“ Mr Andrew, the doctors said it's too late, and there is nothing they can do about Winnie, she's dying” Maria said defeatedly, tears showering down her face. As Maria's helpless voice echoed in the room, Andrew felt his heart squeeze in pain and anger. He was supposed to be there for Winnie , he made that promise to her— but he had failed her. This was all his fault, if he hadn't wasted time in the mall, he would have been here before Winnie’s situation got worse. He dropped the gift bags he was holding on both hands as he rushed to where his daughter was laying lifeless,his heart sinking in pain as he bent, taking in the state she was in. Her face looked pale,and her breathing was faint, a glaring sign that she was in a critical condition. “How long has she been like this?”he asked, raising his head to look up at Maria “For over half an hour now” Maria replied in tears “ Half an hour?”Andrew rephrased,his fists clenching in anger, his baby had been in pain for
Andrew scoffed,looking up at Dr.Jackson “If you weren't playing, why has my daughter been unresponsive for over half an hour now? Why is her breathing too faint? What have you been able to do?”He retorted “You are a joker if you think there is anything you can do about this child's case. The best of Nashville’s pediatrician Is yet to come up with a solution and you think there is anything you can do?” the second junior doctor fired back, glaring at Andrew Dr. Jackson raised his shoulders in ego, snapping his disdainful gaze to Andrew “Look Mr man, this child's case Is severe and I won't stand here and allow you to toy with her life, go elsewhere and practice your quack medicine” Dr. Jackson yelled, his voice laced with finality. “Well, in that case doctor, you should sit and watch, If you can't stand”Andrew retorted and turned to face Maria “Get me what I asked for now !”Andrew ordered “Ok” Maria nodded, rushing off to get what Andrew asked for, she wasn't very sure of what Andrew
Andrew furrowed his eyebrows In shock as he hastily picked up Winnie in his arms and sprinkled more salt on her navel area. “Maria, get me some vinegar and warm water, be fast! ” Andrew ordered, his heart sinking in pain as he watched his daughter continue to vomit blood, and gasp for air,but there was nothing he could do at the moment. He didn't foresee this happening , if not, he would have come prepared. It was also shocking to him as he had never encountered any food poisoning case that was as severe as this. “Be fast Maria”he called out “Sir, I have called the police, and they are on their way”One of the junior officers announced mockingly while glaring at Andrew Dr. Jackson smiled, and quickly concealed it as he pointed his fingers at Andrew. “I warned you, but you chose to endanger the life of this child with your quack medicine. We were almost at the verge of figuring out a solution but you came and destroyed all my effort!” Dr. Jackson growled, pretending as if he was
“What's happening?”Everyone was stunned as the whitish substance that was previously coming out of from Winnie’s mouth abruptly ceased as her breathing returned back to normal, her eyes snapping open at once. “Daddy is that you ” Winnie called out faintly,as soon she caught sight of the figure holding her in his arms. “Yes princess, it's daddy”Andrew said softly, the corner of his eyes brimming with tears as Winnie wrapped her tiny arms round his mid section. “She's awake!” Maria jumped up screaming in jou, as tears of happiness began to flood down her face. "Wow, thank goodness !" The other two nannies said joyfully, their cheeks stretching into a smile “Is she truly awake?”The doctors exchanged glances, their eyes bulging out in shock and surprise. It was utterly shocking to them, because even if they had a gun pointed to their heads, they would never have believed that Andrew would be able to revive Winnie from such a critical condition she was in. The two junior doctors
"Thank Goodness you are here, officer, this man is a beast, look at what he did to an innocent man" one of the junior doctors shouted as soon as the police walked in. Immediately they snapped their gaze to Dr. Jackson who was sitting at a corner, and grunting in pain. Two of the officers walked towards Dr. Jackson, helping him up as the other officer proceeded to walk closer to where everyone stood. . “Who is Mr. Andrew Baron” the officer asked aloud The junior doctor suddenly yelled, his index finger pointing at Andrew “Arrest him officer, he's the one! ”The officer turned,now facing Andrew “ You are Mr. Baron right? I am officer Jon and these are my partners, officer Ken and officer Bruno” the officer said, showing his badge to Andrew then putting it back in his front pocket. “You are under arrest for a endangering life by practicing medicine without a license. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have a
"W…w.. Why are you looking at me?” Dr. Jackson stuttered, his heart trembling with fear Did he find out? He thought, his racing with trepidation. But on a second thought, he snapped out of it. Even though Andrew had the highest license in the medical field , there was no way he'd be able to tell what drug a patient was injected with. That was impossible! He thought, assuring himself. Immediately Andrew spoke up “Dr. Jackson here, attempted to murder my child”Andrew announced as a loud gasp reverberated round the sitting room“What! "What's this man saying?" "Has he gone insane?" The doctors, including the two nannies began to whisper and glare at Andrew with disdain When the whispers got too loud, Officer Jon suddenly spoke up " Calm down everyone” he said, turning to look at Andrew, his eyebrows raised questioningly “Mr. Baron what proof do you have to back up your claim?Remember, this is a serious offense and you won't be pardon if your claims are untrue, I think I warned
