NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 46
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Authoress’ pov ?
What’s going on?
Rhoda wonders as doctor Hemsworth and some other people rushed past her in the hallway.. she recognizes one of them as Marcus.
But before she could stop him to ask what’s going on, he’s gone out of reach.
Why is Marcus here? She stands there for a few minutes, before walking towards her office… with a small frown on her forehead.
Few meters to her office, she heard a group of nurses murmuring.
* Something like this has never happened in this hospital before.
* Doctor Hemsworth’s operation has always been a successful one.
* God! He’ll be so devastated right now.
* Is he gonna get fired?
Rhoda feels like she’s heard enough, so, she walked past them quickly.
The nurses keeps quiet when they saw her, unknown to them she’s already heard their conversation… Just that she couldn’t point out what exactly is going on.
“Miss Statham!” She heard her assistant called her.
She stopped and turn around, her assistant rushed towards her with some files in her hands.
“Miss Statham, I have collected Mr Felix’s information from doctor Lindsay.. per your instruction!”
Rhoda nods, she continues walking and her assistant follows behind… they arrived at her office.
She opened the door and they step in, she walks straight to her chair and sit down.. her assistant dropped the files on her table.
“Right… What’s going on today, Riley?” Rhoda asked.
“I don’t understand, Miss Statham!”
“Since I arrived, I have been hearing murmurs around… doctor Hemsworth also seem to be in a rush!”
Now that she’s thinking about it, she should have followed him to find out what’s happening.
“He did an operation and it wasn’t successful.. he lost the patient!”
“What? How?” Rhoda exclaimed with a shocked expression.
“Nobody knows what went wrong, doctor Hemsworth has always been careful.. so, this is a shock to everyone!”
Rhoda nods thoughtfully at her Riley’s words.. Hemsworth never make mistakes.
“I heard the director has heard about it and he’s very furious…doctor Hemsworth might get fired!” Riley said.
Rhoda’s frown deepens.
“Then where was he rushing off to?”
“One of his nurses said the boy’s breathing again!”
Releasing a relief sigh, she reaches for a file and opens it.
“It’ll be a good thing if that boy survives.. doctor Hemsworth is one of the best doctors here, it’ll be a pity if he’s fired!”
Riley nods in support of Rhoda’s words, since she started working with Rhoda.. she haven’t heard Rhoda compliment someone…this is the first time.
“Who’s the boy’s family?”
Riley thinks for a brief moment, she heard the nurses talking about it a while ago.
“I think his sister’s name is Anastasia Lopez…”
Rhoda sprints up at once, as if the chair was suddenly set on fire.. she narrows her eyes on Riley.
“What did you say?”
“I said his sister’s name is Anastasia Lopez!”
Not saying another word, Rhoda rushed out of her office.
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Matilda’s pov ?
It’s been a few minutes, since doctor Hemsworth rushed into the operating room and shut the doors.
Marcus sits on a bench, while I pace worriedly in front of him.. my heart pounding as I pray silently that a miracle should happen.
“Where’s the boy?” A lady asked as she rushed towards us.
Marcus got up the moment he saw her, he walked towards her and pass her a smile.
Do they know each other? What’s their relationship? I wondered as I glare at her.
Hold on… why am I glaring at her?
“Rhoda, what are you doing here?” Marcus asked her.
“I heard something went wrong with Anastasia’s brother’s operation and….”
“Nothing went wrong!” I cut her off.
I walked closer to them, I eyed her for making such comment.
“Who are you and what are you here?”
She looks at me with her eyes narrowing in confusion, she passes a confused glance at Marcus.
“Who is she?” She asked Marcus.
My frown deepens. I’m talking to her, why is she asking Marcus instead of replying me.
“Hello? That’s my question!”
Marcus chuckles lightly and wraps his arm around my shoulder, pulling me closer to him.
“Rhoda, meet my girlfriend.. Matilda..”
“Girlfriend?!” I elbowed his stomach and he released a small grunt.
“Not yet, not yet but soon!” He added with a light laugh.
