CHAPTER FIVE.

MICA'S POV

Well, it was a new week and the issue that had to do with sir Lucan was already out of our memories.

I walked into the school canteen to meet Nini after the day's exam. We were both doing different majors so we hardly hung out in college. But as I walked towards her, I could feel something was wrong. She was not the usual cheerful Nini but in her stead was a girl whose eyes were swollen from crying.

" What happened, Nini?" I asked as I rushed to her. She saw me and she began to cry uncomfortably, I was already very frightened.

" Talk to me Nini, what is it?".

" Mica…" she wanted to talk but the tears kept choking her, " Mica, your fa…ather".

I stopped short, did she just say my father?.

" What happened, talk to me" I said, almost shouting.

" Your dad is in the hospital Mica" Nini dropped the bombshell. I almost pushed her away but she held onto me.

" What is the meaning of what you said?" I asked again, my eyes were already clouded with tears. Just then Jayden walked into the canteen, he was my classmate and we got along at times.

" Mica, the school director wants to see you in his office".

My eyes darted from the crying Nini to Jayden who just delivered a message and in a minute, I found myself running towards the director's office. 

When I got there, Nini's mum was sitting in the office and she had a sad look on her face.

" What is wrong with everyone?" I asked myself.

" Mica" the director began slowly, " there is bad news?".

I looked at Mrs Austin and I could see tears in her eyes.

" Why is no one saying anything?" I asked the school director and he sighed heavily.

" Mica, your dad is in the hospital, he met with an accident this morning after dropping you off at college".

My head began to spin as he kept on talking, I didn't hear the next thing he said, I just heard my dad was in the hospital.

" Which hospital?" I asked Mrs Austin.

" Mica, you have to calm down. He was the one who asked us not to tell you until you are done with the exams" it was the school director who spoke up, I kept looking at her like she was a clown. All I wanted to know was the hospital my dad is in.

" We lost him Mica" Nini's mum said and my world stopped.

" Lost him?" I asked, looking at the two of them in disbelief. I was supposed to cry right and scream but why was I dried eyes?.

" The whole school sympathizes with you Mica".

" As the director of the school, weren't you supposed to tell a student when something happens?" I screamed angrily, rather than crying. I was angry with myself for asking dad to drop me off at college this morning and now we lost him?.

"Calm down Mica please" Mrs Austin said as tears also rolled down her eyes. That was when I saw Nini standing by the door, she was also crying.

" Nini, we are supposed to be friends right and you kept something like this from me?" I asked as I walked up to her angrily, I was so mad at everyone for what they did to me. They knew my dad was my life and they kept it a secret from me.

" Your dad made me promise not to tell you until your exams are over," Nini's mum said.

" Who cares about the exams?" I screamed loudly and ran out of the office. I felt suffocated and defeated in the midst of these three people.I wanted to be far away from everything and go home to my dad to eat his tasty snacks.

I must have been walking for a long time and I didn't realize where I was going. The only thing I kept hearing was the sound of car horns blaring loudly but I didn't realize I was in the middle of the busy road of Seattle.

It was not until a hand pulled me away onto the sidewalk did I realize where I was.

" Are you blind? He asked, I didn't know who it was at first because my eyes were filled up with tears but as they rolled down my eyes, I could see the person clearly and it was Lucan.

" Sorry" I said to him and began to walk away again. I had no intention of staying and arguing with him, I needed to get home to eat my father's snacks.

" What is wrong with you?" He asked from behind me and I stopped again.

" Father died" that was the only answer I gave him and I began to walk away again, my heart was torn into two and my world already collapsed. It felt like I didn't belong to this world and everything reeked of sorrow and abomination.

" You think walking in the middle of the road will stop your pain? Aren't you supposed to be by his side right Now?" He asked again.

This time I turned to look at him, " he can't even speak to me again sir, so why should I go and meet him?".

" Look Miss, just come with me okay, I will take you to the hospital your dad is".

I wanted to believe him and go with him, I wanted to see my dad again but I was scared, really scared. I was scared because I didn't know how to see my dad lying in the morgue, I was scared of having to attend his funeral. I had already lost my mother years ago and now I have also lost my dad, what was I living for anyways.

I saw Lucan take slower strides to where I was standing and I could see concern in his eyes, I wanted to run and hug him, I wanted him to comfort me and tell me everything would be fine but just as he was three feets away from me, I began to feel dizzy maybe from crying to much and before I knew it, everything went pitch black.