Alice's Pov:
I tried to call my mom many times, but she didn't answer the call. I try one more time, and luckily she picks up the phone.
Mom, why are you still not here? Dad needs you right now.
"I don't have time now. I will come later."
Mom, do you even know what happened to him?
How can you act like this? Don't you care about us?
"He will survive. Your father is strong. He is not dead, is he?"
Mum, he is paralysed!! How can you say that?!!
"I will see if I have time later" she cuts the call.
Alice grabs her hair in frustration and asks herself what is wrong with her mom.
Did they fight without me knowing it?
I never saw mum acting like this. How can she do this when dad is in the hospital? She knows he needs her right now.
Tears are falling down her cheeks.
Alice goes to the lift and clicks on the fourth floor instead of the second one. She opens the door and goes in thinking her father is in this room. There is a tag on the door, it is a VIP room. The only thing that Alice is thinking of right now is her parents.
What is going to happen next?
without even thinking, she goes into the VIP room.
" Who is there?" says someone
Alice looks up and sees that she is in the wrong room. She sees a man sitting on the edge of his bed. He has a bandage around his eyes. He looks familiar but I can't recall him.
"Who is this? Why are you not talking?"
I am sorry, I came in the wrong room, she says while nodding her head.
She tries to go out of the room, but then she heard the boy falling on the ground. She looks back and asks him if he is alright.
"Just leave me," he says
Alice comes closer and tries to help him up. She grabs his hand to help, but he pushes her away from him. Alice almost fell on the ground, with a fast reflex she snatched him by his collar. They both landed on top of his bed. Alice is on top of him and just blinking her eyes from the shock.
"What is wrong with you? Are you taking advantage of me because I can't see?"
She is frozen.
"Are you enjoying this right now?"
What! YOU PERVERT!! Who do you think I am?
"Ask yourself why you're still on top of me. I am not your pillow. Get off me!"
Alice quickly gets up and moves away from him.
Owh! It's not what you think it is. I was just trying to help you get up.
"That's exactly what everyone else would say. If you want to help me, then get out of my room."
Alice looks one last time at him and goes out of the room.
Alice quickly goes to her father, hoping her mother is already there.
Alice came back to her father. She sees that he has opened his eyes.
I quickly run to him and sit on the edge of his bed.
Dad... you are awake. How are you feeling? Do you feel pain anywhere?
Is there anything you want me to do for you?
"Where is your mother?"
I look down on the ground, not knowing how to explain this to him.
He sighs and knows why she is not here.
Father, did you and mum fight before the accident happened?
I see that dad is trying to sit up with struggle.
"Why can I not move my body? What is wrong with me?"
Alice stares at the ground. The tears are visible in her eyes.
"Alice, what happened? Tell me!"
Father, when the accident happened..... your Spinal cord got damaged, this caused your body to be paralysed.
The doctors come into the room to check up on Mr Jonathan.
"What do you mean, I am para...lysed?"
I can see that dad looks very sad. I can't hold anymore and burst into tears.
"We are sorry to inform you that you are paralysed. When you came here, your Spinal cord was already damaged badly, and we couldn't do anything for you. It is already a miracle that you are awake", says the doctor while smiling at him.
I will get some water for you, dad. You guys talk further.
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Dad's Pov:
"You need to tell your family about your health conditions."
No, please don't tell my family yet. Give me some time, I will tell them myself.
"You know I am on your side, Jonathan. Your secret is safe with me, but I advise you as your best friend to tell them as soon as possible. They have the right to know about your condition."
Don't worry about it. I will tell them when it is the right time.
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Liam's Pov:
After my father left me, I make a fist and punch the side of my bed out of anger.
How can he do this to me? Doesn't he have any sympathy for me? After all, I am his only family.
HOW COULD HE!!!
I did everything he told me to do for my whole life. I even became a monster because of him, only to be recognised by him.
I lived in hell. I never lived the life I wanted to live.
I HATE HIM SO MUCH!!
I try to go out of my bed, but I stopped when I heard someone opening the door.
No one is talking, so I asked who it was.
Silence overtook the room. No one answered my question, so I repeat it in a harsh tone.
It was new to me, not seeing the person in front of me.
Do blind people live like this every day?
She replies
"I am sorry, I came in the wrong room".
It annoys me the fact I can't see her facial expressions
It is dark, too dark. I don't want to live like this.
I tell her to leave.
I fall on the ground because of the way I moved.
"Are you okay" I heard her saying
Why would she care, I thought to myself
The moment I tried to stand up, she grabs my hand, which freaks me out.
From my reflection, I push her away. Why would I let a stranger take my hand? I am going to stand by myself without her help.
I take my hands on the side of the edge. When I was standing halfway, I felt her heavy weight on me. It made me fall on my bed with her on top of me.
All I could recognise from her was her smell.
I smelled roses and paint mixed. It was somehow so comforting and it smells familiar. I have smelled this before.
I shook my head in disbelief.
How could I think about that in this situation?
What is wrong with you? Are you taking advantage of me because I can't see?
She didn't talk neither did she move. I only feel her warm breath on my face.
Are you enjoying this right now? I say to her.
"What! YOU PERVERT!! Who do you think I am?" she replied in a jumpy way.
Ask yourself why you're still on top of me. I am not your pillow. Get off me!
She quickly moves away from me, and she started talking.
"Owh! It's not what you think it is. I was just trying to help you get up"
If you want to help me, then get out of my room.
I didn't want her to pity me for this situation. Then, I heard her opening the door and closing it again, so she is out.
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Alice pov:
I go out of the room to get some water for my father. I feel like he needs some time alone to accept all of this. Just yesterday, he was a man that could go anywhere he wanted on his own without anyone's help, but now he can't even move his body. Forget about walking.
And mom is not here yet, and I still don't know what is happening between them. I saw that dad was trying to avoid me when I asked him about it, and honestly, I couldn't ask more as I am afraid of the answer myself. It is their privacy too, so I don't want to burden them with my questions. I will wait until he trusts me enough to tell me about it.
As I was walking, I bump into someone again. What is with me and bumping into people today!?
"It is you again?" says the person I bumped into.
I look up and see that it is the boy from before.
Wait, how did you know it was me?
"Because I recognise your weird fragrance that no one can forget."
Can you see me?
I wave my hands in front of his eyes.
"Stop waving your hands in front of me, and no, can you not see that I have a bandage around me."
Oh, I am sorry.
"Why do you say sorry? Do you pity me or something? Are you always so clumsy to bump into people when you can see?" He asks me.
I didn't know how to answer this.
"Are you a patient here too?" Then he asks again.
No, I am here for my father. He got in an accident. What happened to you?
" It is none of your business."
Do you always act like this? Are you a pervert or something? You can ask me something but I can't? I reply with my arms crossed.
I couldn't stand his attitude.
" Do you always talk soo much?" He replies to me.
Do you always act soo high of yourself?
I don't like people who pity me, And you are one of them."
Should I be happy then that you are in this position?
"This is why I dislike people like you. You guys always act like you are innocent."
What do you mean people like me? You don't even know me! No wonder that there is no one by your side.
"Sir, I am sorry that I came late. Let's go. I will take you to your room." says the nurse who came running with a wheelchair.
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A woman came in to the hospital walking to the reception.
she asks the lady
"In what room is Mr Jonathan?"