(I married her and I love her till eternity)
At the doctor’s office…
Fred and Jared sits opposite the doctor, with Roy sitting on Jared’s lap, his head rests on Jared’s chest as he sleeps peacefully.
The doctor keeps thumbing through files, while Fred taps his forefinger on the table impatiently.
Fred clears his throat as he can’t take the silence no more.
The doctor stops and looks at him, he pushes the file aside and gives his whole attention to Fred and Jared.
“So, what’s the update?!” Fred asked.
“Mr Russell, Miss Bianca is doing alright and she should gain consciousness any minute”
Fred frowns and exchange looks with Jared, Jared look even more confused.
“Doc, I don’t get it. What do you mean she is alright?” Fred asked.
“Her injury isn’t that fatal compared with your wife’s”
“What do you mean it’s not fatal, I saw so much blood. Her blood was all over the place and it took a lot of efforts to stop the bleeding!” Jared said.
“Well, the bleeding was because of the glasses that pierce into her skin. Some pierced pretty deep, hence the bleeding”
Jared nods in understanding and smiles, he closes his eyes and take a deep breath.
*At least she’s safe and out of danger* he thought to himself.
Fred pats his back and nod at him, then he quickly turn back to the doctor.
“Then what about my wife and babies? How are they?”
The doctor sighs deeply.
“She had a very hard fall, her head is mostly affected though she is out of danger now.
But she’s in coma, we don’t know she is gonna wake up. And if she does wake up, we can only pray she doesn’t lost her memory.
And as for the babies…. Hmm, it’s strange. We couldn’t feel their breath, so we can’t tell for sure if we lost them or not”
Fred bang his hand and the table and glares at the doctor.
“I told you to save all of them, what do you mean you couldn’t feel my babies breath?!”
“Fred, calm down” Jared said.
Fred ignore him and stands up, he pull the doctor up by his collar.
“Are you even qualified to be a doctor? If you can’t save lives then what’s the use of wearing this white coat?!”
Jared stand up and tries to remove Fred’s hands but he couldn’t.
“Fred, it’s not his fault. He is….”
“What do you mean it’s not his fault, I told him to fucking save my wife and kids but he’s giving me bad news!!”
“M-mr Russell…. ”
Fred cuts him off with a harsh glare, the doctor gulps nervously, sweat already forming on his forehead.
He look at the doctor’s scared eyes with his own black ones.
“By tomorrow, I want to hear news about my babies being alive or I swear, I’ll burn down this hospital with you inside!!” He roared in the doctor’s face.
He nods frighteningly.
“Y-yes… Y-yes!”
At that moment the door open and a nurse rushes in.
She halts in her steps when she sees how Fred had the doctor in a death grip.
She wanted to go back but Fred’s voice made her freeze in a spot.
“Speak!!” He says.
“M-miss….. M-mi… M-miss…..”
“Will you talk properly and stop stuttering?!” Fred growled angrily.
“Fred, stop it. You are scaring the poor girl” Jared scolds him.
Fred lets go of the doctor and slumps back onto his chair. The doctor cough and take in larger gulps of air.
Jared walk up to the nurse and touches her shoulder gently and smiles at her, she breath in a relax a little but still throwing scared glances at Fred’s way.
“What were you trying to say?” Jared asked.
The nurse turn to the doctor.
“M-miss Bianca is awake!”
Jared freeze, he staggers back, his mouth slightly open and quivering.
“Y-you said what?” He asked.
“Miss Bianca is awake!”
Jared didn’t no more time, he dashes out of the office and runs straight to Bianca’s ward.
He enters and see Bianca lying on the bed, a cast on her right leg, a bandage neatly wrap around her neck.
“Sunshine?” He calls.
Bianca turns slowly and give him a weak smile.
Jared rush towards her, he lays Roy on the couch next to the bed and engulfed her in a tight hug.
But he quickly lets go when Bianca starts wincing.
“Ow! That was painful” she scolds him.
He smiles.
“Sorry, love. I was just too excited”
She look towards Roy and smile. But her smile quickly falters when she remembers something.
