Naira's eyes began opening. The light was intense so it took some time to get adjusted. But she could hear noises. She could hear a female's voice calling her name. Wait, she knew this voice. It was her mother!
With great difficulty, she opened her eyes. A woman in her 50s stood beside her with hope in her eyes. As soon as Naira opened her eyes, her mother hugged her tightly.
It was the warmest hug she felt in ages. It had been 5 years since meeting this woman who was hugging her. But yet it felt no different. Tears flowed through her eyes.
She had been hiding from her mom cause she feared that Hector might hurt her. She didn't want her mother to get hurt so she had to run away. After that, she met Stella. The instant connection made them the closest friends. Stella was interested in hacking. With the help of Stella's hacks and Naira's business talents, she had become a successful businesswoman.
She did miss her mother often but could not return. She started sending her mother some money with the help of Stella. Naira had lost all hopes of meeting her mother but now her mother was hugging her like crazy.
"Oh, Naira. Where had you been? I was so worried about you." Said her mother as she let Naira go
"Yeah, Naira. She was so worried that she stayed awake the entire night. You have some nerve to cause this accident and worry all of us." Said Stella, who was standing near Naira's mother, holding her hand on her hips.
Naira gave a faint smile and began, "I am fine now but what are you guys doing here?"
"Seriously girl, you need to self-reflect. Here we had been staying awake all night and there you are asking us what were we doing here."
As Stella spoke, Naira's vision went for the man standing beside Stella.
"R_Richard? What are you doing here?"
"He was the one who informed us that you were admitted. Moreover, before we came, he took care of you." Said Naira's mother
Suddenly something clicked Naira. Seeing her mother after this long had made her forget what had happened a day ago.
Naira hurriedly got out of bed.
"You are not well. Where are you intending to go now?" Said Stella irritatingly
Naira ignored her but stood to a halt. Then she turned at Richard. "Where is Hector?"
"Naira, first calm down_"
"WHERE IS HECTOR, RICHARD?" She demanded
"He... Is in ICU" With that to hear Naira ran out of her ward and went running to the ICU.
But when she came over to the place a different scene welcomed her. Many nurses were running in and out of the corridor. Among them she found two doctors exciting the ward in hurry.
Naira, with a despairing heart, approached one of the doctors.
"Doctor, what's wrong? How is Hector?"
"Ma'am, the patient is in a critical situation now. We require quick surgery. Are you his family? We require the sign on the consent letter for the surgery as soon as possible." Said one of the doctors while the other one left for the preparation.
"Surgery? What's wrong with him?"
"The accident caused a few of the patient's nerves to be damaged. It didn't affect at first but now it seems that the damage is causing more destruction to other nerves. The condition is pretty serious now ma'am. We would recommend signing the letter as soon as possible."
"Will he recover after the surgery?" Naira asked fearfully
"We can't guarantee. We can just do our best to succeed. As this is the only option left for the person to survive."
"What is the success rate?" She was anxious for the answer and at the same time fearful to listen.
"....only 20%."