And the doctor replied grandma, saying.
"Ma'am, to be honest, she has not responding to treatment, but miraculously she did this morning for to the first time."
"My baby is a strong girl," grandma told her, as she tightened her grip.
The female doctor walked towards me and said.
"Ma'am, please give me a minute. I have to quickly change her cannula."
"Okay," grandma replied.
Grandma released her grip and stood up to let the doctor do her thing.
"Thank you," said the doctor, as she walked very close to me.
After she was done and was about to leave the room, she announced.
"Excuse me ladies. I have to go and attend to other patients now."
And started walking out of the room.
"Wait."
The footsteps stopped.
"Will she be okay?" Grandma asked the doctor.
"I have already talked to your daughter ma'am." The doctor said to grandma.
"I have told her everything about your granddaughter's condition. She should be able to explain them to you. Thank you. I shall take my leave now."
She walked out, as the footsteps resumed and later faded.
"What did she say to you before?" grandma asked mom.
"She said that she is having temporal general paralysis and in a coma. Even if she is awake,she would not be able to move any part of her body or breathe naturally," mom explained to grandma and began to cry.
She then continued.
"If she does not wake in a week, her hair will have to be shaved to be able to perform a head surgery."
"Oh my baby. If you can hear, grandma is here and everything is gonna be alright," she said, still holding my arm and rubbing her thumbs at the back of my palm.
Mom started crying out loudly and then grandma joined her.
According to my head, about twenty minutes later, they have both stopped crying. Just then, someone knocked on the door.
"I will go get it," mom said and walked towards the door.
She opened it.
And started to cry again and then she said,
"Mark, she is not waking up. It's a week now and my baby is not waking up. She…"
"It's fine honey. She will be okay," I heard Mark, my step dad saying.
'Hi dad. I need a peck. Come to your baby.'
"No, she is not. My baby is not okay. She is not fine." Mom said amidst crying.
"Here is some water. Come sit down and rest. Drink it. I have opened it. I brought you and mom food here. Here mama," Mike said to mom.
I think he is doing everything he can to calm her down.
"I don't want my baby to leave me. No. I want her to be okay," mom said.
I understand mom. If I were in her shoes, I wouldn't want my only child to die too when my husband is sterile.
"She won't leave you. She is our only kid, right?" Mike asked her.
"Yes, she is," mom replied.
"I know Eunice. She would not want to leave everything behind. She likes money, trust me,she would wake up for that," he said and laughed slightly with a broken voice.
'You are right dad. I won't leave that money behind. I would wake up to your wealth.'
I heard footsteps coming closer to me, they were Mike's.
"Hi honey. How are you doing today?" He asked me and grabbed my other hand and gently stroked it.
He then walked even closer and kissed my head.
He knows what I need at the moment.
Just then another knock came on the door.
"I will go get that," he said and gently let go of my hand.
I heard his footsteps going towards the door.
As soon as the door creaked, I heard footsteps rushing in.
"Eunice," said the first voice.
That was Lizzy's voice.
She rushed beside me and grabbed my hand.
"When are you going to wake up? It's been a whole week now. Your wish has come to pass. I and Hale have made up."
She said and started crying.
"I promised to tell you everything that happened. Wake up so that I can tell you. Wake up," she added.
"Wake up. Tomorrow is my birthday. My birthday won't be savage without you. It won't be worth attending without your presence. You have to come tomorrow." She added.
"I bought two blackpink light sticks. Uhm. Ping bong, right?"
She inhaled calmly and added.
"I will be using only their songs if you wake up."
She then started crying again.
"Wake up already," she yelled and cried out loudly.
I heard another voice saying,
"It's okay."
That was Hale's.
" How could you hit your head on your own room floor and remain unconscious for a whole week."
She yelled at me and started crying very loudly.
"It's not fair. I miss you a lot. My life has been boring without you."
She said to me,
Was she complaining?
"She will wake up," Hale assured me.
"It must have been hard for you. It is all my fault. I should have stayed back. I shouldn't have left you."
"I'm that I left you. Am truly sorry. I truly am."
"She has heard you. It's okay. She wouldn't want you to be crying like this. You know that, right?" Hale assured her and asked her.
And then another knock came again.
"I will get that," Hale said.
He walked towards the door and opened it.
I heard footsteps I was not familiar with.
I can't tell who owns it.
"Raymond?"
Everyone present in the room said in unison.
'What?'
'Raymond is here?'
'No. He can't see me like this.'
'I do not want him to see me like this.'
'Not in this condition.'
I wanted to scream, but I couldn't.
What could have happened to me?
The last thing I remembered was that I fell down.
I hit my head on my wardrobe, then on the floor.
I remember Genevieve calling me.
Genevieve.
Where the hell is she?
I have not seen her.
Nobody should blame her.
It was not her fault.
It was my own carelessness.
I Hope she is not in danger.
I hope she is okay.
There is nothing I could not do for her now.
I can't even do anything for myself now.
"Hello everyone." He greeted everyone present in the room.
