The Miracle Doctor: Return Of The Convict

CHAPTER 13

Ethan drove to his apartment after his session with Mr. Eric Blackwood.

It was just a few minutes before 10:00 p.m. when he settled down on a couch in his living room.

He sat down and heaved a heavy sigh of relief as he picked up his laptop from the table in front of him.

The air conditioning in the room was set to twenty-four degrees,  perfect enough for him to feel comfortable

He had changed the channel on the TV to play some R&B music, which he was slowly nodding his head to and singing along softly.

In his hand he held the black card Mr Reginald Frost had given him a few hours ago. He wanted to check how much was on that card to see if Mr David was right about what he had told him about the card

The first information he was able to find about a card was the fact that there were only five people who held that card, and the first name he saw was that of Mr. Reginald Frost.

Ethan was puzzled as he stared blankly at the screen. He had now confirmed that Mr. David was right about what he said regarding the card.

Ethan quickly logged into his bank account and checked his balance.

He had a little over seventeen million dollars in the account.

Wanting to see how much the black card was worth, he quickly loaded the card as his new card and went back to check his balance.

A few seconds later, a message popped up on his phone indicating his balance

He opened the message with eagerness, to his shock, he found the figures $ 10,017,856,000 ( ten billion, and seventeen million, eight hundred and fifty-six thousand dollars in the account staring at him.

Ethan fidgeted and shook his head vigorously to check if he was not dreaming.

He sank into the chair with a sweaty forehead as he wondered what he was going to do with all the money. If he was getting all of this money just to treat the man, he wondered how ill the man was to be willing to pay that amount of money to be healed.

Ethan shook his head in disbelief as he refreshed his account balance again and again just to see if it was a mistake.

After being convinced, he took a deep breath.

In just a few seconds, he had moved from being a millionaire to a billionaire and, for an unknown reason, suddenly felt very heavy on him.

He quickly took out the contact card of Mr. Reginald Frost from his other pocket and dialed the number on his phone. 

The call was answered on the first ring

“ Good evening, this is the Personal Assistant of Mr Reginald Frost, how may I help you?”  a female came on the line.

Ethan composed himself and spoke. 

“ Good Evening, I would like to speak to Mr Reginald Frost,” Ethan said calmly.

“I am so sorry, sir, but Mr. Frost has retired to bed.” I will schedule a call appointment for tomorrow morning for you if that's fine. I'm sorry, but he can't attend to you now, “ the lady replied.

“ A call appointment? Who does that?” Ethan thought to himself in surprise before he spoke out loud.

“Okay. Kindly tell him Ethan Stone called,” Ethan said as he got ready to hang up the phone.

“ I'm sorry, what?!” The lady exclaimed from the other side of the line as if she was shocked to hear something. 

“ Can you repeat your name?”The lady asked before Ethan could enquire what was wrong

“Ethan Stone, please” Ethan said calmly.

“ Dr Ethan?” The lady exclaimed. 

“ Please hold on, he will be on the line in a second,” the lady quickly added, speaking quickly as if she was in a hurry.

Ethan stayed on the line, visibly surprised as he listened to echoes for a few seconds before he heard a voice.

“I knew you would call.” The obvious voice of Mr. Frost came on the line.

“ Good evening, sir. Ethan Stone here,” Ethan said calmly.

“Hello, Doctor, you promised to call, and I was waiting,” Mr. Frost said.

Ethan took a deep breath.

“ I want you to help me, Doctor. I am dying. Please help me,” Mr Frost added in a pleading voice.

“ I will come over tomorrow. Kindly send me your address; I will come over tomorrow,” Ethan said hesitantly

“ Right away, doctor, I will send it to you right away,” Mr Frost said with a hint of joy.

“ Okay, sir, I will see you tomorrow,” Ethan said and quickly hung up the phone.

He felt uneasy at once. During the call, he was trying so hard to raise the issue of the money, but somehow, Mr Frost seemed unconcerned about the money and was only concerned about his healing and health.

For some reason, Ethan himself could not even raise the issue with Mr Frost.

He shrugged after thinking about it, knowing that he was only getting that money as a payment for the service he was about to render to Mr. Frost by healing him.

He sat down on his couch, staring at the screen of the laptop with a smile on his face.

From an ex-convict to a billionaire in just a few days was overwhelming, yet it felt like a dream come through for him.

Now, he could do all that he wanted to do without any fear of going broke.

Ethan smiled as he stared at his ceiling with a wide smile on his face.

He stood up from his seat, walked to the window, opened the curtains, stared outside at the fully lighted estate and the beautiful scenery in front of him. 

He felt like a king, living in his own palace, with the world at his feet.

“ It is my time to show the world who I am. Ethan Stone is here; the world should watch out for him,” he murmured loudly to himself.