*LORENZO*
She walked up to the bed.
"Mommy said you’re awake now, you’ve been out for four days"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, how are you feeling?" She asked.
"Not good, I don’t even know how I can eat by myself"
"Don’t worry, you’ll get better soon.” She replied, sweetly.
I couldn’t help but smile...I wish her mother was like her.
And then the little girl started telling about her friend who almost died from a car accident but was now perfectly okay.
Well, she was using that to motivate but I was too hungry to be motivated at the mont.
My stomach grumbled again.
"Oh I’ll feed you.” She offered.
Thank God.
She took the plate and sat down close to on the bed, then she started feeding .
I couldn’t be more happy as food filled my system.
"I’m Lucia but people call Lucy, what’s your na?"
"I don’t know.” I replied, pathetically.
She gasped. “You don’t know your own na?"
"No...I an...yes..."
God!
Can we just stop talking and go back to feeding?
"It’s...I think I’ve lost the mories of myself...I can’t rember anything."
"Oh, there’s that word for it, I think, Anne...not Anne...amne... anyway... don’t worry, you’ll get better soon...there was this friend of mine...”
And then she started telling about another friend of hers who suffered from amnesia but now, he had regained all his mories.
Now I was starting to think she was lying to make feel better.
I an, do all her friends always experience bad things?
She continued feeding , talking her way through but I didn’t speak any more, I just wanted to eat.
When we were done, she gave water to drink and I felt a bit sane.
"What’s your mother’s na?" I asked her.
"Danica." She replied.
Danica.
Danica.
That na suddenly filled my soul with sothing I couldn’t describe.
It felt so strongly familiar.
But she said we’ve never t before.
Or maybe I knew of another person nad Danica that I couldn’t rember?
Her na was so beautiful though.
I wish her behaviour towards could be beautiful as well.
"What are you doing here, Lucy?"
I frozed, hearing her voice.
Lucy stood up from the bed.
"I wanted to see how he’s doing"
She glanced at the empty plate.
"Don’t tell you fed him?"
Lucy nodded.
Danica sighed."Go to your room"
"Mommy..."
"Now!"
Lucy nodded and hurried off.
"Are you trying to turn my daughter into your maid or sothing?”
"No...she was only helping . Clearly, you can see that I can’t even sit up."
"You could have tried to, you were just being simply lazy...next ti, don’t make her feed you.” She warned, harshly.
“If all helpers were like you, I’m sure no one would want to be helped.” I grumbled.
She snickered, darkly. “Are you being ungrateful right now? I saved your fucking life! I’ve already done enough."
"Are you sure you only just t for the first ti at the beach?"
She looked uneasy for a while.
"Of...of..course...why would you think otherwise?"
"I don’t understand the way you look and speak to ...it’s as if you want to kill ... I’m grateful that you saved but why the hate, Danica?"
She moved closer to .
"How do you know my na?"
"Your daughter told "
Was it also a cri to know her na?
"You don’t have the permission to call by my na, you will address as ma’am, understood?"
I felt suffocated. “Yes"
She lifted up her brow and I added. “Ma’am."
"Good. Now, start working up the energy to leave my house tomorrow, I’ve helped you enough." With that, she walked off.
I shut my eyes.
Where was I going to go to tomorrow?
*************
*DANICA*
I hadn’t really ant to hide the fact that I know who he was.
I thought when he woke up and saw who had saved him.
He would simply thank and then leave. Then we’d be back to living our lives far away from each other.
But when he suddenly didn’t rember anything, I realized that if I told him who he was, I was also going to explain who I was to him.
A cleaner who he had helped seven years ago and we fell in love, or at least I thought we were in love.
But then one day, he ca ho and tossed out like trash. I didn’t want to relive those mories. Plus, I also didn’t want him to connect the dots and realize that Lucy was his child.
Him and I were from different worlds and our worlds needed to stay different or else, I’d just be headed to a heartbreak part 2.
I didn’t need him in my life at all. Lucy and I were better off without him.
I wanted him to leave, asap.
I had already done enough good for that man.
Or was I going too far?
He was still barely healing and weak.
Or should I tell him he was part of the Moretti family, maybe find a way to reach out to his family so they could co get him.
What if his mother cos?
What if she still rembers my face?
She might think this was all my doing.
Afterall, it was still a wonder to how I could run into him this way after seven years.
I honestly didn’t want any problems in my life right now.
I should just kick him out and let him figure out his next steps himself!
*********
I gave him until the evening of the following day to work up so energy and leave.
And then, I stord into my bedroom.
He looked scared to see .
Yeah, he sure knew he was going out today.
"Get up.”I ordered.
"Danica...sorry, ma’am...I..."
Not waiting for him to finish, I walked up to him and helped him to get up from the bed.
"Ow! arh...you’re hurting , lady"
"I’m sure you must have hurt a lot of people.” I retorted.
"You don’t know that...oh please...I just wanna lie down.”
I moved, supporting his weight, he couldn’t struggle with even if he wanted to because he would hurt himself even more.
He only kept pleading with but I paid no mind to it.
He was here to shake the perfectly normal life I had built for myself and my child, I couldn’t let that happen.
"Are you taking him to the hospital, mommy?" Lucy asked when I got to the living room.
"Yes..."
"No, your mother is kicking out.” Lorenzo announced.
Lucy’s eyes widened. “Mom!" She exclaid.
I glared at him.
I felt like literally kicking him right now.
I continued staggering with him to the door as Lucy hovered around , pleading for his case.
I dropped him at the front of my house.
He sat on the ground and rested his back on the wall breathing heavily.
And then I slamd the door shut.
"Mommy, you can’t leave him there"
"I can. He’s not my responsibility."
"But you always tell to be nice to people"
"Well, I’ve done enough for him."
With that, I locked all the doors in my house so she wouldn’t go out to et him.
I went back to my bedroom to tidy it up.
To hell with him.
The rains started falling.
Damn.
Everything was against him today.
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