At last , Mami

Chapter 9

At last , Mami

Before the nurses left , they turned back to the man with the mysterious aura in the ward .I could feel the coldness that he radiated . He had almost reached my bed. He turned to look back at the nurses swiftly.

"Greetings ,Mr Quinn ", The nurses greeted the man in awkward unison . They had a slight shyness to their tones which was no secret . They were obvious trying to let him know . They were flirting , seeking for his attention .

They so lack shame ! Yet they call me pathetic.

'Disgusting', I thought ,sympathizing with myself for the insult they had made on me earlier .

"Greetings ", the strange man responded formally and concisely with his electrifying voice . He seemed unmoved by the nurses' henous gesture .He did not fall for it. His "greeting" , radiated overbearing power. I could tell he was not much of a talker , he was a man of very few words . Those bimbos must be speechless now ,very embarrassed.

"Please inform Dr Douglas that I have come to take my wife with me ", He declared sharply , his voice as magnetic as earlier . He turned away from the nurses and made a few steps closer to me.

"Yes sir ", the nurses were quick to answer in unison , somehow fright-striken . They rushed away , leaving my still body on the bed and Mr Quinn with me , alone. There was a long and fat awkward silence .

'Those nurses just got another thing to gossip about . That's you , Mr Quinn ' I laughed to myself .

Something must have been off about him . He must have been out of his mind . He is claiming to be my husband. He must be trying to fool everyone or something .We both know that we never got married and I am not his wife. I certainly do not have a memory of myself getting married to any man . I had never gone out of the house until the day I had fled , three years ago . Hence I refuse to be taken to some stranger's house or wherever he wishes to take me .

All I have to do now is to calm down , open my orbs and deny his allegation. He cannot be making a fool out of so many people .Maybe he is a fraudster or a trafficker , only he knows what he is .I try to open my eyes but I cannot even lift one of my eyelids . None of my body parts ; arms or legs seem functional. I am as still as ever .My efforts are to no avail .

My eyelids seem to have turned to stone , they are weighing on my eyeballs . The slight efforts I had made have made me quite drowsy. I feel tired suddenly . I do not understand what is wrong .This is the first time I am feeling so strange .I had never lost much control over my body before .

Since I have been out of the coma , am I not supposed to awaken already ?I can clearly hear what everyone is saying but I cannot get myself to reply them.

I can feel Mr Quinn's gaze , it is digging holes on my skin . I feel the urge to slap him , maybe he will stop starring .Starring for too long is disrespectful . I cannot begin to imagine what he must be thinking ,just glaring at me .Maybe he has made plans to take me for some human sacrifice-thingy. He is deep in his thoughts . The gaze remains intense , he probably has not blinked .

Some time later , Dr Douglas comes in. I can recognise his footsteps even while sleeping , that sprinter .He is always on time with his notepad on hand ,as if he was born with it . He took his time , it is unusual of him .

'Maybe he took notes with his pad while he was still in the womb , one may never know ', I thought to myself , teasing Dr Douglas in my thoughts .

He is efficient and that makes him who he is as a splendid doc.

"Greetings Dr Douglas ", Mr Quinn moves the stool he was sitting on outwards to stand up straight. He moves away from my bed heading towards the door where Irvine was entering the ward , going to shake his hand . Irvine walks in clearing his throat , as he usually does .

"Mr Quinn , Greetings ", DR Douglas greets Mr Quinn back and they both shake hands . They both walk towards me , as I am lying the bed. I can feel their eyes shooting lasers at my face .

"What is going on doctor ?" Mr Quinn asks firmly with a grin on his face .The two men look at each other. Dr Douglas looks at his notepad as he recites the information on it .

"Beverly ...(He's quiet for a split second) , I mean ;Mrs Quinn just came out of the coma since the past three months. Her survival was through a miracle , I could say .Her body had been resisting the treatment she had been put under .The shock treatment was not working as well. It seems she can hear all that we say but she is unable to answer to us . It is such a rare occurrence .It is usually common for a patient to move some part of their body ,especially immediately after escaping a coma .As for Mrs Quinn, we are yet to take more tests on her so as to know what the problem is (he spoke briefly and sharply without sparing a breath )

I have also done as you had requested .All the medical bills have been paid for . I have brought the invoices since the past eighteen months that you had paid for along with the bills Mrs Quinn had paid for earlier on.( he hands out the invoices to Mr Quinn). Dr Douglas lays the notepad at my feet and gets closer to my head to check up on me .

He does not lift my clinic dress at my chest but instead presses the stethoscope on the chest area covered by the dress. He checks my pulse at my wrists and picks the notepad back to his arms and scribbles his observations on the pad .

"Mrs Quinn's condition is stable right now .She has not fully recovered yet .She has a broken left arm .Her dislocated right leg had relocated at her fall from the staircase . Some of the wounds on her body have got reopened , they could not complete healing while she was in the coma. Her natural healing potential had ceised and has resurrected when she came out of the coma " he spoke calmly .

' They reopened because you opened them. Do not think I did not feel it when you deliberately poked at my old scars ',I thought to myself.

" Mrs Quinn still needs close attention and observation before we are able to dismiss her. Her wounds need strict attention to avoid possible infections which could make then persist to being permanent wounds which could heal properly under the close monitoring by the nurses ." Dr Douglas spoke sternly .

"Dr Douglas , is it ?" Mr Quinn asked with a hint of sarcasm to his magnetic voice as he read the name out from a name tag as Dr Douglas coat.

"Yes ,Mr Quinn ", Dr Douglas was nervous while nodding his head in agreement .

"How are you sure that my wife will not attempt to commit suicide once again just like the previous times when you had mentioned that she would have to recover fully first. Before she could, you reported another suicide. She had done something sinister to herself. Despite your supervision ,she pushed herself down a staircase , while she was on a wheelchair ?" Mr Quinn bellowed out at Dr Douglas. He was furious . He had a point.

'so , the doctors knew about my so called husband before hand. They did not find it necessary to tell me . It's my first time hearing from my husband , the man standing with the doctor . He has paid my bills for me . He is here to take me away. He knows about my suicides . He is literally shouting at the doctor .I wonder what his story is ? ' I flushed out the many thoughts which were attempting to take over my mind as I drifted off to sleep after failing the battle against my rusty eyelids.