“Jared, Eva…. Eva, where’s Eva! We were together when it happened, where is she?”
“Easy, sunshine, she is fine” Jared told her.
“Are you sure? I wanna see her!”
“You are not worried about yourself, do you know how worried and scared I was when I saw you lying lifeless on this bed?
You made me worry so much, for the first time in my life I felt so useless and now you are worrying about Eva?”
Bianca holds Jared’s hand and smiles at him.
“I’m fine, Jared. But I failed Fred, I couldn’t protect his wife as I promised him”
Just then Fred walk into the room.
“Don’t blame yourself, Bianca, you did your best and besides Eva is still alive.
But look at you, you got hurt trying to save her, thank you very much” Fred said.
“How is she now?”
“Fine but she went into coma”
“It’s my fault, I didn’t save her in time” she blamed herself.
“Stop saying it’s your fault, it’s mine and Eva’s fault. I shouldn’t have let her leave the house in the first place” Fred said.
“I’m your big sister, it’s my duty to look after you and your family”
“Ok, Bianca that’s enough! You did your best, you saved Eva and you shouldn’t blame yourself” Fred told her leaving no room for her to argue.
A soft yawn was heard and all eyes turn to Roy’s direction. He look around until his eyes met with his mother’s.
“Mom?”
Bianca smiles.
“Yes, Roy”
“Mom!!” He breaks into a smile and rushes over to Bianca.
He jumps on her lap and she winces but doesn’t scold him, he wrap his arms around her neck and hug her.
“How is my baby boy doing?”
“Fine, fine!”
He breaks the hug and turns to Fred.
“Uncle look, my mom woke up, she is so awesome!!”
They all laugh shortly.
“Yeah, buddy. I told you”
Roy faces his mother.
“Mom, I saw so many blood, are you injured?”
Bianca rolls her eyes. As if the bandages didn’t make it obvious.
Fred clears his throat.
“I’ll leave you guys to catch up, I’mma gonna go check on Eva”
“Ok!” Bianca reply.
Fred turns and walk out.
Roy starts blabbing about everything that happened according to how he saw it…. Or understands it.
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Eva ?
Floating…..
I’m walking but my feet aren’t touching any ground, it seems as if I’m floating.
Everywhere around me is white, as if I’m in the clouds. There’s no one else here, just me.
Where am I?
How did I end up here?
“Hello?! Anyone?!” I called but I didn’t get any response, just my voice echoing back at me.
What happened to me?
Who brought me here?
“Hellooo!” Still no response, just the echoes of my voice.
Just then I hear a voice calling out a name.
*Eva!*
I look around trying to find the owner of the voice, but didn’t find anything.
*Eva!* The voice calls again.
Who is Eva?
I’m the only one here.
*Eva please wake up*
Huh?!
Who is Eva and who is that calling her.
Maybe if I see this person calling on Eva, maybe he can explain things to me.
“Eva isn’t here but who are you?* I asked.
Instead of receiving a reply, I hear the voice sobbing so sorrowful.
I frown.
Why is he crying?.
*Eva, wake up*
What happened to Eva.
*I’ve caught the bad guys, just wake up*
Bad guys? What is he talking about?.
*I’m sorry I didn’t tell you the truth in time, I’m sorry I didn’t take action in time and let you get hurt.
I’m so sorry but please wake up. Wake up let me show how sorry I am, wake up for our babies, ok?*
Hmm, this person sounded so bitter… What exactly happened to him?.
*Please bae, say something*
I frown.
Bae? Why does it sound so familiar?
I need to get out of this place. I turn around, looking for a way out. Finally, I saw a path but before I could take a step, everywhere turned black.
I couldn’t see a thing, it was pitch black.
What is happening…
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Fred ?
I’ve been pleading with Eva to wake up, but she isn’t moving. Her body just lays still on the bed, her once pink lips has turned blue.
Her body paled.
I feel a rain-water drop from my eyes, I’m shocked.
This is the first time rain-water is coming from my eyes.
I take her hand in mine gently and rests my head on the space next to her.
T. B. C.
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