Tempting My Rented Boyfriend-Chapter 229: Worried
Ch-228
In Emerson’s mansion....
"What’s wrong with her? Is everything fine?" Regan asked.
"Dad, she is fine. She is suffering from Pica," Cedric said normally. He was somewhat relieved that this wasn’t something big. He would just make her eat a lot from now on. But to Regan, that’s something fatal!!
"PICA!?!" Regan yelled.
"Master, What happened?" Stephen asked.
"She has Pica!?" he said loudly.
"Oh my god!?!" Stephen yelled.
"Master, I failed you," Stephen said apologetically.
"I failed as a good father-in-law," Regan said.
"And you!" Regan pointed his finger at Cedric.
"You failed as a husband. She was suffering from that grave disease. How could you take it so lightly?" Regan asked as he readily accused his son.
"Dad, what’s wrong? I came after a long while after finishing the cases. How could you disturb my sleep?" She asked still rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand.
"Your sister-in-law is suffering from the disease pica. Yet your brother was saying as if it doesn’t matter at all!" Regan said as he threw a hot pot on Cedric’s head readily.
That’s it!
All the sleep that was left in Katherine’s system flew out of the window just like that.
"Brother! How could you be so heartless!?! She is your wife for god sake!?" Katherine pointed readily at her brother again.
Cedric cried tears of blood as he faced his father and sister. Everyone was pointing at him as if he did something wrong. Indeed, it’s his fault for being not careful enough. But why he was the only one who was getting blamed!? Weren’t Stephen, Regan, and other servants taking care of her? Then why do they point their fingers at him?
*Blergh*
When they were busy pointing their fingers at him, Eleanor puked in the hall. She was so nauseous that she wanted to puke. Even though she wanted to run she couldn’t. She felt like she was losing her balance. After puking, she tried to sit but she swayed. Before she could kiss the ground Cedric held her in place.
He carried her to their room. He cleaned her face, body with a washcloth and changed her clothes into something comfortable.
Then only he exited their room. By the time he went out, his father, sister, and Stephen were already waiting for him at the door.
"How is she?" Katherine asked.
"She is fine. It’s her weakness," he said.
"Oh," they said.
"Between brother, what’s Pica?" Katherine asked curiously. Cedric gave a ’are you serious’ look to her.
"Are you accusing me without even knowing what it was?" Cedric asked in disbelief. Katherine just shrugged her shoulders at him.
"Dad, what is Pica?" Katherine asked when she got no reply from her brother.
"I don’t know what it is, but the name is weird. It must be something deadly," Regan said seriously.
Indeed, not many know about the Pica thing... They take eating raw rice, soil, dirt, and ice chips as bad habits but they are diseases. They were symptoms of your body showing you that you lack something.
"Seriously, you guys don’t even know what is Pica. And you are ready to blame me?" Cedric was speechless at their behavior.
"You are the one to be blamed. No one forgot how you behaved like a jerk in the past," Katherine said without a filter to her mouth. While Regan kept his silence. Even though Cedric was redeeming himself, it doesn’t mean they should go easy on him.
Even though he asked them for forgiveness, they were kind enough to forgive him. But it doesn’t mean they would forget the things he did to them.
Apologies are good things. But Apologizing doesn’t mean that the other party should forget the pain that he gave them. Apologies are like bandaids. Sure, it would cover the wound but the wound would still need time to heal. Even if it heels, it would leave a mark. And it takes time for the mark to fade. It’s the same for Cedric too. Even though he applied to medicine and bandaged it, it takes time to heal completely.
"Pica means having low blood levels and iron in the body. Eleanor even ate the soil and dirt. So, I took her to the doctor. She said that... a pregnant women’s food would be shared into two. One was for the mother and baby. One part is given to the baby. If they were not given their part, they would start sucking the minerals from their mother. When the baby starts sucking the minerals and blood from the mother, they will have to lose their proteins and iron.
"So, Eleanor has blood deficiency. Feeding her as much as we can is the only problem we have. If not, she and the baby would suffer. We have to be together in this. Her meals should be doubled. Increase the food in small quantities day by day before we reach her limit," Cedric said.
"I failed, Master," Stephen said disappointedly.
"Uncle, it doesn’t matter now. The thing is... we need to nurse back into health. Now... you can redeem yourself by serving her well," Katherine said.
"I will inform the kitchen," Stephen said.
"Wait," Katherine said.
Stephen stopped in his tracks. "Dad, I guess we need to hire a doctor who knows everything about pregnant women," Katherine asked.
"What to do you mean?" the Regan asked.
"I mean... we should find a good gynecologist for sister-in-law. Our family doctor is good. But I don’t think he has any experience. Sister-in-law got pica. We should do something. If we had a good gynecologist, sister-in-law wouldn’t suffer from this disease now," Katherine said.
Everyone nodded their heads at her words. If they had a good gynecologist this would have been good. How could they miss this important thing?
"Master, I will inform the kitchen," Stephen said and left.
"I guess you are right, Katherine. But suffering from this disease could have been eradicated," Regan said
"What? What kind of disease has My sister got?" They heard a voice from the hall.
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Author’s notes:
MAss release tomorrow. dated on 10-04-2022
