NEVER LOSE HOPE

{The scene shows how Jenny's paternal grandma cries her out, wailing profusely as the doctors were not sure if little jenny will survive} GRANDMA oh lord!!!!!! (cries hysterically) please save my granddaughter, save her oh lord!!!, she's the only one i have left in this world (sniffs)sh..... (hiccups)sh....(hiccups )sh ..... she's my only hope of being buried by a child and not become an old barren (sniffs) dear God please save her (sobs loudly) DOCTOR madam? (taps her gently trying to get her attention)mrs Justin?!! GRANDMA (jolts up)yes, yes, doctor is she awake?? is she asking for me?? (not giving the doctor a chance to answer her questions she keeps on asking more questions)what does she want? water??snacks?? fruits?? new clothes?? hug?? answer me doctor!! don't just stand there and look at me like am pathetic!!!! tell me what my granddaughter wants so i can give it to her(grabs the doctor's shoulders and shakes her)say something for goodness sake (slowly slips down on the hospital floor and sobs more)talk to me (she whispers tiredly) DOCTOR mrs Justin please calm down (signs softly and helps her up) have a sit here (sits next to her)mrs Justin please i will advise you to calm down and relax, clean up your tears it's not good for your health especially your eyes , i really understand how you feel but you crying your eyes out can be a big threat to your health , please i also want you to consider your health and and am sure your grandchild won't be happy to see you crying because of her (she explains in a calm voice) GRANDMA (bursts into more tears) i don't think you understand how i feel doctor because if you do you won't ask me calm down and stop crying (sniffs) yo.....yo ...you don't (says it quietly) DOCTOR i understand how you are feeling mrs Justin, trust me i do (grabs her left hand and rubs it in a calming manner)i just don't want you to do any damage to your body, your health is........... GRANDMA (cuts her in) don't...... (jacks away her hand from the doctors hold) don't... don't care about my health, care about my granddaughter's health, she is lying in there with countless wire connected to her body while none of you are sure if she will live or not and you are here telling me to take care of my health really?? (tears flows out her eyes as she is talking painfully)my.... i (gasps).... i (gasps).... i lost both my son and daughter in law on the same day while my grandchild is begging for her life...... she. .. she is between life and death doctor (cries while beating her heart like she's is in an unexplainable pain)so don't bother telling me to calm down and care about my health because right now i am already sick, mentally and emotionally ( covers her face while she cries into her hands) DOCTOR (pulls her closer to her and pats her shoulders softly)i understand how you feel mrs Justin trust me I've been there before, it might just be different but most of us you see in this hospital have all gone through something it............. GRANDMA (rips her self away from her embrace) stop it.. what are you trying to say?? are you trying to say that it's nothing? most people have gone through what am going through? so it's not a big deal? (she asks the doctor angrily)are you telling me that you understand what am going through because most people that came to this hospital also has one tragedy or another they faced or might be facing? so my own story is not new?(looks at the doctor dead in the eye) have you ever lost your loved one, have you ever seen the person you cared about the most lying in a pool of blood right in front of you while you stand looking helpless?? (chokes on her tears)my daughter in law was an orphan she lived a very rough life before she met my son (tears gathered in her eyes again) now what do you expect my granddaughter to think when she's alright that her mother was an orphan and now she's an orphan too? (sits down with head buried in her thighs for 5 seconds and then she rises her head and looks at the doctor in the eye) listen to me doctor next time don't ever tell me you understand how i feel because you don't (signs) DOCTOR (listening attentively she signs) listen to me mrs Justin i really don't mean what i said to anger you in any way or mean it in in a bad way. (takes a deep breath)am going to answer one of your questions, 'yes I've lost someone i loved, I've lost someone important to me', my mother was killed right in front of a twelve year old me. GRANDMA (looks at her shockingly)what!! (she breathe out lowly you could barely hear what she said) DOCTOR (smiles painfully)yes, she was murdered by my father right in front of me (a stray tear runs down her left eye) GRANDMA (pats her shoulders and rubs it in a soothing manner)takes a deep breath dear, it's your story you don't need to tell me if you feel uncomfortable DOCTOR (wipes her tears,clears her throat , sniff)no... no ... um .. i.. i want to.... (signs) when i clocked 8 years old i knew the meaning of growing up with an abusive father who is always drunk, whenever he comes home drunk he hits both me and my mother even though my mother tried to keep me away from his harsh beatings most of the time there is little she can do because he mostly beat me after my mother had been beaten to a pulp. my father was once a very rich man in his time but due to his promiscuous behavior and gambling habits he lost everything to a bet he made (signs) that was when he started hitting my Mom to let out his frustrations and anger, then after some months her started to hit me too(breathe heavily again reminiscing the horrifics beatings) one faithful evening he came home drunk as usual but this time around he started yelling out hurtful words to my mom and cursing her and accusing her of being responsible for his misfortunes, as a young girl with a lot of pent up anger i yelled at at loudly to stop "stop!!!!!!! stop it now you old fool, can't you see us? look at us for once, don't you at least feel guilty for all the pains you've been making us go through? look at us!! look at the person you claimed to be your beloved,the person you made a vow of for better for worse with , why?? why can't you sit down for once father and think about it, why can't you think like a wise person and find something useful to do with your life(sniffs and cleans her tears)i said all that to him while looking at him in the eye not afraid of what he might do to me at that moment, with the anger and hatred in me at that moment i said to him"you did this to yourself ,no one is responsible for your predicament if not you my dear father so i will advise you that next time you want to blame someone for your misfortunes don't ever think about my mother or me and i want you to read my lips real good 'I HATE YOU '(cleans her tears with the tissues grandma handed to her) GRANDMA (tries to soothe her) it's already darling, you don't need to continue , calm down please you are going to make me cry again (tears gathers in her eyes) DOCTOR (cleans her tears ) it's okay , please don't cry, and i want to continue (sniffs) you know i thought he was going to at least feel remorseful but naïve young me, i know nothing (signs) during my outburst my mother was trying her best to keep me quiet but i was too blinded by rage to listen to her, while my mother wss was finally able to get to me and started telling me off and scolding me not to talk to my father in that manner again, my father who didn't like the way i spoke to him grab the knife my mother was using to peel an apple ready to stab me in the back but my mother who saw him because she was facing him switched places with me so fast he drill the knife in her stomach,my physopathtic father saw it was her who took the knife in my place became angry and it happened so fast before i can register what has happened my mother's body dropped Lifelese with knife dig deep in h.....he .......her.....neck (chokes on tears) and then (laughs sadly)my pathetic father fell asleep from too much drinking ....he...(laughs)he.......(laughs)he fell asleep (cleans her tears )so you see mrs Justin i understand how you feel more than anything (sniffs)i.......... NURSE ROSE (calls out) doctor Hannah,you are urgently needed DOCTOR (looks at mrs Justin)i have to go now we will catch up later mrs Justin and please take care of yourself and stop crying, pray to God instead and am sure he will hear your prayers,i really have to go now GRANDMA ok dear take care (waves at her) {LIGHTS OUT}