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BY RUTHIE LEE đž đž
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FINAL EPISODE
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Tinaâs mom, or should I say my âAuntâ walked in front of me with a relaxed face showing no emotion and the sound of her heels cl!çk!ng the floor was ma-king me feel uncomfortable.
âRoseâŠâ she smiled at me.
âAuntâŠâ I called.
âI heard⊠Youâve gotten your memories back.â she tried to smile but smiling isnât really her thing.
âYeahâŠâ I nodded staring straight at her.
We both held a strong eye contact and she sighed,
âHenry!â my aunt called and Henry turned to her.
âYeah?â Henry said.
âCan⊠Can you give me, give me and Rose a moment,â.
âUh⊠Yeah, sure!â Henry said, stood up and walked out the door.
âRoseâŠâ My Aunt walked closer to me. She glanced back at the door then at me.
âI know you think Iâm a bad person now but Rose, let me explain!â.
âAunt⊠Congratulations! That is supposed to be the first word you tell me for recalling my memories, Not let me explain⊠Explain what? Did you do something wrong?â recalling my memories, I noticed I was not a calm person. But the h0t tempered and always yelling type.
She sighed. âCongratulations!â
âThank you!â I shook my head negatively.
âOkay now let me explain!â.
âExplain what? Aunt⊠i donât un-derstand, did you do anything wrong?â I was pla-ying dumb. What she did triggered my heart like so mad.
Thinking about it is ma-king my heart ache and ma-king me want to cry.
âBut I thought you remembered everything!..
She was confused.
âi do remember everything, but not the p@rt about you trying to take joy away from me!â I said and she sadly bent her head.
âIâm sorry Rose.â She apologized.
âWell an apology is just what I nee-d because the past is in the past, but yet why do I feel like screaming at the t©p of my lungs, my heart aches thinking about that day aunt, Even though you apologise nothing is going to change, well thank God joy is alive. ButâŠ
My voice faded as tears starts to make its way to my eyes.
âRose. I can explain!â my aunt moved closer trying to take my hands. But I jÂŁrked them back immediately.
I was now yelling. âWhat point are you trying to explain? Explain what? What? You took joy from me, locked me in my room and tried to sell her off in an orphanage, okay fine., Tina managed to help me out of the room and I found you giving my baby to a woman downstairs, taking a sum of money from me, you st©pped me from getting my baby and letting the woman take joy away in front of me.. â I was now crying. âAnd then you pushed me and told me to go get some sleep that youâve taken my pain away, and who told you joy was my pain? Joy was my happiness⊠I never felt happier, You didnât care about my feelings, or how I felt you just took joy from me, your actions were inhuman. You tried to st©p me from going after the woman, but I did not give, I did what I had to do⊠going after the woman with your car⊠and now the last thing I remembered is waking up here after that incident, Why⊠WhyWhy did you have to do that? â.
âi am so sorry Rose!â her voice was breaking. âYou were just seventeen, you were too youngâ.
âBut then I gave birth to joy safetly,â I rolled my teary eyes.
âYes but, Taking care of a child is a big responsibility andâ
âA big responsibility, a big step I was willing to take, you didnât even want to try.â my tears dropped.
âI know, And Iâm feeling sorry about it RoseâŠâ
âYouâre feeling sorry, after you sold not my child, which led me into an accident and then comatose for three years, Why didnât you feel sorry for me before all these happened, why didnât you just let me have joy! Why do you hate me so much aunt!â.
A tear dropped my my auntâs eye. âDonât say that Rose, I donât hate you!â.
âYou do hate me, the way you treat Tina, is not the way you treat me, Iâm thankful for the fact that I have a roof un-der my head since my Mom abandoned me with you, And I remember every single days with you Aunt, you hate the fact that I live with you and Tina, and then being pregnant you couldnât wait to get rid of my child because you were getting sick of me and now thereâs going to be two of us, if you hate me so much why didnât you just tell me to leave⊠I wouldnât mind living in the streets with joy, My mom abandoned me, you always tell me how much she hates me, and how she left me, and then I suddenly had a child, a child whom I can never abandon and yet you wanted to abandon her for me⊠If I hadnât gotten into an accident, you wouldnât have gotten joy back would you?â
I sighed and cleaned my tears, cause she was just staring at me and not answering.
âAunt⊠My mom doesnât love me, You donât love me, not even one bit, But donât think I am not going to love my child, and now because of what you did, I didnât get to spend three years of my childâs life she doesnât even know Iâm her momâŠâ I cried remembering how joy stared at me like a stranger.
I buried my face on my palm and cried even more, itâs hurting, I know itâs all in the past, I know I prayed for my memories to be back, but somehow I wish I didnât because now remembering the day of my incident itâs hurting, my che-st feels clogged and my heart is all heavy.
I brushed my hands across my face wiping my tears and opening my eyes only for me to see my aunt, beside my be-d and on her knees.
Well I was shocked, but not too much. I deserve more than a knee apology.
My aunt gr@bbÂŁd my hand. âRose⊠I Am a monster. And everyone knows that, I am so sorry for what I did and I will keep telling you sorry until you forgive me, Iâve been a bad aunt to you and now I am very sorry!â
âOh now, youâre feeling guiltyâ? I scoffed.
