Chapter 2 Stop Dreaming!

What the fuck!

This was such a weird situation, damnit! Well, not totally weird because the little dumpling was a eye catcher. His glassy emerald eyes were boring through hers and those luscious lips were wrapped up in a pout.

What an adorable child even when wrapped up in bandage.

"Ha! Lisa! Stop dreaming! You heard it wrongly!" She scolded herself.

As she was contemplating on what to say, she didn't notice a pair of eyes gazing through her but stopped at the chubby little dumpling.

Lisa thought she must have heard wrongly. She smiled at the little boy and was about to correct him, when Edwin rushed towards them.

"Tiger, how are you? You scared me, Tiger" He asked, kissing his chubby hands and cheeks.

So even this ill-mannered man can be so nice with words? But he was so rude to her over a d over again. Lisa really wanted to roll her eyes at him for the upteenth time!

Zach, who was wondering where his father was, looked up at Edwin and smiled," Daddy, I am fine. But I am feeling sleepy again."

"Then sleep, Tiger," Edwin said, patting his head. His mind was finally at rest.

"Mummy, stay with me," Zach said, holding Lisa's hand tightly. His hands felt warm and it went straight to Lisa's heart, melting off all the anger she was feeling towards his father.

Lisa who thought she misheard, became speechless. She was just about to correct the little boy when she realized he had slept off. She sighed softly and let him hold her hands till he was deeply asleep.

"Don't worry, Mister. He would snap out of it when he wakes up. It's one of the side effects of the surgery," Lisa said and she began to explain to Edwin.

At the end of the five minute lecture, the only answer she got from him was a grunt. Lisa was getting frustrated as if she was talking to a log of wood! She slowly removed her hands from the sleeping boy and was about to leave when the iceberg finally uttered another word.

"Can he be discharged?" Edwin asked, looking at his son.

"Yes, he can be discharged but not right now. He needs to regain a little strenght. His vitals are okay. The only thing is for him to come for check-up regularly. I will be back for his next check-up. You can discharge him then" Lisa responded.

She didn't wait for him to say anything more before fleeing away from the ward. She held her pounding heart when she remembered what the cute like dumpling just called her.

"I would love to be a mother to such a cute son but... your iceberg of a father is a no!" She said to herself, walking briskly to her office.

*****

Zack was to be discharged that same afternoon as soon as Lisa finished her check-up.

"How long will it take?" Edwin asked, staring at Lisa.

"I am done. You can leave..."

"I meant what happened earlier today," Edwin corrected.

Lisa frowned at his words. Then she remembered how the little dumpling had called her his mother earlier.

"Oh, that." She grinned. "He's just a little confused. That's all."

She wasn't expecting the boy to call her mom either and when he did, she had been too shocked to react appropriately.

It was completely normal for patients to wake up in a confused state for some hours but it would go away before the day ended.

Lisa on impulse advised Edwin to take his medication too but he snarled at her indirectly telling her to mind her business. She had the feeling he would neglect his condition just to make sure Zach was okay.

But it looked like she was just a busybody! She shut her mouth instead and quickly left the ward after giving them a clean sheet.

***

As soon as they got home, Edwin received a phone call from Grandpa Logan, wanting to speak to Zack but he was already sleeping. He needed all the rest he could get.

"How are you holding up?" Grandpa Logan asked his grandson.

"I am good. Nothing big." He lied.

He heard the sigh from the other end. "I've seen your doctor's report. You aren't fooling me."

Edwin knew his grandpa wasn't bluffing. He had his fingers on almost every string in the country and pulling them was just as easy as riding a bike for him.

"I'll be fine. My main concern is Zack." He said, closing his eyes tight.

"It wasn't your fault, Ed."

"I should have seen the fucking deer!" He bawled, losing his edge.

"But you didn't and you both survived. He needs you just as much as you need him and I need the both of you equally as much." Logan took a breath.

"Does any of that make sense?"

He nodded to the receiver. "Yes, sir."

"Good. Now pull yourself together."

Edwin said he would and promised to call him the minute Zack woke up from his sleep.

His arm hurt badly but not as bad as the dull pain in his chest when he had seen Zack unconscious during the crash.

He had feared the worst back then and he still did, if he let himself have a moment of honesty.

He walked over to check on the sleeping child and he felt grateful for having been blessed with such a wonderful kid. He would give anything without a moment's hesitation to see his son happy.

His mind went to that happy face at the hospital. The lady that talks non-stop. Why would his son refer to her as his mother? That was the first time they were seeing the doctor.

Edwin just hopes his son recovers himself faster.

"Mummy!!!"

Edwin, who was about to go back to his room, heard his son's voice. He stopped in his tracks.

"Mummy! Mummy!! Mummy!!!" He kept muttering.

Edwin was confused. What the hell was happening? Why would his son call a strange woman his mother?