Chapter Eighteen

Chapter 18

1. Mike

“Mariam, meet Dr. Mike, Mike meet Mariam, Cindy’s mother.”

Did she just say Cindy’s mother?

Or perhaps I misheard her?

No, I don’t think so. I mean, my sight may be bad but my hearing is quite impeccable.

We both stood there looking at each other in surprise, the shock on both our faces pretty evident especially when I realized that all that Mariam had told me was about Cindy.

I started to panic a little. “Grace, have you heard anything from the doctors yet?”

She shook her head in the negative.

I squared my shoulders and gave them both nod. “I’m going in.”

Cindy’s mother grabbed me by the arm, halting me in my tracks. “Are you sure they’ll let you in?”

I smirked. “I’m a doctor, remember? They’ll need all the help they can get.”

I barged into the ward. “God, Cindy!”

There she was, my little. All color had drained from her face, and she seemed to be in so much pai