Chapter 123: Can you hear me?
The nurse’s answer left a wide smile across everyone’s face, especially Zenith who felt as if the knot of anxiety cramped inside his chest had eased a bit. He hurriedly approached the nurse before asking, "Does that mean...she’s out of danger now?"
"Well, logically speaking, the answer isn’t completely positive." Her jovial expression tainted a little as she responded in a somber tone, "She just had a life-threatening surgery in a poor-conditioned hospital, with that worn-out body, and...I am sure you must have heard from the doctor already that her health won’t be perfectly rejuvenated, no matter how hard we try. The damage is already done.
"However, her willpower seemed to be the miracle that worked in her favor and helped to retrieve her senses. She isn’t fully awake yet, but her consciousness is returning and it is a positive side. If she manages to keep up with the medicines prescribed by us, she might be able to sustain good health as long as she can. But honestly, that can be a little expensive."
"Don’t worry about the cost of medicines, feel free to prescribe anything you need and I will bear every charge. I am willing to go as far as possible if it means to aid her in speedy recovery..." Zenith answered her earnestly, and his tone depicted that he meant every word that he spoke.
Hearing him, Barnes also stepped closer and nodded to the doctor as he spoke, "Please make sure to hand me a copy of the prescription list. I will take care of everything just as Young Master said, so you can please focus on helping her recover as much as possible."
The nurse blankly stared at both the giant determined men with a smile of gratitude in her eyes, as if she was deeply moved by the generosity they were showing towards someone as helpless as Marita. After keeping a brief pause, she asked Zenith in a polite voice, "Do you perhaps want to meet her now?"
"Yes, I do...but..." Zenith averted his gaze towards Granny Elma who was overwhelmingly emotional after hearing about Marita gaining her consciousness back. Meeting her tearful eyes, Zenith humbly answered, "As the elder one here among us, she should be the one to meet her first, not me—"
"It’s alright, son."
Interrupting his words, Granny Elma walked closer and patted Zenith on his broad back shoulder, smiling with tears filled with gratitude towards him. "Compared to what you have selflessly done for us, you’re the angel who deserves to meet her first, boy. Also, I feel Mari should also see you...however, I will keep my word in never telling her in detail regarding what you did for her sake."
Getting her permission and warm appreciation, Zenith smiled widely beneath his mask as he first walked inside the cabin right after the nurse. Watching Marita’s pale body lying on that hospital bed made him feel perturbed inside, as he couldn’t help but wonder about Kylian who didn’t have the slightest hunch of the turbulences happening in his beloved mother’s life.
He moved closer to stand next to Marita, while keenly gazing at her in concern. Checking on the monitor, he found her vitals were a little stable and they had removed the oxygen mask from her mouth, as if finally she was able to breathe on her own, thanks to the special facility of the hospital.