Toppled Over!

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Jamie

I didn't want to be near the ward where Carl and Calareanne were being operated. If they caught me there, then it'll get them caught too. I decided to sit in a corridor opposite the receptionist. I had my cap which I wore and dialed my mom's number.

"Hi Mom, can you please transfer some money to my account? Or how long is it before you reach here?"

"Why? Do you need money to pay for the bill?"

"Yea mom, I thought my account had enough, but the card is getting rejected."

"Oh, that's because it's frozen. You cant use that card anymore for some time."s

"When did this happen, mom? I didn't freeze it!" I asked shocked.

Just then, Mr.Lentas and his men entered the hospital. I quickly hung up on mom and pulled my cap down and looked into my phone. I did this to completely hide my face and I did succeed.

"Hello. I'd like to find out about a patient named Carl." Mr. Lentas said in his deep and heavy voice.
"Sorry sir, but I am not allowed to give you details of the patient unless you're a visitor. To add to it, he can't be meeting anyone right now."

"Excuse me, just tell me the ward number and I'll take him with me."

"Sorry sir, I won't be doing that."

"You—" said Mr. Lentas' friend angrily before he was stopped by Mr. Lentas.

"Alteast tell me where my daughter is." He said, I immediately realise that I hadn't mentioned about Calareanne to the receptionist. I knew that this would go terribly wrong.

"Calareanne Lentas."

"One minute sir, let me check." The receptionist said and started typing something on the keyboard. "Sorry sir, there is no one named Calareanne Lentas in the hospital." The nurse said. I was shocked on why her name wasn't there in the list. She is a patient too, but what name had she given if not Calareanne Lentas. My thoughts were disturbed by the man speaking in his deep and heavy voice.

"Bren, she's not a patient. How will her name be there on the list!!" the man said. "Should I show her the gun?" Mr. Lentas aka Bren's friend asked him softly. I could still hear it though, I'm sure the receptionist did too.

"Calm down, let's wait for her to arrive. They can't leave the hospital, this is the only way out. So let's wait here until she comes and act upon what she says." Mr. Lentas said and sat down 2 rows in front of me.

Who was this new entry? Who was the lady who was instructing them to do all this? Was she the one who planned all this, could she be the actual boss? I was so puzzled. I knew there was no way out except to call the cops, but I was skeptical. I got up and walked to the washroom where I called the cops.

"Hello sir, am I speaking to someone from the police department?"

"Yes, go on."

"Sir, a few people are trying to kill 2 of my friends. They were both poisoned. I am currently at the POH hospital, the killers are currently at the reception. I don't know what to do. Can you please help sir?" I said, whispering.

"Can you give us the address again?"

"Sir, I actually don't know which area this is, but the hospital name is 'The pink of health hospital'. Please locate us."

"Don't worry, the police force will be there within 15 minutes."

"Ok sir, thank you."

I felt anxious and frightened. I walked out of the washroom, where I heard Romie say in her sweet voice, "Jamie, you did the right thing. Don't worry. Let's hope everything works right"

I walked back to the reception and sat down in the same place. I just prayed that whoever these men were waiting for doesn't come soon. I didn't know what to do, so I decided to run the voice recording app on my phone so that I can give some proof to the police in case they arrive late. Every second felt like hours going by, every minute like years. Only 5 minutes had passed, when I saw a lady approaching.

She wore a scarf around her head and black sunglasses. As she came closer, I knew who she was, almost immediately.

I was so shocked that I stood up, along with the men who stood up too.

"Bren! What are you doing? Why are you sitting here? Do you think we have all the time in the world?" she said, almost yelling at him.

"Lisha, we were actually waiting for you, the receptionist didn't agree to let us in. We thought of showing the gun, but that'll cause chaos so we decided to wait for you."

"Just wait, let me speak." She said and turned to the receptionist. I couldn't sit still on seeing her. I walked up to her and put my hand on her shoulder.

"Mom? Why?"