Then I raised my eyebrows at this Miss world standing in front of me.
“Matilda, meet Rhoda… Nicklaus’s elder sister!”
Oh! So she’s Mr Statham’s elder sister?! Definitely, he’s like an elder sister to Marcus too!
I feel myself breathing in relief.
“I’m Matilda Spears… Anastasia’s best friend!” I said and reached out my hand for a handshake.
She stares at my hand briefly, before wrapping hers in mine briefly too.
“So… what is happening here?” She asked.
“Well, let’s just say doctor Hemsworth is trying to save Denzel” I replied.
Rhoda nods and leans on the wall, she looks around with a frown.
“Where is Nicklaus and Anastasia? Why are they not here?”
“I guess Anastasia couldn’t take the news of Denzel’s supposed death.. she ran out and Nicky followed her!” Marcus replies… choosing his words carefully.
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Authoress’ pov ?
Statham enterprise… 6pm…
It’s the end of work for today and it’s time for workers to go home, everyone has gone home too except Claudia.
She sits in her office as if she’s waiting for someone or something… though there are some files in front of her.
After staying in her office for sometime, she got up and head towards Nicklaus’s office.
The lights are still on, she smiles as she reminiscises those days when Nicklaus would be working overtime.
It was her job to constantly remind him of going home, sometimes, he’d listen to her and other times he’d not.
Could it be they are having troubles already? She wonders.
She wanted to head back to her office and continue waiting.. but she decides against.
This is the time for me to strive! She thinks…she grab the door handle and pushed it open.
With a bright smile, she stepped in.. but the smile suddenly wipes off and replaced with a frown.
Her eyes scan around the office but they couldn’t find Nicklaus, she sighs..
Just then her phone vibrates in her pocket, she quickly reached for it and sees that man calling.
She quickly turn off the lights and steps out, before receiving the call.
“Hello?”
“I have something new for you, let’s meet!”
She stops by the door of her office and pushes it open.. she steps in.
“When are we meeting? And what time?” She asked.
“Tomorrow, 9:30pm!”
“Ok!” She hangs up and shoves her phone in her bag.
After packing and arranging the files scattered around on her table, she flings her bag on her shoulders and head out.
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The elevator doors open and she steps into the first floor, she releases a yawn and heads towards the exit door.
An employee who seem to have worked overtime and was just closing saw her..
“Miss Claudia!” She calls.
Claudia stopped while the employee catched up with her.. this employee seem to be one of the few that get along with her.
“Miss Claudia, I didn’t know you’re still here.. I thought I was the only one that hasn’t gone home yet!”
Claudia didn’t reply her, she simply continues walking.
“I guess you were waiting for Mr Statham…”
She trails off and wait for Claudia’s response, but there’s none.. so she continues.
“I saw Mr Statham and his girlfriend…”
Claudia stopped walking and throws her a very harsh glare.
“That bi*ch is not Nicklaus’s girlfriend!” She snaps at the employee.
The employee nods quickly and continue her report.
“They left in a hurry this afternoon!”
“When did they leave?” Claudia asked.
“I think around lunch time!”
Claudia clenched her fist tightly and glare at nothing in particular.. she grits her teeth.
“That bch! Always getting in the way!” She growls and angrily storms out of the building.
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Meanwhile, Jack sits in a chair at the place he and Anastasia normally meet.
He opens the last bottle of beer on his table and take a large gulp.. his face already turned red from too much drinks he’s had.
*I don’t wanna hate you and I don’t want to have you as my enemy.. just don’t show yourself in front of me ever again!*
*I trusted you so much, but what did you do? You lied to me!*
*I’m disappointed in you, Jack!*
He begin to recalls Anastasia’s words to him when she found out he lied.
Then he reminisces when they were happy.. him, Matilda and Anastasia.. how they were always having fun together.
Thinking back to those days, he suddenly realizes that Anastasia had showed him all her love for him.. he was just too naive to notice.
He chuckles… slurring.
“How funny life can be…it plays the most expensive joke on you!”
He grabs his bottle of beer and take another large gulp.
