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"Doc Bee, thank you, home is awful without mama!! Thank you for mending her heart for us!!" a nine year old boy with tears in his brown round eyes sincerely thanked Beam for the successful surgery of his mother.

"You are welcome buddy, you help your papa to take good care of mama and your sister!" Beam fondly pat the child's head while looking at the man and a two year old girl in his arms beside the bed of the unconcious patient.

Looking at the lovely family who have surpassed the struggle against lossing a loved one because of being economically deprived, gives him the feeling of fulfillment that he has been wanting to feel everytime he have fulfilled  his profession. It temporarily erases the pang of guilt that he has been feeling lately.

Home without the woman lying on the bed will be dark for the three persons who are lovingly waiting for her to wake up.

"Indeed, there's no place like home!" Beam whispered while still looking at the family who are obviously excited for their queen to wake up.

What about his home? Have darkness invaded the heaven that he have built because he left it almost a year ago? Can he still regain his seat when he returns home?

*

Beam, effortlessly dragged his small trolley while he walked leisurely towards the entrance of the huge building in the middle of the city's business center.

He greeted back the guards who welcomed and greeted him.

No one could not resist looking at him in his white polo shirt, khaki pants, his usual white sneakers, a khaki sling bag, a white watch and gladiator eye glasses. He is a model outside of the runway. Who would have thought that he is a very prominent doctor with his get up.

Male and female would stop and gape at the unaffected beauty entering the building and who is directly walking towards the private elevator.

The two female receptionist were unaware that they have been gaping too obviously that Beam take off his gladiator sun glasses and winked at them while waiting for the private elevator to open.

Beam quickly enters when it opened without so much fuss, using his own card.

Everyone woke up from their dazed state when Beam disappears from their sight.

"Oh my! Oh my! Did he just ride the private elevator? Did he has a card? What floor will he be going to?!" the receptionist panicked when they have realized that they have not followed protocol for all the guests entering the building. They will be doomed.

"Oh god!! Will we call security?! I dont want to be fired!!" the other one exclaimed with real panic in her voice.

"How come the elevator worked!? Does he have a card?! What will we do now?!" the two receptionist have been lost, asking questions that no one could answer.

An old janitor approached them while smiling warmly.

"Dont worry, you will not be in trouble! He knows where he is heading! Heaven has come to earth, everything will be fine now!!" the old man chuckled before he left the two speechless woman in the counter, unsure if they will take the word of the janitor seriously.

The two gaping woman look at the leaving old janitor who seems to be happy and skipping with what he just witnessed.

Even the guards are smiling.

*

Beam reached his floor and he was welcomed by several employees who seems to be nervous and agitated on their seats. He look around and he cannot find someone familiar, all are new faces. Even the woman sitting beside the secretary's table is new.