Lisa cried her hearts out, she only stopped for a moment when a little human tugged to hospital dress. She turned to see the little one, her heart stopped to beat for a moment. She hyperventilating, her widened at the sight of the teary eyed Little girl.
Then, she fainted in Robert's arms. Robert didn't understand what happened to his ex-bestfriend. He didn't want to think about the reason they're not in touch.
But, 'what happened to her? Why is she in hospital dress? And why is she crying while hugging me?? Did she missed me that much? No, that's not important now,... Why did she faint?'
He snapped out of his daze, when his daughter cried loudly catching other's attention. He immediately came to his senses, and bought Sarah to casualty. A nurse indentified her as the patient in Room no.201. So , they bought her to her room.
A few hours later,
Lisa woke up with a headache. She was startled when she felt something or someone sleeping next her holding her hands. Then her widened at the sight of her daughter sleeping close to her.
Yes, her daughter, the daughter she gave birth to , the daughter she loved wholeheartedly, the daughter she had waited for to arrive despite her struggles with her emotions and health, the daughter she....abandoned.
The little one was holding her left hand tightly, sleeping adorably. Her little face was stained with tears. As she was observing the little one and patting the little girl's head, everyone inside the room are waiting for her attention.
Lisa ,who was enjoying the warmth of having her daughter near her, turned her head when someone cleared his throat. Then, she saw him and remembered meeting her Berty. And then she remembered something very important,'He is Sarah's crush..??'
She was staring at his while trying to digest the fact. There comes her memory him saying her something about his bestfriend from college. Yes, she is Sarah Jones. Lisa remembered another important thing and shocked.
' He also had a crush on her. But he said, Sarah only saw him as a bestfriend. That's why things didn't work out for them. Now that she know Sarah loved him, what should have happened for them to misunderstanding... Or misleading?'
She composed herself almost immediately and first assured her worried parents, then she turned to look at Robert's face. He was still the same as the one in her memory, but also he feels different. Then she studied his face, he was also looking at her. She saw je had dark circles under his eyes, he looked somewhat tired.
Robert decided to broke the silence, " How do you feel now, Sarah?"
"Feeling better, Robby" said Sarah while smiling brightly at him.
Her parents were relieved to see their daughter smiling at her friend.
Robert wants to ask to her about her calling him ' Berty', but he decided against it.... for now. She was calling him Robby again, just like in old times.
" I'm sorry, my daughter made you fell down. She also feels sorry to you that she refused to leave your side until you are awake. She wants to see you're alright. She cried a lot and then fell asleep. Aunty placed her in the bed near you. I hope you don't mind" ,Robert said.
"I don't mind, Robby. I'm glad you are here with your daughter" Sarah silently added 'our daughter '.
Then she asked, "when did you get married?"
She know she asked the wrong question when she saw his face fell and a sad smile appeared on his face.
Sarah's father who knows the story his daughter was unaware of, decided to intervene and said, "Robert ,have lunch with us with your daughter before you leave "
"Uncle, I'm sorry but I've to leave soon as I've a flight scheduled at late noon. We came here to meet my friend in the hospital, we're going back to Summer city today",said Robert.
"Oh, is that so", Mrs. Jones was reluctant for him and his daughter to leave. She wants them to stay some more time as she saw her daughter's mood is improved after seeing them.
"What's her name?", Lisa asked while looking at her daughter.
"Rosa Robinson aka Rosy", Robert mentioned.
Lisa was shocked and happy he named their daughter according to her wish.
"Rosa.." Lisa murmured and asked, "Can't you stay a little longer, Robby" while watching the sleeping Rosa lovingly.
"I'm sorry,Sarah. We've to leave soon", Robert said.
Lisa didn't say anything and think about something and said, "Mommy, Daddy, I want to talk to Robby alone".
Mr.Jones hesitated, but Mrs. Jones dragged him outside closing the door behind them giving them space to talk.
They've been watching each other silently. Robert decided to broke the silence, "What do you want to talk about?"
"This is how you talk to your bestfriend??" Lisa said and without waiting for him to say anything she dropped the bomb saying,
"Can we get married, Robby".
Robert was shocked by her question and didn't know what to say, his mind was blank. Meanwhile, her eavesdropping parents are also equally shocked by her decision. But Lisa was unfazed and determined to do something her past self can't do.
"I will be brave and truthful to you, Berty'... And one day, I'll tell you that I'm Lisa Wood, the woman who broke your heart and left you alone in this world with your daughter ' Lisa silently promised to herself.