Mommy, Where Is Daddy? The Forsaken Daughter's Return novel Chapter 94

"Mr. Wright, it's a pleasure to meet you," a lady in her late twenties extended her hand to Ethan after arriving at the research facility of BNU pharmaceuticals. "I'm Dr. Shannon Perry, we spoke on the phone."

"Thank you for meeting me on such short notice," said Ethan after shaking her hand.

It was inside Shannon's office that Ethan, together with one soldier who followed him around where they spoke.

Taking a seat in front of Shannon, Ethan revealed, "Dr. Perry, I don't want to waste any of our time. Recently, a group of men tried to kidnap my wife. They failed, but they ended up injecting her with The Kannareth disease."

"Oh, my goodness!" The woman could not believe it. Her face showed a mix of disgust and fright. "Who would do such a thing?"

"That's what I am trying to find out, but I have my suspicion," answered Ethan. He took a deep breath and leaned over at the table to say, "Dr. Perry, I traveled two hours on a private jet to see you so I can get answers for my wife. I love my wife dearly and while she is not manifesting any of the symptoms, I want to prepare for the worst."

The words of Ethan made Shannon take a deep breath. Repeatedly, she flittered her eyes before massaging the bridge of her nose. "I - I don't know what to say. The truth is, Mr. Wright. The company discontinued my research for the disease because there were only a few women who seemed to have the illness."

She shrugged before adding, "It was not a disease that would make a saleable drug!"

Leaning back on her seat, she said, "It has been six months now since I had not gone back to Cambodia - "

"I can fund your research - hire you, continue what you started," Ethan suggested.

"Wait, Mr. Wright." Shannon raised her hand at Ethan and said, "I thought your wife had not developed the disease."

"No, but I want to be ready," Ethan told. "I don't ever want to lose my wife."

Sighing heavily, Ethan made it clear, "You have to understand, my wife means the world to me."

For seconds, Shannon remained silent. Eventually, she nodded her head and said, "You must really love your wife."

"Of course," said Ethan. "Please help me, Dr. Perry. I specifically want to know what you know about those who survived the disease."

"Mr. Wright, I do not want you to rush into this, so for now, I'll give you everything I know about the disease. I'll even give you a copy of the research." Shannon also leaned forward to say, "It's really a mysterious disease that seems to mimic the Kasawaki disease. How it evolves remains unanswered, but what I know is that it develops in women ages twenty-five to thirty-five."

She paused with her mouth open, "In my file, there are two groups of people who had survived the disease. One group were random women who just lost their symptoms and we could not explain it - rather, we no longer had the time to go back and study their progress."

"The second group was rather strange." A hiss left Shannon's lips before saying, "They claimed to have been healed by a quack doctor!"

She shook her head and revealed, "That! That, I was able to investigate on my last trip to Cambodia. The quack doctor gave the girls some strange drinks and... he had sex with them. They got their cure, but they also got pregnant with the quack doctor's baby!"

While Ethan was frowning at the tale of Shannon, he heard her say, "It was crazy."

"You did not get to find out what the quack doctor gave these women?" Ethan asked, referring to the drinks that were given to the victims.

"I was able to get a sample of the drink from one of the women. It was a mix of coconut milk and herbs which!" She raised a finger before adding, "We tried to give to the other women with the same disease."

With a long sigh, she told, "It did not work. I meant to go back and ask again. Perhaps, the woman gave me the wrong drink, but then my funding got discontinued."