Trembling, Joyce went out of the room with Jayden's help. She would have sat down on the floor if Jayden did not support her. Her feet felt like jelly due to the shock.
Jayden sat down with her on the chairs provided in the waiting room. He went to get some warm water for Joyce to calm her down.
"Drink this. " he ordered her.
"Thank you.." Joyce's hand was shaking badly as she tried to drink to calm down.
"Feeling better now?" he asked her worriedly.
She nodded.
"I'll go knocked some sense into her. Why the hell is she like that!!!!!" Jayden gritted his teeth and tried to stand up.
Joyce stopped him. "Don't!"
"But she is being unreasonable right now!" Jayden extremely angry.
"She is sick. Please." Joyce looked at him, begging him with her eyes.
"She still shouldn't do this to you! No matter the reason!" Jayden reasoned. He couldn't accept Joyce being bullied by Lily when she didn't make any mistake.
Joyce stared at the door of Lily's room for a while, then calmly said to Jayden, "I think she knew" Then she looked at Jayden as if she was having her heart broken into pieces.
"Yes.. I think she knew... She knew about us.... She must be extremely angry and disappointed with me right now." Joyce said half in daze.
"How did she find out?" Jayden couldn't find any loopholes to enable Lily to find out about his feelings towards Joyce.
"I don't know. But I'm pretty sure, she found out the truth or half-the truth." She suddenly teared up. "Oh what should I do... I have betrayed her trust." She looked down and covered both of her eyes sobbing regretfully.
Huuussssshhhhhh.....
Jayden tried to calm her down. He hugged her to make her feel better.
As if realizing something, Joyce suddenly pushed him away. "NO!" she said sternly. "Don't touch me! Lily might see us and things will turn worse!" Joyce scooted out of Jayden's reach and her eyes kept on looking at the Lily's room panicly.
Raising both his hands, he conceded, "Okay. Okay. I won't touch you... Alright.... Calm down..."
Joyce calmed down a little after Jayden said that.
"Sorry. Thank you for understanding" Joyce said to Jayden feeling grateful.
"Don't worry. I understand."
"Go! Go back to her. You should try to appease her and make sure she'll eat something." Joyce pushed him as if encouraging him to go back to the room.
"Butttt...." Jayden reluctantly walked towards the room when pushed by Joyce.
"Go! Please.. Make sure that she's okay. I'll be fine." She tried to convince him and put up a brave strong front.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Jayden asked her.
"Yes.. I will be okay. Go!" Joyce gave him one last push.
"You must let me know when you arrived at your place okay!" Jayden reluctantly ordered her.
"Yes yes yes... I know. Go!" She encouraged him and gestured him to enter the room.
Finally, after one last look, Jayden went into the room.
Sighing tiredly, Joyce picked up her things and walked out of the hospital.
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Lily finally calmed down after Joyce went out of the room. The doctor and nurses came in immediately after her outburst and she was once again been given tranquilizer to relax her. She fell asleep almost immediately.
When Jayden went into the room, she was already sleeping soundly. Mrs.Chua asked Jayden to keep a watch at her before she tiredly went out to see Dr.Goh .
Jayden sat down beside her bed, looking at her sleeping face. He was extremely angry at the way Lily treated Joyce before but he tried to hold it in since it's Joyce request.
"Why?" Jayden said to Lily although he knew she couldn't hear it. "Joyce has been so good to you. Why muat you treat her like that? Do you realized how much she has sacrificed for you?" Jayden said hoarsely as he tried to stop himself from getting emotional.
"She has been good to you. Yet you treated her like this. Do you think it's fair to her? You should talk to her nicely if you have any problems with her instead of hurting her on purpose." He said disappointedly.
Why am I talking to a sleeping person? He thought to himself. I must be too tired and the stress had gotten to me. Shaking his head, he looked down and cover his face with both of his hand.
Lily slept for the rest of the day and thus Jayden went back to his place. Promising Mrs.Chua that he would come back again the next day.
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Jayden and Joyce decided to go to the hospital the next day together. They both decided to tell Lily the truth. Joyce's guilt gnawed on her and made her lose her peace. So she decided that it would be better if she told Lily the truth and hopefully it would not be too late to salvage their friendship.
However, as they reached the hospital, they saw Mrs.Chua crying continuously and Mr. Chua was looking extremely helpless in the room. Lily was not on the bed.
Surprised, Joyce and Jayden immediately went to them.
"Auntie, Uncle, what happened?" Joyce asked worriedly. "Where did Lily go to?"
"She is now in the ICU unit. The Dr. is trying to save her. She caught pneumonia yesterday. She is still in very weak condition... Oh my Baby, What would I do if something really happened to you...???" Mrs.Chua wailed pitifully. It was extremely painful to watch worrying mother.
"Mrs.Chua, don't worry. Lily will be fine. You should not worry too much or Lily will be sad." Jayden tried to comfort her.
"Let me checked with the doctor." Joyce said to Mr. and Mrs.Chua and immediately went to see Dr.Goh. She hoped that Dr.Goh can at least give a good news to them.
"Dr.Goh!" she called out as she saw Dr.Goh came out of the ICU unit.
He stopped and waited for Joyce. One looked at his somber face Joyce had an omen that this was not good.
"Dr, how is Lily?" Joyce asked anxiously.
"She's not good. Her infection is spreading extremely fast. If she doesn't react to the medication in these two days, I am afraid she might not make it." Dr.Goh said honestly to Joyce. "Please prepare yourself." He then went to find Mr. and Mrs.Chua to tell them the bad news.
Mrs.Chua fainted after she heard what Dr.Goh said. She was once again brought onto Lily's bed to rest. Mr.Chua suddenly looked older upon looking at his distressed wife and thinking his critically ill daughter.
Is this a punishment for me for not spending enough time with my family? So the God want to take her away?