Chapter 57: Don’t be afraid, I’m here for you
At the hospital, Vanessa pulled Mercedes’ hand and they sat on the stool outside the emergency room, and that red light above the ward door made them both feel heavy, as if they couldn’t breathe.
Mercedes’ eyes were flushed, but she did not cry and held her daughter’s hand firmly, as if she were her last support.
-Mum, don’t worry, nothing will happen to daddy,” Vanessa comforted Mercedes softly and hugged her.
-What do we do if something happens to your father? And what will happen to the company? Vanessa, I’m very worried.
-No, nothing will happen to dad and I will take over the company. Don’t worry,” Vanessa tried to comfort Mercedes with a smile as she hid her sadness.
Vanessa hated Orlando to the core, but she hated herself more, because it was she who had wanted to marry him for her blind love.
He regretted everything that had happened, because if he had confessed everything to his parents earlier, his father might not have fallen ill and his mother might not have been as sad as she is now.
Thinking about this, Vanessa hated herself more and hugged Mercedes to comfort her while encouraging herself. Because now she couldn’t fall, she had to support the whole family.
Mercedes spoke no more, simply sobbing in her daughter’s embrace.
Every second was a suffering, suddenly Vanessa felt something wrong, she looked intuitively at Mercedes and saw that she had her eyes tightly closed and her face was completely pale.
-Mum? What’s wrong, Mum? Mum!
No matter how much Vanessa shouted, Mercedes did not respond.
Vanessa, trembling with fear, reached out to see if her mother was still breathing.
“For God’s sake, there’s breath!”
Vanessa wanted to laugh with joy and at the same time cried with worry. She hugged Mercedes tightly and called the nurse:
-Please call the doctor!
The nurse hurriedly called the doctor and sent Mercedes to the hospital ward. Later, the doctor confirmed that Mercedes had fainted from grief and Vanessa sighed with relief that her mother was well.
“Just as well.”
The doctor and the nurse left, then Vanessa looked at Mercedes with teary eyes and took her by the hand.
-Mum, you have to get over it. Otherwise, how can I live?
Vanessa held Mercedes’ hand against her face and rubbed it lightly.
On the one hand, Vanessa wanted to accompany Mercedes, but on the other hand, she was worried about Felipe’s operating status. She would like to split herself in two to be on both sides, but such an idea was unrealistic.
At this moment, his phone vibrated and it was Dylan’s call.
Vanessa stared at her mobile phone for a long time, but did not answer it and switched it off, putting it in her pocket.
Dylan looked at the hung up call with disgust and there was a newspaper in front of him showing the news of Orlando and Melina, there were very intimate pictures of the two of them in the car last night.This is the property of Nô-velDrama.Org.
He had called Vanessa because he was worried about her, but his feral kitten dared to hang up and he called another number.
Within minutes, Dylan found out what had happened to the Cazalla family and rushed to the hospital, thinking that his kitty was suffering alone.
An hour later, Mercedes slowly woke up and Vanessa cried tears of joy.
-Mum, are you all right? Are you feeling any discomfort? -asked Vanessa anxiously, squeezing his hand.
Mercedes hated that she was so weak that she had fainted at this moment and caused her daughter more pain. Seeing Vanessa’s red eyes, she felt very distressed.
-I’m fine, I’m sorry, my child.
-Nothing, mum, I’m always glad you’re well.
Mercedes smiled and wiped the tears from Vanessa’s cheeks.
-How’s your dad?
-He is still in the emergency room.
Vanessa’s joy faded and she didn’t dare look Mercedes in the eye, because she felt guilty about all this.
-Mum, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. It’s all my fault, it’s my fault. If I hadn’t fallen in love with Orlando and hadn’t married him, everything today wouldn’t have happened, it’s all my fault. -Vanessa apologised incessantly to her mother.
-Silly, it’s not your fault. Even I haven’t been able to discover Orlando’s hidden face and I don’t understand why Melina has done this to us since everyone in the family has been treating her well.
Mercedes regretted her decision; if it had not been for her, Felipe would not have let Melina return to the Cazalla family.
-I’m sorry,” Vanessa didn’t know what to say and continued to apologise.
Mercedes stroked her hair tenderly, she couldn’t imagine how much damage her little girl had suffered in secret. She wanted to ask Vanessa what had happened, but feared that her question at this moment would leave her scars open.
-Well, I’m feeling better, so you don’t need to come with me anymore. Go and wait at your father’s.
-Really?
-Yes, it’s real, so don’t worry,” Mercedes replied with a smile.
As Vanessa was really worried about Philip, she nodded and left.
Before leaving the door, Vanessa looked at Mercedes again and the lady, in turn, smiled at her. Vanessa smiled back and then closed the door.
But the moment she closed the door, her tears slipped quietly away and as Vanessa reached up to wipe her tears, someone grabbed her wrist.
That slightly low temperature and that familiar feeling. Vanessa raised her head and saw Dylan’s face in her blurred vision.
Then she was stunned for a long time.
-Did you cry? -Dylan asked as he frowned and wiped away Vanessa’s tears. You look ugly like that.
-You can look away,” Vanessa reacted and looked at him angrily.
“Close your eyes if you think I look ugly!”
-It doesn’t matter, even if you’re ugly, you’re mine, only mine,” Dylan smiled and hugged Vanessa tightly when she wanted to push him away.
-Don’t be afraid, you have me here,” Orlando comforted her, rubbing his chin on Vanessa’s hair.
Vanessa began to cry at his consolation, stopped resisting and leaned against him.
She was very tired and scared because her father was still in surgery and her mother had fainted. Vanessa had thought she could get through it on her own, but the moment she saw Dylan, she wanted to cry in his embrace.