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"I just want it to become successful," he said. "I know if you or any of your brothers own it, the success will be guaranteed."
"You overestimate us," I said with a sigh.
I took a good look at the hospital. It definitely needed a paint job or something. Judging by the ACs I saw on the outside, there was no doubt that they were older models. If the outside alone looked like this, what were the chances of the inside? I could easily guess what the problem was. As he explained, most people preferred going downtown to theadvancedhospitals; that restricted the success of the hospital itself as there were little to no patrons.
If he had the right equipment and more experienced staff, then the people living there wouldn't bother going downtown…saving costs and lives at the same time.
Speaking of costs, I could easily subsidize the health services here. I was looking for what to do with some extra hundred million I made. It was a good opportunity.
"Are you the sole proprietor?" I asked.
"Well, when my wife was alive, it belonged to her but we became joint owners," he explained. "Now it's mine."
"I apologize for your loss. We'll see what we can do to make her dreams a reality," I said. "Can I see the insides?"
"Sure thing," he answered and led the way.
The inside needed work too. In a way, there was something oddly familiar about the setting.
"Has this place always been like this? In terms of how things are arranged?" I asked.
"Well, no, we just changed it a few months ago," he replied.
"I see. In a way, it reminds me of my hospital back in Richmond," I said.
"Oh, that reminds me, my daughter actually worked in your hospital," he said with a hearty chuckle. "Came back and implemented some of the ideas that she learned there."
"Your daughter?" I asked and tried to make a mental recollection of how many people had worked for me that would match a relation with Henry.
"Yeah. She doesn't want me to sell this place, insisting that she knows what she's doing and will be able to save the hospital by herself," he replied. "I just wished she would focus on something else. She's a brilliant doctor and could actually work in any hospital of her choice."
"She chooses not to, because this building is her dream and she sure as hell won't let you sell it until she's been able to exhaust all her options," a familiar voice announced from behind us.
Immediately, I heard the voice and my heart started to pound wildly. My lips remembered its companion. My body tensed up. I turned to see her, and I wasn't wrong. Staring back at me with her hands crossed was Stacy.
"Dr. Ethan Sullivan, meet my one and only daughter, Dr. Stacy Roberts," he introduced the both of us.
I couldn't believe my eyes. I didn't even know where to start.
Do I apologize for what I did? Would she listen to me?
She looked even more beautiful than the last time we saw. Rather than scrubs, she wore a dress and a lab coat. She had a pair of glasses sitting on her nose. I didn't even know she wore glasses. Her body had filled out nicely, and she looked even better than the last time.
Someone has been working out recently.
"Stacy…" I called softly, as a smile formed on my face. I was truly excited to see her again. "It's so good to see you. How have you been?"
"What the hell areyoueven doing here?" she shot at me with no hesitation.
The fury in her eyes was a reminder of the sting on my face a few months prior. Just staring at her reminded me of the pain from the slap.
"I'm sorry…I'm really sorry," I apologized. "I know that sorry won't cut it for what happened. I just want to let you know that I was wrong."
"What's going on?" Henry asked.
"I have absolutely no idea," she said. She stared at me like I had lost all my sense of reasoning, "He isn't welcome here. We don't need his help, and I don't either."
After agonizing for months. I finally met her and she refused to even let me be there. I came here thinking I could buy this hospital and turn it into a place that would make Henry happy. But if Stacy was here, and it was going to be a difficult task. That's not all that bothered me.
