Purina's Soul

Give me 24 hours

Rushing into an 25 storey apartment building his cousin lives in, jake ran all the way to the 11tyh floor for some reasons he felt he would be faster if he took the stairs. Arriving in front of his cousins door, he pressed the doorbell.

*ding dong! It rang twice before his sleeping lazy ass cousin came to open the door with his hair all crumpled up with heavy eyebags underneath his eyes.

‘’what are you doing still in bed at this time? Jake asked pushing his way through the door and went straight for his liquor cabinet

‘’sam had this mad party all night last night at his house and im just getting back, why cant I even rest in my own house without being bothered for once?’’ pete whined and held his heavy aching head.

Looking up at the uninvited guest in his house, pete felt a huge thing was amiss when he saw his brother drowning a bottle of whisky and he looked all sweaty.

‘’easy there now, this drink has more alcohol level than you can even imagine. It can knock you out in seconds’’ dragging the bottle from his hands pete soothed him by patting on his back lightly

‘’is it lina? ‘’ the usually playful and goofy pete became serious awaiting an answer

‘’big brother, you know people don’t really die right? This question grabbed the attention of the almost dead man and jake suddenly asked

‘’what do you mean?’’

‘’I watched a movie where the main character died and reunited with his lover by reincarnating, so I believe if lina doesn't’t survive this then she’ll definitely come back for you’’ pete said trying to reassure jake who started getting angry by the minute

‘’just shut up pete” jake said and grabbed a wine glass asking pete to fil it up by nudging his arm.

Pete knew now wasn't the time to joke considering what the doctor said about lina and when he predicted his body would finally stop fighting. He knew his brother was in a very difficult position at the moment and hes trying to stay focused on helping out but he still feels a little drunk and light headed due to the amount of alcohol he consumed last night till this morning.

They both sat in silence with different things going through their heads. In Jake's head he just cant believe hw unfortunate he is. The only lady he loved and will ever love is lying cold on their bed and he has no idea what to do. Meanwhile, in Pete's head, he kept looking at his bed from the space between his widely opened bedroom door, wondering how comforting it would be right now to take a nap but he also has a obligation to fulfill for his brother her. He turned to look at jake who's phone suddenly started ringing.

‘’hello doc’’ jake answered in a hoarse voice

‘’jake, my boy how are you feeling?’’ he asked truly concerned about his well being

‘’im fine, just state why you called please’’ jake said trying to sound strong

Taking a deep sigh, the doctor continued ‘have you said your goodbyes?’’ he asked carefully

‘’why should I say goodbye to her?’’ jake asked annoyed this time

‘’I understand how you feel, I mean I felt the same when I lost my son but theres nothing else we can do’’ doctor said softly and received no reply from the other side of the line. He heard about how jake and lina were throughout her last moments from the medic and he was quite impressed with how jake handled everything maturely but then he figured he might have some mental/emotional issues after this which worried him quite a bit.

‘’ ’can they come take her now? He asked softly again

‘’lina is not Dead! Dammit!! He screamed and smashed his phone against the wall

Pete who has been listening by the side finally got the hang of everything going on and suddenly hugged his brother

‘’ if your body needs to vent then release it. Theres no need to hold it in even men cry’’ he said and kept patting his back

Jake released all his pent up emotions, he never knew was there. He kept crying and crying even pete that advised him to cry got tired of consoling him and said

‘’im a guy, I can only console you know beautiful women’’ he winked at jake who laughed a bit and said ‘’i***t’’

Turning serious, Pete asked ‘’is it true tho?’’

‘’I don’t want to believe its true’’ jake whispered amd lowered his head.

‘’ I have an idea, its crazy and might sound stupid but its more promising than sending her to any doctor because they’ll all say the same thing.’’ Pete spoke up with his yes sparkling

‘’ at this point ill take whatever chance I have but before we leave can I please have your phone?’’ jake asked

‘’sure’’ pete pointed to the landline in his sitting room

‘’hello Dr Greg’’ jake said quietly

‘’hi jake’’ he replied waiting for jake to state why he called

‘’give me 24 hours, don’t disturb me, don’t call me, don’t stalk me and don’t reveal this news to any other person. Ill call you in 24 hours okay?’’ he asked and Dr Gregory processed wht he just heard.

‘’fine, ill give this time to reflect on everything, see you in 24 hours the’’ Dr Greg agreed before he disconnected the call.