ADOPTED HEIR
Writer's P O V
Both Kendrick and Kendra watched their mother in awe as she left for Nathaniel's ward room.

"I'll just take a look at him from the door." She had said trying to convince them that she doesn't care much about him. But her kids were already thinking otherwise.
After watching her for a few seconds, Kendra ran after her. Curious to know her reaction when she finally sees Nathaniel.
She met Isabella standing in front of the door as she said, her eyes darted into the room and she saw her father, Nathaniel waking up.
"He is waking up," Kendra screamed out of excitement and immediately opened the door, forgetting what the doctor had said.
Nathaniel's attention got drawn to the door because of Kendra, and then his eyes locked with Isabella's who was now fully exposed.
Nathaniel could see her standing there with her bag like a highschool girl.

"Dad, you are finally awake. Oh you scared us!" Kendra exclaimed and embraced him, but was careful not to rest her weight on him.
"Yes, I'm so sorry for making you guys worry for me." Nathaniel apologized. The whole time, his eyes were fixed on Isabella who was still standing outside.
She didn't know what to do now that she was exposed, she just kept standing there dumbfounded.
"Mom," Kendrick came up behind her.

"What are you doing? Dad is awake now, shouldn't you ask him how he is doing? You came all the way here for these anyways." Kendrick said and immediately collected her bag. He saw her hesitation and thought of helping her out.
"Mom?" He called and started pushing her in.
"Let's go in." He kept pushing her until she moved.
"I'll go get the doctor," he announced and closed the door.
"Mom, come sit here. Come here." Kendra said reaching for her mom's hand.
"No, it's okay. I'm...okay, I'm not staying long anyways." Isabella reluctantly said. She was feeling uneasy with the way Nathaniel's eyes were hooked on her.
"Really? Your legs will hurt you. Okay then." Kendra said and gently rested her head on Nathaniel's chest. She was so in love with her dad. She was so happy to have him.
Isabella saw that, she saw how Kendra loved Nathaniel a lot and that made her feel a little guilty that she has been denying them of their father's love.
She didn't say anything, she just kept staring at him. Nathaniel also kept staring at her and in order not to make everything totally weird, Kendra kept hugging and doing all sorts of things to Nathaniel pretending not to notice the way they were staring at each other.
The door opened and Kendrick came in together with the doctor.
"Oh, good evening ma'am. I'm glad you are here." The doctor said going to check how Nathaniel was holding up.
He was involved in a bike accident, a delivery man had hit him when he was coming out from a mall and he was quickly rushed to the hospital. The situation wasn't critical and the twins had purposely lied to their mother about Nathaniel being in the surgery room for hours.
"I told you to allow your father rest, you guys won't listen." The doctor said checking while checking him.
After checking him, the doctor turned to face Isabella thinking she was his wife.
"Um ma'am your husband won't be able to walk on his own for a week at most, he needs support and rest. He shouldn't go to work for two weeks too. After one week, bring him back to the hospital for a checkup. And yeah, your kids have already signed for the payment but I need you to sign it again." The doctor explained.
"What? Me?? I'm... Ha ha! Doctor you are mistaking," Isabella laughed nervously. She had watched Nathaniel's expression once he mentioned that your husband won't be able to walk. He looked so happy, his eyes were almost glittering with joy.
Nathaniel ended up smirking when she tried to clarify the situation.
"Then what? Are they not your kids?" The doctor asked pointing at Kendrick and Kendra.
"We are," Kendrick was quick to reply.
"Then is he not also your father?" The doctor also asked Kendrick. He nodded.
"Then what are you saying ma'am? Or are you two divorced? Oh my! I'm so sorry, I didn't imagine that you were divorced. Please forgive me but since you are here, please kindly sign the papers." The doctor apologized still not understanding the situation.
"I can sign it doctor. I'm awake, you don't need to make her sign anything." Nathaniel chipped in.
