LOVING SAM

Meeting The Mystery Girl

The day flashed by, with all that has occurred. I get up out of the bed, just spread the sheets and blankets and get the cleanest thing in my wardrobe and head for the kitchen, my mother already cleaning there.

‘Good morning.’ I greet her as I look for something to throw in my mouth quickly.

She looks at me, ‘Good morning, how are you doing?’

‘I am feeling alright and you?’

‘I am doing good,’ she continues with her cleaning.

I quickly grab something and eat as I return back to my room, grab a towel and a toothbrush and head to bath preparing to depart for the hospital. Bathing, I wonder about my life a lot what has happened, the work that I have put in, my family and my future. With everything that has occurred in my life, I am at my limit, I should consider a lot of things deeply. The images flash in my mind.

Done with my bathing, headed for the door, I hear my mother calling and I stop and answer. She comes rushing, ‘Are you going to the hospital?’

‘Yes, I am.’

‘Ohh, I thought we were going together.’

‘It is alright, I will be fine mother.’

She looks at me, really look at me that I can feel her gaze send a chill on my spine but I stand my ground upon everything I look at her back, unwavering on the outside but in the inside wavering wondering what she is going to say.

She sighs, ‘Ok, You can go but no funny business on the road. Do go with your friend just in case.’

‘Ok, I will,’ but after what happened yesterday, do I want to go with Tim?

I immediately leave the house and get on the road leaving the car. Get into transport, the journey that is most auspicious feeling. Get into town and head to the hospital. Looking down on my phone looking at my messages. With a lot of messages from Kim, I just delete them without even reading and continue.

A young woman, walking in front of me wearing a white dress, with her hair long and her head on the side. And she falls to the ground and immediately, I instinctively rush over to her and pick her up and with haste run to the hospital with her on foot with a little distance being before us.

Getting to the hospital, the nurses come over and assist me. Rushing her to get checked up. I watch as they take her away, and immediately I turn to go for my appointment. With my phone buzzing with calls and texts from Kim, I check it and turn off my phone.

A nurse comes over and asks me, ‘Are you the one who came in with the young lady wearing a white dress and …?’

‘Yes,’ I quickly get up, ‘Is she ok? She fell in the road and I picked her up and rushed over here with her.’

‘We do not know yet, we are just running a few more tests before we can say for sure what is wrong with her. Are you her relative?’

‘No, I am not, I do not know her.’ I reply.

‘Ok, Are you her boyfriend?’

‘No, I am not, I just bumped into her when I was on my way here, why what is wrong?’

She sighs with her hands on her waist, ‘The girl you brought in has bruises on her and she is malnutritional and we are running more tests to see what else is wrong with her.

‘Ok, thank you nurse.’ Clear my throat, ‘Keep me updated and if you need anything payments and signatures, I will happily oblige. Pin all her bills on me and please do not hesitate to call me at anytime.’

She nods, ‘Ok Sir,’ she leaves me in the line wondering who this girl might be and why she is the way she is.

The doctor, finally calls me into his office, I am very much taken and as I enter in. he smiles as he sees me.

‘Young man, you are here? How are you today.’

I smile, ‘Yes doc, I am here, I am feeling fine.’

‘That is good, how is everyone at home?’

‘They are all alright sir but only my mother got left with me yesterday.’

‘Ok, that is good and tell me, I will just jump in today, what got you stressed yesterday young man?’

‘Relationships doc, relationships.’

He chuckles, ‘You young people of this age do too much.’

‘That is true.’ I concur with him.

‘Doc!’

‘Yes?’

‘There is a young girl I came with, and I was wondering if I could be her signatory until she recovers and take responsibility for her?’

‘Ummm, who is she to you?’

‘No one doc, but something just spoke to my heart and said I should keep a watch on her till she is recovered.’

‘To pay her bills yes but to be signatory it is complicated.’ I can see his face become stern as he glares at me.

‘Ok, would you mind explaining to me the issues after we are done with my check up?’

He nods and we continue with the check-up. All in wondering if she is doing alright or not? What did she mean when she said malnutritional? And bruises around her body? The thoughts kept on circulating around my mind.

The check-ups finished with my mind flooded with thoughts, and the doctor told me to wait for the results, I waited by all the while wondering, looking at the direction where the young woman had been taken to. I get up and head to the side, the ward where she was taken where she is and I ask the nurse who I had talked to earlier.

She takes me to her and I se her lying on the bed, looking almost lifeless, ‘Did she wake up since?’

‘No, she has not yet woken up, she has been asleep since.’

‘I see,’ I turn to look at the nurse, ‘Please do keep me posted on her condition,’

‘Ok, Sir.’

‘I have not given you my number to call ma’am,’ I pull out a business card and hand it to her.

Returning back to my seat, I get called up for my results and head back home after receiving some good news at least there were signs of me getting better

My mother, waits for me at the gate, I see her at a distance. I wonder what she is going to say seeing I have no Tim with me?

‘Good day, Mom!’

‘Good day,’ she comically looks around, ‘Where is Timothy?’

‘I do not know, I did not see him today.’

‘I specifically told you to go with him, because we do not know if another episode like that would happen, what is wrong with you in that thick head?’

‘Mom, I am not sick,’ my voice comes out smooth and tired, ‘My body was just stressed.’

