Nina Morrison wakes up the next morning.
She opens her eyes and only to see a nurse. "Excuse me, where am I, please?" Asks Nina Morrison politely.
"Oh, don't you know? You are in St. Ann's Hospital."
St. Ann's? The city's top private one. Nina's eyes sparkle. Great! Dad is also in this hospital, waiting for surgery!
Lucien Gray has been haunting her for days. She just wants to visit her father today. He's the only family she has.
When the nurse left, Nina Morrison takes off the needle from her hand and walks toward the ICU.
"Nina... You are here... What... Patient clothes?" Barry Morrison, lying on the bed, is very happy to see his daughter. He is now able to say short sentences. Nina is pleased. The pain in the lower abdomen does not seem obvious either.
"Dad, I am fine. I just have a cold. I come to the hospital for an infusion." Nina Morrison replies with ease.
"Nina... Dad, get well, pay back the money. You... have to study hard..." Barry looks at the daughter with relief, naively thinking that the medical expense is really borrowed by his daughter.
"All right. Dad, stop talking and have a good rest." Nina holds dad's hands and asks the nurse next to her, "When is my father's surgery going to take place?"
The nurse shakes her head and says, "I'm not sure. We have to wait for a matching kidney. But your father is too weak to undergo big surgery. He has to get better."
What should I do? Does Lucien Gray know about it? What would he do? What if he shut down the contract and dad's surgery? Nina is in a muddle.
"Miss, if you want to leave hospital, you have to pay the bill first". The nurse is accustomed to looking at Nina, who is shaking all over.
When she sees the bill from the nurse, Nina gets dizzy, since she can impossible afford to the long string of "0" even if you sell her! It is merely first aid. Why would it cost so much?
Nina mutters, pulls out her wallet, counts out five hundred-dollar bills, and talks to the nurse, "Can I pay part of the bill first?"
"No! All must be settled!" The nurse replies.
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