Augustus parked the car at the Emergency Gate. Lisa looked at him nervously. "You go ahead, I'll wait for you." He said calmly.

Lisa immediately refused him and said, "You go first, I am fine. Thank you once again."

After that, she opened the door and rushed to the hospital without looking back. Augustus watched her disappear and couldn't help but think about what happened.

Lisa went straight to the front desk and asked, "Is there a patient named Frank Mathew.? He shifted to this hospital from Mental Asylum an hour ago."

The receptionist looked at her computer while typing and then said, "Yes, there is one patient. He tried to cut his wrist. Wait for some time, we are shifting him to room 39'a'."

Lisa asked, "Where is it.?"

"Go straight. Take the elevator on your right to the third floor. On your left, you will find the room." The receptionist instructed her.

Lisa followed her instruction. While she was heading to the door, a male doctor came out of the room. Lisa called him from a distance. "Doctor... Wait..!"

Lisa ran to the doctor and asked, "How is my father, Doctor.?"

Doctor frowned. He looked at her and then the patient inside the room. He gently asked her, "Are you his daughter.?" Lisa nodded. "Come inside we need to talk." The doctor said while opening the door for her.

She went inside and looked at the man lying down on the bed. The man was skinny and pale, his beard had grown, and his hairs were also long, white, and messy. His left hand and left leg were tied by a handcuff to the bed. Looking at him in this condition Lisa felt very pity for her father.

"I can't believe a heart surgeon like him would ever do that." The doctor said in disbelief standing behind Lisa.

Lisa turned in shock and asked, "Do you know.?"

The doctor shrugged and said, "Of course, I know. He once came to our university for a lecture, that's where I saw him first. He was such a good man full of life. No wonder what happened to him now."

"Love is cruel." Lisa sighed looking at his father.

"Anyway, it was very hard for us to stabilize him. So we gave him an overdose. He won't regain consciousness until tomorrow." Doctor explained. Lisa thanked the doctor and sent him off.

After the doctor left, Lisa looked at her father's pale face and kissed his forehead. She then held her father's hand and sat on a chair close to the bed.

"Pappa, why did you do this pappa.? Don't you love me? Do you only love your wife? .. not your children..?" Lisa complained while sobbing. "Please pappa don't...ever...leave..me, please... Wu...Wu...Wu.."

Frank Mathew was a well-known surgeon in Italy. He got married to Stella Mathew after falling in love with her at his cousin's wedding. They both were the most lovely and perfect couple of that time. They had 3 kids together. Two daughters and one son.

When Lisa was 15 years old, Her father brought home his second wife named Betty. She was a nurse at the hospital. Stella Mathew couldn't believe it at all and soon after she died because of pain and grievances in her heart.

After that Frank Mathew was completely cut off from his kids. He used to give them limited money and meet them once a month. As Lisa was the eldest so she has to take care of her two younger siblings.

After she got married to Tom. He took the responsibility for her siblings happily. And Frank didn't bother at all. He was so much in love with that woman, Betty. He couldn't see anything at all.

But as people say, what you sow you shall reap. It happened to him when he got his first fit, after four years of his marriage. And got addicted to drugs thanks to Betty and his boyfriend Johnson Reed. She took away all his money and proved him to be mentally ill. Soon, he was admitted to Mental Asylum.

After looking at his condition, Frank Mathew realized he had been betrayed by love just like Stella was betrayed by him.

Now, he has regrets but it's of no use. When Lisa got this news she went to see him alone. Her other siblings denied it by saying, "He deserves it"

However, Lisa cared for her father. When she first met him, he cried like a baby and asked for her forgiveness. He felt very much ashamed of himself and after some of her visits, her father asked her to not come here anymore. He won't be able to face her in the future for what he did to her and his two more kids.

Lisa kept crying until her throat got dry, she looked in the ward for water but there was no water at all. She went out to get water and saw Augustus sitting outside the ward. Lisa frowned and thought why is he still here? Didn't she tell him to Go? She also noticed that he had changed his running shorts Into an ink-coloured suit. Lisa walked over to him.

Augustus saw Lisa coming over to him. He stood up and asked her in worry. "Where were you? I had been looking for you. I asked a nurse about your appearance and she told me she saw you going on the third floor but I didn't know the ward number so I waited here."

Lisa looked into his deep blue eyes and felt warmth in her heart. She felt guilty too, he helped her too much and yet she didn’t tell him the reason for coming here.

Seeing her lost again, Augustus called her out in his deep voice “Lisa”

Lisa then said hesitantly, “My father... he tried to commit suicide this morning. He has been in Mental asylum for the last three years.” She didn’t look into his eyes while speaking.

After hearing her, Augustus was shocked and then in the next moment, he pulled her into his arms and hugged her.

Since Lisa’s mother died, she has been the one taking care of everyone nobody has taken care of her or comforted her till now even Tom was always busy with his brother and his work though he was a good husband he didn’t realize that she needed care too money can buy everything but not the care or love for someone.

This sudden hug from Augustus melted Lisa’s heart. She really needed this hug at this difficult time. Forgetting everything she held him tightly, sniffing his unique scent. Her heart felt heavy, her eyes turned red and again she started crying. This time it wasn’t because of her father but it was Augustus’s genuine concern that made her lose her senses in an instant.

Augustus felt his shirt getting wet. He didn’t mind at all, instead, he rubbed her back gently and coaxed her like she was a baby.

After some time, Lisa regained her senses and shuddered in his embrace. He understood it and let her go. He then opened a water bottle and passed it to her to drink. She took some sips and said, “Thank you.”

Augustus handed her a sandwich and a glass of fresh juice and said in a commanding tone “eat”

Lisa then realized that she had not eaten anything yet. She was extremely hungry. She took a bite of the sandwich and it tasted really good. It doesn’t look like a cafeteria sandwich. Did he go back to his home to change his clothes and bring food for me?

Lisa looked at the man beside her from the corner of her eyes. He was eating so elegantly and there was not a single sound of chewing food at all.

Augustus saw her looking at her stupidly and shook his head. Lisa got nervous and pointed at his clothes, “When did you change?”

He didn’t answer her and kept eating. Lisa felt annoyed and turned her face away from him in anger. After a while, someone tapped her shoulder. She looked up and saw Augustus smiling at her.

“Lester brought my clothes, I changed them in the washroom outside. After all, I can’t roam in running shorts in the hospital no matter how rich I am..!” He explained calmly.

Lisa nodded her head and continued eating, ignoring him. He sensed something and then he chuckled softly. Lisa narrowed her eyes and asked, “What are you laughing at? Huh..?”

“You should never talk while eating. Don’t you know about eating etiquette.?” He mockingly asked her.

Lisa felt insulted and turned her face away. She finished her food and threw wrappers in the dustbin. She looked at Augustus and politely thanked him again.

“Stop it,” Augustus said irritatedly.

Lisa frowned, “What?”

“Stop saying thank you. If you want to say something else. I am all ears. Okay?” He said.

Lisa heard him and understood what he meant.. what happened before he took it as something else this is not right she had to explain to him to clear this misunderstanding.

“Mr President, you misunderstood me. What happened before was nothing. I just got a bit emotional. Don’t mind it please.” Lisa stood up and said it in a very gentle tone and before waiting for his reply she walked towards the exit.