One More Chance (COMPLETED)

Part 14

IT had been a week after the surgery, and Tita My's health was getting better. Nadine relieved that the surgery went well and her mother was safe, but it was not the end. Tita My stared at her daughter face who was sitting beside her, noticing that she had lost some weights. Her eyes looked tired with dark circles under them, and she felt sorry for making Nadine worried about her. Anyway, there was something bothered Tita My since she regained conscious after surgery, and this was the time to clear the things up.

"Nadine, where did you get the money to pay the hospital bill?" she asked curiously her daughter who was peeling an apple for her right now. Nadine's body instantly froze as she flustered by her question. How she supposed to answer her? How could she tell Tita My that she had asked for Mrs.Bea's help, and they need to leave Manila in return? Nadine gently reached for her hand and squeezed it firmly with eyes on her face.

"Mom, there is a kind-hearted woman who helped me to get the donation for your surgery. That is why I afford to pay the cost for surgery and hospital bills," she lied with eyes ran to the apple inside her grip, for she afraid that Tita My could detect that she was deceiving her, but she seemed believe at her story.

"Oh, really. Then I should meet her to thank her after I discharge from hospital," her statement made Nadine flustered as she couldn't let Tita My knew that Mrs.Bea the one that gave her the money.

"No, you can't meet her...no, I mean she had returned to her hometown in China. So, she sent her regard to you and hope you will get better soon," she stuttered in nervous, but not obviously showed that she was lying right now. Her heart skipped a beat when Tita My stared at her with unspoken words, which made Nadine quickly changed the topic.

"Mom, let's move to Japan," Nadine tried to distract her as she didn't know how to answer if her mother asked her more about the virtual kind-hearted woman that she created just now. Auntie Mei surprised by her words. Why suddenly wanted to leave Korea?

"Eh, Japan?"

"Mom, I'm participating in students exchange program. My application is accepted, and I will go to Japan soon. So I wish you can follow me to there. Don't worry, Mom, they also provide the accommodation for us," her hands between thighs intertwined in nervous as she explained to Tita My.

"Really? Never mind, I can still stay in our house if...,"Tita My couldn't finish her words when Nadine quickly cut her.

"No, Mom! We don't have any house here. Someone had bought our rented house, so let's go to Japan with me. We need to move out by the end of month," her voice trembled when she informed her mother about their house, which made Tita My surprised after heard it,

"What, someone bought that house? Why you didn't tell me about this earlier?" she asked in surprised tone.

"Because I.." Nadine couldn't continue her words when her phone suddenly ringing, and she looked the caller's name on the screen.