||15 Years Later|| - ||JQH & NHL||
It had been a long night -- having rushed her mother to the emergency room around three in the morning after the older woman who had been visiting had woken up with extreme shortness of breath and was coughing nonstop. Of course, in a panic, Jackie called for an ambulance and escorted her mother to the nearest hospital -- fully unaware of what was awaiting her.
It was just a little past seven when her mother had urged her to go rest though the daughter only insisted sheâll be gone for a few minutes to grab some coffee instead. She couldnât afford to leave her mother for long despite knowing there was nothing she could do until the doctor they needed arrived from his morning rounds. Hopefully, whoever the doctor was, he wouldnât have a difficult time understanding her motherâs Mandarin.Â
With a sigh, the woman purchased a small coffee from the cafeteria down the wing and made her way back to her motherâs room, grabbing some creme on her way out. Not wanting to show her the older woman how fatigued she was, Jackie forced on a small smile and opened the door to her motherâs hospital room.
âMama, iâm ba-â She begun in Mandarin before stopping in her tracks, noticing a very familiar sight from her past standing at the foot of her motherâs bed. Eyes widened with surprise before softening due to conflicted emotions, Jackie stared at the taller male while trying to get over her initial shock. âN-Nathan...â She couldnât help but stutter out, but this time in English in order for her mother not to understand. âI... didnât know you worked here... Youâre her doctor?â
