A CHRISTMAS GIFTUpdated at Apr 24, 2025, 21:13
Daisy lied on the bed turning towards the open window, letting the soothing sound of the gentle waves calm her mind. She placed her hand on her huge belly and smiled as she thought in her mind, “I am waiting for you two to come to this world my cuties, then, we will go and meet your father! I wonder what he must be doing now! It has been almost seven months now that I have disappeared, did he give up hope to find me? Maybe he has moved on, maybe he has come to terms with my death! Does he miss me? Or has he given my place to someone else already? Oh God! Ryan! Where are you? I miss you husband!”
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Back in Auckland—
“No one can take her place and you better understand that, Mom! If you can’t, then you can return home without me!” Ryan yelled as he banged the glass table with his fist cracking it and cutting his hand in the process. Blood oozed out of his palm.
“Ryan! What is wrong with you! Oh My God! There is so much blood!” Amanda frowned as she quickly dragged Ryan to the Kitchen sink and held his hand under running water.
“Mrs Woodlock! Mrs Woodlock!” Amanda screamed and a woman in her late fifties came running. She stood looking down, “Yes madam!”
“Quickly get me the first aid kit and ask Stanley to call the doctor!” Amanda ordered and Mrs Woodlock who was the new housekeeper left immediately and returned within a few minutes with a big first aid box.
“I don’t need anything! Just leave me alone!” Ryan yelled like a mad animal.
“No! I can’t do that! I am your mother and you are my son! You are behaving like a lunatic Ryan!” Amanda also yelled as loud as Ryan and forced him back to the living room and made him sit on the sofa.
She started to clean Ryan’s wound and wrap a clean bandage around the wound. The bleeding has stopped but the cut was deep.
“You can’t go on doing whatever you want Ryan! You are pushing everyone away! Why? Why are you doing this? I understand that you are hurt, you are sad, you have lost your only love and that is very painful, but you have to let people in your life! We are here to help you Ryan! We are here to attend to your needs, son, talk to us!”
Streams of tears flowed down Amanda’s cheeks and at that time Stanley came in from the outside and spoke in whispers, “The doctor will be here in fifteen minutes.”
“I DON’T NEED A DOCTOR!!! HOW MANY TIMES WILL I HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL? LEAVE ME ALONE!!!” Ryan yelled on top of his voice, clenching his fists.
“Hey man! Calm down! We are just trying to help you!” Stanley mumbled only to earn a glare from Ryan making him recoil in fear.
“Ryan! Stop it now! Enough is enough! If you can’t take care of your needs then we have to do it for you!” Amanda scolded him in a loud and grave voice, glowering at Ryan.
Ryan snapped his head at Amanda and strode to her. He held Amanda’s arms so tightly with his hands, despite the bleeding wound, that Amanda felt a sharp pain in her arms, but she didn’t complain. “You want to take care of my needs??? You want to attend to my needs, Mom?”
“Yes Son!” Amanda placed her right hand palm on Ryan’s cheek and whispered. She could feel his pain as a mother, clearly.
Ryan bent over to bring his face very close to Amanda’s and hissed, “Then bring me my wife Olivia! I need her, now!”