Chapter Eleven: "When Problems Arise"

Lies and Love
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Jiyong's mind was spinning but it was still racing with about a hundred thoughts all the same. He felt the wind knocked out of him, as if someone had just delivered a severe blow to his chest, making him unable to breathe properly.

"What's going on here?"

Sandara whipped around and hastily wiped her tears with the back of her hand before running towards the door to Nabi's room.

"Seungri! Nabi! How's Nabi?" she asked immediately and almost hysterically.

With one last glance in Jiyong's direction- who had now collapsed onto a chair with a distant expression on his face -he looked back down at Sandara with a reassuring smile.

"She's asleep right now. I'm sorry I couldn't come out here earlier, but we had to do some tests on her as soon as we got her vitals stable. We have to resume the testing when she wakes up. She was too exhausted tonight to complete it," he informed them both although unsure if Jiyong was even listening.

Sandara still wasn't convinced. "But if you didn't finish the tests…" she trailed off.

"Don't worry," Seungri assured her with a reassuring squeeze on the arm. "We immediately did the most necessary tests first to see how she was. Everything is fine so far. Still a little weak compared to her usual results from all those previous times, but nothing to worry about just yet. We'll complete it tomorrow to be sure."

Nodding weakly, Sandara let out a sigh albeit still looking worried and frightened to the core.

"Can I go in and see her?" she asked.

"There are still a few doctors and specialists in there. You can as soon as they clear the room," he said before putting his hands into the pockets of his white lab gown. "I just have to ask though, just what did happen tonight?"

Sandara glanced back at the still blank looking and silent Jiyong before looking back at Seungri with a pleading look. "We went out for dinner, went to the mall with the kids and left them in the playground there. Jiyong and I g-got into a row, and when I left him to fetch the kids so we can leave, I-I found Nabi had already collapsed. That's a-about it," she summarized.

Seungri nodded before gesturing for Sandara to take a seat on one of the empty lined chairs beside where Jiyong was sitting.

Taking the chair a seat away from Jiyong, Sandara glanced once at him yet again before looking at Seungri.

"I talked to the boys," he started, running a hand through his hair. "When I left with them to the waiting room with Hino earlier, I asked them what happened. Their version of tonight's events is quite different, or at least, it was more informative."

"What do you mean?" Sandara asked, getting confused.

"By what Yonggun and Yonggi told me, it seems to me that you two were practically screaming each other's heads off," he said, brows furrowed and a very disapproving look on his face. "Did you even know how close you two were to the playground before you started fighting so loudly?"

"I-I don't understand," Sandara said. Even though he sat a little away from Jiyong, she could feel him stiffen in his seat. She looked at him and noticed that he had gotten considerably paler.

With a regretful look at Jiyong, knowing he had understood what he had meant, Seungri turned to Sandara. "They, and I mean all three of them, heard you and Jiyong’s conversation, Dara. All of it, or at least everything you shouted at each other. The boys told me you and Jiyong were shouting at each other about them. They were really hesitant in telling me and some of it doesn't make sense by how they told me, but I can pretty much assume that you two were fighting over Jiyong's attitude towards Nabi. About how much he favors the boys and how much he dislikes Nabi," he finished, and by which Sandara was looking just as pale as Jiyong had been. And Jiyong on the other hand- if it were even possible –had gotten even paler than ever.

"They heard…they heard us?" Sandara asked meekly.

Seungri nodded, frowning. "They did. And the boys were shouting for you just when Nabi collapsed but they said you two were still yelling at each other and you must've not heard them," Sandara started sobbing as he said this. Sandara didn't hear them call for her at all! "Then they said a large crowd gathered over both of you and they lost sight of you two," he added, looking pointedly at Jiyong whom he knew was the reason for the crowd of people forming in the first place.

Without a word, Jiyong slouched forward and let his face fall onto his palms with his elbows resting on his knees for support.

Sighing yet again for the night, Seungri leaned back to the opposite wall in silence, waiting for the two to collect themselves.

"I-It's our entire fault," Sandara whispered, crying harder than ever.

Reading the message she just received on her cell phone, Hino sighed in relief before pocketing it.

"Yogun, Yogi," she called to the boys who were talking across the room by the vending machines.

They both turned, hearing their names and walked over towards their nanny as she waved them over.

"What is it Hino?"

