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Chapter 30: Hospital.

Opening my eyes, I could feel my back lying on a bed, it wasn't a soft comfortable one, rather the narrow beds, like that of those in hostels. My eyes travels to the ceiling, the view changing, I expected to see the roof of the van, instead I am seeing the ceiling, white ceiling, how did I got here?.
I forced myself up, the beeping sound reaching my ears, I turned around to notice that I am lying on a hospital bed, oh God, how did I got here?, Was Willy in an accident that ended us admitted into the hospital?. I checked my body to see whether I was wounded on any part of my body, I am in good shape and great form, nothing happened to me, still wondering what was going on, the door to the room opened, the doctor rushing in, then stood there, taken aback, looking surprised and shocked all at once, his eyes looks emotional like he was about to cry, yet his lips angles curling up into a smile.
“ You look exactly like her, I for once thought you're really her, but that is not possible, you definitely might be her child, if I am to guess....”. The doctor said, still giving me those emotional look. I looked like who?, wait.... Does he know Caro?, “ Do you know Caro?....”, I asked, waiting for his reply. “ Yeah, your mom..... Oh, I mean, your late grandma probably, I can't stop thinking that you might be Ember....”.
Grandma, what does he mean by Grandma?, Does he even know what he's spouting?. “ I'm Ember, Caro was my mom, not my grandma..... And please who are you Sir?”. If he does know me, then I believe I have to know him too, he's probably the one that can possibly explain to me what is really going on. It looks like his shock has been taken to the next level, he's just watching me closely, speechless. Who is he and how did he know who I'm, no body from this world knows me, but he seemed to.
“ I can't believe this.... I saw a girl jumping into the river, before I could save her, she has already lost it, I could have just been on my way and know that there's nothing I can do about this, that's when I recognized you... But how come, Ember is older than me, I.... I.....you should be her daughter, not her....”. The doctor continues to press.
“ I don't know what you're talking about, but have you seen Willy?, You know him right?, Williams, Caro's husband?.....”. I questioned him, “ Oh God..... You're really Ember, but, but how come? ”. Before I could step back, he was hugging me, hugging me so tight, his full frame dominating me. “ It's really you Ember, it's really you....”.
If I say that I'm getting a single thing happening here, then I am truly lying, is he trying to confuse me or trying to avoid the topic of Willy's whereabouts, I believe Willy has a hand in this, he just wants to ditch me so that he could go to that risky mission by himself, failing his promise to me, so he just wanted me to relax and take my mind off that quest, so he could ditch me here and leave me with this funny young man.
I came out from his hold, looking into his eyes, if it comes to acting, he really did earn my respects, could even advice him to leave the doctor profession and go into acting, really suits him. “ Tell me.... Where is Willy?....”, I asked. I can see the confused look on his face, he should stop that acting, my Dad's life is on the line here.
“ Why are you asking for him now, I heard he died around 10-11 years ago..... Why the sudden interest in him?.....”. He really did look serious like he was confused, and guessing by his guess, I would say he was correct if I was back in my former world, unless I really am.
“ Wait!..... What date is it?”, I now questioned with a lower tone but it still came out a bit aggressive, he unlocked his phone and wanted to see the actual date, but I took it from him, I want to see for myself, it's true, I'm back, I'm really back, no that not possible, maybe they're trying to play tricks on me, I have to see for myself calendars. I walked out of the room, he followed behind me, trying to stop me as I tried increasing my pace by running gently so as to not cause a scene. 
I almost walked past a calendar on the wall, but came back to check on them when I recognized it, Oh my God, I am back, I'm really back.
I hate myself, I hate that I'm here, if only I am still back there,we would have began organizing what and what to do, but now, now he's back there alone without me, I just messed everything up at the dying minute, why does it have to be this way. I fell down, sitting on the floor crying while the doctor stood right behind me, why?, Why does it have to be now?, Why does it have to be when he needed me, when he needed me most.
I can feel his hand on my shoulder, trying to calm me down, he squatted down to my level with one knee on the floor as he brought me in into him, “ I'm sorry Ember, I don't know what you're going through right now, but I'm really confused too, all this confuses me and I can't bring myself to understand what possibly happened, I'm just lost in the sea of confusion, but now, now I hope you find me......”.

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    Lhian Vertucio

    nice

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    PalamingMarlito

    nice story

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    USNIEKRISJEN

    perfect story

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