When I got home, I went straight to my room and reminisced the ills of the day. I made up my mind never to go out of my way to help anyone again.
For weeks after that, I had completely taken the thoughts of Jessica off my mind and was always reaching out to Jessica over the phone. We kept lot of late nights discussing how work has been in recent times. One day, she told me that she had been retained at Dublin permanently and this was a strike on my heart. I had hoped that she would be back soon and I would convey my feelings to her. This brought an end to my intentions and I was becoming lonely again.
It was already five long weeks and I found it difficult to relate with anyone like I had done with Beauty. I was back to my books and my boring music lifestyle. Mother was faced with various medical complaints and we had been visiting the doctors regularly to keep watch on her health.
On a Sunday, mother slumped in the sitting room and I heard the sound on the floor from my room. I ran to the sitting room and saw mother lying unconscious on the floor. I carried her to the car with the help of our housemaid and drove to the nearest hospital from our house. It was The Sapphire hospital, I had never had a reason to be here before until my mother's emergency came up. She was taken into a ward and I was left outside with fear and sweat all over my body.
After some time, a female doctor came out to meet me; it was Jessica. I was stunned and confused at the same time. I did not know what to say, neither did she. She just mustered bravery to say that my mother was going to be fine and she left. I was still standing and seeing the ceiling revolve round my head. It was odd, but I remembered that the doctor at Dominican hospital told me that she was a doctor. I hoped that my mother was in safe hands considering the mean words that Jessica said to me the other time.
While I was still thinking, a nurse approached me and told me that the doctor requested my presence in her office. I entered and saw Jessica. I sat down and Jessica told me that she was sorry for the other day. I shouted in anger, stating that it was now that the reality dawned on her, the cruelty that she extended to me the other day. She tried to calm me down but I refused to be appeased. I was emotionally angry and I shouted the more as tears rolled down from her cheeks. I gave her a serious threat that if anything happened to my mother, she would be the one on the hospital bed next with a coffin to her side and I slammed the door and left her office.
I went straight to my house to have a shower and cool down my already raging thoughts. The words that I said to her were resounding in my ears and remembering Jessica cry hurt me somehow. As I left the bathroom, my phone rang; it was Beauty. I picked up the call and greeted her, she did the same. She told me that she was back in the city already, since she was granted her leave from work. I told her that I would have loved to see her but that I could not see her now because my mum was in a critical condition at that moment. She was bothered about this and asked me the name of the hospital and I disclosed this to her and hung up the call.
I was at the hospital all day, remembering what happened earlier and thinking about my mother. I was not ready to lose her now, not at this point in time. I slept at the hospital that day and watched as people came to see their loved ones and wish them quick recuperation. It was around 3.00am when I woke up and had to roam the hospital premises. I stumbled on a crying lady at the balcony and I saw that it was Jessica. I went closer and withdrew from her when I knew that she was the one. I told her to cry gently so as not to disturb the sleeping patents and I left her side.
I tried to sleep but I could not just get to close my eyes. I just sat down and gazed at open space. By 9.00am that day, my phone rang and it was Beauty's call. She told me that she was already at the hospital. I was happy to hear this as it consoled me a little. She came upstairs and met me sitting down. I approached her and gave her a warm embrace for a long period of time. Little did I know that Jessica saw this and left our side.