The Wife I Never Met
Chapter 87

It’s a promise he made to Ciara, even though he didn’t say it directly but he did promise her family would survive.

They waited for more than an hour and it was now currently visiting hour and Mark was the first person to come in to check up on his wife and father.

“oh you are already here, I see.”

Just as his words escaped his mouth there was some movement noticed on Hillary, it was as if she was trying to lift up her head. This movement lifted Mark’s mood as he happily called out to the doctor.

The doctor soon came in and did some checks on Hillary and tried asking her some questions as she had already opened her eyes by that time.

It was a relief to know that everything was fine with her, the only thing she complained about though was hunger, luckily Mark had already ordered someone to bring food for them.

Soon a few dishes were delivered to the hospital room among those was a nutritious soup for the patient and the rest was just normal tasty dishes which they devoured in pleasure.

That was everyone except for Liam though. His excuse was,

” Thank you but I had just had my lunch, I really can’t stomach anything now .”

” And how do you expect to live long and take care of my granddaughter if you don’t eat?”

An old raspy voice was heard coming from the old man laying on the bed which was on the other side of the room.

Everyone got up in joy, even Liam was releaved to see the old man wide awake. At least things were now getting better. When he turned around he noticed that Wilson was giving him a meaningful look.

Soon the doctor came in also took his b***d and did some checks on him, after confirming that everything was also working fine everyone relaxed a little.

It was then that Mark remembered the old man’s first words when he woke up.

” Dad why would you say, he needs to eat in order to live longer and take care of Ciara? Are they not just friends.”

” Silly boy, why do you care? You have never paid attention to this little girl for almost ten years now.”

Mark looked down with disappointment. He did care for his little, he just couldn’t contain his anger.

” You know I care, she’s my only child. “

” Yes I know that, but she doesn’t. You need to talk to her calmly. “

Seeing where the conversation was headed Wilson chipped in.

” Dont worry yourself, what uncle meant was that they need to take care of each other as in-laws. Like a brother, sister relationship.”

” in laws? “

Everyone asked at the same time as they were in shock, but now this conversation irritated Liam to the core so he stood up and didn’t bother to excuse himself and directly left the ward.

The old man Williams looked at the irritated man walking out of the door and knew that there was something fishy with Wilson’s story .

” Boy tell us, how are they in laws when we know nothing about that.”

At this moment Wilson had balled his hand in to a fist in as he watched Liam walked away, but why must he care. Like it or not was going to marry his daughter, they had an agreement. Of course that’s what he believed.

” Well he has agreed to marry my daughter Annie. We will be family soon.”

Wilson proudly declared, but his words left everyone even more confused than ever. Everyone in the family knew Annie’s preferences when it came to dating and Liam didn’t make the cut.

” I see. So why are we just having soup where’s the meat? “

That was how the man closed off the topic and changed to something else. Now that Mark and Hillary were busy talking to old man as a family and keeping him company, Wilson saw this as an opportunity to take his leave and go look for Liam.

When Ciara woke it was pitch black outside, she was very hungry and when she checked the time, she sighed in defeat.

“great, just great!

It was past midnight and all the shops were closed buy now, she could go to a convenient store but now she was in a new city and currently had no car, hence she didn’t want to risk her safety. She opened the bar fridge in her room and had planned to just drink the water there and try to sleep again but surprisingly there was some of the potatoes leftovers from when she had her meal earlier. There was also complimentary snacks which came with the room.

She happy ate the potatoes and a whole slab of chocolate, which she soon regretted as her body felt like a ball of energy and just could not fall back to sleep.

The following morning she woke up early and visited a housing agent as she was looking for a space of her own, they viewed a couple of apartments in safe areas and finally chose one that was near the city as it would be convenient for her to move about, especially since she didn’t have a car.

It was located at almost walking distance to most of the places was likely to visit in town, that would include the business district clothing shops restaurants and supermarket.

It was a one bedroom apartment with ample space and modern furnishings. It was just perfect for one person. Although it was not that big, rent was expensive though, simply because of its location.

The apartment itself was in a high security complex and people who could afford such apartments were either managers or department heads.

As Ciara was now rich, she certainly could afford to stay at that place or even buy a bigger house but she did not want unnecessary questions or attention to herself so She figured if she wanted to lay low and not stand out she would better replace a job and act like all residents of the area.