"Oh, we need your guidance signature on that and not yours sir. Please follow me to my office ma'am." The doctor concluded and started leaving.
"I'll..I'll sign it. It's okay." Isabella mumbled then followed the doctor out.
She got out and placed her hand on her chest. What was that? Why, why was I feeling so uneasy? I didn't do anything wrong, did I? She thought.
After signing the papers, she had to fill in her relationship with the patient, the doctor pointed at the husband space and she just ticked it.
It's not as if it means much, he won't even know he'll get discharged and it'll be all over. She encouraged herself after signing it.
Now it was time to go back to the ward. She dragged her feet to the door and stopped.
A few rounds of self encouragement, she opened the door and got in to see Nathaniel chatting with Kendrick and Kendra happyily. They seems to be talking about something which concerned her.
The three of them stopped talking immediately.
"Oh dad, I'm so hungry. Let me go grab a cup of tea, even tho hospital teas don't taste great like mom's." Kendra said as she got up.
"Mom, I'll be back." She pecked Isabella on the cheek before exiting the room.
"Oh, let me get something too. I'm also pretty hungry," Kendrick added as he left the room, he closed the door behind him.
The room became so silent immediately, Isabella stared down at her feet nervously while Nathaniel just kept smiling at her. He couldn't hide how happy he was and was happy Jay and Paul didn't come. He was afraid Isabella might leave if she sees that he has someone to look after him.
"Take a seat, stop standing. You'll hurt your beautiful legs." Nathaniel said to her.
"Um, oh, it's okay. I was on my way out anyways. I just came to take my bag...." Isabella paused when she didn't see her bag.
Where did Kendrick keep my bag? She wondered.
"Oh, they left with the bag. I don't know how long they'll stay out, I suggest you sit and wait for them." Nathaniel suggested also looking around for her bag. His mind told him that his kids might have done what they did purposely and that made him happy.
"I can just look for them." Isabella turned to leave to ward.
"Where do you wanna go look for them? To the canteen? Are you sure they really went there?" Nathaniel probed. Somehow Isabella caught up with what her kids just did.
She sighed, knowing that she won't find them even if she search round the hospital. They did what they did purposely, she could only hope that they return quickly.
So she took a seat as Nathaniel suggested.
"So...so what really happened?" Isabella inquired. "How did you hurt your leg?"
"Oh, a delivery man ran into me in front of the mall. I wasn't watching," Nathaniel touched his hair nervously. Isabella scoffed.
"Are you a kid that you weren't watching? What sort of grown up are you?" She scoffed again.
"Are you annoyed?" Nathaniel asked, she sounded annoyed at his carelessness.
"What? Why? I'm not annoyed. Why would I be?" Isabella turned to him and replied.
"It's just that you sounded pretty mad. It's okay to sound mad, the kids were mad at me too. That shows that you care." Nathaniel explained.
"Who..who told you that I care?" Isabella scoffed trying hard to defend herself.
"It's okay to care. If it wasn't the case, you wouldn't be here in the first place." Nathan's respond made Isabella pause her thoughts.
She thought, he has a point. I didn't actually come here for Kendrick and Kendra. I know that they can handle themselves, I was more worried about him. But why? Why do I care? She pondered.
Oh, probably because of that silly dream where he committed suicide because of me. I was just trying to make sure he wasn't trying to kill himself for me. That's just the reason, nothing more.
I don't care about him originally. I mean, why would I care? She kept convincing herself.
*
After few minutes of exchanging secret stares. The door opened with both Kendrick and Kendra coming in.
They had spent close to 1 hour outside trying to give their parents privacy.
"So mom, the doctor told us dad can be discharged tomorrow." Kendra announced but was looking sad.
"So why is your face like that?" Isabella questioned.
"Well, the doctor said he needs rest and walking support. Since dad only has us, will you...will you allow him to stay with us for just one week to recuperate? We can't leave him alone." Kendra pleaded looking into Isabella's eyes.
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