Chapter 7
***Laurina's POV**
"A customer requests to be served by you" John, my coworker said.
"By me? Really?" I said as I cleaned my hand on my apron and grabbed a notepad and pen.
"Table 10" He screamed behind me and I just raised my hand, giving him a thumbs up.
As I walked closer to table 10, I saw him. The same person I had been avoiding for three days now. After that graduation day, and I came home to meet him, I had been avoiding him since then.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, putting away my notepad.
"This was the only way you could talk with me" He said, looking around.
"I don't want to talk to you. So if you please, honor me the gift of your absence like you have done for ten years" I said and attempted leaving. But I was dragged back, and I sat on the chair forcefully.
"Let go! Let me go or I'm screaming" I said, freeing my hand from his grip, as he let me go.
"I..I just want to talk to my daughter" He said, his voice sounding pitiful.
"Really? Your daughter? Where were you when your daughter buried her mother alone, with your older daughter? Huh? And you waltz in here, speaking of your daughter" I said, and leaned in..
"You died the day Mama did. And I made sure to bury you with her" I said and stood up, dashing to the kitchen.
Breathing became difficult as I was too angry to do it. It's so annoying how men think they can mess up and fix it with an apology.
"Fuck him" I said and started clearing up, as my shift ends in ten minutes.
I quickly grabbed my things and as it was the end of the weekday, we had an all nighter. It was already six in the evening as I cleaned out and cleaned my clothes.
As I left, the air began getting chilly. I looked up to the sky but it look like it was going to rain. I was ten minutes out of my apartment when the shower began.
The rain poured heavily and the weather got colder. I heard tyres screeching and that night came flashing, I stood there looking at the car, people were moving freely but the memories from that night came flooding in.
The ringing began in my ears as my eyes welled up, the suffocation from that night came back and it became harder and harder to breath.
I felt my legs giving up like that night and I found myself hurled up in the middle of the street, and everything seemed to flash before me.
"Mom. Mom…. please" I said, as I felt the tears that had been gathered up in my eyes pour down freely, the rain washing it away.
The feeling of betrayal I felt, when I begged my mom not to leave me but she did, she took a selfish decision and left and now, I'm here trying to fill the void.
But I knew to well, it can't be filled.
The ache in my heart seemed to travel to my head, as I felt a splitting headache, as my vision seemed to lose focus.
I soon felt the rain reducing and the ringing in my ears reduced along with it, but the aches seemed to be borne stubborn.
"Laura!" I heard my name, but it was being drowned down as my eyes stood fixated on the road, and I saw my mother's red liquid and pale skin on the floor.
My tears increased, as I felt myself crawling to the same position she laid.
"Mom..mom, please" I said, my voice unsteady, as I crawled out of the pedestrian walk and closer to the intersection. I walked, so close to my mother, until a bright light was blinding me.
But I was so close, so I continued. Until the white light was changed to bright yellow light, but I still moved on.
"Laura?!" I heard a familiar voice saying, but I didn't have the time to turn as a car took me and I slided with my side.
My sister came running to my side and shaking me, and I felt someone lift me up.
"It's gonna be alright, Ri. Okay? Stay with me" She said and I could hear her crying, but it was faint. I looked at the person who picked me and I saw his brown eyes.
It reminded me of…
"Josh?" I said and I saw him look at me and that was the only thing I remembered as I blacked out, my head in a derision and faint dull aches over my body.
"Ri. Don't close your eyes, please!" I heard my sister saying, but I was too far gone to bring my eyes to be open on my command, so I let go.
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I stirred in my sleep, as I began feeling aware of my surroundings, the anesthesia filled the air making me feel a little bit nauseous.
And just as I was contemplating that, my brain was sent into a trance as the pain from my body and head, slushed up.
"Heath?" I murmured, my voice so frail that I felt the wind would break it.
"Hey, Ri. You are awake. Hey, I'm here" She said and I turned towards the direction I heard her voice and opened my eyes.
"How are you, sweetie? Are you alright?" She said and I could hear the worry in her voice as she squeezed my arm.
"I'm….I'm fine. Just a dull ache" I said and turned to look around the room. And as if in sync, Josh pushed opensd the door and walked in, holding food bags.
"Hey. How you feeling?" He asked as he dropped the food bag on the table.
"I'm fine. Thank you so much" I said and offered a weak smile.
My sister betrayed me and so did he. I'll talk to them but hell, we are never having a good relationship like before.
"You're welcome" He said and began laying the food on the table.
"Ri. I'm worried for you. Have you tried talking to a therapist? You nearly got killed today" My sister said running her fingers through my hair.
"I'm fine, sister. Seriously" I said and to look away from here. I felt like she was right.
Ever since my mom died I had been seeing her especially when it rains and I don't think I can take it any longer. It been over six years for God's sakes
I was interrupted by the knock on the door and a nurse walking in.
"Flowers for Miss Crast" She said and dropped the white lily on the bedside table.
"I'm sorry, who sent them?" I asked as reached for them, and smelling them.
"Mr. Klein" She said and bowed a little, leaving them with a basket.
"Ohh. Someone has a boyfriend" My sister cooed.
"Ahh…I see. So that's what it is. Because of that douchebag, who punched me for trying to get back together with my girlfriend, you now think that, he's all that and you go to date him" Josh said, standing in front of the bed.
"What are you talking about?" My sister said and her scrunched eyebrows, I could tell she was getting upset.
"You girls are desperate. Desperate for attention, figured that why your dad left your mom in the first place" Josh said and let out a chuckle.
"Get out. What the hell is making you speak this way?" My sister said, getting to her feet. I was quietly seething, and thoughts of how to dismember his tongue from his mouth came flooding in.
And it was creative as hell.
"You, Laurina, couldn't get me. So your sister did with a pregnancy I'm not even sure is mine. Fucking gold diggers" He said, going to take his jacket and leaving my sister in awe.
"Before you go…I'm leaving you with this. I don't ever want to see you around us, for anything, understand? And secondly, fuck you. Seems someone has mommy issues, mother didn't love you enough and left you, out of her free will. Explains the jumping around, just hope you don't get a disease" I said and I saw his face swell with annoyance.
"At least…she might be alive somewhere" He said and those words stung me, but hell if I'm letting him get his satisfaction.
"At least, mine didn't leave on her own accord and she loved us to get death" I said and I saw his face fall. And he walked out without another word.
"It's alright, Heather. We'll take care of the child together" I told her and hugged, and she let it all out, soaking my hospital cloth.
"Thank you" She whispered.
And I turned to look at the lilies. How did he know I was here? Was he following me?