Valerie, take care of yourself too, be strong like Melanie, I’m sure she’ll overcome what she’s going through, she has always been victorious, and I hope your lost love will come back to you, I know you both will meet again, I’m wishing you a sweet wedding ahead…. and Melanie, I hope her wedding gets fruitful soon, I hope you’ll be able to live your life to the fullest and become a brilliant doctor like you’ve always dreamt of becoming” Susan said, looking intently at Valerie
“Mum…
Susan hugged her immediately
” Take care of yourself when I’m gone” she said
“Are you traveling?” Valerie asked confusedly
” Yes, I’m traveling” Susan replied
“Where to?’
” You’ll know tommorow” Susan replied
They went to bed after they both ate a slice of bread each though Susan barely touched hers, she kssed Valerie on the forehead before going into her room
She sat in front of the mirror and wiped her makeup with wipes, her pale face became revealed and her white eyes, as white as if she has no blood
Yeah, that’s how an untreated pancreatic cancer patient should look like, it’s really pancreatic cancer
When she went for test a month ago, she was told she has just a month to live cos it has passed the treatable stage, and since then, she has been preparing for death
She smiled at herself and eventually started crying silently
“My daughters” she lamented sadly
“Dwayne” Valerie thought as she sat still in the living room, kssing her bracelet
She kssed her bracelet countless times and found herself smiling but it soon turned to tears
Dwayne is gone, Leo is unconscious, Robin has just three days to find a donor, Melanie and Philip are sad, Stella is out there and no one knows what she might pull next
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“I found out my son is in the hospital, we just have to find a way and plan to get him in the hospital” Stella said after several rounds with Rico as usual
“Really?, Then this time let’s plan carefully, it must not fail ” Rico replied
” I’ll just have to pay one of the interns to do the job, I know just what to do” Stella replied, lightening a cigar
” So what’s my punishment for banging Kat?” Rico asked
” You’ll get to know soon, trust me” she replied
Next morning**
Valerie entered Susan’s room and her eyes widened at how her face looked like
“Mum your face!” She almost screamed, kneeling beside her
Susan smiled faintly
“It’s fine, guide me to the living room”
“Mum you’re…
” Valerie, please obey” she replied, she gave her another glance before helping her up from the bed
She guided her to the living room and it’s only now she knows how much weight she lost, her sides feels thin a lot
She made her sit on the couch and stood in front of her
“Mum you don’t look ok” she said, holding her hand
“I’m ok, you don’t have to worry, just go inside the kitchen and cook anything, I’m hungry” Susan said
” Mum you’ll eat my food?, Ion know how to cook” she replied confusedly
“Just make anything, even if it’s omelette” she replied, smiling wryly
Valerie rushed to the kitchen and made omelette, it’s ready in less than ten minutes, she dished it and placed it on the dinning table before going to help her up
She took her to the dinning room and made her sit before handing the fork to her, Susan’s hand is shaking as she took it
“Mum…
” Mum is fine, stop worrying” she interrupted and started eating slowly
” You know you and Melanie are the most pretty wonderful daughters one could ever ask for right?” She said
Valerie nodded, still in confusion
“So I want you both to get over me as soon as possible” she replied as she ate the third bite of the omelette
” What!”
” Yes Valerie, my time is up…but I won’t die in vain, my heart will be useful for Rob, always remember that…I love you both” she replied and the fork fell off her hand, small blood escaped the corner of her lips
She’d have fallen too but Valerie quickly caught her limp body as the blood flushed down her chin
“Mum!, Mum!!, Mummy!!!, Mummy please!!!” She screamed in hot tears before remembering ambulance is still in existence
She dialled the emergency line and they came in a jiffy , she was taken away and Valerie followed the ambulance to the hospital, almost crying her eyes out in the hospital
“Mum!, Valerie what’s wrong with mum!, Mum!” Melanie screamed as Susan was taken into the emergency unit again
” She’s… she’s….I dunno!” Valerie replied, sitting on the floor…
Melanie who was just stopping her tears Started crying again
“Not now!!!, Nothing should happen to mum!, Nothing should happen to her!’ she screamed and it was Philip holding her though that seems Impossible cos she kept removing her hand from his grip and sitting on the floor
“No mum you have to live!!” She screamed again
Over thirty minutes, the doctors are still in with her
Melanie’s phone suddenly rang but this is not the time to pick calls, it was Philip who picked it and after picking it, he sighed, not knowing weather to be happy or sad
“It’s from survivors hospitals… Melanie your dad is awake” he said
Melanie and Valerie spranged up and at the same time, the emergency unit door opened, the doctors came out with a sorry look on their faces
“I’m sorry” I’m of them said
“She has been battling with pancreatic cancer for more than six months now, it’d have been better if she treated it at the treatable stage before getting to the untreatable stage, her pancreas are damaged and….
“And what?, Just say it quick!” Melanie demanded impatiently
” You need to take heart madam and everyone cos….we lost her” the doctor said slowly..
Melanie felt as if all her bones were extracted from her limbs, she fell weakly and Philip quickly caught her
Valerie fell against the wall
“No!!!!, Mum!!!!!’ she screamed loudly, holding her head
Melanie freed herself from Phil and rushed into the ward
Seeing the body covered with a white clothe, her body went cold as if dipped into the freezer
She slowly uncovered the face just to confirm and it’s really her mum, lying dead on the bed lifelessly
It felt like the air she breaths went into extinction and she feels out of air immediately, she fell heavily
“Bring my mother back!, Bring my mother back please!!”
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