The room was suddenly filled with whispers, the faces of everyone laced with disbelief and disappointment. Andrew smirked coldly as he pinned his deathly gaze on Dr. Jackson. Seeing that everything was open in the air, he was a bit relieved, but he would never let this slide, he was sure that the prime care hospital where Dr. Jackson worked would try to cover up this case. From the information he had just gotten from his investigator, they had done so in the past, and had succeeded multiple times. But that wouldn't be the case this time around. After figuring out what Dr. Jackson had done, Andrew went to confirm his suspicions after tucking Winnie to bed. He checked the CCTV and immediately contacted his investigator to dig out the dirt the prime care hospital had buried. From the little information he had gathered, the prime care hospital was run by the richest and most powerful family in the whole of Nashville, the Prime family. And Dr. Jackson prime, was their first son wh
Andrew and Benita finally arrived at the La galeto resort—the home for the rich. It was a fancy private resort secluded from the city and located at the east of Nashville city with a vast land area measuring 5000square meters The vast stretch of white sand and the serene atmosphere, away from the crowd in the city, made it the perfect and most famous vacation site for the elites and important names in Nashville city . Andrew and Benita highlighted from their car and made their way into the large hall where the party waa being held. Suddenly, a security guard jumped in front of them, blocking their path. “Hey, stop there, where do you think you are going to?”He asked disdainfully, “What does it look like?” Benita retorted “Where is your invitation card?”he scoffed “We don't have one, we have a direct invitation”Benita simply said “Direct invitation?”The security asked, bursting into a humiliating laughter “I know your type and you can't fool me,show me your inv
“I'll be setting a task and whoever wins will leave with the location of the Rootox .” Mr Koin declared before turning to face Andrew. “Your money will be refunded if you lose but you have to partake in the competition first.” He said and Andrew nodded. He beckoned to one of his workers and soon, he walked in with a computer. The men in the room watched with rapt attention as the herb master proceeded to give the rules and details of the competition. From their looks, one could tell that they'd lost interest in bidding for any other herb, instead, all they wanted was to watch who would win the Rootox.“Now, this computer belongs to one of my old masters who had certain confidential and important messages stored on here. However, the computer was attacked by a bug one day and ever since, every computer expert, I mean the best in the field have tried to fix the bug but nothing they did has proved to work. This bug has been on this computer for years and I can assure you that the best
Mr Koin finally made it out of the midst of the crowd he'd been locked in earlier. He walked up to Andrew with a big smile on his face and pulled him closer. “We should go to the private room sir. Everything about the Rootox herb will be revealed to you there.” He said. Andrew nodded and began to follow him when a gruff voice suddenly stopped both of them in their step. “Stop. You can't give it to him.” Andrew turned to see who had stopped them and it was one of the five men he had been watching earlier. Mr Koin paused as well to stare at the man who now commanded the attention of the room. The herb master seemed confused as to why the man would stop him when the deal had been finalized. Andrew sighed and glanced at the door. He hadn't expected them to give up the herb without a fight after he noticed their determination to get it earlier. “Why do you say that, sir?” Mr Koin replied cautiously as though he was picking his words carefully to not offend the man. “We bidded a lot f
The room suddenly erupted with laughter after several minutes of silence. It started from an old man who couldn't believe Andrew had just spoken and soon it spread all over the room, even the group of reserved men were laughing at Andrew for no reason. “Who does this young chap think he is? Some sort of prankster or excellent joker? Boy, if you don't get the hell out of this room and let real men pay for their herbs.” The man who laughed first commented but Andrew ignored him and stared at Mr Koin who was still in disbelief. “S..sir, are you sure you mentioned the right price?” Mr Koin stuttered, still in shock and disbelief. “ Of course the boy has no idea what he's saying. Young man, you must think this is child's play but it's not. The men here are men who hold keys to several places in the world that your wretched ass can never dream of, so quit dreaming and take this last chance to exit this room.” Another man spoke but Andrew remained undeterred. At this point, he noticed t
