After a while of Kim talking me down and asking me to calm down and focus on Deya, We walked back to her door. The doctor was done talking to the other family and asked to talk to us privately.
We followed him to few benches apart.
"Miss and Mr, I would love to apologize for the earlier events, if I knew you were not on good terms. I would have put the kids far away from each other. They came in together with the Mala, and I concluded wrong" His voice was remorseful.
"It's fine. I want to know about my daughter..." I ask the doctor trying to nudge the throbbing pain on my head.
"She was admitted together with the Mala boy, due to a car accident..." The doctor tries to explain
"Who's responsible for it?" I counterpart his sentence, I am feeling weak. I balance myself with Kim and sit on the bench. I am feeling hot and sweaty.
"I am sorry, but it was a hit and run. I don't know many details. But the important part we were able to save your daughter from internal bleeding. At this moment, we are monitoring her situation" His face is serious. How can he keep a grim face when delivering such news?
"Oh thank God. Is she conscious? Can we see her?" I ask desperately with the longing to hold her hand and tell her it is all going to be okay.
"She is unconscious but you can see her" The Doctor could not even smile. His voice is monotonous and his facial expression is grim all the time.
I sigh with relief. I get up and we walk towards Deya's room. The outside of the rooms was now less congested. Agnes curse underneath her breath when I entered the room, but I try my best to ignore her annoying nagging voice.
My eyes see her body lying on the hospital bed facing upwards like a corpse. The only sound I can hear is the machine beeping. Kim holds my hand and I sniffle the tears back. I don't want to cry, not in front of her. I am her hope.
I grab her hand and kiss it. "Please stay with me" I sigh in exhaustion. My head hurts.
We scan her body. She only has few scratches on her body, she had no injury on the outside.
We hear the door open slowly. We turn our heads to face the nurse walking towards us diligently like she is bearing bad news.
"I am here to check on the patient" She points out her purpose and we nod unanimously.
We watch her change everything and finally walking out and leaving us alone in the room.
I glare at her quiet and beautiful face. I can't imagine living my life without her. I sigh again.
"What is it?" His voice is low and exhausted.
"Life is too short to live in the past. We should live in the now, the present. I should have realised that sooner" I purse my lips at my realisation.
"Yeah" His voice is distant and I think I know the reason for it, but I won't indulge it right now. I place my head on his shoulder and squeeze his hand tight.
*
It is now evening, Kim is driving us to the hospital to check on Deya. The car accident has put a toll on me, which affects him because he is worrying that it might complicate my pregnancy. What a man! What did I do to deserve a second chance in love with this heavenly sent being? I gaze at him as he stops by the gate and talk to the security guard. I am blessed to have him as my future husband. I smile.
He turns and glances at me to find me smiling, making him feel baffled by my sudden smile.
"Why are you smiling?" He turns and focuses on driving the car while taking glimpses of me.
"I am realising that you are my second greatest blessed" I smile while rubbing my bump.
"You just realised that now? I always knew" he let out a soft chuckle and I chuckle also.
"Sometimes we miss the good things in front of us holding on to the past" I purse my lips.
"Are you getting a revelation of some sort? Baby, please not right now. I am trying to stay focused" He chuckles.
I glance at him, I am glad that he is smiling because I know my actions yesterday made him feel underappreciated. I would feel the same way if he were to be involved in a fight about his dead ex-finance in front of your present lover. Such agony to one's heart, it unbearable.
"I am sorry about yesterday" I apologise with my eyes looking out of the window. He smiles and parks the car in the parking lot.
"I won't lie...I was hurt, but it had to happen to relieve the burden you have been carrying for years for us to reach your revelation" He cups my face into his hands. "I love you, Neptune, nothing is going to stand in the way of my love for you..." He gapes at me. "Even you, you can't do that" He grins and I chuckle at his comment.
He leans in and places a peck on my lips making me blush because we have never kissed in a public place.
We alight from the car and as we walking in the entrance, we meet the Mala boys walking out with the boy covered in few bandages in a wheelchair, I am assuming that is the boy dating my daughter. My insides twist at the thought of him dating my daughter. They stop by the door as they realise us.
"Good day Ms Bama and Mr Smith" Thami greets us
"Good day," I return their greetings with a friendly smile hiding all the malice behind my words and hurriedly pass leaving Kim behind.
As I walk in distance, their murmuring fade and I am too embarrassed to turn and look at them. I continue walking in slow motion until I reach Deya's room. I hear footsteps, I turn around and meet eyes that I don't want to meet.
"Hello Neptune" His voice is dense, his face is showing signs of old age. To think that Agnes wanted me to date her brother so she could have Edward is so absurd.
"Hello, Mala" I greet him then glance away.
"How are you feeling? It must be hard for you" He points at my pregnancy bump.
"Oh, it's fine. I am managing well" I am lying, I haven't slept well since yesterday which is making me feel exhausted and paranoid about everything.
"Oh, I guess you haven't changed on that part, still camouflage everything" He pauses and I frown at him. " While we at that...please forgive my sister...."
"There's no need for an apology where it is not due. We both embarrass ourselves so we are even" I counterpart his sentence and glance away. Can he just leave already?
"Uh...okay" He hovers around. I turn my head to glance at him in impatience.
"Is there something else? " I ask not hiding my annoyance.
"Yes...did you know that they are involved?" He asks awkwardly whispering the statement.
"Yes..." I frown
"You okay with it?" He leans his face towards me looking a bit down on me due to his height. When did he get so close to me? I shift a bit to leave room between us.
"What can I do? She is now in the hospital, her recovery is important than our horrible past" I reply with an intense emotional voice. She is all that matters.
"Yeah...okay. We can choose who we love" He smirks awkwardly and I give him a cold gaze with a frown.
"Mr Mala" Kim walks in on us
"Mr Smith...I wanted to say Hello, so I was passing time with a small conversation with Nep, I mean Neptune " He smiles revealing his white radiating straight line teeth. I pout and roll my eyes at his pretentious act.
"Okay. it is nice seeing you Mr Mala" He tear a faint smile. Mr Mala nods and he vacates.
We glance at each other and burst soft chuckles.
"What took you so long, I was drowning in awkwardness? " I ask him curiously
"Oh...uhm, the boys they were uhm telling me about the accident and uhm...that he is sorry, and...yah...that was about it" He pursed his lips. I glance at him wary of his story, he is lying.
"Let's get in" Kim opens the bedroom door and there she was resting peacefully.