DEVOTED TO YOU [The Eligible Bachelors Series]

PROLOGUE - DEVOTED

Warning: This story may not be suitable for a very young age due to some unscripted words...

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ELLEAZAR

The story goes like this. My mother, who was an illegitimate daughter of a duke, a royal blooded nobleman from the United Kingdom. When my mother was born, she was raised and lived a simple life as an ordinary person who met a renowned doctor of the country, and soon she gots pregnant, and I was the product of their one-night stand. Just like my mom, I was also an Illegitimate child.

I grew up in a simple neighborhood which is known as Gondo, a place which was popularly known as a squatter's area, and I have witnessed and experienced great poverty. My mother and I used to have an empty stomach every day, but if we are lucky enough, salt and rice was already a happy meal for us. For six years, we endured living that unfortunate kind of life.

When I was six, my mother died, and one day a luxury car came in front of our house and I saw men wearing their neat and expensive suits, who came out the car and they were looking for me. The next thing I knew, the person who was looking for me was my Grandfather, the father of my father came and brought me to their family.

There, I started to leave a bounty and comfortable life far from the life I had before.

"Hey, boy, I'm your dad, my name is Eliseo. What is your name, son?"

"Ellie po," sagot ko,

"How was your mom, Elise, before she died? Forgive me, my son, hindi ko alam na buntis pala siya noon." At that time I wasn't still aware of what a family is, I still don't know the concept of it.

Napansin ko ang mga papel na nakapatong sa lamesa ng nagpakilalang ama sa akin.

"30 mL X 1 tbsp/15mL = 2 tbsp," I said the moment I read the question on the papers.

Natigil ang ama ko at napatingin sa lamesa. "H-how did you know the answers?" he said astonished.

Tinitigan ko lang siya at hindi sumagot, kahit ako hindi ko rin alam kung bakit nasagot ko ang katanungan sa papel.

"Can you answer this problem too?" my dad asked, and then he wrote something on a paper, and he showed it to me.

A patient has a bottle of warfarin (Coumadin) 5 mg tablets at home. After his most recent international normalized ratio (INR), the doctor calls and tells him to take 7.5 mg/day. How many tablets (scored) should the patient take?

"7.5 mg X 1 tab./5 mg = 1.5 tablets," I answered hyperintelligently.

"How did you knew that?" Bakas sa mukha ng ama ko ang pagkamangha.

"Doctor Isidro," I answered.

Kinaumagahan, hinanap ng ama ko ang tunukoy kong si Doctor Isidro, siya ang doctor na madalas akong bisitahin, nakilala niya ako sa isang medical mission sa dating lugar kung saan ako nakatira dati.

"Doctor Isidro!" I run in his direction the moment I saw him entered the mansion.

"Oh! Ellie, ang linis mo nang bata, ibang-iba ka na ngayon, malayo sa dating ikaw. You look really like a noble child now!" he said.

"Dr. Isidro, nice meeting me," binati siya ng ama ko.

"Oh, It is a pleasure to meet the great Dr. Eliseo Requerva!" sagot ni doctor Isidro. They both shook their hands after.