#WHEN_LOVE_JUST_HAPPENS
EPISODE 10
It’s been 2days and Jeffery has not shown any sign of improvement; he was still in coma.
Jane found herself thinking more about him daily. She decided to constantly pray for him.
”Jane you have to st©p worrying he will be fine”
They just got back from church service and throu-ghout the service all Jane could think about was Jeffery. She tried her best to concentrate on what the pastor was preaching; she heard some and others were not heard.
”I know, it’s just that ever since he was hospitalised; he is all I think about. What if he doesn’t come out of coma, what if he dies?”
”God forbids, st©p saying such thing Jane”
”Sorry”
Truth be told Amaka has thought about this herself, but she can’t tell Jane that. She really prays he comes out of coma. She might not have known him much; but she does know he is a good guy who deserves a chance to live.
”How about we go visit him in the hospital?”
”I don’t think we will be allowed to see him, only family members are allowed to visit”
”Remember you said his mom met you at the hospital? I’m sure she would allow you see him even if it’s just for few minutes”
”I really don’t think so”
”Let’s just try first”
Thirty minutes later they where in the hospital where Jeffery was admited. It was a big pri-vate hospital in Victoria Island; most times when a patient’s case is becoming too difficult to handle they fly him/her to one of their sister hospitals in Hawaii. Jane is hoping Jeffery’s case will not be one of those cases.
When they got to the reception, Jane walked up to a nurse who was at the reception desk.
”Good afternoon ma, we are here to see a patient”
”Name of patient?”
”Jeffery Ademola”
”May I know your relationsh!pwitn the patient?”
”Actually we are…”
”Jane, you c@m£”
Jane turned to see Mrs Ademola Jeffery’s mom walking towards them. They had spoken for a few minutes when she was told Jane was with her son when he collasped and she had taken a liking to the young lady. Especially the way she kept telling her not to worry that her son will be fine.
”Yes ma, good afternoon ma.
”Good afternoon my dear, how are you?”
”I’m fine thank you, I and my roommate decided to come see Jeffery”
”Good afternoon ma” Amaka greeted.
”How are you my dear? You ladies are welcome I could actually use some company, come let me show you to his ward.”
Jane could see Mrs Ademola was trying her best to be strong. She has aged so significantly within these few days. She had eye bags un-derneath her eye; signs of lack of sleep.
When they got to Jeffery’s pri-vate ward, Jane had to hold herself from crying. She couldn’t believe it’s same person who was full of life days ago that’s for life.
”The doctor said hopefully he would come out of coma soon, his br@in activity shows he is determined to survive”
”He will definitely come out of this ma”
”You know there was a time when all I wanted was for him to get married; but right now all I want is for him to wake up”
Jane really wanted to hvg the woman and as-sure her everything will be fine.
”He will surely wake up from this”
This time it was Amaka who spoke
”I was going down to the cafeterria to get some coffee when you c@m£ in; plea-se join me”
Thirty minutes later at the cafeteria they have had a cu-p of coffee each and even convinced Mrs Ademola to eat something. Amaka and Jane have been cracking the woman up with their jokes and funny stories. For a moment she had forgotten about her troubles.
”You girls are two peas in pod, I can’t believe you both experienced such things”
”Mom I have been looking all over the place for you”
They turned to see Erica, Jeffery’s elder sister walking towards their table. She is a beautiful lady in her early thirties, she had a close resemblane to her mom. She was carrying a little boy who looked like he would rather be somewhere else but his mother’s arms.
”Sorry my darling I decided to come get something to eat like you adviced”
”I’m glad you did, where is Dad?”
”I finally convinced him to go home and take a shower, that man was begining to stink”
”Mom…?”
They all bur-st into laughter, she was glad to see her mother smile again even if it was for a short period. Mrs Ademola introduced Jane and Amaka to her daughter and grandson.
By evening Jane and Amaka decided to leave so they could go prepare for work the next day.
”Thank you so much for coming, plea-se I would love to have you visit me again if you don’t mind?”
”Not a problem ma; we would always st©p by to check on you” Jane said.
As they were about leaving a nurse rushed in to call Mrs Ademola.
”The doctor wants to see you, your son has come out of coma, plea-se come with me”
They all went with the nurse, when they got to Jeffery’s pri-vate ward, the doctor and some nurses were attending to him so they had to wait outside.
Thirty minutes later the doctor c@m£ out of the ward.
”I’m sorry Mrs Ademola he had a rel@pse”
”What does that even mean? You just told us yourself that he was out of coma?”
Mrs Ademola was becoming agitated, a while ago one of the nurses rushed into inform them at the cafeteria that Jeffery was out of coma. And now the doctor is saying he had a relaspe. Are they trying to toil with her emotions?
”Mom you nee-d to calm down, let the doctor finish”
“Ma’am, what I mean is; he c@m£ out of coma only for a few minutes and then went back to coma, but his vitals are showing signs of improvement meaning he will be out of it soon”
Mrs Ademola said nothing in return, she only nodded her head and sat down on the chair besides Jeffery’s hospital be-d.
It breaks the heart of her daughter Erica to see their mother like that. If only there was something she could do to wake Jeffery up so they could put these past few days behind them alre-ady.
”Thank you doctor”
”You are welcome, I will be in my office”
They all stood silent, four of them stood staring at Jeffery as if trying to magically wake him up.
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Jane decided to go see Jeffery at the hospital, it was alre-ady one week after he woke up and went back into coma. She made it a point of duty to always drop by the hospital every evening on her way back from work. Herself and Jeffery’s mother have become friends since herself and Amaka visited her. Since then she always requests Jane come keep her company in the hospital.
