Chapter 33: Chapter 33

Miguel rushed into the hospital lobby and went straight to a nurse who he met behind a desk and began to make inquire about a Camilla Gonzalo. Dario and Elena who was sitting in the front roll overhead the question and went over to where Miguel was immediately.

“Excuse me, Miguel?” Dario asked the man making the inquiry, peering at him and tried to take note of his reaction and expression so that he would find out if he was truly Miguel.

“Yes, and you are?” Miguel asked looking anxiously at Dario, he remembered talking to a woman over the phone and not a man.

“My name is Dario and this is my wife Elena.” Dario said pointing to his wife as he introduced himself and his wife to Miguel who extended his hands and shook them one after another exchanging a brief pleasantry.

Dario turned his gaze to his wife and gestured to her to give Miguel a call again to make sure that they are speaking with the right person as he was not satisfied with just his claim as Miguel. Elena nodded slightly and brought out Camilla’s phone pretending as if it was her phone and to make a call but dialed Miguel’s phone number instead.

Miguel turned to his phone immediately as he felt it ringing, wondering who could be calling him now, “excuse me,” he said to Dario and pulled out his phone and saw that it was Camilla calling him. He lifted his gaze off the phone and peered from Dario to his wife Elena, whom he saw holding a phone to her ears.

“I am sorry about that, Miguel, we wanted to make sure that we were speaking with the right person,” Dario said immediately, seeing the facial reaction of Miguel who peered at Elena wondering why she was calling him again with Camilla’s phone.

“Alright,” Miguel said, putting his phone away as he turned his gaze away from Elena back to Dario, “where is Camilla?” Miguel asked impatiently to the couple who both gave each other a quick glance, then Dario turned to Miguel and explained what the doctor had told them earlier.

“What! You mean she is still unconscious?” Miguel asked brushing his hair backward with his hand.

“Yes, that is what the doctor said.” Dario told him with a nod, feeling sorry for him now as he saw the expression on his face that suddenly turned pale too after what he said.

“I need to see her.” Miguel said and turned back to the nurse he was making inquiries from earlier and asked for the doctor in charge of Camilla’s treatment.

She directed them to his office, Miguel went off almost immediately followed by Dario and Elena. They were also curious to find out about Camilla.

Once in the doctor’s office Dario and his wife reintroduced themselves to the doctor, then Dario introduced Miguel to the doctor as Camilla’s husband.

The doctor asked him to sit down and explained the impact of the accident to the patient and pleaded with him to wait at the lobby until they are sure it was safe for her to be seen by visitors.

He pleaded with the doctor to see to it that she is properly taken care of before leaving the doctor’s office.

Once they are back to the lobby Miguel thanked Dario and Elena for their help and told them he would take over from there, he also asked them to describe the area they had found Camilla so that he can go and check it out.

This is because Miguel has a hunch it is not just a mare accident. Dario gave him the description he had asked for and also gave him his phone number to contact him when Camilla finally wakes up.

The couple left, leaving Miguel seated in the lobby with some people who are probably waiting to see a doctor or is waiting for a relative or friend.

He sat there contemplating whether to go and check out the accident scene or wait in case Camilla wakes up. He glanced at his wrist watch and concluded it was late.

“I will go there first thing in the morning, besides Camilla needs me here.” He thought.

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Lora woke up very early the next morning feeling very exhausted and worn out, she really can't tell if it is from crying or from not being able to get enough sleep, she also can't tell how much she cried and the time she had fallen asleep, all she can see is that her pillow is soaking wet with tears and she feel soar on her both eyes.

She slowly crawled out of her bed and went into the washroom, she looked at the wash room mirror to see that her face is swollen and her eyes where puffy.

She slowly poured water on her face, and then looked at her face again in the mirror, she remembered her mother's crying face, how devastated she had looked.

She shook her head and decided to talk to her Papa about what happened yesterday but first she need to take a bath.

Her Papa had told her before that her Mama abandoned her and ran away with her lover. He had also told her that her Mama saw their family as a hindrance to her dreams but what she saw yesterday at Antonio's funeral made her believe otherwise, she recalled that Marta who has refused to say a word to anybody since her arrival was able to talk to her mother when she saw her.

There may be a lot of things going on that she doesn't know about, she wished Marta could be of help to her but given her situation she may have to look somewhere else and the only way to find out is by talking to her Papa and Grandma Rosa, hopefully she might get something out of them this time, since they have kept her in the dark all these years, she thought. She also need to talk to her Mama this time she thought, as she may still be in town.

She has so many questions to ask, “I don’t have to be calm about this anymore.” She said out loud, still peering at her reflection in the mirror, besides she is not a kid anymore, she said inwardly.

She had heard different stories about her Mama and Papa from some of their house keepers when she still lived in the mansion, she had also heard some from her grandma although her grandma seemed not to be interested when it comes to questions about her Mama, same goes to her Papa who seemed to hate it when she questioned him about her Mama.

It is still early in the morning, she have to speak with her father this morning before she miss him as he often leaves the house very early in the morning.

“I will have to find out the truth from them somehow.” She muttered, her gaze on her reflection in the mirror.

With this resolve she quickly took her bath, walked back into her room and dressed up as fast as she could.

“It's about time I find out the whole detail about my family.” She thought and stepped out of her room with a confidence she never knew she had.