Chapter 99 Comfort And Disquiet

In her worry that her mother would fall sick from anger, Nancy hastened to calm her.

"Yes, grandma." Nadia looked at them with doleful eyes. She didn't want her grandma or mommy sad.

But she was much too young. She didn't know how to console adults whose emotions seemed far more complicated than what her young heart could understand.

She could only reach out her small hands to stroke her grandma's and then her mom's faces.

At the child's touch, Jade sighed and closed her eyes slowly.

Nancy and Nadia couldn't leave that night. Nancy placed Nadia on a bed to get her settled down. Then she found herself a chair and sat down, watching over her mother's sleeping form.

"Miss Ning, please sleep. I will take care of her," the nurse said with a tremor in her voice.

Nancy grabbed her hand and forced out a smile. "It's alright. You can go to sleep. I'll stay here."

"Thank you very much, ma'am." The nurse was embarrassed from her kindness and left quietly.

In the silence of the room, Nancy assured herself that her mother just had a fright. 'She would be alright,' she told herself.

As she fought to keep her anxiety in check, a hand suddenly shot out and grabbed hers.

A heavy gasp resounded in the ward.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Nancy fled to th

idnight. Why aren't you sleeping?" he asked in surprise.

"Daddy, we need help. We're at the sanatorium and Grandma is sick. I'm scared." Nadia's broken voice spoke. She burst into tears upon hearing her father's voice.

Charles was immediately agitated. He grabbed a coat and pulled it on as he raced out the door.

"What happened, sweetie? Tell me slowly," Charles asked, trying to calm his daughter. He hated the distress in her voice.

"I don't know," Nadia said between sobs. "Grandma is very sick. Please, Daddy."

Charles moved as fast as his feet could carry him. He hopped inside the car and told the driver to head straight to the sanatorium. Willing himself to calm down, he called Jay, telling him to go to the sanatorium as soon as possible.

Jay had already been sleeping soundly when the call from Charles pulled him awake. The next moment, he was jumping off the bed and putting on his clothes. "Got it. I'll go!"

When he arrived at the sanatorium, he found Nadia sitting alone, her arms around herself. Her cheeks were streaked with dried up tears.

He walked over to her and held her in his arms protectively. "Where's Mommy?"

Nadia pointed at the operating room. "Grandma and mommy are in there."

At this time, the dean came in a hurry.