Chapter 50
“Did you see what your Son has done? Little Emma has been an angel all her life. Does she deserve to be treated in this manner by Rodrigo?
We will not accept this public disgrace. Rodrigo must apologise publicly to dear Emma and fix another wedding date..”Ella fumed.
Mirabel just stood and stared at Ella. How can this woman blame her mother for Rodrigo’s attitude? Rodrigo usually acts according to the mood he is.
He is a man and can make his decision. How can Aunt Ella talk so annoyingly to her mom? Is she going to blame mom for Rodrigo?
“We could discuss this amongst ourselves. Let’s leave everything until we are alone” Larry Campbell advised. Ella chuckled and held her daughter, leading her back into the car.
“I will listen to you Uncle Larry, but this is not over. Rodrigo must compensate…” Martin declared before walking away to join his wife and daughter.
Lola’s eyes welled up. How can Rodrigo disgrace them like this? He had dragged their family name in the mire. How can he stand his bride up simply because that dirty girl went missing?
Sara and Jared had also heard about Camilla’s disappearance. Sara almost hurt herself and would have tore herself apart if she could. What will she do now?
What has happened to her daughter? Was she tortured and killed and pretended, calling it a sudden disappearance?
What has happened to the baby in her belly? Was she alright? How was she coping? And now she has disappeared.
Sara sobbed. Soon, Sara and Jared were summoned to the police station but before they did, Sara and Jared had gone to find out what exactly was happening.
Sara was interrogated if she had seen Camilla or the latter had td ehr anything about her intention to escape?
Sara replied by asking them to ask the prison staff if they ever allowed her to see Camilla since she was locked behind bars? A statement that surprised the police.
She then told them to find her daughter. She wouldn’t allow them to treat her daughter so meanly and then turned back to ask her if she had seen her daughter, a daughter that was supposed to be in their custody.
Joel was worried, had anything really happened to Camilla? The blood, the poisoning and the sudden disappearance. He cannot yet fathom how it all happened.
In the evening, Eduardo arrived at City B. Camilla was already appearing to have fallen into a deeper unconsciousness. She became more pale and her lips were whitish as if she was totally drained of blood.
Unable to understand, Eduardo was worried sick. He had kept changing the drip after each drip finishes. That was what the doctor asked him to be doing.
He carefully landed on the hospital premises. Eric had jumped down already and rushed into the hospital to get the medical team to come over.
The nurses and doctors came out as soon as they heard the President of the Anderson group needed them to attend to an emergency.
He had always been one of the sponsors for the hospital. When they came out with a stretcher, they saw Eduardo already carrying Camilla.
He placed her on the stretcher, his body covered in blood again. Camilla was still bleeding. No wonder she looked so pale and dying.
“Quick, save her” Eduardo said as Camilla was taken from him and gently placed on the stretcher. He was anxious and kept following the medical team as they wheeled her into the theatre and shut him out.
Eduardo stood out and was dazed. He watched as the red light of the theatre was put on. He was worried. He can’t afford that anything happens to Camilla. He had found her, not to lose her forever.
He had promised his mother to present her daughter to her. How can he present a dead daughter to her? He doesn’t want her to mourn till her death.
He stood there and was pacing back and forth. Eric stood with his back to the wall and his arms folded across his chest. This is a case of lost but found.
But it will hurt more when the found becomes lost again and this time forever. He knew exactly how his boss Eduardo is feeling right now.
None of the Anderson has even known he was in town already. He should call them. At Least he needed the good wishes of the entire family to help Camilla scale through this hard time in her life.
“I advise you to call your father boss Eduardo” Eric advised and Eduardo shook his head “If they come and see this like this, they really are going to feel bad” he refuted.
“But she needs her parents’ love and good wishes more now than ever. All the family needs to wish her recovery boss Eduardo..” Eric coaxed.
Eduardo reasoned with his words and then said okay. Eduardo has always been like that. He is wealthy but also humble. Despite being the boss and popularly referred to as the eldest master of the Anderson family, he is a simple great guy.
But before calling his parents, he called his wife. ” Hello Honey…”he said as soon as Jenny answered her phone. He told her he had arrived but his sister is in an emergency condition.
Jenny asked him where he was and he told her he was at Genesis Hospital. Jenny hung up and changed into another dress as she dashed out of the Mansion into her car.
After that Eduardo called his parents and tried as much as he could to sound casual. He said they should meet him at the Genesis Hospital.
