Episode 5

Dada Shea felt tight, she shared the sadness that Zayn was experiencing. Her eyes shifted to Zayn, who was standing by the side of the bed while holding his grandmother's hand. Shea wondered, was Zayn alone with his grandmother? Where was the rest of his family? However, Shea could only keep that question in her heart.

Zayn pressed the back of his grandmother's hand to his cheek, the man looked sadly at his grandmother's face which looked weak. Several medical devices were neatly attached to his grandmother's body, including an oxygen mask. His grandmother might be tired of her illness, she might be forcing herself to hold on because of Zayn.

"Grandma, you said you wanted to see Zayn succeed. Have a house, have a car, later Zayn will learn to drive first but. Please, Grandma get well first. Zayn doesn't ask for anything, Zayn just wants Grandma to be healthy again like before, sobs...." Zayn sobbed.

While he was busy crying, a gentle pat on his shoulder made him startled. He immediately wiped his tears and looked back. There, Shea looked at him with a sad look. Zayn tried to smile, hiding his sad expression.

"Boss, you can go home, thank you for taking me here." Zayn asked. He felt bad, because Shea had to take him here.

"Um... where are your parents? Didn't they come to wait for your grandmother at the hospital?" Instead of agreeing, Shea asked about Zayn's parents, which had made Shea wonder.

"I only live with my grandmother," Zayn replied curtly with a sad look.

Shea didn't ask any more questions, she looked at Zayn who was stroking his grandmother's arm. Grandma Dian's treatment room was filled with three patients. Obviously, the room was very cramped. Moreover, Grandma Dian needed better treatment than this.

"Excuse me, this is the referral letter. Please sign it." A nurse came and handed a piece of paper to Zayn. Quickly, Zayn signed it without thinking.

"Okay, thank you. We are contacting the destination hospital and are waiting for confirmation from them," said the nurse, who was answered with a nod by Zayn. After getting Zayn's signature, the nurse excused herself and took the paper that the man had signed.

Silence returned, Zayn and Shea were both silent. The two of them were thinking different things, neither of them intending to speak. Until suddenly, Zayn felt a stroke on his hand. The man lowered his head, he saw his grandmother looking at him with a sad look.

"Grandma! Wait, Zayn will call the doctor!" Zayn exclaimed with a smile on his lips. Grandma Dian's consciousness made his spirits return.

After Zayn left, Shea stood right beside the old woman's bed. Seeing Shea's presence, Grandma Dian smiled thinly. She looked at the woman beside her with a gentle gaze. "Are you Zayn's lover?" asked Grandma Dian, her voice a little unclear. However, Shea could hear what Grandma Dian was saying to her.

"Beautiful." Grandma Dian muttered, making Shea smile shyly.

The old woman then pulled off her oxygen mask, her wrinkled hand lifted and weakly clasped Shea's hand. Shea also tried to lower her body, she caught that Grandma Dian was trying to say something to her with difficulty. Her breath sounded faster than a normal person's.

"Can Grandma ask for something?" Grandma Dian asked, her voice trembling and faint.

"What does Grandma want?" Shea asked with a thin smile on her lips.

Grandma Dian's eyes stared intently at Shea, her gaze like that made Shea feel uneasy. However, she tried to remain calm and looked at Grandma Dian with a gentle expression.

"Don't let Zayn know who his parents are. If he knows...." Grandma Dian paused, holding back the pain in her stomach, she even bit her lip to relieve the pain she was feeling.

"Don't talk too much, Grandma, we can talk again later," Shea asked in a trembling voice, she was worried about Grandma Dian's condition. Shea didn't know what Grandma Dian was saying and what the old woman meant. She panicked when she saw Grandma Dian having difficulty breathing.

Zayn had not returned, making Shea impatient. She intended to go after Zayn, but suddenly Grandma Dian held her hand and looked at her with eyes that looked teary red. Seeing that, Shea felt a little scared. She was worried about Grandma Dian's current condition.

"Grandma, Shea will go after Zayn. He took so long to call the doctor, where is he?" Shea said in annoyance.

"He will hate his birth," said Grandma Dian, her voice almost gone.

"GRANDMA!"

Shea was startled by Zayn's arrival, she immediately moved away and let Zayn approach his grandmother. The doctor came and immediately examined Grandma Dian's condition, which looked increasingly weak. Shea couldn't say anything at the moment, she just kept quiet and waited for the doctor's examination.

"The ambulance is ready, we will refer her now," said the doctor, who was answered with a nod from Zayn.

"Don't Zayn, don't." This time, Grandma Dian took Zayn's hand and looked at her grandson with weak eyes. Zayn held back his tears, he tried to look strong in front of his grandmother.

"Grandma, don't worry, Zayn has the money. Zayn will accompany you to get treatment, so Grandma will recover and be healthy again," Zayn whispered.

"Grandma is tired," Grandma Dian muttered.

Zayn shook his head violently, "Grandma, you can't be tired, sobs... Don't you feel sorry for Zayn?! Zayn still needs Grandma, sobs...." Zayn sobbed, unable to hold back his tears. Anyone who heard the man's cry would surely share his grief. A cry of fear of loss, Zayn could not bear to lose the only family he had.

Grandma Dian no longer answered, she actually closed her eyes. Slowly, her hand went limp. Zayn held Grandma Dian's hand with his face pale. He tried to move his grandmother's hand which was no longer conscious. The sound of a loud monitor made Zayn even more hysterical.

"No sobs... no sobs... GRANDMA CAN'T GO! GRANDMA! GRANDMA! WHO WILL ZAYN BE WITH IF NOT WITH GRANDMA! ZAYN HAS BROUGHT MONEY FOR GRANDMA'S MEDICINE! ZAYN CAN PAY FOR ALL GRANDMA'S TREATMENT! WHY DID GRANDMA GO INSTEAD!!" Zayn shouted.

Shea took a step back, she covered her mouth in disbelief. Her tears fell, she looked at the fragility of the young man in front of her. The roar, Zayn's hysterical screams made the nurses pull the man who kept shaking Grandma Dian's lifeless body. Yes, Grandma Dian is gone forever.