She's My Sleeping Pill

They didn’t waste another second. Stefan drove his car personally while Cayenne sat beside him and Jose at the back. The guards were following behind them, all were worried that something has happened to the old lady. Only Cayenne and Stefan knew about the drug. They didn’t dare tell Jose about it because they didn’t want to give him false hope if things won’t work.

As soon as they reached the hospital, the nurse gave Stefan the papers. He was about to sign it when he realized that his grandfather was there. He turned to his grandpa and showed him the form instead. “Gramps, this is the consent form that you need to sign for the doctor to inject the new drug they discovered for grandma.”

“What about a fingerprint? I don’t know how to sign.”

“That’s also fine.” Stefan smiled faintly and pulled the cap of the pen. Since there was no ink for the thumb mark, they’ll just make do with the pen. Stefan doodled on his grandpa’s thumb until it was wet enough to create a mark. Jose pressed his finger on the sheet and once done, the nurse gave the go signal to the doctor.

Stanley was sitting on the bench with his hands clasped together in prayer. With his body frame, Cayenne didn’t see Jessie sitting beside him. It was only after she approached him to give the man a bottle of water did she find Jessie sitting there.

“Hi.” Jessie greeted weakly with a faint and awkward smile on her face.

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Cayenne could understand why she’d feel awkward after all, this was the first time that everyone sees them together. Cayenne smiled faintly and nodded her head. “Thank you for staying with uncle.”

“Uh...yeah...sure...you’re welcome.”

Cayenne left them alone. She was afraid that Jessie would flee once again if she feels too much pressure from Stanley’s family. Not to mention her boss was Stanley’s nephew.

Everyone waited silently. They knew that the changes won’t happen in the blink of an eye but they wanted to know if it was effective. Even the doctors and nurses were praying for Cory’s recovery. As people from medical field, it’s their happiness when they see people recovering from an illness. It could be work of science or it could be miracle but as long as the patient survives, there is an inexplicable happiness in their hearts.

Half an hour later, the doctor went out with a faint smile on his face. “I can say that the drug is working. The patient is no longer writhing in pain. She’s still unconscious but she looks calm and relieved. However, we still need to properly observe her within 24 hours. You can check the patient from time to time as well. If everything goes well, she should wake up in 2 hours.”

“Thank you, doc.” Jose bowed his head deeply but the doctor waved his hand in dismissal.

“Don’t thank me. You should thank this young warden. He helped us analyze the poison since his inmates experienced the same thing in the past.”

Vincent just smiled at them. He didn’t want to take the credit but Jillyanna specifically told him not to tell anyone about the medicine. If Stefan believes that it came from Jackie, so be it. The less people knew about the secret organization she leads, the less people become target of her enemies.

“I’ll leave first. I need to settle Simon’s case for his daughter. I’ll have to check on Monique’s grandma as well.”

“Thank you, Vincent. Send my thanks to Jackie as well.”

“Sure thing.” Vincent finally left the hospital room and walked to another floor to visit Mrs. Amir.

During the next 2 hours, waiting for Cory to wake up, Stanley decided to formally introduced Jessie to his family. Jose only nodded his head in approval. His son had been cheated and stayed single for so many years because of them. Stanley has to give up his own happiness to focus on the whole family. Now that Dominic has grown and Stefan has come to help them, he finally found time to find a woman of his own. Just because Stefan has come to help them, Stanley didn’t want to depend on the young man all the time. That’s why he’s working and that’s how he found her.

Jessie was fidgeting on her seat. She was fiddling with her fingers from so much anxiety. She didn’t want the boss to know that she was leeching off of them. She didn’t want to be labeled as gold digger yet, her heart chose to beat for the man beside her.

“Jessie – ” Stefan called for her name but the latter was so nervous to even wait for the whole sentence from him.

“Boss?” out of nervousness, she stood up from her seat and looked towards Stefan. She was really scared that she’d be insulted.

Stefan only smiled at her and motioned her to sit down. She did. She sat beside Stanley who held her hand to stop her from trembling. She needed his support since he chose to disclose their relationship to them.

Stefan looked at the two linked hands and frowned. Jessie thought Stefan was upset seeing this but the next thing she saw was Stefan walking towards Cayenne and linked their hands as well.

Cayenne was befuddled with his action but she let him hold her anyway. “Aheem!” Stefan coughed to clear his throat. “So...uhm...I was just thinking...hmm...shall I call you auntie once you and uncle gets married?”

Jessie didn’t know how she was able to get home or what really happened. She was silent all the time and the words Stefan spouted still rang in her ears. Stanley had been stealing glances at her but she wasn’t saying anything to her.

“Being called auntie shocked you that much?” She finally looked at him. She slowly lifted her hand and touched his face. Stanley was still smiling but the next second, he was screaming in pain. “Aww! Why did you pinch me?”

“Sorry, I wanted to know if this was real or a dream?”

“Shouldn’t you pinch yourself?”

“Why should I? That would hurt me.”

Stanley was at loss. Then both of them laughed while looking at each other. They finally conquered one obstacle. The last one would be Dominic. As for the public who will judge their relationship, they can all go to hell.