Waiting outside the operation theatre, everyone was getting more and more restless as the time passed. Henry had been in the O.T for more than an a hour. With each passing second, their heart beat was increasing as they got more amd more agitated and tense. Everyone was on edge, worried for Henry.
Finally the light turned green and the doctors came out of the O.T. Noah rushed forward followed by everyone else.
"doctor how was it? How is my son?" Noah asked; worried for Henry.
"Congratulations Mr Abson. The surgery was sucessful. You can meet your son after he is shifted to the general ward." the doctor told; everyone sighing in relief as if a stone had lifted off their hearts.
Jenny rushed into Noah's arms; clutching onto him tightly as tears of relief and joy fell down her cheeks. Noah also tightly embrace Jenny back; his hands shaking as he finally felt peace after such tiring days.
Aria also firmly hold Sophia's hand; her emotions totally out of the place as she smiled in joy and bliss. Her brother Henry will be able to walk on his own without any support. There were no bound or limit to her delight and happiness today.
Soon Henry was pushed out of the O.T and shifted to the general ward; still unconcious because of the anesthesia but that didn't stop them. They gathered around him, the elders lost in their own conversation while Aria sat beside the bed, firmly holding Henry's hand in her own tiny little ones.
A light groan from Henry as he gained his consciousness attracted the attention of everyone present as they rushed and gathered around him. Gently opening his eyes but immediately closing them again due to the bright light around him, Henry took his time till his eyes got adjusted to the lights.
"Water..." a dry whisper came out of his mouth.
Sophia quickly got the water and passed it to Jenny who was sitting besides the bed. Noah carefully helped Henry to sit up before Jenny brought forward the water to drink. Taking a few sips, Henry laid back on the headboard when the doctor entered the ward.
"Everything is fine now. Henry have to be kept here for another week under observation and a few physio therapy sessions before getting discharged. After that he can return back home but still have to make sure to not put much weight on his left leg." The doctor instucted after performing a thorough check-up on Henry before leaving the ward.
"I am fine now everyone. You all can get back to work from tomorrow. We all have a big project to fulfil and you all should put your attention on that from now on. You don't have to come visit be everyday." Henry said; well aware of all the pending tasks the elders had at that moment.
They all also realised the facts and didn't argue with Henry.
"I also agree with what Henry said. Since everything is fine now, we all should focus on the resturant as well. But also doesn't mean that we will leave you all alone here in the hospital. From tomorrow brother Noah and I will get busy but Jenny will be here all the time. Also I will drop Aria here evryday to keep you company." Sophia told evryone; deeply analysing everything in detail.
No one had any problem with Sophia's idea and all agrred to it readily.
"Mom can you bring me my notebooks tomorrow as well? Since I don't actually have much to do here anyways, I might as well start to revise my high school books again for the national entrance examination this year. Furthermore, since starlight will also be coming here daily, I can also teach and guide her." Henry requested Jenny; his mind planning a detailed schedule for revision before his exams.
Jenny and Noah of course agreed, delighted by Henry's eagerness to study once again. Sophia was also happy for Henry's keenness to help Aria with her education. With everything finalised, Sophia also left the hospital with Aria.
Reaching home, both freshened up and sat down in the living room for further planning.
"Mom I have been thinking about something very lately? How about we build our own greenhouse that grow all types of vegetables, fruits and herbs and our own vineyard for the resturant. Though it might seems costly at the moment but on longer run it will definitely be benefical for us. We can use the ingredients from the grrenhouse in both, the resturant as well as the vineyard. It will act as a double source income for us. The restaurant will have to pay for the raw ingredients and the beverages that will be brewed in the vineyard." Aria detailed out her points one by one as she waited for Sophia's reaction.
"The idea though seem perfect but still has a lot of problems. At the moment we don't have sufficient funds for them and also for vineyard, we don't have recipes for any beverages." Sophia pointed out the two major problems from the plan.
"I have also obviously though about that as well mom. The recipes, you leave them to me. Grandpa Davis had multiple of such recipes which I have later learned just for fun. We can use them. And as for the funds, in about 13 days, I will get the returns of my investment which would be more than enough for all the three projects." Aria told Sophia; already had thought of everything beforehand.
Sophia didn't reply, clearly analyzing all the angles in detail before giving her answer.
"If you say it like that then it is definitely possible and profitable as well." Sophia said; her mind already making a plan on how to divide the work in her schedule. Of course could also predict her mother's train of thoughts and decided to put a fullstop on that before it could go any further.
"Mom you should first discuss it with uncle Noah, if he has any problem with this or not. Afterall, these projects will take more time than the resturant to complete. Especially the green house, it will take about 6 months before we can bring out the raw ingredients from it; one month in constuction and 5 more in growing everything.
Though the vineyard will also be completely constructed in a month at max, the initial ingredients for both, the resturant and the vineyard have to be bought from outside. Aside from that we need to hire skilled workers for both and a trust-worthy person who can handle both the projects properly while you only put your entire focus on the resturant with occassional surveys on the other two." Aria said; her mind running actively as she tried to divide the work into portions.
Sophia, after doing a deep examination of every thing in her mind, left the living room to discuss it with Noah. Returning soon, she told Aria her final decision.
"Brother Noah also agreed with your idea. He has also started working on building his own team." Sophia informed Aria about her conversation with Noah to which Aria just nodded.
"Now what we actually need to do is to find a trust-worthy and capable person for these two project." Aria pointed out their most important problem at that moment. Both mother and daughter fall into deep thoughts as they triedto think of such aperson. After a while, Sophia eyes lit up but hesitated whether to say it out loud or not. Aria upon noticing her hesitency, asked first.
"What's wrong mom? You can say anything you want without any hesitation."
"I actually do have a person in mind. Actually when I came here a few day back to design and decorate our house, at that time I came across a couple who was getting divorced and were fighting over the house. The guy cheated on the woman and later also wanted the apartment but I stepped in between helped her as the apartment was the part of her dowry and was on her name so she was able keep it. Later when I had a conversation with her, I came to know that they were in an arranged marraige but later that guy cheated on her. She is infact a very talented and educated person but was atlast a housewife because that guy didn't allow her to work. She even helped her husband in his ofice work, making his presentations and guiding him which lead him to very rapid promotions but he didn't appreciate her." Sophia said; taking deep breathe as her own past started to picturise infront of her eyes.
Taking deep breaths, Sophia tried to calm herself down, not wanting to show her weakness infront of Aria. She had to forget everything and to not it influence her anymore, for herself as well as for her daughter. Feeling serene, Sophia continued.
"She is currently looking for a job. Her name is Sarah Jones."