"Your mother just sent me a text message," she said, patting the pocket of her sweater she was wearing, indicating her cell. "She said your sister is fine but she has to stay with Nabi for awhile."

Yonggun and Yonggi looked at each other and visibly sighed in relief at the announcement.

"Why don't you two rest now? I'll be sure to wake you up as soon as your mother says it's okay for you to go visit Nabi," she assured as she handed them a pillow and a blanket each, provided by a nurse by Seungri's instructions since they arrived. "Take those sofas, you'll be comfortable enough there," she said with a nod towards the large stuffed sofas at one side of the waiting area.

After a few more minutes of crying from Sandara and total silence from Jiyong, the two finally stood up and walked over towards the door Nabi was brought into, following Seungri's lead.

They hadn't noticed anyone at all coming out of the room or passing by them but apparently the room was now clear for them to go in.

Opening the door ajar for Sandara to go in first, Seungri nodded at her reassuringly.

"Wait…"

Seungri turned to Jiyong who now had a hand on his shoulder, stopping him from entering after Sandara.

"What is it?" he asked Jiyong who was still looking miserable and pale as ever.

"I need to ask you a few things," he replied simply.

Sandara looked back as the door shut to a close behind her with the men still outside. Not thinking about that any further, she walked on towards the center of the room where a little girl was lying down, sound asleep.

The room was large and square shaped. There were different sorts of machines around. On one side was a counter that covered the entire wall, filled with papers, folders, several x-ray films, and smaller instruments.

On another side was a door, with a large rectangular glass mirror beside it, but Sandara knew well enough by now that it was a two way mirror where doctors observe the goings-on in the room. She was used to these kinds of rooms now from all the times Nabi came for a check-up. A number of specialists will always be on the other side of that glass, observing.

"Nabi," Sandara whispered, sitting down on a chair beside the bed and a hand lovingly along Nabi's forehead, clearing her face of jet back hair. "I'm so sorry, I really am."

With tears filling her eyes yet again, she bent her head just beside her daughter's and sobbed silently.

Sandara didn't know just how long she had spent crying with her head bent over her crossed arms on the bed. She didn't even know that she had actually dozed off until she felt something warm and slightly heavy cover her back.

Opening her eyes slightly, she saw a tall form- who can unmistakably only be Jiyong –moving away from her and turn to the other side of the bed. She didn't know just how tired she was until now. And so without a word, Sandara let her lids fall, and drifted back to sleep.

Jiyong fell into silence yet again for that night, resting his back on the wall beside Seungri, a hand covering his mouth, trying to conceal his own horror. Just when he thought that things wouldn't get worst, it just did.

First he finds out that Nabi was his daughter. He actually had triplets! Though he still doesn't quite understand how it could be possible to have two identical children with a third fraternal at the same time. Was that even possible? For all he knew, he never thought it was. He hardly knew anyone who was a twin, let alone triplets. And sure enough, he didn't know anyone with this sort of condition either. That's what made Seungri's news worst. He never even knew Nabi had a condition of any sort! He always assumed she was younger by a year or so, explaining her smaller size as compared to the boys.

Second, he finds out that Nabi had been a really underdeveloped baby when she was born. Again, Jiyong didn't know how that was

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Deexji811 #1
Chapter 11: How could you hurt our lil angel Nabi?!?!??! 😭😭😭😭
JDarambles
#2
Chapter 20: I enjoyed the story a lot tho a lot of times I wanna er punch Jiyong and his stupidity for hurting Dara. The kids are smarter than their father here. Lol. But I love how the kids kindness have taken after Dara and how much of a kind and loving person Dara is to understand and forgive Ji. Thank You for this.
Dee_x_Ji1108
#3
Chapter 11: My poor Nabi! 😭🤧
Parkwonxxi #4
Chapter 20: Jjang Jjang Jjang!
Thanks authornim for the great story.
dyeeanadia
#5
Bora such a and already I hated her from the start lol. Btw I love this story 😍 This deserve more votes.
liezlpentecostes
#6
Chapter 20: I really love the story! Thanks coz it was a happy ending! Hoping for more daragon adaptation.
Jandec_c #7
Chapter 20: Wow such a beautiful story. This made me cry but I’m happy that the story has happy ending. Thank you so much.
bernie20 #8
Chapter 21: Looking forward to the new story ☺️
bernie20 #9
Chapter 21: It's very good 👍☺️ love it so much..
Thank u