Chapter 3 Meeting the Chou family

In the Metropolitan Hospital, Oscar helped Cynthia in getting out of his car. Cynthia bit her lips in struggling with pain. They headed inside the emergency room and Oscar instructed the nurse to give him his lab gown. One of the nurses rushed to get it from his closet on his private office.

When the nurse came back, he immediately took it from her and put it on under his clothes. He started doing the necessary procedure in surgical operation. He took a forcep to take off the bullet from her body. Cynthia showed no fear when she was being treated and that was kind of odd for a woman like her. She didn't scream but her face showed that she felt pain. Oscar began to clean her wound with a disinfectant and stitched it afterwards. He then put the surgical bandage on her wounded arm.

After she had been treated, Oscar instructed her to stay at the hospital for recovery but Cynthia was worried that she must have been followed by her enemies.

" Excuse me, doctor! Can I please borrow your phone? I need to inform my family about my situation. " Cynthia didn't hesitated to say what's on her mind.

Oscar was kind enough to lend her his phone. Cynthia dialled her father's number.

In the Ancestral house of the Chou, Cameron Chou was sitting in a couch reading a newspaper when he heard his phone ringing. He took his phone and saw a new number. He figured out that Cynthia was the one calling him so he answered it hastily.

" Hello?" Cameron said on the other line of the phone.

" Dad, it's me! Cynthia! I'm at Metropolitan Hospital right now. I got shot." Cynthia informing her father.

Shocked by the news, Cameron frowned with so much anguish. " I'm coming there right now! I'll call our family doctor about your condition and hire a private nurse for you. Bye, sweetie!" He said with rage and tenderness.

Cynthia hung up the phone and erased in the call history her father's number before handling it back to Oscar. Oscar received his phone from her. He find it mysterious that her eyes of innocence became cold as ice as she spoke with her father a while back.

" Thank you!" Cynthia said to Oscar whose eyes were focused on her.

" You're welcome!" Oscar smiled at her with his pleasing personality as a doctor.

" I'll return the favor in the future, doctor." Cynthia said before she closed her eyes to take a rest.

What did she meant by that? This girl is really mysterious. I am becoming more and more interested to know her. He said to himself and then, he went out of the room when they transferred her to a private ward.

Meanwhile, Cameron with his whole family with their own respective cars drove towards the hospital. They got off from their cars and walked with full speed towards Cynthia's ward.

When they reached the room, Cameron insisted in opening the door and they all went inside the room where they saw Cynthia lying in the hospital bed.

" Sweetheart, we're here!" Cameron held Cynthia's hand tenderly while her siblings looked furious at the same time worried.

Cynthia opened her eyes when she heard her father's voice. She looked around her and found out that her whole family came to see her. " Wow! This is unusual! Since when did our whole family had this kind of bond. You're all here!" She tried to make fun of her family. She wasn't used to have their full attention on her. She was disregarded as a loner but a loving daughter.

" Sis, why didn't you tell us that you were on a mission? I should have been there for you!" Leandro said with a furrowed eyebrows.

" You know it's not your concern if I'm in a mission or not. It depends on our organization if whom they would like to assign on a mission. Mind you, I don't interfere with any of your businesses as well. I carry out my mission with pride and dignity. That's our vow in our duty as a people bound to carry out missions. Am I not right, brother?" She said with sarcasm.

Her siblings were speechless when they heard their lecture from her. They all sighed with dissatisfaction. Serena however was gazing at them with curiosity. She didn't understand any of their conversation at all.

" I have arranged the things you needed. You'll be discharged here right now." Cameron looked at her with full of worries.

" Thank you, Dad! I owe my life to the doctor who happened to be on the incident. He took me here and treated my wound." Cynthia said to her father.

" What's his name?" Denise said with a glimpse of naughtiness on her eyes.

" Oscar Valdemor. He was here a while ago." Cynthia answered back but with a warning look at Denise.

Denise bit her lips and turned her look away from her to avoid her threatening eyes.

Not long after, a nurse came to take off the dextrose that was on her arm and left after that. Neil assisted Cynthia as she sat up from the side of the bed. He carefully lead her to the bathroom.