“I'll take it for fifty thousand dollars.” A voice started the bidding from the back.The room turned their heads to the head bald headed man and burst into a loud guffaw "You are not supposed to be here ,brokeass" "Go get food with that petty change you just mentioned"The man lowered his head in shame as the men shaded and made mockery of him .Andrew watched the display of everyone and sighed. There was nothing he hated more than being in the company of old men like this, who seemed to think life revolved around them and everyone else worked for them. “Hundred thousand dollars.” Someone else yelled loudly. “You should use your money to take a trip to the Maldives, poor one. I'll take it for two hundred thousand dollars.” An extravagantly dressed man yelled and the room became filled with laughter as the previous bidder bowed his head in shame. Andrew watched the man walk out of the room with his head bowed. He smiled at the sight. That man was the same person who called him wr
Mr Koin began “Now ,It's time for the Rootox herb. We will start taking biddings for now.” he announced with a grin on his face Andrew's heart skipped at the mention of the rootox herb ,he couldn't believe his ears .The same herb he believed had gone extinct ? Andrew thought, his face enveloping into a smile .This had just made his day ,and he couldn't wait to lay his hands on the herb “Before we commence ,this is an additional information ,as usual everyone present in this room know the rules . Any herb that isn't available physically,we bid for the location instead” Mr Koin said and Andrew heaved a sigh , he had hoped it was the herb itself and not the location ,but regardless ,it was still the same .Now he knew it hadn't gone extinct , he'd do whatever it took to lay his hands on that herb .The room was dead silent as everyone's gaze remained glued to the figure standing on the stage,waiting a go ahead order to start the bidding .“ Now ,shall we begin?” Mr Koin said aloud
An hour later, Andrew's car screeched to a stop in front of a clubhouse. The lights outside were bright and inviting and Andrew tried to take in the environment of the club house before stepping out of the car . Andrew heaved a deep sigh as he walked towards the entrance. Though he still had doubts that he would be able to get the Rootox herb here ,but deep down ,he hoped to be proved wrong . Benita’s life depended on this herb ,and there was nothing he wanted more than laying his hands on the damn herb . “Donchester.” Andrew whispered the name of the club house to himself. He tried to note as many details about the place as he could. If this place is capable of leading him to the Rootox herb , then he'd give it a try . Andrew concluded and made his way to the entrance “Hold on . What are you here for ?” The security guard held out his hand ,obstructing Andrew from going in. “I'm here for an auction” Andrew replied calmly,ignoring the man's spiteful gaze “Can I see
At the third ring ,he picked up . “ Tiffany, are you okay ?What is it this time ?” Mr Queens asked ,his voice laced with concern . “I'm okay Dad. I just need your help with something ” Tiffany said in a low tone “What is it ,princess ?” “Daddy ,Andrew is in search of some herb and he needs it urgently . It's very important ,I thought to ask you, maybe you might know someone who knows about it ” Tiffany said desperately Mr Queen paused briefly ,ransacking his brain “ There is this place I know . I have been there once. I think he might be able to get what he is looking for there ” “Really Dad ?” Tiffany asked ,her voice laced with excitement as she threw a “I told you” glance at Andrew “ It's an underground clubhouse on New town road” Mr Queen said,divulging more information to Tiffany . After 10 minutes of being on the phone,they finally hung up Tiffany turned to face Andrew ,a bright smile plastered across her face “ You see Andrew ,I told ya!” Tiffany said Jubil
All through the drive to Tiffany's house, Andrew could not stop thinking about Benita and what the doctor said. He had called everyone he thought would be able to find the herb but he couldn't find any help. Lines of worry creased his face as he drove and he spoke so little to Tiffany who was trying to get into a conversation with him. All he could think of was Benita dying after she saved his life and gave him a second chance in life. Tiffany noticed that Andrew was distracted and was surprised to see that. Andrew happened to be the most focused and unbothered person she knew so seeing him this way not only surprised her but made her worried as well. What could he be thinking about? She asked herself. After a while, Tiffany could no longer put up with the strange silence that had filled the car. She tried to force the words out but nothing comes. “Andrew, are you okay?” She asked after a long conflict in her mind. Andrew glanced at her and let out a small smile. “Yes, I'm fine.
Somewhere in Nashville city ,a young lady was seen In a damp room with little light seeping from a small hole on the wall . “Somebody help! Tiffany yelled as she struggled in the chair she was tied to , she began stomping her feet on the floor, as she tried to free herself from the rope she was bound to. "Is anyone there?" Tiffany continued shouting ,her heart racing with dread. Suddenly , the sound of the door opening and slamming shut, echoed in the empty damp room " Who are you? Why am I here?!" Tiffany bellowed But the tall lean man who had just walked in kept her quiet despite her loud screams "Why do you have me here ?" Tiffany continued screaming ,as her heart beat with fear " Shut the fuck up!" The gruff voice roared, slamming the only furniture in the damp and dimly lit room ,the shaky wooden table creaked, collapsing on the floor "Why am I here? What do you have with me?!" Tiffany yelled, struggling with the rope "Please release me I have done wrong !" The