Chapter 53

"What did you say? Where did you get the money?" Ms. Catalina asked one after the other to Harmony when she learned that her husband would be having the surgery.
Harmony looked at Drake who was sitting in the sofa inside the private room whom the man also had took. She couldn"t believe how rich Drake and his family was. They even owned this hospitals aside from the hotel chains.
So, what else could she say? Though she didn"t want to take advantage of his kindness.
"Mom, it"s Drake. He is also the one who insisted to get a room for us here in the private ward," she said while looking at the man.
He was just chill as if he was not affected with everything that he was going to spend for her father. Harmony couldn"t help but wonder why the man was actually doing it for her.
"Drake, this is just so much. We don"t have anything to pay you back," her mother said in a cracked voice. Her mother had been so emotional since earlier because of what happened to her father.
It was the first time that she saw her mother cried so hard. She used to be so strong. She knew that because she was always saying that she couldn"t show herself weak to her because she didn"t want her to grow up weak. And that was the reason why she had a strong personality.
"It"s okay, Aunt. I know that you don"t have the capability now but it"s okay. Just pay me when you can. You don"t have to put pressure in yourself, Aunty," he said and then he smiled.
Those perfect set of white teeth and his smile which made her heart jumped every time that she was seeing them.
Harmony wanted to scold herself because she couldn"t believe that she really had the time to think about that thing when her dad was in the ICU and was about to have a surgery.
She had to remind herself that Drake was just really kind, and he was doing this not for her but for her mother.
She let out a deep sigh. Couldn"t she be the reason why Drake was kind to her family? She couldn"t understand why she was thinking that way and why Drake"s reason even matter to her.
"Hey, is everything alright?" She heard the man asked her.
"Is there anything wrong Harmony? Are you okay?" Her mother asked as well.
Her eyebrows were knitted together while she was wondering what they two people were talking about. She was perfectly fine especially that they already have the money to get her dad a surgery.
"Yes, I am fine. Why?" She asked while looking at the two people.
They almost shook their head almost at the same time.
"Are you sure? Because you let out a deep sigh. Your face looked like you owned all the problems in the world," Drake said and that made her shook her head while smiling.
She didn"t think that she was so transparent with her emotions.
"I was just really thinking about that. About his surgery," she said and then she took a deep breath while she remembered the things that her dad had to go through. She had enough for this day, and she couldn"t believe that tomorrow would also be a heart exploding event because it would be a do or die thing for her dad.
"I know what you are feeling right now, sweetie. Just remember that you must pray with everything that you are feeling. I know thinking about it. Just thinking about it, it already makes me scared but I have to be strong for your dad," her mother said as tears started to flow down her cheeks.
She felt guilty because her mother was crying again. She didn"t know how many times that this needed to happen, but she was hoping that her dad would be able to survive what he was going through.
"Your mom is right, Harmony. Just think that Uncle is in the right hands. You have to trust the doctors that would be handling him. And, you don"t have to worry because I have already asked the hospital to give you the best heart surgeon that we have," Drake said without trace of arrogance. He was just saying it to calm her down.
"Thank you, Drake. I don"t know how can I repay you with everything that you are doing for us. I know that thank you isn"t enough but please don"t get tired of listening how much grateful I am for helping us. For helping us add length to the life of my father," she said and tears were already in her cheeks.
She was unable to fight them back. How she wished that she could hug Drake but she had restrained herself. She didn"t want him to think that she was initiating anything.
"Stop crying, dear. Every family have to go through trials and this what we have is just a test of our strength and what we can do for our family members," Ms. Catalina said and then she rubbed her back. "I know that it is really a scary thought but just always remember that the greatest help that we can have would always be the help from above so you always have to pray. Pray for your dad and the doctors that would be handling him."
She smiled at her mom. How she wished that she had taken after her the positivity that she had in life. She was the one who was so strong and she didn"t want to indulge with the negative things in life. She always say to her that it was okay to feel different kind of emotions but she had to remember that she should choose to dwell with happy moments and not to the sad ones.
"Thank you, mom. I am glad that you are here with me today," she said to her mom and then she hugged her.