I was having fun watching the cat fight when I heard Doctor Le's shout. I immediately looked at grandfather who was sitting while clutching his chest. He was already having a hard time breathing.
"Grandfather!" I shouted as I went to him.
"Seth, hurry! Help me bring Grandfather Zhang to the hospital!" Doctor Le ordered calmly.
I helped Doctor Le carry grandfather.
"Father! Bring your family to Lieutenant Dang and explain to them what happened here. Let them decide if stepmother should go to jail or not. I want all of you out of this house right this instant!" Seth shouted angrily at them.
It seems that calmed father down and William already let him go. Seth then looked at me.
"We'll be fine. Go and bring grandfather to the hospital. Hurry." Athena told me.
Doctor Le and I hurried to the hospital. When we reached there Doctor Le started ordering the nurse while I stood there watching grandfather and praying that he will be alright.
For the first time since I transmigrated here, I genuinely feel scared. I'm scared that we will lose grandfather. I've grown attached to this stubborn but soft old man. Please don't let anything happen to him.
I don't know how long I was sitting here but Doctor Le finally came to find me and told me that grandfather was already stable and was moved to a room for observation. I went to grandfather's room together with Doctor Le and saw that grandfather was already sleeping.
"How was he, Doctor Le?" I asked.
"He's fine for now. It was due to stress so try not to stress him some more for the following days. I know it's going to be hard but your grandfather is already old. He should already be just resting and enjoying what's left in his life. He shouldn't be stressing about all the troubles your family has. I know this is a bit out of line but Grandfather Zhang needs a lot of rest after this. He can't stress anymore than this." Doctor Le explained.
I held grandfather's hand and felt that it was a little cold, I looked at his chest that was slowly rising and falling. Grandfather looks so old right now. How old was he again? 65? 68?
"Don't worry. I will deal with the problems at home. Doctor Le, are you going home now?" I asked and he nodded.
I've asked a favor from him to help me send a message to Athena to send Ashley here tomorrow morning and bring me some change of clothes.
Doctor Le left and I continued to watch grandfather while I thought about how I would deal with the problem at home. Grandfather can't stay at the villa by himself, he's already too old now.
I guess I have to bring him home with me to the main house but first I need to kick out Stepmother and Arthur, but how about William? I sighed. I'll let him decide what he wants to do. He can join Stepmother for all I care. How about father? I sighed thinking about him.
He only reap what he had sown. I can't help but want to mock him when he got angry at stepmother for betraying him. He really got what he deserved.
I honestly don't want to stay in the main house anymore but there's no other place to stay. The villa was a little far from the shops and we'll be opening shops again the day after tomorrow. Should we really consider buying another house now?
I fell asleep thinking about what we should do in the next few days. I was awoken by a small hand that was patting my arm.
"Father, father?" I heard a voice and I opened my eyes to see Ashley looking at me worriedly.
"Oh. You're here already?" I said as I stretched my arms and saw grandfather was still sleeping.
I looked at the time and saw it was 6 am.
"How did you get here?" I asked curiously.
"Doctor Le, gave me a ride." Ashley replied and I nodded.
She handed me a bag where there were clothes and some baked goods.
"Have you eaten?" I asked and she showed me the baked goods Athena must have given her before leaving the house.
I asked her to watch her grandfather while I took a shower and changed my clothes. When I came out I saw grandfather was already awake and Ashley was giving him some water.
"What happened?" Grandfather asked as soon as he saw me.
"You had a mild heart attack. Doctor Le told me not to stress you so don't bother about what happened at home. I'll take care of it. Don't worry grandfather." I told him seriously.
Grandfather looked at me before sighing defeatedly.
"Grandfather, would you be alright by yourself for a while? I'm taking Ashley to eat breakfast. What do you want to eat for breakfast?" I asked.
He just asked for some tea before going back to sleep some more. I've brought Ashley to a shop near the hospital that's selling food.
"You take care of your grandfather today, alright? I might return late today so you will be the only one who will watch him. If there's a problem of any kind, you can call Doctor Le. Don't let grandfather convince you to go home, alright? You tell him to wait for me and I will talk to the doctor and decide if he needs to go home." I gave some instructions to Ashley as we were eating.
"How are things at school?" I asked when it got quiet.
The kids are still cautious around me but it's not as bad as before.
"It's alright." She answered.
"How about your siblings?" I asked.
"They're alright too." She replied.
Once we're done with a quiet breakfast, we went back to grandfather's room and saw that he was still sleeping. I gave some final instructions to Ashley before leaving the hospital and went to the main house. I heard from Ashley that Athena kicked them all out of the house last night with the help of the detectives Lieutenant Dang sent over.
I decided to go to the main house to see if they were already out of the police station and if they are not then I'll wait here for them.
When I arrived, father was busy throwing Stepmother things outside while the nanny was trying to calm him down. I didn't stop him. I just watched him throw all those things. I saw William sitting on the side staring at the wall.
I'm sure stepmother would be here soon and I was right within half an hour she arrived.
"What are you doing?!" Stepmother shouted.
"I've already brought all of your things out and here, this is the divorce papers you just need to sign this. If you don't want to sign then I'll see you in court." Father said as he threw the paper on her face.
"You can't do this to me! I still gave birth to a son for you!" Stepmother shouted.
"Do you want to bring your son with you?" Father asked and looked at William who had regained his senses with all their shouting.
He didn't say anything but just looked at stepmother looking betrayed.
"Father, don't do this." Arthur cried behind stepmother.
"Father?! I'm not your father! Now get out of my house!" He shouted angrily.
Stepmother started crying and begging father. The normally quiet courtyard was very noisy today. The neighbors and the other passerby were starting to get curious too.
"Shut up!" I shouted and all of them looked at me.
"Stepmother, choose whether you will sign the divorce paper now and father will give you 10,000 owo or leave now and he'll see you in court. If you don't choose between the two, I will call the police and send you and your son to prison for causing trouble here." I told her.
"Seth, mother has taken good care of you when you were young. How can you throw me away like this?" She asked tearfully and I scoffed.
"How can I throw away the woman who was the cause of my mother's death? It's pretty easy. I'm giving you 10 seconds to sign that and leave or I will call the police. And you, William, decide whether you will stay with father or go with stepmother? You are already old enough to decide for yourself. Actually, you're also old enough to get out of this house." I told them.
Stepmother looked at me like she couldn't believe that I'm kicking her out of the house. I started counting and stepmother with hands shaking took the divorce paper and signed them. I looked at father and told him to give her the money. Father was reluctant at first but finally gave in.
"You, nanny, leave with stepmother. You're fired!" I told her.
The nanny tried to beg me not to fire her but I ignored her. I watched as stepmother and Arthur picked up their things. I've always wondered how I would feel to finally get rid of her but right now I don't really feel anything other than pity towards her.
"This is not over yet! You! You will all pay for this!" Stepmother shouted before leaving with Arthur.