Dahlia’s povThe moment he left I looked at my husband who was still standing there in shock. His back held against me.I tried to talk to him as I opened my mouth to say something but I noticed there was nothing to say. It was useless. What could I even tell him. That yes I had been the one to go ahead and break his son away from him? That was stupid.I couldn’t even say that to him. It wasn’t like I cared about this family. I cared about the money and benefits I would get from it.As much as I was excited that they were all fighting because of me, I felt a prickling sensation telling me that I had done something wrong.I turned to leave as he spoke.“Is it true?” He asked as I looked at him whose back was still turned to me. “Is what true?” I asked slowly as his shoulder shook like he was crying or laughing? I couldn’t tell which one.“Oh don’t play games with me dahlia. Is what he said true?” “He said a lot of things. I don’t know which is true or false.”He turned to me and I co
Jordan’s povHe stared at me in shock as he didn’t know what to say. But I knew all the things I wanted to say to him. How could he? I had just been in a coma and he didn’t even care about me according to Katherine. And to make matters worse, now I was back home, I had to deal with this?!“Dad? Talk to me. What happened to my room?”He looked at the two women behind me and then sighed when he looked back at me. I had my answer already. This man had tossed me out the minute he had seen I was I capable of cleaning my own ass. How could he be so cruel? “Look,” he started as he entered the main living room with dahlia and her daughter leaving us to have our conversation. “Listen to me son. I know it sounds crazy but… I never thought you’d actually get up from that bed.”That came as a shock but I pushed it down. After all, even the doctors had been shocked that I was awake anyway. They expected me to be a veegetable.“Well I’m back now so I need the room.”He sighed and sat down. “It’s
Jordan’s povThe plane ride had been long, but it didn’t matter. My chest was buzzing with something I hadn’t felt in a long time, hope. In the airport, I smiled as I went through the gates while holding my luggage.The moment I got out of the airport I called a cab and drove home.During the drive home, I noticed I had forgotten to get a new SIM card but that was okay. I would get one when I get home.I was excited to see my family.It had been a long time since I had seen any of them. I wondered what they looked like now.Dahlia with her witty attitude, my father with his stern look.I looked around the street as I saw everything was as I’d left it, and for a horrible second I thought maybe… maybe Kat had been exaggerating. Maybe it wasn’t as bad as she painted.That was the same way I felt about our parents. Maybe they weren’t so bad. The cab drew to a stop on the street in front of my house. With shaking hands I dug out some bills for my cab fare. The driver gave me an odd look b
Jordan’s povSlowly the days started to go by as I would wake up every morning and notice that I was getting stronger.Katherine helped me with my treatments and calling of the doctors from time to time we en I needed it and it felt okay.But inside me, something restless was growing. I wasn’t meant to stay here forever. I had unfinished things back home.That week, she even took me shopping. At first, I thought she’d just grab some shirts and be done, but no. She walked me into stores I never would’ve stepped into on my own, high-end ones where everything smelled like leather and wood polish; where salespeople greeted us with smiles that didn’t reach their eyes.“Pick whatever you want,” she told me, her arms crossed, her tone half stern and half soft.I laughed, shaking my head. “Kat, I don’t need―”“Yes, you do. You’ve been wearing the same clothes since. And they don’t even fit right anymore. You’ve gotten back your flesh. So don’t argue. Just try them on.”All I could do was groa
Katherine’s pov“Like how?” He asked me with his head tilted to the side. “You worry too much sis.”“I worry too much?” I scoffed. “I worry too much?!”He shrugged and went on to do the dishes.“Do you have any idea what it took me before I could even see you getting better? You have no idea I’ve wished for you to get better but right now this is not the way to do it. If you want to get better that’s fine but it’s going to take some time before you can get on your feet and heal fully. Right now I’m scared you’re gonna collapse or you’re gonna…”He placed the plate in the sink and wiped his hand on his shirts before placing the cold damp hands on my shoulders which had me shivering a bit.“Relax sis,” he sighed. “I’m fine. Don’t worry so much about what’s going on. Trust me when I tell you it’s okay. Don’t bother so much about this.”I thought of his words and tried to calm myself down as I nodded.I went to sit on the couch as he served me a pizza that was remaining from the ones he
Katherine’s povI was at the company during the conference and I didn’t even do anything but sit there like a teddy bear.I thought deeply about the conversation I was having with John but my mind getting moving around in circles as he talked.“—So basically if we just reroute the marketing through digital instead of all this stupid local print shit, we’ll be saving like thirty percent easily,” He was clicking his pen against the laminated paper. “And for now on that will give us some leeway to restructure HR; which let’s face it Kat is a fucking joke. So many people here have useless positions. I swear half the company doesn’t even know who’s in charge of what.”I nodded. My head moved up and down on its own, but I wasn’t there. Not in the room. Not on this withered planet. I was in my living room, looking into Jordan’s white face, hearing his voice snap when he said he would go back to dad.John stopped talking and looked at me. “Are you . . . are you listening to a word I’m saying?