The Midnight Heir

BENEFACTOR

["Hello? Who is this?"] Finally, after three attempts his call was answered.

"This is Anthony, Mr's Faller. I was just calling to see how Samuel was doing" he sat in the bed with his shoes off but still had his casino dealer outfit on.

["Umm, he's fine. It's already way past his bedtime so he should be in bed sleeping. Is anything the matter?"]

After hearing this, Anthony second-guessed himself on if Samuel was okay or not.

Anthony thought that he might just be worrying for nothing. "It's nothing, I just wanted to call since it's been a while since I last did, that's all" he smiled

["It has been a minute since you called but honestly I can't blame you, not when you and my husband have something so serious like Ama— Oh, sorry I mentioned that"] she covered her mouth.

Anthony chuckled as a way to lighten the mood "You don't have to be ma, I also know how this has shaken your family so don't hold yourself on my account. I'll be just fine" he smiled

["I'm glad to hear that and you make sure you look after yourself, ok— Wait, before I forget, I heard that you left your in-laws and are now staying God knows where."] Mr's Faller had a frown on her face 

"How did you hear about that? My in-laws don't look like the kind of people who would go around spreading family rumors like that" Anthony's forehead creased.

["Maxwell heard Wilson and his partner talking about it today and told me when he called to check on the house. Don't blame him if he hasn't called you too yet, he also has a lot on his plate. He's been working on a big case and I'm assuming that it's not easy dealing with workers like Wilson at the same time. Call it woman's intuition but I just don't like him"]

"That's funny Mr's Faller. Wilson is misguided, but he's nothing to worry yourself about, absolutely nothing!" Anthony's tone became mean at the end.

She looked at the clock ["Okay Anthony, if you say so. Just look after yourself and make sure you're always on a full stomach, okay? I trust that you're capable of handling your affairs without any issues"]

"Yes Mr's Faller, bye"

["Goodbye Anthony"]

Anthony's cracked phone screen was an inconvenience to him, taking several attempts to even make the call but because Mr's Faller was the one who ended it, he had no problem there.

He checked his call and message history, looking concerned.

"Why hasn't she called or messaged me yet? This isn't like her. Something about this doesn't sit well with me" he mumbled thinking and worrying about Annabelle.

He called her but the prerecorded voice told him that her phone was switched off.

"Since when does she switch off her phone?" Frowning, he dropped the phone on the bedside table top.

He had a very busy day and was feeling sleepy so he crashed on the bed without changing and slept off, not seeing multiple calls, coming through his phone hours later.

The next morning he woke up into a stretch, looking out the window, and seeing how bright the day was.

He looked bothered about what he saw because even though to others it was still very early in the morning, it was too bright to him. This isn't when he usually wakes up.

"What happened to my alarm?" he grimaced, checking his phone for the time, only to see the multiple missed calls from an hour ago. 

He panicked because he wasn't expecting that many but he thought that it must have been from Annabelle since she's the only one who would do something like this.

He unlocked the phone, checked the caller ID, and immediately his eyes widened, breathing sparingly and hands shaking when he saw the ID. It was a call from the Meteor Garden private hospital and based on the frequency, this had to be an emergency call.

"Amanda!" He exclaimed, sprung out of bed, rushed straight to the hospital and the moment he ran through their sliding doors, he screamed at the nurse behind the counter.

She flinched when he rushed to her.

"I got a call from here two hours ago, can you help me check what happened? Here's the exact time and the number you called!" he grabbed her pen and wrote down his number and the time of the call. He didn't have time to dull around.

The nurse cross-matched with her records, 

"Yes sir, we called you because there was something we had to report concerning the patient you placed in our care. We tried to call the other line, the Faller's this morning too but there was no answer"

He shrugged "Okay, they must be busy but I'm not here to talk about them. What's the matter with Amanda?! Why did the hospital call so many times? Did something happen to her?!" He said looking extremely desperate.

"Calm down sir, I'll need you to move back a bit cause you're scaring me right now" the nurse raised her hands and Anthony complied.

She sighed "Thank you. As for the patient, there's nothing to worry about, she is still in stable condition. There hasn't been any change to her condition at all, positive or negative"

"Huh, then why the hell did you guys call me and the Fallers if there was nothing wrong?! What's the reason for putting me in such a frightened state?! What's the matter with you people?!" Anthony's eyes were red, speaking with saliva flying out his mouth

"I can see that you're angry sir but there is a reason for us contacting you and you might be relieved once I tell you." She said with a smile

"??"

"Earlier today we were approached by someone who said they are willing to take care of all the patient's medical bills" the nurse had an encouraging look.

"What?! What are you talking about?" Anthony was flooded with confusion.

"Exactly what I just said sir, someone wants to pay for the patient's surgery and all the already incurred medical bills so the point of calling you was because we needed yours or the other family's stamp of approval before we could accept the offer," she said then turned the document he needed to sign to give his approval.

Anthony looked at the document suspiciously before flicked his eyes back to the nurse

"I have a question, just who is this person that wants to do this without being asked first? Where are they? Are they still here?" He had a mean look to him.

There was only one set of people he could think of that would want to do this and just the thought of them turned his stomach into a hot pot.

"Umm," the nurse looked around before fixing her head behind Anthony "There he is right now!" she pointed and Anthony turned around, following her finger until there he was staring face to face with this unexpected benefactor who stood paused and had a guilty look about him.

"Young master—" the person was cut short when Anthony rushed him, grabbed him by the shirt with one hand, and pressed against his neck with the other forearm.

Anthony pushed him back and slammed his back against the wall right next to the waiting chair where other patients were seating and it caused them to panic, trying to scamper.

"Forgive me Young master—" he was cut short again as Anthony's burning eyes stared right into his, saying with heated breaths 

"It's you again! What the f*ck do you think you're doing here, Franklin?!"