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Chapter Four: The Golden Rosary

         It was quite a blurry image of his grandmother that he saw as he opened his eyes. He blinked his eyes twice before he shot a look at the blurry image. It was really his grandmother. Andrew gave her a smile. Elsa smiled back and caressed his face. Unknown to Andrew, he was inside the hospital. 

"Go to sleep, Andrew," Elsa whispered to her dear grandson.

        Andrew immediately followed and slowly went back to sleep. Elsa kissed him in the forehead. She was worried death when she saw Andrew motionless last night in his room. Andrew was lying pale beside the open window. Fortunately, they were able to rush the young man to the hospital. Sitting in the hospital bed, beside her sleeping grandson, Elsa mention her silent prayer. Without any sign, the hospital room's window burst open. A dash of air entered the room. Suddenly, Elsa felt a chill that she never experienced before.

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        "Brother," Divine spoke as she saw Kelp rushing out of his hospital room, "You're not yet fine, you should rest."

        Kelp didn't listen to his sister. Divine just silently watch her brother go. She doesn't want to bother him. This morning, no, since last night, Kelp felt a strong presence. It was weird, but for some reason he needs to find out who owns the strong aura that keeps bothering him. He rushes towards the nurse station even without wearing any shoes or slippers.

"Excuse me," Kelp got the attention of the chinese nurse in-charge, "By any chance, are there any people rushed here in the hospital last night?"

"Let me check the list, Sir. Please wait for a moment," replied the nurse and immediately check her list in the computer.

It took few clicks and types before Kelp got the answer he needed.

"Yes Sir. We have someone rushed here last night, fortunately only one person," the nurse gave a brief answer from the information she obtained.

"One... is good. Who is it?" Kelp asked again.

The nurse took one more click in the mouse before answering, "Andrew Henderson, Sir."

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        Lin Xiao fixed the bouquet of flowers he had purchased in the vase. Andrew watched the chinese man carefully. Lin Xiao immediately noticed and give the young man lying in the bed an eye. Andrew could only smile to his friend's mischievous look.

"What's your problem?" asked Andrew, who couldn't stop smiling.

"Nothing," Lin Xiao's short reply. He walks slowly towards Andrew and sits at the empty chair beside the hospital bed.

"So, how are you?" Lin Xiao asked as he observed the thin plastic tubes connected to his friend's body.

"I'm fine," Andrew answered. His face suddenly turn blank as he look away from his friend.

"Are you sure?" Lin Xiao continued, not fully satisfied with the answer and is kind of disturb with his friend's action.

        Andrew try to draw a smile in his face, but failed. He doesn't want to face Lin Xiao with a grumpy face. But most of all, he doesn't want to tell the story of what happened to him last night. He knew Lin Xiao wouldn't believe on what happened to him. Maybe he would even considered him crazy or mentally ill if he shared what happened.

"So, what happened last night? Why did you fainted?" Lin Xiao immediately asked as he patted Andrew's back.

        Andrew gulped. He doesn't know what to say. He looked at his friend. He suddenly thought of a reason.

"I... I was stressed up. Maybe... that's the reason," Andrew lied with a fake smile to cover it all up.

        It seems that Lin Xiao believed and smiled back to his friend. If only Andrew could tell Lin Xiao without him being judged, he would. But its just that he can't. It's not that he doesn't trust him, but it's plain uncomfortable to tell.

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        "So this is his room," Kelp mumbled as he look at the door number.

        52, that was the door number given to him by the nurse. He still doubting if he would knock or just wait for an opportunity. It's embarrassing to talk to someone he barely know. He took a deep breath and knock. There was no respond.

"Brother," Kelp heard his sister's voice from the end of the corridor. Divine rushes towards him. It took her some time to find him. She thought her brother would immediately went back to his room, but it seems not. As soon as Divine reach her brother, the room's door open. A chinese man greeted them.

"Yes, may I help you?" asked Lin Xiao, questioned with the presence of the people, especially the man wearing the priest's collar.

"Is this the room of Andrew Henderson?" asked Kelp as he quietly observe the chinese man in front of him, determining if its the man giving off a strong aura.

"Yup, who are they?" Lin Xiao truly feels troubled with the presence of the priest. He felt that there's something wrong with Andrew all of a sudden. Why in the world would a priest visit a patient? It's either it's dying, right?

"I'm Kelp Stanford, a priest. I just want to talk to him," and Lin Xiao let them enter the room.

        Andrew immediately looked at the people who just entered his room. He was pleasantly surprised when he saw the blonde lady. It was the woman he saw last time in the same hospital.

"You," Divine paused when he saw Andrew, "You were the one who comforted me days ago." 

"Hi!" the only word Andrew could think of.

"You know him?" asked Kelp to his sister. Suddenly the ere becomes awkward.

"So, how may we help you?" Andrew asked this time feeling the awkward silence.

        Kelp wasn't able to answer when Elsa suddenly entered the room. The old woman was also surprised when she saw the priest. She, too, feel questioned with the presence of the priest. She just gave them a smile as she moves toward Andrew and gave him the thing he asked for; the Golden Rosary. Kelp and Divine were bewildered when they saw the Golden Rosary. That rosary is very familiar to them.

"So, that's why... that's why I felt a strong aura. You have that rosary," Kelp beamed as he moved closer to Andrew, "You have the Golden Rosary of Sister Chin."

        With a wonderment, suddenly everything, the accident, that happened a year ago, came rushing back to Andrew's mind. Suddenly tears slid to his cheeks. All this time, he's finding for an answer who was that chinese woman who save him from being hit by a car and accidentally took her life in return of his. Now, the answer is just in front of him.

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At last! Update! I'm sorry, just now. I have troubles too, you know. Anyways, thank you for reading. Please keep showing your love.

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