" Please drink, " Lily urged her softly and watched with a sigh as she slowly sipped the juice.
Clara could only test bitterness despite the sweetness of the juice and after some seconds she clamped her mouth shut and her sister dropped down the glass on the bedside table with a sigh.
She lay back on the bed and glanced at the phone which was shattered on the floor then buried her head under the pillow to muffle her sobs. Her thoughts drifted back to the night he had bought her that phone and she sighed inside. Is their love story over? Just like that phone.
If his whole family thinks she's a thorn in his path, then what choice does she have?
Lily sighed again and gently stroke her hair, then after seeing that her sister had fallen asleep some minutes later, she stood up and walked inside the bathroom.
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Meanwhile in another city far from city M.
Inside a very large room which looks like a hotel suite, but the only difference is the big medical machines that were standing on both sides of the white enormous bed that was in the center of the large bedroom. accompanied by the white curtains that were widely drawn apart and the morning light was streaming in from the large windows.
Beside the bed stood three middle-aged men in white lab coats and several younger men and women quietly standing behind them, all facing the heavenly man who was laying down peacefully with his eyes closed while some cords from the machines were attached to his head.
" S..Sir... are you s..sure? this can cause some implications, " one of the men repeated while glancing at the other two men who also nodded with a sigh.
They have been trying different kinds of means for many years now, to help him recover the repressed memories.
However, this last option__
" Do it, " Carl muttered curtly with eyes still closed and sighed inside.
If this is the only way to make him remember that mysterious man, he doesn't have any option left. Now that he had found out his parents were responsible for his memory loss but didn't possibly know about that man too.
" Y..Yes." The men quickly nodded after glancing at each other. Although, they were not sure if this last option would work. They are also anxious to know if it would also bring an end to his recurring illness.
And soon, everyone became active with the younger staffs handing some devices to the men whose attentions were focused on the guy laying down with one of them taking the lead and the room instantly became an operating frenzy.
__ Several hours later __
The younger staffs sighed in relief while wiping their sweets despite the air conditioning running inside the room.
They started clearing the place then after a while, walked out of the room one after the other.
The three older men whose clothes were also drenched with sweats were the only ones left in the room.
They glanced at each other with a sigh then one of them walked forward toward the guy who was now motionless on the bed, then slowly covered him with the bedsheet.
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Outside the room, David stood against a wall beside the large door and would glance at the sky which had turned black through the large glass window at the end of the long hallway.
He was slightly dozing off when the door suddenly opened and anxiously watched the staffs who were about twenty in number walked out with pieces of equipment in their hands.
Then a few minutes later, he sighed in relief after seeing the three men walking out.
" How was it." He rushed toward them with an anxious look and the men glanced at each other.
" We have done the best we could, " said one of them, and the second one continued with a sigh.
" The memories would come back to him gradually. However__"
" W..What is wrong?" David's brows furrowed while watching the three men who sighed at the same time.
" We have induced a coma using medications, to make the recovery process easy and so that he could also handle the pain," the third man replied.
" W..what!?" David exclaimed and he looked between the three men in astonishment.
" W..When would he wake up." He stammered.
" We'll keep on monitoring his brain activity and other vital signs. After he had fully recovered, then we'll withdraw the drugs. And that would last for a few weeks."
" Okay... thank you" David nodded and heaved a deep sigh.
After the three men left, he opened the door and slowly walked inside the room.
He stood at the bedside for some minutes, watching his boss who was laying peacefully on the bed with the machines still attached to him.
Heaving another sigh, he walked away then sat down on the large sofa that was close to the window and took out his phone to dial a number.
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__ The Next Morning __
__ City M __
Lily slowly stirred the food inside the pot and sighed heavily as her thoughts wandered to last night when she would constantly wake up and still find her sister's eyes opened, staring blankly at the ceiling.
She turned off the stove then served the food on a plate and after placing it on a tray, she picked it up then walked out of the kitchen toward the bedroom.
" Big Sis, here's the food... your favorite, " she said softly with a small smile and sat down beside her sister on the bed.
Clara slowly sat up on the bed and coughed lightly. " Thanks, Lily, " she muttered in a hoarse voice and softly smiled back at her.
" Are you feeling better now, " Lily asked then placed a palm on her forehead after dropping the tray between them.
" Yeah, the medications really did help... Thank you." Clara nodded slowly and the girl sighed in relief then started feeding her.
" You should also eat, " Clara said softly after a while and Lily shook her head.
" I'll eat later, " she said with a small smile then continued feeding her.