Adam looked up at Mira with a mixture of gratitude and pride, a genuine smile breaking on his face,“I appreciate your gesture, but I insist on paying for my meal. I'm confident my card has the funds. Could you please try running it again?"His request seemed to reignite Cecil's fury, and all the other patron’s anger,“Such insolence!”“What arrogance!!!”“He finally has a way out, yet he chooses to be proud and arrogant! What a fellow!”Cecil finally found her voice again, sharper and more biting than before,"Don't bother with his charades" Cecil spat out, her teeth and first clenched tightly,"He's just a pretender, trying to claim what he's not. If you're seriously considering his plea, then you might as well say goodbye to us. You know very well the kind of business we bring." She called at the waiter, not knowing she was addressing one of the owners of the establishment.The waiter, caught in the crossfire of two formidable forces, beads of sweat forming on his brow, looked hel
Adam, with his eyebrows drawing together, watched her as she left and didn't hesitate as he stood and quickly collected his card back from the confused waiter with a nod of thanks, ignoring every other person and quickly followed Mira outside,He found her standing by her car, a sleek, luxurious model that shone under the streetlights. Her hands were clasped tightly in front of her, knuckles white, as she wriggled her fingers,"Miss, talk to me. What happened?" Adam asked, keeping his voice calm while maintaining strong eye contact, and drawing closer to her.She turned to him, her eyes glistening with unshed tears, as she struggled to speak past the lump in her throat, "I-it's my daughter," She managed to say, her voice breaking, she shut her eyes tightly to rid the tears, and opened them again, before sighing deeply,"Her condition... it's gotten worse. I need to go to her."Adam saw the desperation in her eyes, the way her shoulders sagged under the weight of her worry, and he c
Doctor Wren’s hardened eyes rested on Adam, and he raised his eyebrows as he glared at him, before he questioned him,“Any problem young man, do you have anything to say? Or perhaps you doubt my skill and would like to offer yours?” Adam immediately shook his head, his arms folded to his chest, the doctor was still glaring at him when Madam Ruth’s voice broke through,“Doctor please ignore that nonentity, I do not know where Mira happened to have dragged him from” while she spoke, she glared at Adam, even though she was urging the doctor to attend to her granddaughter.Throwing one glare at Adam, the doctor moved towards the bedside, where Genesis lay still as death, while Mira whimpered beside her, constantly snorting and rubbing her nose.“Get a hold of yourself, Mira! Doctor Wren will heal Genesis”Madam Ruth tried to reassure her grieving daughter, who refused to be consoled.After the slight episode with Mira’s mother, Adam decided to wait to see how everything would play out, s
At the shrill and fear in Mira’s voice, Adam quickly turned and saw the girl shaking and flailing on the bed with her eyes still closed, “Dr Wren, don't just stand there! Do something! My granddaughter is dying!”“What's wrong?! What did you do?!”Both women threw questions at the doctor, who stood perplexed while biting his fingers and talking to himself, he couldn't understand why the girl was acting like that, he had done everything right by his book, and so he was left twisted and confused,“I-I don't k-know, she's supposed to be awake” he managed to stutter out, and in a flash Mira dove at him, clutching his shirt and pounding his chest at the same time,“How dare you?! You've made my daughter worse, and yet you say you don't know. I'll kill you!!!” Mira roared as she continued banging on his chest, tears dripping down her face, Madam Ruth, exhaled deeply in an attempt to calm herself before turning to one of the guards,“Hurry, get all the best doctors you can find, and bring
“Nobody touches her any longer!”As the voice commanded, all eyes turned in his direction, and Adam didn't fail to notice the look of disdain on Mira’s face and the opposite look of relief and happiness on Madam Ruth’s face,Brendan Castro strode in with his head held high and his chest out,“Brendan, I'm so grateful you're here!!!”She exclaimed loudly and dramatically, almost acting as though she wanted to faint, Adam rolled his eyes at her melodrama.Brendan nodded his head at her and approached her,“Not to worry my sweet lady, I have brought cavalry, we cannot let just anybody touch our precious Genesis!”Mira rolled her eyes and hissed before scowling at him and snapping,“What other option do you have?! MY CHILD lays dying and you're here with your sanctimonious attitude as usual!”Brendan sighed dramatically and scowled at Adam, weighing him with his eyes, before he masked the hate in his eyes into a saccharine smile and looked at Mira,“My darling, I know I'm not your favorit
Following Mira’s instructions, Doctor Wisdom got to work, with everyone keeping their gaze on him with every concentration that they could muster, everyone except Adam who stood casually with his arms folded to his chest while his eyes darted between the doctor, the child and nothing in particular,Doctor Wisdom paused by the child’s birth and glanced at Mira then Madam Ruth,“Considering the severity of the situation, I will be performing a herbal ritual on her, that will stabilise her and hear her heart before a permanent situation is made”Madam Ruth nodded her head enthusiastically while Mira rolled her eyes, and snapped at him,“Do what you have to do! All I know is my child needs to be well, money is no problem! If it's herbs you need, then it's no problem! I can arrange for the rarest of herbs in minutes!"Put your mind at ease, today your child will be made whole, I have confidence in my abilities, I ask that you do the same”Mira tsked and said nothing more, choosing to close
Madam Ruth sighed exasperatedly as she rolled her eyes, stomping her feet, she almost snapped Adam with her words but was interrupted by Doctor Wisdom, who with arching eyebrow faced Adam and demanded of him,“Young man, I don't know who you are, but I do know one thing, no one would be able to heal this child, and if anyone manages to do so, it'll be nothing short of a miracle and I'll eat my words, and gladly receive slaps”Subtly shaking his head, Adam chuckled and arched his brow as well, Dr. Wisdom was becoming cocky, and it was displeasing to see.Brendan was burning with rage as he stared at Adam before he snapped his head toward Madam Ruth,“Who's this fool and where was he uprooted from?! What makes you think you can question the authority and experience of an experienced doctor?!”‘So you'd rather choose to believe his report of death and wait for it?!’ Was the retort in Adam’s mind as he equally looked at Brendan, but he said nothing as he had also given the same diagnosis
The entire room was silent for a fraction before it erupted into different expressions of disbelief; mouths slackened, eyes widened, eyebrows were rubbed at and people were at a loss for words,“W-was t-that Geensis that just spoke?”Madam Ruth finally found her voice and spoke in a disbelieving voice, as she gaped at the scene before her, she didn't want to believe nor process the fact that her grandchild had been made well by the hands of the pauper, with unsteady feet, she walked towards the bed.Mira with tears rolling down her eyes gathered her child into her trembling arms, her whole body shook with relief as she enveloped her child,“This is unbelievable!”“I cannot believe my eyes!”Dr Wren and the other guard exclaimed, Dr Wren slightly lifted his head to gaze at Doctor Wisdom, who was still gaping and kept gulping, unable to say anything. His head was bowed, and he looked like a fish out of water.Brendan leaned back on his feet, while stroking his throat, grimacing as he did