âYes I feel so guilty I feel like dying, Rose, I am so sorry⊠You donât know this but I love you so much, I mean who wouldnât love you, youâre beautiful, kind, sweet and br@ve, I gave you the name Rose because of the character you exhibited, your mom just called you any random name, but immediately you stepped in my house, I gave you Rose, And⊠I donât know why Iâm always being ha-rd on you, Rose, Iâm so sorryâŠ. I Am very Rose, if thereâs any way I can make it up to you, tell me, I am deadly sorry!â My aunt cried and her tears affected mine that they fell like rain. She canât possibly to anything, I mean Iâm alive, joy is alive and with Henry. The man I love. So whatâs there for her to do, to make it up, for selling my child in the first place and ma-king me land into an accident and then, coma.
âThere is one thing you could do!â I sniffed cleaning my tears⊠My aunt eyes watched mine, waiting for me to tell her the condition.
âTell meâ she said impatiently.. âTell me anything and Iâll make it up to you!â.
âYou donât have to do much. Just love me aunt!â I said and her eyes soften, she suddenly closed her eyes and tears fell like rain.
She quic-kly sprung up and hvgged meâŠ. âOh rose!â
My aunt cried, cried on my shoulder, for a very long timeâŠ.
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It was nighttime, after ma-king up with my aunt, she left, for her business⊠Eating Dinner on the hospital be-d with Henry and Tina, it felt like old times cause now I feel so alive with them beside me and we talked like never before. And then Aaron c@mÂŁ with good news, he said Iâll be discharged tomorrow.
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âOkay then Iâll be leaving now since you donât want me but Henry to stay!â Tina said with a fake pout.
âSorry!â I shrugged with a laugh.
âItâs okay⊠Since your memories are back, Henry had clouded your thoughts again.. Ugh youâre so obvious.â Tina rolled her eyes as she walked out of the VIP room ma-king me laugh.
And that night I couldnât wait for tomorrow to come, I couldnât even sleep.
âYou know, you have to sleepâ Henry said.
I sighed âI know Iâm trying!â
âGuess you must be so excited right?â Henry poked my nose.
âYou would never Imagine.â I smiled at him.
âOkay, Iâll make you fall asleep, do you want to hear a story?â Henry said.
âGood⊠I love stories, tell me real life stories make up stories are boring!â I rolled my eyes.
Henry giggled a little. âUhm okay⊠So This story is called, kindnessâŠ!â
âKindess.. What kind of lame name is that?â I laughed.
âShh⊠Just listen, itâs about our young doctor Aaron!â Henry said and I kept quiet immediately, what about Aaron?.
Henry began âSo after your incident, you lost a lot of blood before getting to the hospital, you were rushed to the ICU room and we were all called here, they immediately nee-ded to do a blood transfusion but your aunt didnât want them to get any random bags and push the blood inside of you cause maybe she thinks some of the hospital bloods are gotten from animals!â Henry st©pped to laugh.
And then Continued.
âWe all had our bloods checked and none of them matched with yours, I was like so sad, we all were, Aaron who was wondering about with some older doctor was brou-ght to the ward you were in and when he learned about your case, he told the doctors his blood type matched yours and he would like to have them transfer from his to yours!. One of the doctor tried to tell his father about the situation but he pleaded for the blood transfusion to be done secretly, and it was, and he saved a life, a saved your life.â Henry smiled.
âWait⊠Like I was, a total stranger to him, but he just offered to help me.?â I asked.
âYeah..â Henry nodded.
âWowâŠâ I sighed, âThat is so nice of him.â
âAnd you know whatâs funny??â Henry smiled.
âWhat?â
âHe pas-sed out after seeing his own blood in a bag!â Henry laughed.
âHow can a doctor pas-s out seeing blood?â I smiled.
Suddenly I remembered him saying he isnât a doctor.
âYep now go to sleep!â Henry said moving the blanket over my b©dy.
âWell the storyâs tou-ching but isnât ma-king me sleepy!â I smiled.
âOkay⊠Iâm out of storiesâ Henry sighed.
âTell me⊠About Joy..!â I said.
âOur daughter?â
âYeah⊠Who else!â I scoffed.
âUhm okay..!â Henry said and started to talk about joy.
He talked about her likes and dislikes and I enjoyed all. And before I knew it I was fast asleep
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It was morning, my eyes fluttered open and I smiled, Finally Iâll be getting discharged Today,
âYouâre awake!â I heard Tinaâs voice.
I looked around and then looked at her.
âWhereâs Henry?â I asked.
âthatâs rude. You woke up and the first person you ask of is Henry.â she rolled her eyes.
âTch.â I scoffed and smiledâŠ
âAnyways I sÂŁnt him home, Cause Iâll be the one taking you home today, heâs been here for too long, he has to go freshen up and besides youâll be going him soon!â Tina said and I nodded with a sigh.
That morning without the help of Tina, I freshened up and ate. I was doing better and I was happy, I got a morning sh0t, and I get to dress in normal casual clothes. Not hospital dresses.
