CHAPTER 5: THE RESULT

REAH'S POV 

It had been two weeks since that day, and my mother never opened her eyes again. She went back to being a vegetable, and no matter what the doctors did, she never woke up again. 

I spent days with her, crying and praying she would open her eyes again, but no miracle happened. 

What she said that day kept crossing my mind. She wanted me to run away, but from what? From who? To where? And what was it that scared her so much?

From my memory, my mother and I were living peacefully before she collapsed and was diagnosed with an unknown disease, which later developed into stomach cancer. 

My memory seemed broken, and no matter how hard I tried to think, I couldn't remember my childhood or what led my mother to live as a single mother.  My first memory was when I opened my eyes in a hospital, and my mother was beside me with watery eyes. She had been my only family since then, and I had never for once asked about my father because deep down in my mind, I knew my mother didn't want me to ask.

My memory started when I was about 10 years old. I had no memory of my childhood before 10 due to an accident I couldn't even recall, and my mother just told me to run away. Where to? What should I do?

I've been thinking about this for the past two weeks, and many times, I would encourage myself to do as she said, but where would I run to? There were so many questions, but no one to answer them... It made me sick. 

I held my forehead as I placed my head on my pillow, sighing sadly. For the past two weeks, the thought of my mother and my strange sickness was enough to drag me to the door of hell, but what was more annoying was the fact that the silly mark on my neck never healed!

My phone started ringing, and it was a call from the doctor, I answered the call and placed the phone on my ears. "Doctor, what's it?" I asked weakly... I had been feeling weak for a few days already. 

Throwing up in the morning, loss of appetite, dizziness, and even weakness. It was unpleasant. 

"Reah, can you come over to the hospital? There is something we need to talk about." The doctor said, and I sighed. 

"Okay," I replied and ended the call. 

I quickly put on a pair of trousers and a loose blouse. Packed my hair to the back and tied it for more air, and carried my bag. I made my way to the hospital in a low spirit. 

"Reah, you're here." Doctor Frank said as he opened the door and let me in. He looked at my pale face and frowned. "Are you okay?" He asked, and I forced a smile. 

"I'm okay." I lied. 

My head was aching, and I felt nauseous and weak~

He frowned slightly. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say more but shrugged and walked over to his seat. "I called you here to talk about your mother. What's your plan for her? I'm sure you know our hospital is no longer suitable for her. She needs to be in a bigger hospital where there are doctors who know about her illness, not a small city hospital like ours here. What do you want to do for her now?" His voice was filled with concern as he talked to me about my mother. 

"I had thought about it too. After she closed her eyes again two weeks ago, I have been thinking about it and also trying my best to look for more money so I can send her to a bigger hospital, but things are not going very well. I need some time to gather some money, I will let you know when I'm prepared enough." I explained, and he nodded, a slow sigh escaping his lips. 

We talked more about my mother for a while before I decided to leave the room to see my mother. I grabbed the door handle and pressed down on it, but my hand suddenly slid, and my head felt light. I fell backward only to be caught by two strong arms. "Reah, are you okay?" Doctor Frank asked, and I finally shook my head. 

"I'm not fine. I feel weak, nauseous, and sick." I replied, and his eyes twitched. 

He said no word to me as he helped me to his office's VIP room and conducted a test on me. An hour later, He returned to me with a worried look on his face and placed the result on the table in front of me. 

My eyes twitched when I saw the reaction on his face, and I felt a bad premonition. I picked up the result only for me to shake my head in disbelief when I saw what was written there. "This is crazy. There is no way this is real, right?" I asked, tears rolling welling up in my eyes. "No way in hell this is real, Doctor." I pressed, unable to believe what I saw. 

We only did it once. We only met once. So___ how?

"Maybe this is a fake result, or it belongs to someone else. God can't be so cruel to me, Doctor." I cried and denied it, but the truth was already in front of me, and there was nothing I could do about it. 

I was pregnant...

I was carrying Alpha Xavier's baby in my belly. 

Someone who told me he never wanted to see me again? Someone who told me to forget about everything. 

How was I supposed to raise the baby alone?

I clenched my fingers around the result and stood up. Without saying a word, I walked out of the hospital with a dead spirit. 

It was over. 

A light fragrance wafted into my nose, and my dead heart pounded. Lifting my eyes, I saw Xavier standing at the entrance of the hospital, and our eyes met.