"How are you Raymond?" Grandma asked.
"Am not good, she still hasn't woken up. How can I be good, my Lady," he said.
"Drop the formalities. You are my future son in law. Eunice will get betrothed to you when she wakes."
'What?'
Am getting betrothed to Raymond?
Never
Over my dead body.
No, I am half dead and half alive.
Over my half alive body.
I do not like him.
I do not love him.
I only just started having feelings for him.
It's not fair.
Why would mom make such a decision without discussing it first with me?
Can't she wait for me to wake first.
"Thank you, my Lady," Raymond replied.
"So, never allow any other man,. whether he is a gentry or not, to take her away from you." Mother instructed him.
"Yes, my Lady," he said to my mom.
"Thank you,my Lady ." He thanked my mom.
"We will come for the arrangements once she wakes," mom informed him.
"Am doing what's best for her. It's for her own good. It hurts me everytime she talks about J.J."
"I would like to meet this legendary crush of hers."
"She can only choose between you and him if he is worth her."
"Only then will he be your rival. Get ready."
"But,"
"If he is not worth her,she will be left with no choice but to marry you."
"Something tells me that he is part of the reason for this evil incident that has fallen on her."
"Honey, that's too harsh," Mike said to mom.
"I know, but that's what is best for her." She replied to him.
"She has to make it, no matter what. I will see to that." Mike assured her.
Are they being serious?
Really?
Seriously?
Do they even care about me?
"Mom?" Called on her mom.
"Yes darling." Replied grandma.
"Help me watch over her. I will be back tomorrow." She said,
I really do not know if that was a request or a command.
"Yes of course. I will always be here for my baby," grandma replied to her daughter.
"Thank you, mother." Mom said and walked out of the room.
And Mark said,
"I will be back soon mother. Elizabeth, Hale and Raymond. Ummm. I will see you guys later. Please watch over my baby girl."
He walked towards me, bent over and kissed my forehead.
I heard his footsteps again, going towards the door. The door creaked open, he walked out, as his footsteps faded.
Lizzy sighed deeply and said,
"Ugh! Thank God."
"What a relief." She added.
"What relief," Raymond asked.
"I was not talking to you," Lizzy said to him.
"Are you still mad at me?" He asked her.
"Yes!"
"Of course I am," she said to him.
"But I have apologized a million times in just a week. I will apologize again. I am sorry," Raymond apologized to Lizzy.
What the hell is he apologizing for?
"Apology?"
"You apologized?"
"Did your stupid one million apologies wake her?"
"You caused this. Hope you know that?" She asked him.
"Yes and I am very sorry about it."
"I deeply regret my actions." He told her.
"I shouldn't have prevented from dancing with him. I was just jealous and stupid." He said to her.
"Trust me Ray. You are still stupid." She said to Raymond.
"She would have been the happiest girl on earth, had it been she danced with him," Lizzy said and gently stroked the back of my palm.
"But because of your stupid greed. That once in a lifetime opportunity slipped past her." She confronted him.
"I will never forgive you if she never wakes up again." She said to him.
"Wait." Grandma said
"Are you the person that prevented her from dancing with J.J?" She asked.
"Yes. He is the one, Nanna." Lizzy said to grandma.
"Why haven't I noticed?" She asked again.
"And you dare come here?"
"How dare you?" Grandma asked Raymond angrily.
"Am sorry, my Lady." Raymond apologized.
"Sorry you say?"
"You are sorry?"
"If you are sorry, wake my baby." She said to him.
"I commit a grave mistake. Please punish me, my Lady." Raymond said to grandma.
"I should punish you?" She asked.
"Yes my Lady," Raymond replied to her.
"How about you tell my daughter that you are not worthy of her daughter?" Grandma said.
"My Lady?" Raymond said.
You can hear it from his voice, he was very shocked.
"Yes. You heard me loud and clear. I will repeat that if you want. I want you to tell my daughter that you are not worthy of being her daughter's fiancé." She said to him.
Thanks grandma.
"My Lady. That is too harsh. I have something else in mind." He said to her.
"Something else?" She asked.
"Yes, my Lady." He said.
"Spill it out," she said.
"I won't"
"No"
"I swear on my late mother's grave that I Raymond Rutherford will allow Eunice to choose and marry whomever she wishes."
"Deal. If you take back your words, I will wed her to J.J myself," she said to him.
"It's fair enough my Lady," he said to her.
"Do not consider yourself my inlaw for now. She has to wake up first and you will have to prove yourself that you are worthy of becoming her fiancé." She said to Raymond.
That's my Nanna.
"Hey girl. I will be twenty tomorrow. I want you to see my new dress," Lizzy said to me.
"Am older than you, but you already have a fiancé without ever having a boyfriend and I am still dating. You promised to wait for me to get married first. Am jealous."
"I can't celebrate my birthday without you. Open your eyes and just say happy birthday in advance. I will be happy if that is all you can say to me."
"I want to hear that from you,"
"Please wake up." She said and started crying again.