“Winnie! It must have been a long wait for you,” Josiah said as he took off his Bluetooth earphones and strode over to her.
Upon hearing Josiah’s voice, Winnie turned in his direction.
“I was enjoying my music, so I lost track of time. You’re done?”
“Yeah. I’ll be sending you back now.”
“Okay,” she answered before standing up.
A beat later, Josiah said, “I think we should call Xavier. How should I phrase my words?”
“I’ll do the talking, but pay attention to what I say and make sure not to let anything slip.”
“You’re the witty one between us two,” Josiah praised as he called Xavier.
It took Xavier a few rings before he picked up the call.
Once Josiah heard Xavier’s voice, he passed the phone to Winnie.
Xavier asked, “Are you done with the checkup? How was it?”
In her usual voice, she replied, “Neither good nor bad. I was given some meds, so I guess I’ll take those first.”
“What about Lisanne and that Rodunstian scientist’s research? Any progress?”
“Yeah. The meds I just received were the product of their research with the hospital.”
Lisanne feel after
I did. There aren’t any side effects after she took the meds, but you know how my symptoms are a little more serious than hers, so the meds
so she said, “You should head back to work.
ending the call, Winnie gave the phone back
then went back to Lagune
few days, Xavier finally settled the
realized it was the right time for her to tell him about her worsening
could tell him about it
was because she started experiencing the side effects of the medication a
she started vomiting. As a matter of fact,
about her symptoms, his heart ached so terribly his knees nearly
hearing Winnie’s explanation, he promptly sent
undergoing examination, Xavier stood by the window, staring at the dark world outside. He looked as if his mind was
to recompose himself. For the past month and more, he could not make himself cheer
doctor’s suggestion
suggested Winnie see a traditional medicine practitioner, for the side effects of
brought Winnie
a person. Alas, due to Winnie’s conflict with his granddaughter, Yolanda, he was forced to end his master-disciple relationship
that did not stop him from giving Winnie
sacrificed herself for others, and Sebastian desperately hoped that Winnie could
when Xavier was at work, Winnie would sometimes even stay at the Xander residence
desire to learn and her
finding the human body’s acupuncture points after practicing. It was almost a
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