" Can you undress yourself?" Edith approached her daughter when Cynthia was about to go to the bathroom.

" Mom, I'm not yet a disabled person. I can still get myself into my clothes. No worries." Cynthia said to her mother with sarcasm.

Edith lowered her head. Cynthia was still stubborn even if she was wounded. She kept being independent. Maybe it's because her mother didn't care much about her before when she was little until she finished College. She sighed in depression.

Cynthia took the paper bag given to her by Mikaela, the seventh child in the family. There were new clothes in it just for her. She smiled at Mikaela before she walked inside the bathroom and closed it. When she was undressing herself to change her clothes, her face registered pain from her wounded right arm but she didn't scream nor complained.

As soon as she had finished changing her clothes, she opened the door from the bathroom and went out from it. She put her old clothes on the dustbin. Everyone was waiting for her eagerly. Edith came close to her and assisted her. Leandro opened the door of her ward and they all went outside.

In the hall way, Oscar was walking back towards his office when he saw that Cynthia was approaching with her family. He smiled and stopped infront of them. Cynthia stopped as well when he noticed him. She glanced at her family.

" Why did you stop, Sis?" Mikaela asked her with curiosity.

" Doctor, please let me introduce you to my family." Cynthia said to Oscar when Oscar was about one step closer to them.

" Is he the doctor who saved you, Sis?" Denise was looking closely to the doctor. She finds the doctor very charming with his white doctor's gown on him. He's a perfect Adonis. She thought.

" Yes!" Cynthia answered emotionless. She wore a poker face again. " Doctor Oscar Valdemor."

The Chou family members shook hands to the doctor present infront of them one by one.

" Thank you, doctor!" Cameron smiled at Oscar with appreciation.

" You're welcome, Sir. I heard that you asked her to have her treatment on your own house. That's why I came back after I had finished checking the other patients. " Oscar said with dignity. His boosting confidence was seen from his face.

" Would you like to come by for dinner on our humble home for us to show our gratitude to you, doctor? I won't take no for an answer." Edith said to Oscar with a warm smile on her face.

" I appreciate your kindness but as a doctor, I'm quite busy in work ma'am. Perhaps next time." Oscar declined humbly.

" How shame? Okay then. We'll set dinner for you next time then?" Edith said with disappointment.

" Yes, ma'am!" Oscar said.

" Let's head back home now everyone!" Cameron said to his whole family." Goodbye, Doctor Oscar." He glanced at Oscar before they all headed out of the hospital.

Oscar went back to his office and sat down lazily on his chair. Again, he forgot to ask Cynthia's number. He knocked his head clumsily when he remembered it.

I'm such a loser! I forgot to ask her number again. Damn it! He said to himself.

When the family Chou arrived in their house, Cynthia received a phone call from the warrior knights.

" Dark Angel here! What's up? "Cynthia said as she walked towards her room.

Her siblings went to their own rooms as well while Edith went to prepare lunch in the kitchen and Cameron went into his study room.

" How's you're injury?" white knight asked her with full of concern.

" It's okay now! Good luck is still on my side. Someone took me immediately to the hospital. I just arrive home. Did our mission failed?" Cynthia said with sarcasm.

" Unfortunately, the devil is still alive though he is in critical condition. They took the devil to their headquarter after the incident." White Knight responded in dismay.

The devil they were mentioning was Congressman Bernard.

Cynthia frowned when she heard the news. " Set another plan for the assassination." She said clenching her fist.

" Yes! We'll do that! Take care of yourself. Black knight wants to talk to you." White Knight gave the phone to Black knight who was standing next to him.

" Hey, girl! How are you?" Black knight said.

" I'm doing fine! Just contact me if you finish planning for our second attempt to eliminate the devil." Cynthia made a poker face.

" Sure but you must heal your wound first before going to another battle." Black knight said with full of concern on his voice.

" Yeah!" Cynthia replied.

" See you soon, Dark Angel!" Black knight said before he hung up the phone. Then, Cynthia threw herself into her bed, feeling exhausted.