Susan Anderson exchanged glances with her husband. Eduardo at the hospital? Is everything alright? Is her daughter in the hospital at that moment?
Steve was concerned but smiled. He knew what his wife was thinking about. ” Let’s go already, ” Susan declared and pulled her husband by his hand.
After making that call, Eduardo felt a measure of relief. He felt as if part of his worries were shared already. Just then, Justin Swaras called.
” Buddy, I’m sorry I should have called you immediately when I arrived. But my sister’s condition seemed to have aggravated…” he told Justin everything about Camilla and that the doctors were already attending to her.
Twenty minutes later, Jenny arrived at the same time as Eduardo’s parents arrived. Together they rushed into the hospital and they saw Eduardo and Eric standing outside the theatre.
There were seats, but the young men didn’t remember there were anything called seats as their hearts were filled with anxiety.
“Sweetheart” Jenny called and didn’t mind Eduardo’s blood stained body when she went to him and hugged him. The latter held her tight, inhaling her scent.
She had told him the previous day that he might find clues in the prison where he was frequently staring at. But he didn’t find clues, he found answers that he sought.
“Did you find our daughter, Eduardo?” Steve Anderson asked his son. He saw his blood stained body but there was no sign that he was wounded.
He had left before dawn the previous day but was soon back. What exactly was happening and why was he in the hospital?
Eduardo and Jenny finally let each other go but he wouldn’t leave Jenny’s hand. “I found her,” Eduardo announced and looked at the closed theatre door.
When the red light in the theatre went off, Susan sighed audibly. She closed her eyes and clasped her hands together. She was finally going to see her baby, her daughter.
At Jenny’s tucking, Eduardo changed out of the blood stained shirt. He explained to his parents that his sister’s name is Camilla.
She was in a delicate situation when he found her and a doctor stabilised her to last till he got there. But somehow it appears she was still bleeding.
His parents had asked him why she was bleeding, is she alright? That was when Eduardo told them that it was discovered that she was pregnant but it appears she is unmarried yet.
The Anderson’s were not pleased with such information about their daughter. But right at the moment, what matters the most is that their daughter has been found.
Luke also had arrived and the family was complete. Everyone was worried and waiting for the doctors to step out. To tell them that she would be alright.
That was exactly what happened. The doctors came out and saw Steve Anderson standing alongside his family. They were dazed, this is a man that keeps a low profile.
He was standing there and didn’t mind his identity being discovered? He is the richest man in the country and his Son Eduardo Anderson was taken after him.
They looked at Eduardo and were glad. The last rumour heard about him was that he was cripple and impotent. But from the way he stood with his huge frame, if looks are not deceptive, he is far from being impotent.
” How is she, doctor?” Steve Anderson spoke first. He came forward and asked the surgeon that appeared senior amongst others.
” She is out of danger. But needs time to be stabilised. But in the meantime, she needs an urgent transfusion” the doctor explained.
” I’ll donate my blood” Luke immediately offered. Eduardo already told his family that he donated blood for Camilla back in City A. That blood had sustained her till she arrived in City B.
Rodrigo returned back to the police station. He was told despite the search, nothing had been discovered of Camilla’s whereabouts.
It was so clean that not even the surveillance camera detected it. Rodrigo became restless. Where is Camilla?
Emma and her parents returned home. Ella cannot express how humiliated she felt that day. Her daughter was left standing before the priest without a groom?
She has lost face completely. Everyone will begin to refer to her daughter as the waiting bride who didn’t get to see the groom at her wedding.
Rodrigo must apologise to her daughter publicly and profess his love for her. He must compensate her for the humiliation he brought her.
” Martins, you must stand up for your daughter. Rodrigo must not get away with this. He must make it up to our dear Emma..” Ella urged her husband.
Martins was yet to find words to express the shameless act of Rodrigo. How can a man stand his bride up at his wedding and didn’t show face until all the invited guests have left?
And when he came, he could only say the wedding was cancelled because of one filthy girl who disappeared from prison.
Does he love that criminal more than his fiance? Martin asked himself and he felt within him that the answer is yes but he shrugged that thought off.
No, he must ensure that he paid for what he’s done. He had messed up with his daughter and he will not take it lightly with him.
” I will see that he does get away with it”Martin assured his wife and his sobbing daughter who sat in the car as they returned home.
She wasn’t supposed to return to her parents house again but she did and with her wedding dress. This is bad luck and Camilla was to be blamed.
She’s the reason for this shame that came upon her. She will fight her back, even if she holds the grudge till her next life.All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.