“No no Jane,” she persisted, getting up from her seat and making me sit down. She offloaded the tray and nudged me to eat.“You have to eat first, so you won’t pass out. You haven’t eaten in days!” She yelled and I instantly felt really bad for her. She’s a very good and kind person and didn’t deserve this happening to her. I thought of over a million ways I could convey the message to her but it just wasn’t working. I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I couldn’t bring myself to deliver such terrible news. But I needed to let her know. Just hopefully, she wouldn’t be as delusional as I was in my marriage.“The food wasn’t cooked to be stared at now,” she pressed. She walked over to my bed and sat on the edge with a coffee in her hand. I was sure she wasn’t going to leave until I had eaten something. I took a quick look at my sister. Beautiful woman with short red hair. Her curves bulging out through that black trouser she wore with a red peplum shirt. She had a little tattoo on the back
..................“No! You don't understand. I need you. I need you by my side all the time!” I pleaded with Rick. We had just graduated high school and it was time for us to part ways. Rick and I were high school sweethearts. We won couple of the year every single year till we graduated high school. I just didn’t understand why he wanted to move to a different city.“I know that beautiful. But my life is in France, pursuing art. We will still talk. We’ll still keep in touch. Our love won’t ever die,” he said cupping my face in his hands. I was already ruining my mascara with the tears pouring down from my face. He had invited me out to dinner with the text that read, “We Need To Talk.”I thought my love life with him was over and I was head over heels for him. I didn’t want to lose him to any woman at all. “You know that’s not possible. You know it’s impossible to keep up with loving you from so far. Who will get me flowers? Who will I hug and kiss when it’s winter? Who would I fuck
“Well, it’s just my mother. I told her we were getting married,” I said, afraid to complete the sentence, scared of what he was going to say or how that day was going to turn out. At that point, he was already unpacking his grocery while I stood by the kitchen counter, fiddling with my top. That used to be my favorite top at that moment. But it quickly became the most disgusting thing I’d ever worn because of the memories that came with the top.“Okay, great. What did she say?” He asked, kind of excited and I felt bad for what I was about to say but I had to say it anyways so I took a deep breath and out.“Well, she doesn’t approve,” I said and held my breath for a moment, waiting for a reaction but I saw none. “Did you hear me?” I repeated to know if he was actually listening.“Oh yea, I heard you, baby,” he said absentmindedly as he still rummaged through the grocery as though he was searching for something. “Shit! I forgot the sardine,” he spat but I was concerned that he had nothi
“Please… please, I’m so sorry. I just didn’t want to let you go! I was afraid!” I cried, tears pouring down freely from my eyes and down to the ground. He didn’t look like he was going to forgive me. I knew what I did was grave but I did it for love.“And that was the best way? Really Jane! Of all ways you could think of, that was the best way?” He thundered while I shook my head violently. He already picked up a knife to cut the pickle he had bought to make a sandwich for the both of us.“Look, I did it for us. I did it for love. Please don’t be like this baby,” I said and he shot me a very stern stare, I froze and was unable to utter any more words.“You know, all this was just a test to see who really cared for me and didn’t,” he started and I didn’t mutter a thing, I just let him finish.“Did you really think I’d leave my phone at home with you and head to the grocery store? Did you really think that I would invite you to my house out of the blue? What exactly were you thinking hu
Remember when I said I was going to allow the future to decide how chaotic my life choices would be? Yes, I did.“I got it!” I said, staring into my laptop that rainy afternoon. I had finally gotten to my house. I wasn’t in the mood to interact with anybody. “Eeww what happened to you?” I jammed my sister in the lobby. Of course, I completely ignored her. However, I shot her a very stern stare before I opened the door to my room and shut it behind me. “Weirdo,” I could hear her curse me from outside my door. I dropped the bag I was carrying like I was helpless and slid down my door with my face cupped in my hands. I couldn’t let tears stream down my face again because I was really cold and I cried all through the walk home. I was shivering yet I really couldn’t do much about it because the pain I felt in my heart surpassed all kinds of feelings. “Jane, are you okay?” I could hear my mom knock on my door from outside. I immediately got alarmed and shot up from the ground where I sat,
……………I opened my eyes slowly and everything was hazy and blurry. My head was banging with a serious headache and my tongue was really dry, I was so thirsty. I tried moving my fingers and I had no idea if they moved because so much pain and discomfort shot through my body like an electric shock.“Doctor! She’s awake!” I heard a voice shout from the background and I tried looking around to see where I was. I was in a hospital. “Doctor? What the fuck happened?” I muttered under my breath. I tried getting up and sitting up slowly on the bed but I was in so much pain and I was really thirsty so I decided to wait for whomever to get to my theatre.“Hi, Mrs Jane,” the doctor said, excitement beaming in his voice and I slowly turned my neck to the left side of the bed where he stood. I carefully opened my eyes to look at his face and my vision was finally clearing up.“Hi, can I get some water?” I said in a raspy voice and the doctor ordered a nurse to get some clean drinking water for me. “T
“Thank you,” I said to the doctor then went ahead to stare into an empty space. I had tried so hard to remember but how was I supposed to remember what I never knew existed? It was a whirlwind of emotions for me. The doctor sent the nurses to get my family. So after all this time, I’m finally married to Rick? How? How did that happen? How’s this even possible?I questioned myself in so many ways more than one because the last thing I remembered was preparing for an exam in France so I could get in and be close to Rick. Did that actually work? Did I pull that off? How did it all happen? Poof! It was gone from my memory like it was never there.“Here’s some aspirin,” the doctor handed me the pill alongside a glass of water and I accepted it with a smile. Rarely had I seen doctors who were so nice and so handsome at the same time. If I didn’t know better, I’d say that doctor was hitting on me. But I would blame that insane thought on my health condition.“When will they get here? I’ve be
I got out of the bathroom and took one last look at myself in the mirror. Everything felt so unreal. Then my head started to hurt. I started to remember things slowly like a movie.“Ahh,” I screamed touching my head. I noticed the nurse rushed in to help me. At that point, I already lay on the ground trying my best to get up but my head hurt so bad. While the nurse was trying to help me, I tried to get away from her grip“Leave me alone!” I yelled but she kept trying to subdue me until I felt a very sharp but quick pain at the side of my hand and then my eyes felt heavy and drowsy instantly. Then I met darkness.……………..Now, back to my teenage life.“Mother! Guess what?” I hopped excitedly to the kitchen where my mother was. You must be wondering why that seems to be the only scenery where I can speak to her. Well, it’s because my mother was a good cook in her days and loved to spend most of her time in the kitchen.She often cooked for big organizations and charity so she was always