The Deal With Grimm

Audrey folded the envelope in her hands and tucked it in her bag. She quickly wiped the tears on her face with a tissue and looked around to make sure no one sees this pitiful side of her as she stepped out from the hospital's last floor. She accidentally stumbled onto a lady, and her handbag fell to the floor with her make up kits and brushes splashing to the ground alongside it.

"Oh Goodness! I am sorry. "Audrey said regretfully as she started to pick the Lady's items on the floor.

"Can't you watch where you are going? You nasty idiot! Is it your robust body that isn't allowing you to walk carefully in a public place?! " The lady, who looked so much like "a badass" dressed in skimpy wears with jewelleries dangling all over her body uttered in anger

"But I said I am sorry", Audrey said wondering why she still has to talk to her rudely. But this isn't the first time Audrey would get body shamed and called Fat. She has been quite used to that

"Keep your sorry to yourself! Now get out of my way. Don't touch my items with your filthy hands. I doubt you can even afford them! "

Audrey swallowed hard trying to fight her tears, she dropped the brushes she had picked back to the ground and walked away

"You...stu....you dropped my things on the floor. How dare you?! Do you even know how much they are?!" She but Audrey was already gone, some steps away. She was in no mood to entertain foul words from anyone. Not this day of all days!

Audrey got outside and sat on a chair beside the hospital Gate. She sighed in sadness and frustration as she remembered what the doctor had told her in his office some minutes ago regarding her mother's health.

"As you know Audrey. Your mother is hypersensitive. She has been nursing High blood pressure for the past five years. But now it's complicated. I am afraid to tell you this...but her heart is failing. She has a coronary heart disease. She needs to be operated on as soon as possible. She also has to be admitted here today. She can't go back home with you. She needs close monitoring for now till her surgery" The doctor, Dr. Rogers explained handing over the test result to Audrey.

Audrey looked worried and terrified. She felt no need to even open the envelope. She has just been informed that her mother is dying. She felt ache in her belly and scary thoughts squirmed at the back of her mind. She tried so hard to fight her tears but it ended up dropping down her face.

"How bad is it, doctor? " She asked.

"Ahm...Well..."

"On a scale of 1-10. Tell me please. I don't want to be deceived"

" Let's put it this way. If I am to rate the wellness of her heart on a scale of 1-10.....It's 3/10" The doctor said feeling sad to relay such news. He was a neighbour to Mrs. Evans Audrey's mother and her family ten years ago. She was a nice woman to him and people around her which is why anytime she is brought into the hospital he works, he makes sure her file is brought to his table and handles her case with extra care.

"I can't lose her, Dr. Rogers. Please do anything possible to make sure she is alive. Please" She said crying as she held the doctor's arm on the table with her hands

"We will Audrey. Trust me. But as for the surgery, like I said, it has to be done without delay"

"How much is going to be needed?"

"About Thirty five thousand pounds. For now"

Audrey got more worried. She wondered where and how she would get that. That amount in total is her Salary for a year and a half

"However, we have placed her on some drips and beta blocker drugs Which I have administered to her this morning," Dr. Rogers said. Mrs Evans was brought in unconscious by her neighbours after she slumped when plucking plants outside her house. Audrey was at work then and she received a call and came rushing to the hospital

"Okay. Thank you Dr. Rogers", Audrey said sniffing. She asked when latest the surgery should take place and Dr. Rogers said it shouldn't exceed two weeks.