7

Nia didn't know how long she's staring at the bright, perfectly shaped moon with a couple of stars in the sky.

Her heart beats faster than normal--indicating that she's very nervous. The trauma she had experienced made her comfortable in the dark before the therapy. But after the psychologist confirmed that she can handle it without the therapy, her doctor also explained that there will be an instance that she may have an attack due to her own actions and emotions.

In short, she needs to manage her emotions to stay calm all the time. In that way, she won't have an attack anymore.

She sigh deeply, shrugged and closed her eyes.

This is the situation that she need to conquer by herself without any help of others. She doesn't need to be dependent on someone since all the things, people and place she's currently in will only be temporary.

How about Bryce, will he be just a man she met a few months and will disappear someday? Will there be any instance that he won't say anything but will let her feel unwanted?

She's afraid that there will be some scenarios that will happen again in the future.

Like their family. They look happy from the outside but she's broken in the inside.

Her mother owns a big IT Company in New York where they developed all kinds of applications that will be sold in the software market. Gaming applications--whether it's online or offline games, all kinds of websites including personalized exclusive websites for different companies, blogs, social media sites and many more.

As a child of a big company owner, she grew up under her father's care who is just a regular employee in a not so popular and not well earning company.

Her father James still find time to take care of her, play with everything she like, take her to the places she wants to go and gave love that every child needs from their parents.

Even if he's not earning that much, she's jovial to have her father around. He even send her to school before he will go to work and he will be waiting in the parking lot after her class.

Her classmates often get envious of her because of her dad. They called him 'super dad's because of the things most parent won't do to their child in the modern days.

While her mom was out of the picture every time she needs her. She's always in the library reading a pile of papers on her table, on a business trip or has an early or late dinner. She can only see her mom when she woke up in the middle of the night and decide to check if she's home.

Most of the time, she only has her dad sitting across the dinning table; saying jokes to make her laugh; the one to pat her back when she felt worse or down; and to give her a big and tight hug when she need comfort.

Her dad always boost her confidence and pushes her to do the things she didn't try before. He will always be there in her victory and losses all the time.

Nia's breathing became more uneven. Her hands are starting to shake again. Her eyes watered and tears fall down as fast as it can slide down to her fluffy cheeks.

How can she remember her dad without having panic attacks? She only have good memories of her dad on her whole life! She cannot afford not to think of him every single passing day.

Remembering him will be the only way to be thankful and to honor him on the convivial experience she had when he's alive.

Eventhough tears are still falling out, she shut her eyes tightly. Her chest tightened and it felt like it will burst any minute now.

She stand up while she wobbly walk towards her room--recalling where the things should be in place using her photographic memory.

Suddenly, the door swung open widely--that made Nia scream loudly before opening her eyes.

"Ahhh!!" She grab the broom near the cabinet and start to hit the burglar in every part of his body with all her might!

"Stop it, Nia! It's Bryce, for God's sake! Ouch!"

Bryce switched on the lights at the back of the door and there she saw the horrified look on Nia's face. More like terrified and astonishment was written all over her face before she collapsed on the floor.

She bumped her head at the edge of the nearby cabinet and he clearly saw the blood sliding down to the side of her ear up to her cheeks. She's having a bath on her own blood!

"Oh God! What should I do?"

He didn't care the food that was now scattered on the fall because he let the plastic fall down from his grip.

The food is not the problem. He can buy it again. But how can she save his unwanted visitor's life?

He's very agitated! His hands are shaking while he's trying to get his phone from his pocket. And it slipped to the floor with a loud bang when he manage to get it out of his pants pocket.

"Fuck! This is what usually happens when I'm in a hurry to do something! Why am I unlucky tonight?", He asked to himself.

Without thinking, he didn't gather the phone on the floor. He directly lift her not moving body and run outside towards the elevator. The guards quickly assisted him to his car and he ordered someone to lock his condo unit door since he left it open.

The two guards nodded in agreement and salute him before he drove off to the nearest hospital.

Thank God there's already a stretcher ready when they arrived. The doctors and nurses rush Nia to the emergency room, leaving him on the bench outside of the room.

Since he cannot do anything as of the moment but wait, he sat mindlessly on the bench and her ex-girlfriends memory flashes to his mind. It looks like the memory is currently happening and he cannot do something to stop it!

He closed his eyes tightly, put both of his hand to cover her face and deeply sigh.