All Too Late
Chapter 43
Kathleen entered a restaurant and ordered herself a plate of vegan pasta.
After her meal, she soon left to visit Benjamin who was admitted to the nearby hospital.
Kathleen couldn’t help her rising concern as she observed the unconscious form of Benjamin through the window of his hospital room.
“My brother’s condition has been stable since early this morning,” Gemma uttered from behind Kathleen.
Kathleen turned to face Gemma, who was dressed in her nurse’s uniform and balancing a tray between her hands.
“When will your brother be regaining consciousness?” queried Kathleen cautiously.
Gemma’s expression darkened as she replied, “The doctor says that it’s still too early to tell.”
“Why not try consulting the opinions of other specialists?”
“It’s all right, Kathleen. There’s still time,” Gemma comforted. “By the way, how was your experience volunteering?”
“It was such an eye-opener! I learned so much from it,” Kathleen enthused.
Gemma smirked. “I watched your speech just now during my break. You were pretty amazing out there.”
“By the way, why the sudden interest in individuals with autism?”
“Well, my foster brother is autistic,” said Gemma grimly.
Now that is new.
“My foster parents come from pretty wealthy backgrounds. They adopted me as I had seemed pliant and obedient. Their hopes were that I would comply with their wishes to look after their son once they were gone. Their plan was for both of us to marry by offering me their inheritance as an incentive. They then threatened to disown me if I were to refuse,” said Gemma drily.
Kathleen was stunned speechless.
“I overheard all this when I was in high school. If I were to go against them, they swore never to pay for my tuition fees and daily expenses. Gaining admission into a university would have been a lost cause.”
“That’s preposterous!”
“Consider yourself lucky, Kathleen. Truly. I’ve gone through the worst of it all, and things barely faze me these days,” advised Kathleen with a wry smile.
Kathleen gripped Gemma’s hands anxiously. “What happened after? How did you make it out?”
“Thankfully, my brother was already a policeman back then. He located me and sponsored me all the way till graduation.” Gemma smiled fondly.
sympathy welled up within Kathleen, her eyes prickling
My brother will
Kathleen pursed her lips.
Gemma was right.
was indeed very
always treated her
time. “Duty calls. I will catch
Kathleen added with a
final parting glance at Benjamin’s room, Kathleen
up with Federick to finalize the terms of
sorry, Frederick! A-About yesterday…” stammered
offered a gracious
perused the terms. “You’re willing to pay this much for my
their work. Yours is
hundred and fifty thousand has already far exceeded my expectations.” Kathleen beamed with
be able to complete
signing
to you.
as a celebration of my
rain check. I still need
Federick. Whenever you’re free. I will be taking
“Sure. Take care.”
Kathleen departed with a faint smile plastered on
and therapeutic as basking in the spring sunlight
was consumed by the
was getting paid for the
wasn’t much, but it was a
could barely suppress her
a present for Old Mrs. Macari! But Old Mrs. Macari has everything she needs. Even so,
received slightly less than fifty thousand in her bank account after
that, she was
with joy as she entered the department
items, Kathleen
of Kathleen’s voice instantly dispelled
slip a
she answered
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