Slowly Devour
"Oh, so you've already thought this through?" Brandy seemed somewhat relieved to hear that from Carla. "Okay. I understand now."
"Right now, he's playing Mr. Giblo. The rest of you just need to stay focused on your own responsibilities, " said Carla, cryptically. "I'll cue you in when the time is right."
"Understood!" Brandy replied. "But do call on us anytime should things get too hot."
"Got it. I'll let you go, " replied Carla before she hung up. Then, she turned to regard Naya. "Did you get all that?"
"Yeah…" Naya nodded. "The hospital's mine, so they'll take good care of Benard and Alpha even if I'm no longer there. I'm just worried that…"
Whatever she wanted to say next need not be explicitly articulated. It was apparent to Carla that the medical staff would defer to representatives from the Giblo family if any of them came by.
"Hard to say for certain." Carla was in the opinion that there was nothing Boris and Newton wouldn't do. "Do you have any other facilities to recommend?"
"Aymo City's top three hospitals are Kindness Hospital, Serene Hospital, and the other one belonging to the Gold family, " Naya said. "I can't guarantee whether the doctors will be able to treat Alpha, but Benard's condition will require Dr. Solova's personal attention…"
"What shall we do then?" That got Freda quite worked up.
After some thought, Naya said, "Just leave him over here. I'll try to stall things for a couple of days to give Alpha time to stabilize post-surgery. Then we'll see how to take it from there. Though I may be
from the Giblo family, my hospital isn't under their purview as there are other shareholders and government officials that we would need to answer to. In view of that, the Giblo family won't likely attempt anything too crazy."
"Good." Carla nodded. "Stall a couple of days for Alpha's condition to stabilize, and then have her sent home to recuperate. Hapilia and Sam will still be around anyway."
"That'll work." Naya nodded profusely. "They are safe with me. At the very least, they haven't proven themselves to be that brazen, to date. If nothing else, Alpha is Mr. Lierger's kid, after all."
"True that." Carla sighed. "But we should still leave a few people here to keep watch."
Then, she patted Naya on the shoulder. "I'll see to these arrangements myself. You should get back to it."
"Okay." Naya removed her mask and gloves. "As Brandy put it, Ms. Lierger, the two of us have absolute faith in you. Whenever you are in need, just say the word!"
"Thank you!" That made Carla feel warm and fuzzy inside. "Now hurry along."
Naya went off quickly.
While Freda watched her leave, she could not help but ask, "I'm worried, Ms. Lierger. Even though they won't dare to lay a finger on Alpha, Benard's from the Giblo family. Wouldn't it make things too easy for that imposter if he wants to get rid of him?"
"When the time comes, we'll take Benard with us to Northridge." Carla was absolutely decisive. "Benard's currently in a coma and isn't going to be a problem for them, so I expect that they aren't going to bother with him since they presently have more important things to worry about. Besides, we still have Brandy and Charles we can count on."
"You're right about that…" Freda let out a brief sigh of relief. "I also saw a few of Brandy's guys with Benard just now, and they're all people who Brandy trusts."
"Yes." Carla nodded. "But still, we should station some of our own at the hospital, just in case. Charles's got two, but we ought to add a couple more. Go look into it."
"Understood."
Freda and Carla set off for Northridge once everything was settled.
En route, the manpower issue got Freda quite concerned. "Brandy and Naya are currently unavailable to us. Out of those eighteen people we have, four will be posted at the hospital. Another four will be out looking for Mr. Giblo with Charles, and the remaining eight are back home with Rogan. Should anything else happen, we'll find ourselves short-handed."
"This is exactly what wily old fox had in mind when he got Boris to send Brandy and Naya away. By preventing them from helping me, he intends to leave me helpless to react, and facilitate his own efforts to slowly devour the Giblo family's wealth…" Carla seethed between gnashed teeth.
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