‘We do not know that.’

‘I know, I know what I was going through and what my body was feeling like.’

‘You know, your father was right when he said it is that girl and you know that is true she is not good.’

Sigh with disappointment, ‘I know mom, lets get inside.’

I get into the gate and she follows. The day passes by and I never mention of the event that occurred when I was going to the hospital.

The next morning, I wonder back into the hospital, checking my phone speaking to clients, I had notified at work that I was not coming in. Before I went in for my check up, I head out see the sleeping girl I brought in the hospital. I waited staring at her, wondering if she would just wake up like they did in movie, waking up in shock, pulsating, freaking out, breathing heavily.

That is all but a fantasy, the nurse comes in, the same nurse I talked to yesterday and look at me without saying anything.

‘Are you sure she is not your wife or girlfriend?’

Hearing her voice coming from the entrance I startle waking up from my chair, ‘No she is not.’ Clear my nose and throat, ‘Good morning Ms, how are you doing?’

She smiles, ‘I am good and how are you doing?’

‘I am doing great.’ I sit up straight, ‘Did you find any relatives?’

‘No, not yet.’

‘I see.’ I grab my chin, ‘What about her phone, ID and other things?’

‘She had none on her when you brought her in.’ she pauses for a few seconds, ‘If you can help look for them, please do help.’

‘Ok, I will do my best. What of her medical bills how are they looking?’

‘I will get it for you, sir.’

‘Thank you!’

She immediately leaves and I wonder who she is really, no one actually came for her even now. This young girl is a mystery. I check my phone, it has a flood of calls of texts from different people.

I put it back in my pocket and the nurse returns back with the current bill for the mysterious young lady laying on the bed. Bruised, with cracks on her mouth thin but not enough to hide her beauty. What could be the story behind her.

‘I am still skeptical that she is not your wife or girlfriend.’

‘Ok, but she is not.’

‘Do you know her name?’

‘No, I do not.’

I get up without looking at the bill handed to me, ‘Well, I have got to be taking off now, I have some business to take care of, Miss?’’

‘Call me Tracy,sir.’

‘Oh, ok, Tracy.’ I wave the paper at her, ‘I will see to it.’

‘Ok, sir safe travels.’

I stare at the young lady once again and leave the room. First, I drop by the office and at the entrance, I am met with an unwelcome presence. Staring at me. I have a few clients I want to serve and this situation is not going to serve me. I quickly change my face, looking annoyed as I open the door.

‘Leon,’ I can hear Kim’s voice calling me but I ignore and continue into the building. Climb up the stairs with my hands upon my phone paying no heed to her.

A day of calm about to be ruined by her coming here, what does she want from me?

‘Leon!’ she calls following me, ‘Please just talk to me?’

I keep on ignoring going to my office and close the door behind me and she bursts in.

‘Why are you ignoring me Leon?’ she raises her voice.

I glare at her, really glare at her and I can see it in her eyes she can see I am not interested in hearing whatever she has to say but continues getting closer to me. She holds brushes her hand on my arm and a feeling of disgust runs through me.

‘Do touch me!’ I quickly tell her pulling away from her, ‘What do you want from me?’

‘I just want to talk.’ She says putting her hands together in a small soft voice, ‘You are not answering my texts and calls, babe I miss you.’ She sighs, ‘I know what I did was wrong but you pushed me …’

I laugh bitterly cutting her off, ‘Let me guess into another man’s arms and I pushed you to open your legs for him?’

She froze, ‘If you say it like that, it sounds wrong and bad.’

‘How do you say it then?’

She opens her mouth and closes it, opens it again and closes it. Unable to find a single word that can justify her deeds.

‘Just as I thought, please excuse me, I do not ever want to see you again.’

‘Babe, please,’ she begs, ‘What can I do for you to forgive me?’

I look at her and she looks devious, pulling her sleeve, and moving her other hand trying to seduce me and I scoff watching her, inhale deeply and exhale loudly. This petty woman, I have been with her for two years and was even planning to marry her. How low was I in life?

She puts both her hands on my neck bring me in trying to get me closer to her. I push her away slowly no longer filled with rage but just disgust towards her and pitty.

‘You look good, and the other man seem to have enjoyed that.’ I free myself from her as her face is filled with shock. She might have thought that if she came and saw me in person, I would curve under her seductive aura but no, ‘I am done, you and me we are done and dusted.’

‘We have been together for two years Leon, two years and you are just going to throw away all of that because of a simple mistake?’

‘Yes.’ I reply without even bothering to look at her. ‘Since the two years we have been together meant so much to you to the extent that you would mistakenly sleep with my enemy, then I shall also accidentally be done with it.’ Set myself in my chair and pull up papers to work.

She scoffs, ‘It was just one time, man up for once.’

I really could not believe what she was saying to me right now, down playing her incident with that guy, my enemy, Manuel. She was telling me to man up so I got up from my chair, and looked her in the eye.

‘Get out of my office, get out of my life and never come back or come near me at all in your entire life!’

I grab her on the arm and throw her out of my office and close the door. Sigh deeply and continue with my work as she shouted outside the office and went wherever she went. I continued with my work for a while looking at my watch waiting for the clients to come around and get busy. I had left the hospital without the check-up. I will also need to reschedule the appointment.