Chapter 277 No Suitable Match
Although Amanda reckoned she was technically the most heartbroken person by this news, she had no choice but to pull herself together, in order to comfort Edith. Even though she would desperately like to overcome her mental hindrance and call Edith ‘Mom’, she could tell that Edith was indeed upset over Aiden’s poor health.
Jack and his wife made their way to Aiden’s bedroom to take a look at him as they had utterly lost their appetite and had no desire to finish their dinner. Their eyes filled with tears as they gazed down at his peaceful face. Still, they did their best to suppress their emotions so that they wouldn’t wake him. up. In the meantime, Elias stood beside Aiden’s bed and gazed at his son, gently caressing the child’s cheek. His lips were pursed, and his eyes were closed. He had no choice but to endure the pain of watching his son. suffer, keeping it all to himself.
Later, Elias sent for Yacob and had the latter see Jack and Edith out of the house when they left. Then, he stood in the moonlight with Amanda as neither of them said a single word, but even so, it still seemed as if they could understand what each other was having in mind. Eventually, Elias made the first move and said, “Maybe we’ll get a second opinion. I’ll arrange another check-up for Aiden in another hospital tomorrow. Perhaps it’s just a misdiagnosis.”
“Td love to believe that, but our boy is starting to show the symptoms. So, let’s not waste any more time on the check-up and diagnosis. Instead. I would rather spend our time finding a compatible match for Aiden. I don’t want him to wait too long.” Amanda smiled bitterly.
After that, a long silence ensued between the couple until Elias decided to break the silence a few moments later. “I’ll get a check-up tomorrow and see if I’m a compatible match for Aiden, but you shouldn’t tell him anything just yet, alright?”
“I know, but I’m not planning to tell him either because I doubt he is going to understand it anyway.”
I’m going to put everything aside and keep him company. Nothing else is more important than Aiden,” Elias said solemnly.
“Don’t you want your grandfather’s shares back? I know you’re worried about Aiden, but you shouldn’t forget about your priorities. After all, you’re not only fighting for yourself but also for Aiden.”
Elias fell silent upon hearing her reminder because he was genuinely too distracted by his son’s dreadful condition to work.
The following day, the Allegra Family sent everyone possible to do a bone marrow compatibility test while Elias had many of his family relatives do the same thing. Nevertheless, his mother was staying in an asylum. He also hadn’t bothered to request some of his quarrelsome relatives because there was a chance that they would make the situation even messier.
As the people from the two families were busy doing the test in the hospital, they were kind enough to hope that they could finally come across one suitable match among them to save Aiden. When Jack didn’t see Elias’ mother, he asked, “Why didn’t you tell your Mom to come along? After all, you and your mother are the only people who can boss everyone else in the Winters Family. Furthermore, the doctor also said a direct match from the next of kin would be effective.”
“I know, but my mom is mentally unsound. Even if she is a suitable donor, is she going to agree and cooperate?” Furthermore, Elias knew just how reluctant Jennifer was to treat Aiden as her grandson.
Meanwhile, Jack didn’t say a single word as he only paced back and forth, wishing he could just learn about the compatibility test result right away.
“Mr. Allegra, why don’t you wait for the result at home? Desperation and anxiety won’t change or speed up the result.” Elias turned around and walked away slowly.
For the next few days, Elias would spend his time accompanying Aiden while Amanda decided to shove all her work aside and stayed by her son’s side as well until his condition was treated. At the same time, Jack. and his wife would also visit Aiden every day. While the adults actively made time out of their busy schedules to accompany Aiden, the smart child quickly sensed something wrong, finding it strange for them to always be by his side. “Mommy, why are you guys playing with me every day? Didn’t you say adults had to work?” Aiden curiously asked while having his breakfast.
Amanda, who was busy peeling off the eggshells, paused and said. “That’s because you’re just too adorable, and everybody likes you, which is why they want to be around you. Maybe they’re recently on a vacation or something.”
“Does that mean I’m also taking a break? But the teacher didn’t say anything about that, Mommy. I haven’t been to school for days, and I want to play with my friends.”
Amanda responded with silence upon hearing that. Unfortunately, she didn’t dare to let Aiden play by himself because she was worried that he would end up getting himself hurt. Thus, exacerbating his already precarious condition. Therefore, all she did was to keep him at home with her, but at the same time, she also knew that was not good for a child’s curious and inquisitive nature to be locked up like this. My boy is going to be hospitalized in a few days. What should I tell him by then?
“Aiden, if you really want to play, your grandparents and Dad could play with you. Don’t forget about me too.” Amanda did her best to comfort Aiden.
Aiden knitted his eyebrows in a dissatisfied manner. “No way, Mommy. Didn’t you always say that kids should go to kindergarten? I haven’t been to school for days, and the teacher is going to lecture me about that.”
“No worries. I told your teacher that you’d be taking the day off.”
“Why? I want to play with my friends. Grandma and Grandpa have been making me drink water all the time while Dad kept carrying me around everywhere. So, I want to play with my friends. I can’t wait to have fun with them.” Aiden had long grown bored of playing at home. Despite his initial dislike for going to school, he was beginning to miss playing with his friends.
While Amanda was scratching her head trying to figure out an explanation, Elias arrived home. He unlocked the door with his thumbprint instead of ringing the doorbell and entered the house straight
away.
“Aiden, look what I got you-it’s your favorite chocolate cake. The man walked closer to his son with an appetizing cake, which successfully distracted the boy’s attention as he retreated to a corner to enjoy his food.
“What’s wrong?” She heaved a sigh of relief, feeling grateful that her son didn’t press on with his question.
“It’s nothing. It was just Aiden who wouldn’t stop asking me why every one of us was accompanying him. all the time and why we wouldn’t allow him to go to school. I had no idea how to answer his questions, not to mention the fact that he will be staying in the hospital for the next few days. What should I tell him then? I totally forgot about that, and I doubt we can figure out a good cover story to fool him.” Amanda felt hopeless, thinking Aiden would know that he was sick if he saw her wearing a hospital gown.
“Let me talk to him once we’re there. Don’t worry. The compatibility test result will be out at the earliest by tonight or the latest by tomorrow. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that we could find a few suitable matches among the people who did the test,” Elias said in a soothing tone.
“Let’s keep our fingers crossed.” Amanda nodded, praying hard that they would find a compatible match. since there were so many people who went to have themselves tested to see if they could be a suitable.
match.
Nevertheless, the couple was about to be disappointed because they would soon learn how cruel and grim fate could be as there was actually no.compatible bond marrow match for Aiden. Suddenly, Elias’ phone. rang. He shook off his jacket and took a look at his phone. When he realized it was a call from the hospital, his face was written with excitement and hope. Alas, as soon as he heard the news, his face darkened like there was a storm brewing behind the dark clouds in the sky. “Alright, I understand.” Elias sat on the couch. in silence without saying a single word after ending the call.
“What’s wrong? Who called?” Amanda could tell that something was not right.
Elias wasn’t about to lie to Amanda either as he honestly answered, “The hospital called back and told me that I’m not a suitable donor, but they’re currently looking for a suitable match in their bone marrow
storage…
She sprinted down the stairs but suddenly remembered her pregnancy and slowed down. Clutching the test strip in her hand, she wondered what Elias Winters' reaction would be once he heard the news.
Yet, when Amanda was halfway down the stairs, she saw two figures in the living room—Elias and a sexy woman. Slowing down her steps, she held the handrail tightly and felt her heart sink. That was because she saw her husband and the woman behaving affectionately as though they were a smitten couple.