I leaned forward with my head in my palms, I shook when I felt something vibrating in my pocket, I mean Adam's, I put my hand in and brought out the phone to see a number saved as
'MAN' calling, I was about to answer when I saw dad walk up to me with Michael in tow, Adam had made some calls this morning, 'did he call my dad?' I thought as I stood up to walk away,
"Stephanie, wait" he said, with his hand raised up, and walking towards me, I stood rooted to the spot not knowing what to do,
'Should I run?'
'Should I stay and listen?'
'Is she still around?'
'Did she ever come to visit?'
'Had Crystal or Adam seen her and refused to say anything about it?'
'What was I supposed to do?'
All these thoughts passed through my mind and I still had no idea of what to do, I turned to Crystal "Help me" I mouthed but she smiled and shook her head
"Nope" before I could even react, my dad had already grabbed me in his arms and was hugging me so tight, I couldn't breathe, Mike also came from behind dad and began to squeeze me just as hard after dad had let me down and even lifted me off the ground, and began to turn me around,
"PUT...…..ME...…DOWN" I said in between gasps of air, I was beginning to feel dizzy,
When he finally let me down, I felt the coffee I drank earlier come up to my throat, I pushed it down telling my stomach that it wasn't time for it to disgrace me like this.
I suddenly remembered the vibrating phone and turned my attention to it but the vibrating had stopped and turned to missed calls from that same number saved as 'MAN' I placed the phone in my pocket and turned my attention to the two men standing in front of me,
"Are you okay?" my dad asked me, as he stretched his hand to touch my cheek, I stepped back a little feeling my heart beat like a bass drum,
"I'm fine" I said and folded my arms as I looked at my feet, Crystal came up to me and told me she needed to go home, I nodded my head and watched her as she left the hospital. I didn't know what to do so we just stood there looking at each other and me looking down and staring at the ground for I had taken a sudden interest in it.
I moved towards the cafeteria and they followed me I took a seat and waited for them to follow suit.
My tummy then decided it was the right time to disgrace me and rumbled, I was hungry I mean really hungry I hadn't eaten for three days.
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After my fourth big mac (hey, I don't mess with food), which I had made my dad order, they were still eating theirs while I was patiently staring at them waiting for them to finish so I could ask them some few questions. When they were finally done I crossed my legs and looked at them as if was examining them and asked
"How did you find out I was here?"
My dad crossed his leg suit and answered
"I have my ways"
"Adam called you didn't he?" I asked
"Yep" my dad answered "More like I called him" he said again
"You had a boyfriend and never told us about it?" Mike inquired
He made it look like I was in the wrong for not telling them about Adam, but they were also wrong about not telling me about mom,
"You were bringing Mom around the house without telling me anything so don't make it look like you are also not guilty" I said turning to dad for an explanation
"Hey don't try to change the subject here" Mike said
"I am not trying to change the subject here, you are" I accused Mike
"No, you are" he said
"No, you are" he barked back
"This is so messed up" I said
"Are you sure you are in college?",
"Yh.....I am" Mike answered chuckling, I laughed along with him, just like old times, but stopped and turned to look at my dad,
"Where is she?" I asked,
"She's gone back" he answered
"To where?" I asked
"To Paris" he said with a sigh, he ran his hand over his face he looked exhausted. "Will she ever come back?" I asked
"yeah" he answered "she will, she's coming back tomorrow" he said "she said she needed to take care of some things back there".
"Well, that's good, I need to talk to her' I said looking down at the table. When I thought about it I realized, I never had a right to be angry, she sacrificed her life for mine, I was supposed to be grateful not reacting otherwise, I looked up and was looking at my dad before realizing I really missed him with everything that happened off late.
He was there that night he saw everything that happened.
He Saw Her.