His mind went back to how Anastasia had firmly promised him that she would be here.. he grab his beer again and downs everything in one gulp.
He throws the bottle roughly on the table, the bottle wasn’t balance.. it falls and crashed.
Jack got up, he dipped his hands in his pocket.. he pulls out his wallet, he takes out some money and placed it on the table.. before heading out.
He staggers as he walks.
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Matilda’s pov ?
LA city hospital…6:27pm…
My gaze remain on the doors, expecting them to burst open any minute… expecting to hear some good news when it opens.
I hear a tapping and turn, it’s Rhoda tapping her feet impatiently on the floor.
“Rhoda?” I called.
She turns to me.
“Are you a doctor here?” I asked.
She nods in reply.
“Then, don’t you have work to do?”
“Yes, I do.. but I can’t leave!”
She can’t leave? What if her patients are waiting for her? Or is she not an attending doctor?
“My brother is not here, I’m representing him!”
Oh, that makes sense.. it none of Mr Statham’s family isn’t here, it won’t look good!
“Doctor Hemsworth!” Marcus called.
I turn my attention back to the doors, doctor Hemsworth walks towards us with a very deep frown on his face.
Uh-oh, this doesn’t look good.. don’t tell we got our hopes up for nothing.
My heart starts pounding, three times faster than before.. God, I have never been so scared before!
I’m scared of what will happen to Anastasia if Denzel doesn’t really make it.
Rhoda clears her throat.
“Doctor Hemsworth, how did it go?” She asked.
Although, her voice is firm but I can tell she’s panicking deep down.. from the way her hands are shaking beside her.
Wait.. she doesn’t know Denzel, right? Then why is she panicking like this?
I guess, she’s transferring the love she have for her brother or Anastasia.. on Denzel.
Doctor Hemsworth sighs deeply, he takes off his gloves slowly and shakes his head.
“What’s bound to happen must happen.. no matter what!” He said.
I frown. “What do you mean by that?”
“The boy…. ” He trails off.
We all looked at him anxiously, he stares at us and sets his lips on thin lines.
He walked past us to a bench and sits down, he takes out a bottle water from his coat pocket and takes large gulps.. until the bottle is empty.
“Say something, Hemsworth!” Marcus growls.
I guess he’s got enough of waiting, me too, I want to know what happened.
“The boy… He lives!” He exclaimed and got up, he pulled Marcus into a hug.
Slowly, I processed the words in my head and I break into a very bright smile.
“He lives?!” I asked rhetorically.
But doctor Hemsworth and Marcus nods in response.
“He lives!” Rhoda and I exclaimed happily.
Then I turn back to those doors, they open and I see two nurses pushing Denzel out in a stretcher.
I rushed towards them and hold one part of the stretcher.. I looked at Denzel and he stares back at me weakly.
“Denzel, Denzel can you hear me?” I asked.
He nods slowly, he takes a deep breath.
“W-water.. wa.. water..”
“Water?” I asked.
“No! No water!” Doctor Hemsworth yells and rushed towards us.
I frown at him.
“He said he wants to drink water, he’s thirsty”
“No, don’t give him any water.. it’s too early for him to drink water”
“Too early?”
“Yes, he’s just coming out of the operating room, he can’t have water now.. it’s harmful to him at this moment!”
I nod, I turn to Denzel and give him an apologetic look.. he look away from me with a frown.
“Anna… Anna.. ” he called quietly.
If I wasn’t standing next to him, I wouldn’t have heard him call her… then I realized Anna doesn’t know about this yet.
I raised my head, Marcus and Rhoda are already standing next to me.
“Call Mr Statham, tell him to get Tasia here.. Denzel is awake!” I told Marcus.
He nods and quickly reach for his phone, he presses a few buttons before taking the phone to his ear.
He wanted a few minutes, then shakes his head.
“It’s not connecting!” He said.
“Keep trying!” I told him.
Rhoda reached for her phone too. “I’ll try if I can get to him!”
She tried but it’s still not connecting.. but they didn’t stop, they kept trying.
