My Father's Choice

Epic Turn Around

Olive still stunned by what is before her watched the departing figure leave screaming and crying in her head but still not able to move, she thought in her head; this was the exact departing figure she saw in her dream. Olive could not believe, "no! mum is not dead, this is impossible!" just then Mr Hudson rushed in seeing his wife on the floor. His presence made Olive snap back into reality. Letting out a loud scream like her heart was pulled out of her chest, still pointing at the direction the guy just left. She rushed to the floor where her mum laid slightly pushing her dad. She touched her chest to see if her heart was beating, she put her left ear to her chest in disbelief. There was no heartbeat or pulse. This was definitely not ordinary. The bite cut deep into Mrs Hudson, cutting the vein on her neck area, with blood everywhere. Olive turned to her father giving him the most uncomfortable look ever! "You" she said in her head while looking at her father with disgust and hatred in her eyes. She began to scream at him "is mum dead? why is she not moving, I'll die if she dies, I'll kill myself" Olive said letting out a cry from the deepest part of her heart. Mr Hudson who was confused replied with pity in his eyes, sadness crowning his face, he went close to his daughter " Olive don't say this, your mum is going to be fine. I have called the emergency number and they will be here any second, stop crying Olive". Olive releases herself from his embrace immediately " you liar, she is dead isn't she, how could you, first you said I watched too many movies which was why I had the dream, you didn't believe me. You assured me everything will be fine and now she is dead and you are still lying to me? you are the worst father on earth. I would rather have no father at all than have you." Olive said in pain still sobbing her eyes out. Her mum was gone, just what she feared most on earth losing her loved ones especially her mum. She rushed to the body of her mum, whispering to her ears and crying " I love you, please don't do this, I can't live without you mum, wake up! wake up!" she said while screaming without even realizing she was screaming. Mrs Hudson kept mute at the corner thinking about how Olive lashed out at him. "This is all my fault he thought, why didn't i listen to my daughter, what kind of father am I?" "my wife is dead, my daughter will hate me forever", before he knew it he was shedding tears. Both of them in pain sobbing, when they heard the sound of an ambulance, they rushed in and examined the body confirming she was dead. The covered the body and picked it up, Olive still screaming and following the body " no! don't take her away, mum wake up" she said while holding on to the body. Mr Hudson had nothing to say, he watched and couldn't even do anything. A man held Olive back to let the others do theirs jobs. "Let me go! my mum is there, please I beg you, I want to wake her up" the man looked at Olive with his heart broken as well, oh poor girl he thought "what's you name" he said trying to take her mind off everything. "Olive" she said flatly with tears still rolling down her eyes, knowing fully well if she didn't answer him he won't let her go. He looked like a man who was determined to get things done and he actually got them no matter what. He sat her down on the couch and knelt down in front of her and said "look Olive, I am Mr Smith, I've lost a loved one as well, and me crying didn't change anything. Do you think if she was alive she would like to see you like this?" Mr Smith said. "no" she answered with a little bit of calmness in her voice. "now stop crying Olive, one day you will all be together in heaven, don't you believe that?" " I believe it!" she said wiping her tears away. This gave her hope that no matter how long it would take, she would still be with her mother someday. "Now come let's go talk to your dad". Olive did not want to see his face, the same man that caused all this? Never! in her eyes he was worse than the murderer of her mum. She looked Mr Smith and said "no, I do not want to talk to him, you can go ahead and talk to him but I am not interested" she said turning her head away. Mr Smith did not know what happened between them so he respected her choice and walked forward to speak to Mr Hudson. Good day Sir, I am Mr Smith he said bring his hand forward for a formal handshake. Mr Hudson cleaned up his face quickly and looked at Mr Smith, returning the handshake. "I want to ask you a few questions concerning the accident that took place today" Mr Smith said, I am the popular "Smith da detective" Mr Smith said trying to make Mr Hudson cheer up a bit because his mood was extremely dark. Mr Hudson gave a fake smile. At this point, he didn't care about a well known detective but of course on a good day he will, and this man seemed very friendly but this was not the time for it. Okay Mr Hudson let's get to business, but first I want to ask you a very important question that will determine if I will work on this case. "Will you want this case to be looked at? do you want to find the murderer of your wife? " He looked at Mr Hudson expecting a totally different answer from what he said. "no" Mr Hudson said flatly. " I don't want to find him or her or what, I want to mourn my wife and let her rest in peace ". Olive watching from the corner began to fume with anger "how would he say no, he doesn't want this evil thing to be found?" Mr Hudson continued " I know what killed my wife and I would rather leave it to God" " wow, okay I respect your choice then, I pray God comforts your heart and hears you. This is my card in case you want to talk later. I would take my leave now" Mr Smith said handing the card to Mr Hudson who said nothing but " okay, thank you "

As soon as Mr Smith walks out, Olive walks up to her father " you monster " she said while looking at him from his head to his toes in disgust. " You do not want to find the murderer of my mother, so that justice can prevail, you are wicked". Her father looked at her and put his two hands on her arms " Olive, you know this is not ordinary, we can't investigate something like this, we'll just leave this to God". Olive shook his hands off her arms " so what if it's not ordinary? he must suffer for what he has done." "Olive I agree that he should suffer the consequences but this is extraordinary, how do we start explaining to people that your mother died as a result of a vampire' bite, nobody will believe" Mr Hudson said trying to convince her but it was like nothing worked. She had already began to hate the man " look Mr Martin Hudson I can't even look at you, I hate you! I feel disgusted. You are wicked and you caused all this if only you listened. You laughed at me, calling me crazy now who's crazy, huh? I'm afraid I can't even stay in this house with you anymore. Later I'll be going to Summer's house to stay with her and I do not plan on coming back soon, so when you pick a burial date for mum tell me I'll come and that's it!" Olive said while walking out giving Mr Hudson the worst heartbreak he has ever received. He simply accepted because he agreed that she needed space to heal. Olive went to her room and placed a call to Summer. She told her every single detail that happened and Summer within a glimpse rushed over the Olive's residence. On getting there, she consoled Mr Hudson who was already looking like he was losing his mind. She rushed upstairs to meet her best friend. "Summer" Olive muttered as soon as she saw her. Summer couldn't even say anything looking at her best friend so broken, she reached in for a warm hug, to comfort her. "Let's go, I don't want to talk about it" Olive said pulling out of the hug. " You don't have to be strong alone Olive, I'm here for you" plastering a big smile on her face. " Yes, I know Summer, thank you, can we go already? " Olive said looking anxious to go. " Alright, fine. Let's go" Summer said helping her friend with her things. Olive walked out of the house while Summer said goodbye to Mr Hudson.