If Only She Knew - Season 1 - Episode 18

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If Only She Knew - Season 1 - Episode 18

Gazing at her now, she stood before him in a white dress.

“I came to see my daughter. May I ask the same question?”

“No need to,” she smiled. “I was…,” her eyes on Calvin.

“Where my manners? This is my son, Calvin.”
Calvin stood up.

“Nice to meet you ma’am.”
“Oh please. Call me Shania. You look alike with your dad.”

“My dad is ugly and I am more handsome,” said Calvin.

“Calvin. I will beat you up.”
“He is so funny. Can I sit with you two?”
“Yes. Why not?” replied Calvin.
Shania sat beside Andrew.

“Well my dad had invited you to join us for dinner tonight. I had come to pick you up at the hotel.

Mario told me you didn’t show up. You had an emergency to attend to. He mentioned the name of hospital that is why I came here. I thought maybe you were not feeling well but I can see you fit,”
she explained.

“It’s my daughter. Calvin can you excuse us. I need to talk to Miss Shania alone. Don’t go outside
it’s dark.”
“Okay, dad.”

He waited for his son to leave before continuing with his story.
“As I was saying, my daughter is in this hospital. Admitted, heart failure. They found the donor but will not do the operation if I don’t pay the full amount. I want to try to beg the doctor. I can’t lose my daughter.

I love her more than anything in this world. I would even die for her,” he pressed. “I don’t
know what to do.”

She looked up at him, her eyes shining with tears. She swallowed past the tightness in her throat.
“You know I would just put a bullet through to my head so they can give her my heart. She is too
young to die. If she leaves me now I will never be able to live with myself. I would blame myself
forever for not trying to save her life,” he paused.

“Let me help you,” she spoke holding her hand. “I will pay for the operation. I owe you with my life.

You saved me twice and I will be a bad person if I let you suffer when I am here.”

“No, Miss. You don’t have to. This is my problem but not yours. You really don’t need to do this.

Me telling you this it’s because I have seen that you a good person. I really needed someone to
talk to but not help me.”

“Come on Andrew. I want to help you. I don’t have kids but I have seen how much you love your daughter. I will help you as a friend. Let me help you. Okay? “I promise to pay you back. I promise to pay every cent,” he knelt down.

“No no no don’t please,” she helped him sit.
“Let me kneel. You are a very kind person. One in a zillion. I didn’t know whom I was going to call to help me. It’s like I was stranded. Thank you very much.”

“It’s okay. You don’t have to thank me that much. I will talk to the doctor. I have my uncle who is a surgeon. I will ask him to come over here.”

“Thank you once again.”

Later Shania talked to the doctor. She agreed that her uncle can come and do the operation on
Chloe.

“Since the operation is being carried out tomorrow. Why don’t I drive you to my house with your son.

So that we will come back together tomorrow. It’s already late and all taxi are gone,” she said walking out of the doctor’s office.

“A very good idea,” jumped in Calvin.
“Calvin!”

“Dad! Really? Maybe you want us to take her at our one roomed house. Where would she sleep.
Let’s go to her house,” he said holding Shania’s hand.

“Okay, fine.”
“Yes! Auntie Shania. Thank you!” said Calvin
“You welcome,” she said smilingly.

They got into the car and drove off at her house. It was a big house. She cooked for them and they
ate. Calvin helped Shania with the dishes while Andrew took a bath.

Early in the morning they had breakfast and prepared to go at the hospital.

“We need to pray first,” said Andrew as they were about to walk out of the house.

They prayed for about thirty minutes and later drove to the hospital. They sat in the waiting room.

The nurses running up and down made Andrew nervous. It was nervous wait. Hours passed but
no surgeon or doctor came out. Andrew kept pacing up and down in the waiting room.
“She will be alright,” said Shania holding his hand.

“I am very nervous. Why can’t one of them come out?”

“They will.”
Shania tried talking to him but it was for a few minutes. Seconds, minutes and hours passed but
they hadn’t come out. Finally the surgeon came out. He put on a sad look on his face. It was
Shania’s uncle.

“It went well,” and he smiled.
Andrew got excited that she lifted up Shania and his son.

“Thank you God! Can I see her?”
“Later. But there is nothing to worry about. She is in good hands. We thank the Lord,” said the
surgeon.

The nurses and doctor decided to medicate her to calm down as she had woken up way too
quickly from her anaesthetic. She was still heavily medicated and was sleeping on and off for most
of the day and everning. Two nights passed and Shania took her to his house and found a doctor
for her. Chloe used to wake up most every two hours making sure that Shania was there. Shania would sleep beside her. While Chloe would go back to sleep cuddling her teddy bear. Shania
became fond of her.