THE FORGOTTEN HEIRESS-Chapter 138: Wild Guess

"Hold on, Dr Steffan," he said, eyes glinting like someone who has just been led out of a dark tunnel and stumbled on light after several days of darkness.

"Did you just mention Psychological condition?"

Steffan’s brows bumped together at Dr Sullivan’s strange behavior, but nonetheless nodded in response to his question.

"President Hudson has a psychological condition?" If he remembers correctly, that seems to be exactly what his goddess asked him about President Hudson when she called him.

"Ah ah ah ah ah," he smacked his head several times as he came to a terrifying realization.

Is that the reason why his goddess suddenly hung up on him because he kept on spewing nonsense? ’To think I didn’t even give her any space to explain. I’ve messed up big time.’

I have to confirm from Dr Steffan if I actually misunderstood her.

"What is going on with you?" asked a befuddled Steffan, finding the older doctor’s behavior getting out of hand.

"I think I have made a terrible mistake," was the only thing Dr Sullivan could say.

Steffan got more confused after getting such an answer. "What mistake did you make?"

Dr Sullivan massaged the base of his neck while giving Stefan a furtive glance. "I think it’s about President Hudson. But first, the psychological condition you spoke about, what is the nature of it?"

Steffan gave Dr Sullivan a strange look which seemed to say, "I don’t know what’s up with you today" before he proceeded to answer."

"I don’t know if you know that Shawn is already married?" began Steffan.

If it were before, Dr Sullivan would have been surprised hearing that President Hudson was already married since it was not made public, but after President Hudson personally told him so and hearing it from his friend again, it was no longer news to him.

"It happened about six years ago, after Shawn lost his wife." Steffan continued after receiving a nod from Dr Sullivan. Why he wasn’t surprised was inconsequential now.

"He was so deeply affected by the death of his wife that he became psychologically unstable and the trauma was so severe that he almost lost his mind during those years."

"He became a shadow of himself, refusing to see or talk to anyone, especially those that had a hand in the supposed death of his wife."

"It didn’t end there, it got to the point where he became violent and began inflicting self injury on himself because he felt he was the major reason his wife died. It is still strange why he was not admitted to a mental asylum then."

"What finally pulled him through was when the issue of his grandmother’s sickness arose and he got to know that his grandmother was about to die from a strange illness that could not be diagnosed."

"As you are aware, he loves his grandmother beyond words. When he was faced with the possibility of losing another person whom he loved dearly, he forced himself to come out of his depression in order to find solution for his grandmother."

Dr Sullivan who had been listening in rapt attention without interrupting released a deep breath when he saw that the story had come to an end.

"Wow!" So he had to go through all these. He must have truly loved his wife. May her soul rest in peace."

"What do you mean "may her soul rest in peace?" She is alive and breathing just like you and me." Steffan couldn’t help but snap.

How can the soul of the woman he loves be cursed to an untimely rest.

"Oh, that’s true." Dr Sullivan said, he remembered President Hudson didn’t mention that his wife was dead.

’But wait, does this story have anything to do with my goddess?’ he thought.

"This wife you are talking about, who is she? Do I know her?"

"I don’t think you know her," came Steffan’s reply.

"Her name is Kathleen Crawford. She was later found to have survived a plane crash that happened six years ago, she just returned to the country a few months ago.

The office was quiet as each of them had something to reflect on. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

’Kathleen Crawford? That’s the other name of my goddess. The same name President Hudson knows her with.’

I can’t imagine the suffering she would have gone through all these years and yet she never seems to be affected by anything.

When he remembered the discussion she had with him just two days back about the collaborative project she was about to embark on with The Living Hope Foundation for Children and women with disabilities, he couldn’t help but applaud such an outstanding woman.

She is always optimistic and looking out for ways to bring smiles to other people’s faces irrespective of who they were and how it will inconvenience her.

The case of Spider is another one that attests to her kind and magnanimous nature.

Steffan quietly observed Dr Sullivan who was in a sober reflective mood and couldn’t help but wonder what mistake he might have made about Shawn like he said.

"Ehem..."

"Ehem..," he had to clear his throat twice before he could get Dr Sullivan’s attention.

Quirking an eyebrow at Steffan, the older doctor asked, "what is it?"

"What mistake did you say you made concerning my friend?"

"Well, you see, from that call I received, I had the wrong idea of the type of sickness President Hudson had so I misinterpreted it to be a reproductive issue."

"What did you hear exactly?" Steffan asked. He would be the happiest person alive if it turns out that his friend does not have a problem with his manhood.

"The person asked me if President Hudson had any psychological issue and giving the identity of the person that asked, I could only guess that it was because he couldn’t perform in bed that she was concerned.

"So I made a wild guess which from what you have just explained turned out to be wrong."