Tina c@mÂŁ telling me to get re-ady, and then she starts to help me pack my things while I just watched.
After helping me with my stuff she helped me pack my hair up and told me to wait that Iâll be getting some thing from Aaron and She called Henry too, to get a car re-ady.
Henry c@mÂŁ but didnât come to the ward but stayed down and told Tina to get my stuff down and in the car.
Immediately Tina walked out Aaron walked in.
âRoseâŠâ he called and I smiled and stood up. âDoctor Aaron.â I smiled backâŠ
âGood to see you looking healthy and different!â Aaron said.
âYeah⊠Thank you!â I said. He dropped his cli-pboard and stretched his hand forward to reveal a paper bag in front of my eyes.
âHere, these are your home pills. Youâre all better but you nee-d to take this to feel âmuch betterâ there are instructions inside.â Aaron explained and I took the paper bag from him. âThanksâ I said.
âItâs okay! Have a nice life Rose.â Aaron said wanting to walk away when I st©pped him.
âYes Rose?â his eyebrows were arched.
âi want to thank you..
âFor what?â.
âFrom Henry⊠I heard about the blood transfusion you did three years ago!â I explained.
âOh that! I almost forgot about that. Well thatâs nothing, You donât nee-d to thank me, you were an O positive and so was I. So why not give? Itâs not a big dealâ Aaron smiled.
âIt is a big deal. So thank you once again.!â
He laughed briefly. âOkay I accept your thanks if itâs a big deal.. To you⊠But in life, life is all about giving, thatâs all, I had to take a chance and did that blood transfusion, cause I wanted to give⊠cause life is all about giving not recieveing, I was proud of myself when I saw my blood being taken out of my b©dy, I was strong and proud, but then again I was hemophobic, I couldnât stand the sight I pas-sed out. â Aaron said with a chuckle. âThatâs why I canât be a doctor, no doctor is afraid of bloodâ.
I laughed too cause Henry told me about how he pas-sed out.
âAnyways Have a great day Rose, happy recovery and merry Christmas in advance!â Aaron smiled before walking out ward.
I heard Tinaâs voice suddenly apologizing for bu-mping into Aaron.
âOkay Rose, come out! Henry and I got the car set, waiting for you!â Tina Said from the door. And after one glance of the room I walked out of the room.
Tina and I made it out of the hvge hospital and I smiled when I saw the sky, houses, people and felt the smooth wind on my skin.
I felt so alive.
I got into the car with Henry and Tina and he drove us âhomeâ.
From what I saw my house wasnât the same from my memory, so Tina explained.
She said her mom bought a different house from the one she was staying, and this one was just for Henry, Joy and I.
Sheâs feeling so guilty, sheâs doing things I donât want her to do.
I got into the house and it was warm and welcoming.
âWhere is joy!â was the first question I asked.
âSheâs upstairs slee-ping!â Henry said.
âDo you want me to show you around?â Tina asked.
âNo. She nee-ds to rest!â Henry said taking my hand.
âNo⊠Iâve been resting too much, Iâm home now, I nee-d to live like a real person.â I said and Tina giggled while we both linked arms and walked around the house.
It felt like nothing happened and I was happened.
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I heard voices talking to themselves in whispers. And all of a sudden their loud voices yelled.
âMERRY CHRISTMAS!â I sighed and opened my eyes.
âSeriously Henry!â I opened my eyes and turned to the side of my be-d to see Henry grinning at me.
âWhat?â he asked.
âWaking me up by yelling, is so not how I spend Christmas morning.â I said sitting up and gr-abbing joy, who was at the other side of the be-d.
âAnd youâŠâ I said to her.
âBut itâs Christmas mowninâ joy said happily.
âYou mean âChristmas morning.â I laughed correcting her childish ton-gue.
âAnd mommy, daddy said itâs my birthdayâ She grinned.
âYeah⊠itâs your birthday and itâs Christmas arenât you one lucky girl, what are we waiting for⊠Letâs go freshen up and have our hairs done. Itâs a big day!â I said coming down from the be-d with joy.
âSo why you girls have fun at the spa or wherever youâre headed too. What am I supposed to do?â Henry asked.
âTinaâs going to be here any minute. plea-se just help her set up the decorations we bought for Christmas and for joyâs birthday! Thank you!â I said and gave him a pe-ck on the cheeks.
âCâmon joyâ I said and we both walked out of the room.
Living with Henry and Joy for the past three weeks was like everything Iâve ever dreamed of, joy moved on quic-kly and in two days I was alre-ady knows as mom. I was so happy and now she never gets of my sight⊠I love her so much.
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That night, Henry, Joy, Tina my aunt and I celebr@ted Christmas and Joyâs birthday, we were all happy and it felt like nothing had changed, I was happyâŠ
Who would have thought⊠i would be this happy, who would have thought I would have woken up from my comatose. And suddenly it felt like I didnât fall into coma, cause as I spent time with my family, the warmth covered up the three years I missed out on my life.
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Thank you all for re-ading⊠đ A short story without cli-max⊠đ done. Really⊠Thank u all for re-ading. Till we meet again.
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