Carl, The Mysterious Healer

Chapter 5

The rain was falling and the weather was freezing. Carl was still outside the house, not knowing or having a place to go. He had no idea of his current location, talkless of knowing anywhere within the vicinity. The door opened and Vivian came outside.

She felt sympathy for him as she was looking at him through the camera.

"Wanna come inside?" She asked.

"It's okay. I'll leave once the rain stop" Carl answered nonchalantly.

"Are you sure? You look like you have nowhere to go and moreso, I can't deny Angel's request that you should come inside, at least till the rain stops. So, swallow your pride and come in" Vivian opened the door widely for him 

He stood up and followed her inside. 

"Here" she gave him a cup of hot coffee that suited the weather.

"Angel said you might not be dangerous and I also checked the G****e for some information about monsters, though they are a bit scary but I'll hope that you don't harm us" she added, trying all her possible best not to endanger her life.

"I told earlier that I'm not a monster. I'm a human being like you but things got complicated. I don't know how to make you believe me but right now, I'm also confused and not in the right state of mind. I also need to think straight and find a way out. It's fine to think of me as a monster or something but I'll leave your house immediately the rain stop, chill okay?" He raised his voice on her for the first time. He was also losing it.

"I'm sorry for calling you a monster but what happened scared me. But can you tell me what happened? Who knows, I might reason with you and find a way to be of help. You look lost and kinda homeless" she requested, glaring at him in response.

"Okay, I'll tell you what happened. Just listen attentively and believe me. I just hope that you will understand " he finally bowed to the pressure of explaining himself.

"I am all ears," Vivian answered, adjusting her seat. Angel has already gone to bed.

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"Are you for real?" She asked after listening to his story.

"Hun" Carl nodded his head.

"I heard about the notorious criminal, Alan getting arrested but none of us know the story behind it. Your best friend is very wicked, likewise your wife" she said again, still amazed at his story.

"Yeah, I know," Carl replied.

"I guess you should listen to your granny. I know the value of human's life as a doctor and if you have any power that will cure sickness, I can assure you of my support. Try to recall the recipe your grandfather used to cure different ailments and study more on it. you can modernize yours and we will take it to the lab for testing. If it pass the lab test, I see no reason for you not to use it" she uttered calmly.

Her words sound like encouragement to him. He grinned and thanked him 

"Helen, what's her sickness? I can see how much Angel value their friendship" he added, asking her 

"Leukemia and we have been treating her for a while but the cells are not responding to the treatment. You can make use of the room where you were treated. Goodnight and sleep well" Vivian responded well before vacating her room..

Carl also stood up and went to the visitor's room, where he initially woke up.

Amazingly, he found two pieces of pie and a bottle of juice there, indicating that Vivian Kept them for him as dinner.

His tummy grumbled immediately he set his eyes on the snacks. That was when he called that he hadn't eaten anything since he woke up.

He hurriedly munched on the snacks and gulped it down with the drink.

After that, he laid on the bed, which had been arranged.

He started rubbing the necklace again, asking himself why the necklace was just getting useful now, since all the years it has been on his neck.

"When you got shot at your heart region, your blood splashed on the necklace, activating the spiritual power in it" his granny explained inside his head like she was reading his mind.

He wasn't surprised like the first time again.

"Will you always be there to answer my questions?" He inquired.

"No, I have just seven days to spend with you. After you recall your grandfather's herbal recipe, I'll leave" she answered.

Still thinking about the second changes in his life, he slept off. First change was when he was ripped off his position through false allegations from Richard.

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The following morning,he woke up to see some new sets of clothes beside him and there was a letter on it.

It was a handwritten letter from Vivian.

"I'm off to work and Angel has gone to creche. Eat your food that is on the dining table and start thinking about the herbs. I'll be back to take you out to get the ingredients. Take care"

He head the letter and went inside to take his bath and have his dinner 

After two hours, he started feeling bored and decided to step out of the house. As he was passing, he noticed some flowers that were neatly planted in front of a big house.

They looked fresh and attractive. He stood in front of the house, admiring the flowers and trying to recall the name and function of each of them when he saw a teenager boy, who was about to enter the car, falling down and starting shaking.

"Help! Help!" His driver kept shouting as he was dialing the hospital emergency number.

Carl tried to pretend not to see what was going on but his mind wouldn't be at rest 

He had to rush to the scene and saw the boy, bringing out foam from his mouth.

"This is epilepsy," he said to himself.

He rushed back to the flowers and plucked two different flowers.

He rubbed them against his palm till the flowers started bringing out some drop of juice.

He moved closer to the boy and dropped the juice into his mouth.

"What are you doing?" The driver asked.

"Are you blind? I'm trying to provide first aid, pending the time the ambulance will get here" he answered, not minding his presence and only focused on the boy.

The driver was about to talk when the ambulance arrived.

The boy had stopped shaking and he was taken away by the ambulance.

"I'll not forgive you if something happens to him. No matter where you hide, I'll find you and skin you alive " the driver sternly threatened him 

"I don't need to run away. Let me follow you to the hospital to see the situation with my own two eyes. You can call the cops on me if things go out of hand" he volunteered to follow them 

He didn't know where the courage came from.

Together with the driver, they followed the ambulance to the hospital.

The boy was attended to, without any delay.

Both Carl and the driver are waiting patiently outside the ICU. The driver messaged the parents to tell them the situation.

Vivian, who was on her way to check on some of her patients, sighted Carl and her eyes widened.

She went to him and asked "what are you doing here?" in the form of whispering.

"I followed someone here after treating him. I want to know what the doctor will say about the treatment that I gave him " he gave her response.

"What! How could you do that! Didn't we agree to run some lab checks on whatever herbal mixture you produce? What if this lands you into trouble, who is going to be held responsible for it?" Vivian bombarded him with questions.

"Hey! Chill, nothing is confirmed yet. I just couldn't allow him to die, knowing waiting for the ambulance might take a long time " He said to defend himself.

"Who is that fool that gave my son some stupid herbal juice, causing him to start vomiting in the ICU?" A middle aged man, who is the boy's father roared as he entered the place.

"W-wh-what? Vomiting?" Vivian exclaimed.

The driver pointed at Carl and before he could say anything, a slap landed on Carl's face, making them all stunned.