“Er.. make way, the nurses should take Denzel to his ward to rest!” Doctor Hemsworth said.
We made way and they took Denzel away, I followed them while Rhoda and Marcus keep trying to get to Mr Statham.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
I don’t know how long we’ve been sitting on this bench inside this church, my head rest on Klaus’ shoulder.
My stomach growls loudly, disturbing the peace and quiet surrounding us.
“How about we head back to the hospital to…”
“No!” I cut him off firmly.
I don’t wanna go back to that hospital now, going back there will only make me sadder… it’ll only cause more heartbreak for me.
“Ok.. let’s go home then!” He said.
I didn’t reply him, my eyes just stayed at Jesus Christ statue mounted by the altar.
“You have to freshen up and eat something!”
“I’m not hungry!” I said.
“I know you’re not hungry, but I am.. let’s go home so I can eat!” He said.
It’s true, he might be hungry by now… after all, he’s been sitting here with me since afternoon.
I tilt my head and realize it’s quite dark outside.. I sighed.
Without saying anything, I got up and head out.. he got and followed me.
“Are we going home?” He asked.
I simply nod in reply.
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The drive from the church to Klaus’s mansion is quiet and long.. my mind kept drifting to Denzel and silent tears fell down my eyes.
Klaus couldn’t do anything, he simply wipes off my tears with his handkerchief.
Right now, I’m sitting on my dressing table and Klaus is blow drying my hair… I just finished taking my bath.
I meant, Klaus just finished bathing me.. I don’t have the strength to do anything.
Just then, his phone starts ringing, he turns off the dryer and drops it on the dressing table.. before going to get his phone.
“Marcus!” He answered his phone.
……..
“What?! When?!”
I got up and walked towards the bed, I slowly climb onto it and lay down…pulling the blanket to my chest.
I turned to my side and let silent tears fall on the sheets…I can’t believe all my hard work just went to waste!
“I’ll tell her, thank you!” Klaus said.
He rushed to me and pulled me up into a sitting position, he wipes my tears with a smile.
“That’s enough crying, Anastasia!”
I tried to push him away and go back to sleeping, but he held me back.
“Denzel is alive!”
I tensed as these words keep repeating in my head.
“Denzel is alive, he’s resting in his ward as we speak!”
I stare directly in his eyes, my eyes searches his for any trace of lie..but there’s none.
“D-denzel..”
“Yes! Denzel is alive!”
“M-my.. my brother…” I trails.
He nods, I jumped off the bed and run straight for the door but Klaus quickly comes in front of me and stop me.
“Make way!” I growled.
“No! Where are you going?”
“My brother! I want to see him!”
He shakes his head and I frown.
“You haven’t eat anything since lunch, eat something first and I’ll take you there!”
“No! I’m going there now!”
I wanna check if it’s really true, I want to see him with my eyes.
“Eat something, I promise, I promise I’ll take you there tonight!”
My eyes glance at the wall clock, it’s really late, I don’t think I can get a taxi or can by this time… 9:59pm already.
Going in his car is the only choice now.. I sighed deeply.
“Fine, you must take me there after dinner!”
“I promise!”
At that moment, Jerry knocks on the door.
“Master, the food is ready!” He said from outside.
“Did you add what I asked to add?”
“Yes, Master!”
“Good!”
Klaus wrap his arm around my waist and lead me out.
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Klaus keeps staring at me since I started eating, well, you can say I’m shoving the food down my throat… since I wanna finish in time.
“Why are you staring at me like that?” I asked.
I couldn’t withstand his stares anymore.
“Nothing, keep eating!” He said.
He stabs his steak and starts eating, I frown.. since we started eating he hasn’t eat anything else apart from steak.
“Eat some rice and vegetables too!” I said.
“No, I’m good with steak!”
I wanted to argue with him, I wanted him to eat more because I won’t be able to finish these food in time on my own.
But my vision starts bluring.
Did Klaus add posion to my food? Is that why he doesn’t want to eat from it?
Soon, it’s darkness….
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