A Love Trap

After finally persuading her grandpa to have some food, Ellie got out of the ward.

"Doctor, how's my grandpa doing?" Ellie asked as she entered the doctor's office, worried.

The doctor recognized Ellie. He had seen her rush to the hospital when that old man was sent here. And since then, she had stayed in the hospital to take care of him. This devotion was rare in this time and age.

"To be frank, his illness can't be cured in our hospital given our current capability. All we can do now is use medicine to prevent his condition from getting worse.

But all medicines have side effects. Even though the medicines we are giving him will allow him to live for months or, at most, a year, his health is going to inevitably get worse. Besides, he's at such an old age that his organs are weak and his ability to absorb medicine is not as good as younger people."

Ellie felt a crushing weight of sorrow as she heard what the doctor had said.

She had deep love for her grandpa, and she hadn't yet gotten the chance to show her respect for him. She didn't expect such a thing to happen to her and didn't know what to do.

But Ellie saw a silver lining in what the doctor had said. She looked up at the doctor in anticipation and said, "You said my grandpa couldn't be cured in your hospital. Do you mean he has a chance of surviving in other hospitals?" Ellie had never been as desperate as she was now.

"Yes. You can see for yourself. The devices we have here are creaky. Maybe your grandpa can be healed if you manage to send him to the more reputed hospitals in J City. They have medical facilities that are way better than ours.

But remember one thing: your grandpa is old and can't afford a long, tiring journey. You may have to think it over if you decide to take him to J City. Also, the cost of treatment in J City is much higher than what you spend here. I'm afraid it's beyond your budget." Watching Ellie take care of her grandpa had told the doctor that she was a kind girl. He liked her, so he wanted to alert her about the problems she might run into.

the doctor, Ellie wanted to go home and tell her grandma of her grandpa's condition in the hope that she could talk him into accepting her decision. Her grandma was the only one who

save her grandpa, no matter the

with green mountains and clear waters. There was no hustle and bustle here, and people

home was along a narrow street in L City. Trees lined both sides of the street and along it was a creek, by which

grandma sitting under a tall big

eyes are not good. Don't do needlework!" Ellie said as she walked in. Her grandma looked younger and was in better health than her grandpa. She had taken care of her grandpa day and night and had almost fainted from exhaustion. So Ellie had

went back home.

fingers were old now. Whenever she reminisced her youth and the days she had spent doing embroidery, she

be discharged?" Laura said as she put down her

hospital, but he hasn't recovered completely yet. I can't let him leave the

recovered. It's not comfortable for him to stay there. So complete the discharge formalities. I can take care of him at home.

time for

knew that everything her grandparents were saying was out of worry that her work in J City might be delayed. But she couldn't

I won't be fired." She was the boss now. No one could fire her.

tell this to her grandparents now. It was

with

interrupted her. "Your grandpa doesn't have any illness. His health is good. He just fell over a few days ago. And now he has almost