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2024-10-29 19:42:56Camilla's POV
I walked towards the door after seeing my mom and seeing the grave look on his face, I knew all was not well.
“Are you the patient's guardian?” the middle-aged doctor asked me, and I nodded my head slowly. “I am sorry to inform you but your mother has stage 2 stomach cancer,” he announced, and a gasp left my mouth.
My eyes got misty at the news, and I felt sorry for my mom. How could she have coped with the symptoms without me getting to know?
“Doctor, please save her!” I begged, and he explained that the cancer hadn't spread, and it could be operated on. “But the money for the surgery is $50,000 , and the follow up care will be quite expensive”, he explained, and my face went pale after hearing his words.
I walked out of the doctor's room, and I had run out of energy after hearing the bills, but I knew I had to think of ways to find it.
“Get your act together, Camilla! Your mother has to live, and…" I was saying but I trailed off knowing there was no way I could cough out so much money at the moment. Since I was looking my way, I bumped into a man, and I apologized furiously while wiping my tears.
“I am sorry mister, I don't mean to…I just…” I was saying but I broke into sobs.
“Why do you look like her?” he asked looking at me indifferently, and I raised my head to look at the man, who I just bumped into, and my breath ceased.
He was the most handsome man I have ever set my eyes on, with his deep oceanic eyes with a glint of confusion in them staring into my eyes. I got stuck but a call from the nurse jolted me out of my thoughts.
“Miss Camilla, here is the hospital bill,” the nurse says handing me the bill, and my breath constricted seeing the many zeros.
That's why I hated math.
“This is huge,” I mumbled, smiling sadly at the nurse, and I turned around to find the man missing from the spot.
I hope he wasn't angry about my clumsiness though, I thought, and I faced the nurse.
“Can I ask if there is a way we can work this out?” I asked the nurse, but the awkward look on her face was enough to tell me that wasn't possible.
I just need to go look for money.
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I walked into the hospital the next day with some fruits, and my eyes looked lifeless from lack of sleep. I was looking for people I could borrow money from but I couldn't find any, which made me grieve more.
“Oh Miss Camilla, you are here, someone is looking for you," I heard the nurse ask, and when I wanted to ask who the person was I felt a cold hand grab me by the arm, and drag me towards the silent corridor.
“What are you doing mister? Let me…” I was saying but my voice trailed off when I set my eyes on the man in front of me. It was the same man I bumped into the hallways yesterday, and please don't ask me how I still remembered, but I am going to say his face could not be easily forgotten.
“Are you angry because of the…” I was saying but I noticed his grip on my hand had become tighter, and that caused me so much pain. “Let go of me mister, you are hurting me!” I winced in pain.
“I am not going to waste my time, borrow my face!” he says with a voice filled with urgency, and I was shocked to hear his words.
“What are you saying?” I asked wiping my tears as I looked at the strange man in front of me, and I wondered why he was giving the grim reaper vibes.
Don't tell me this man is here to collect my soul. I mumbled under my breath, and I looked around the silent hallway to be sure I wasn't alone, and that I might get help if I actually screamed at the top of my lungs.
“You heard me right, I say I want to borrow your face!” he roared, and I gulped my saliva in fear seeing that the handsome grim reaper was getting annoyed.
“I don't understand what you mean sir, but if you can explain better I can assure you that I am not that dull, and…” I was saying but he suspended my words.
“10 million dollars!” he called out, and my eyes bulged out of its socket hearing his words.
“What?” I screamed, my voice echoing in the silent hallway but the man didn't care about my reaction.
“What did you say?" He asked, and I knew this was the time I should run. A madman has escaped from the hospital ward. There was no way the man was normal.
“I want to go..somebody helps a madman escape the…” I was trying to run off but the man muffled my words by covering my mouth with his large palms, and I looked at him in fear.
“I know that she is crazy but I never could think that her doppelganger was crazier…this is going to be tougher than I think," I heard the man say, and I got scared seeing that he was talking to himself.
He pressed his body against mine so there was no way I could escape from him, and he looked at me with a grave face.
“Listen to me, well young lady, I don't want to do this too, but this is the only way…the only way I can save Ariana!" He says, and my eyes widen in shock remembering that name. But that happened to her?
“Ariana? What happened to her?” I asked, looking at the man in front of me with tears in my eyes.
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