When Jane got to the hospital she met Jeffery’s sister Erica at the enterance.
”Hello Jane, how are you doing?”
”I’m fine and how are you?”
”I’m okay, my mother told me of how you have been coming to keep her company, thanks alot”
”You are welcome, are you leaving?”
”Yes I nee-d to run some errands but I will be back soon, my mom is inside”
Jane walked into Jeffery’s pri-vate ward and saw his mother sitted by his be-dside completely staring into space. She has really aged more these past week. And so has his father, the last time Jane saw him she could tell he was really trying ha-rd to be strong for his family.
”Jane my darling you are here alre-ady come sit with me”
”Good afternoon ma”
”Good afternoon my darling, how has your day been?”
”Fine ma, any improvement yet?”
”No, still same”
They both sat down none saying anything, each with their own thoughts.
”So tell me Jane where do your parent’s live? I have never heard you talk about them, you only talk about your elder sister”
Jane kept quiet, she rarely talked about her parents because talking about them always made her cry.
”Jane are you okay?”
”Yes I’m fine”
”I’m sorry if I struck a nerve, I just…”
”No it’s fine you don’t have to apologise, my parents are dead”
”I’m sorry dear, what happened to them?”
”They died in a ghastly motor accident three years ago”
”So sorry my darling, I never knew”
”It’s fine ma”
”Do you nee-d a hvg?”
”I would really love that ma”
Jeffery’s mother embr@ced her in a ti-ght hvg, for a moment Jane felt at peace. When her mother was alive she always gave Jane a hvg when she was going throu-gh difficult times. She really misses her mother’s hvg, so when Jeffery’s mother offered her a hvg, she couldn’t refuse it.
”Thanks you ma, I really nee-ded that”
”You are welcome my darling, it’s the least I could do”
The woman’s heart went out to Jane, she knows what is like to lose one’s parents. she lost her’s when she was in secondary school.
It wasn’t easy growing up without her parents. She remembered all the things she suffered in the hands of her wicked uncles who hijacked all of her father’s properties, claiming she was a female and didn’t have any right to l@yclaims to her father’s properties. She was an only child of her parents and her father’s family didn’t value the girl child.
If not for her mother’s relatives who took her in and trained her, maybe she wouldn’t have finished her secondary education talk more of earning a degree. She made up her mind to help Jane in any way she could.
“My dear, you mind staying with Jeffery while I go use the restroom?”
She wasn’t becoming a bit emotional so she nee-ded sometime alone
“No problem ma”
When she left, Jane took her chair closer to Jeffery’s be-d. He still looked handsome even in coma. Jane thought she saw him blink but when she looked closer his eye lids were perfectly closed.
“Hey, I don’t know if you can hear me, but I’m going to talk anyway; it’s been almost two weeks now, you have to wake up, I nee-d you to fight, plea-se don’t give up, your loved ones nee-d you, we all nee-d you, I know it might sound weird but I nee-d you to wake up. I promise not to avoid you, I promise to grant anything you ask of me, though it has to be within my power”
She really doesn’t know what she is doing, she just wants him to wake up, seeing lying on unconscious breaks heart.
“Will you go out on a d@t£ with me then?”
Jane paused and turned to see Jeffery lying awake on the hospital be-d, with a weak smile on his face.
“Oh my God, Jeff you are awake I nee-d to call the doctor”
Jane quic-kly pressed the Bell on the wall which they use in calling the doctor or nurses in the ward.
“Jeff? Hmmm I like it”
To be honest Jane didn’t know why she called him Jeff instead of Jeffery. She really didn’t care at this point all that matters is that he is out of coma.
“I’m glad you still have your s-en-se of humor, let me go get your mom”
Few hours later Jeffery’s ward was filled with his family members, the doctor had examined him and he said he was to remain in the hospital while they run more tests on him, finish his treatment.
His mother sat down by his be-dside holding his right hand, she was afraid he might go back to coma like he did the last time. So she decided to keep a close watch on him.
“Mom I’m okay, you don’t have to keep squee-zing my hands”
He said smiling at her. His father stood by his wife observing Jeffery too. It was as if they were all keeping a close watch on him to prevent him from going into coma again.
His friends Dele and Michael were at the hospital too, ever since he was in coma, they have been coming to see him.
“Guy come you make us fear oo” Dele said to Jeffery
“I tell you, I can’t remember the last time I went to church but when I saw you in coma I had to fast and pray” Michael said
This made them all bur-st into laughter.
One of the nurses c@m£ into his ward and told them they had to leave so Jeffery can rest.
“Can Jane stay with me a little bit?”
His request made everyone turn to look at him. His mother has been planning on a way to matchmake both of them, but as it is she might not nee-d to do that anymore.
Jeffery wanted to spend more time with her alone, she was the last person he thought of before going into coma and the first when he woke up. But seeing his family and friends all looking at him inquisitively, he felt like a teenager, so quic-kly switched.
“I nee-d to ask her a few questions since she was the person with me before I went into coma”
“Mr Jeffery, you nee-d to rest”
“I know, I promise she will be here for a short while”
“Alright, I will be back in 15 minutes”
The nurse and every other person left the room including his mom who win-ked at him before leaving.
Jeffery turned to Jane who kept looking at every other thing in the room but his face.
“plea-se look at me”
In response she looked downwards, staring at her shoes.
“Jane look at me plea-se”
“I really don’t un-derstand why you asked me to stay behind Mr Jeffery”
“Are we back to that now, what happened to Jeff?”
“I….. Uhmm… That was a mistake”
“Then make the mistake again, I love that p@rticular mistake”
WATCHOUT FOR EPISODE 11