The Mysterious Son-In-Law

Who Is She?

Dennis nodded in response to Yura.

"Where are you, Dennis?" Sasha asked, overhearing Yura's voice.

"That is not your business anymore, Sasha. We're divorced now, remember?" Dennis retorted

"Now, excuse me. I do not have the time to rehash meaningless conversations with you" he added.

Sasha sneered; at this point, she felt convinced that her brother was right. Dennis was dating this new girl, whoever she was, she thought. Especially after hearing her voice over the phone.

"They're probably heading out on a date somewhere," she thought inwardly and wondered how long this had been going on, how long her ex-husband had been cheating on her.

She was conflicted with these questions that she couldn't conceal her jealousy anymore and, without thinking, blurted out

"Is this what you've been busy doing, Dennis?" she asked abruptly

"What, Sasha?" Dennis replied impatiently

"Have you been so self-centred that you completely ignored all my goodwill and chose to betray me by dating someone else while we were still together?" She said painfully, her voice laced with regret and anger

"Dating someone else?" Dennis muttered to himself, puzzled. At this point, his patience was running thin, and he became speechless. It was apparent that Sasha was just being unreasonable and had nothing important to say,

"Whatever, Sasha", he replied and ended the call. There were more important things afoot than dealing with his crazy ex-wife, he thought as he silenced his phone and put it back into his pocket, stepping out of the car as they arrived at Akio's massive villa.

Sasha stared at the phone in surprise; she couldn't believe that Dennis had ended her call because he never did before.

She thought about calling him back, but her mother quickly interjected,

"What did he say? Is he going to give us back the house contract?" She asked, gazing at her daughter in anticipation

Sasha slowly turned to her, giving her a questioning look. She couldn't believe her mother was still hammering over the house case.

Although she now felt uncomfortable giving Dennis the house, thinking that he was only using it to bring girls over. Still, she couldn't ask for it back.

"No, Mom, he did not say anything about the house", Sasha retorted and walked towards her brother

"How is Jack doing? We might need to take him to a hospital to treat his injuries," She added, but her mother quickly cut her off, enraged

"He's not giving back the house? That ex-husband of yours wants to prove stubborn. With everything he has done to my boy? He must hand over that house to you, if not for anything, as compensation for what he did to your brother. Else, I will call the police on him," Margaret raged, and Sasha sighed.

She wondered if her mother was at all concerned about her brother or if she only wanted and cared about getting the house back.

"Who the hell does he think he is? We own that house, it is rightfully ours, and we should be the ones with the deed!" She thundered annoyingly.

"Just look at what he did to my boy. This is partly your fault Sasha" Margaret cried,

"If you didn't give him that house as I told you not to, none of these would be happening", she added sharply, staring angrily at her daughter

"Enough!" Sasha yelled, getting more irritated by her mother's dramatics. She stormed out of the room, back to her office.

She needed silence to think and process her emotions and was in no mood to be blamed for her decisions.

As she walked out of the living room, one thing was still heavy on her mind, leaving her greatly unsettled

When did Dennis get a new girlfriend? And could it be possible that he had been cheating on her the entire time? She thought, raking her fingers through her hair in confusion and anger, trying to remain calm.

She couldn't tell what had bothered her most- why she was increasingly getting disturbed over her ex-husband's love life? Or that it seemed he had moved on so quickly.

Margaret and Jack seemed quite shocked by Sasha's reaction and exchanged a confused stare with each other.

Meanwhile, as Dennis and Yura walked into the villa, he was filled with mixed feelings, surrounded by many armed guards in black suits.

Immediately, two guards approached them,

"Welcome back, Ms Hughes, Mr Apollo", the female guard greeted, walking in front of them

"This way, please. Your grandfather is waiting," the lady said, turning a corner.

Dennis looked at Yura and shifted his gaze to his environment, trying to acquaint himself with it.

Although he had heard about Lord Duncan, the eccentric rich and powerful man for a few years and treated him a year ago, he had never spent time in his villa. Being here now, he found it to be simply beautiful.

A few moments later, they reached Duncan's room, and Yura stopped outside the door and turned to Dennis

"I expect you to do everything you can to save him, Mr Apollo," Yura said in a serious tone looking at Dennis and then giving the female guard a nod, as she pushed open the door.

Dennis and Yura walked into the room towards Duncan's bed.

He appeared weak and lifeless, and Yura immediately got worried, staring at the young female nurse standing next to her grandfather, examining his condition.

"Strange", the lady kept saying

"What are the results, Ms Kuza?" Yura asked the nurse in frustration, and she frowned, picked up her tablet and read his vitals.

"All the results of my examination are good. Medically, your grandfather seems to have no problem, but something greatly baffles me," she said

"What?" Yura asked, growing impatient

"Despite his stable vitals, your grandfather is still unconscious, and nothing I've tried to do has worked. It's almost like he's in a rare case of self-induced coma",

"What's that?" Yura asked with a burgeoning curiosity

"Normally, comas are medically induced, but sometimes, very rarely, a patient induces one themselves, either to disassociate themselves from the bodily pain they were experiencing",

"I don't know what else to do right now" she added, and Yura smiled

"Don't worry, Ms Kuza", "I've brought someone who can help with his situation, someone who can save him", Yura said, trying to comfort the nurse, but she looked doubtful and a little offended that Yura did not believe in her efficiency

She glanced at Dennis and asked, "Him?"

"Yes", Yura replied, and Kuza had a hard time believing her. Dennis looked so young and nothing like a doctor.

She averted her gaze at him, staring disapprovingly.

She was Lord Duncan's family doctor and did not feel secure about letting some nobody attend to him,

"What medical school did you graduate from?" Kuza asked Dennis objectively

"I never went to any medical school", Dennis replied softly, and Kuza frowned. She shifted her gaze back at Yura

"Is he kidding me?" she asked, puzzled

"No, I assure you he's not", Yura replied

"How is he supposed to save your grandfather without any medical knowledge and experience? Do you even know what you're doing Yura?!" The nurse exclaimed

"This is not a joke!"