Elite Series: Otra Vez

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Nakaabang na si James sa labas ng ospital, nagmamadali akong pumunta sa kanya at tinanong kung anu-ano pang impormasyon ang kaya niyang ibigay. Inabot niya sa akin ang isang envelope at agad akong pumasok sa kotse nang ako'y kanyang pagbuksan. Binuklat ko ang laman at doon nakapaloob ang ibang mga litrato ko kasama ang buong pamilya, may nakalakip din na maliit na papel kung saan nakatala ang numero na pupwedi kong tawagan, habang nakatingin ako sa numero ay bigla na lang lumitaw sa aking isipan ang numero mula sa aking panaginip. Ito yun, tama ito nga yun, katulad ng numero sa aking panaginip. Kinuha ko ang aking cellphone at agad na nag dial ng number.

"Hello?" bati nito sa akin pagkatapos sagutin ang aking tawag.

"Hi, umm! I--- I--- I am Ezekiel Clive" sabi ko, mautal-utal pa ako sa aking pagsasalita, pero nagulat ako sa biglang singhap niya sa kabilang linya.

"Ezekiel, how are you?" sabi nito sa akin, alam kong umiiyak na ito dahil na din sa boses nito.

"I was wondering if you have time, ca- can we meet?" sabi ko pa at biglang sumagot ito ng Oo, I know na nagmamadali ito pero I still can't remember but the feeling of being longed for someone, I can feel it, I just can't express it truly due to my problem.

"Then I'll see you at the restaurant in front of the mall in West Street near the Helena Flower Shop" she said yes and ended the call, I then told James to send me to the Restaurant I mentioned to him and he changed the course of our way by taking the U-turn.

NARRATION

"What?" Kyle answered after receiving a call that annoys him,

"Chill bruh! I got some news" the other man said,

"Tell me" Kyle replied

"I saw the guy from your phone, he's at the party last night" he said

"Are you sure?" he mutter in a low voice, the annoyance changed,

"Carl tell me, where did he go?" he ask

"Well I don't know for sure, but I know he's the Chairman of Xuan Medical Hospital after the president of Kairo introduced him to the crowd after the commotion" he explained,

"Commotion?" he ask

"Oh yeah! the Gale Motors, young boss, kicked the wrong bucket and got humiliated by being rejected from the investment foundation of the 6 families" Carl added, being a small business owner, Carl wanted to try his luck in joining the investment foundation to gain more funds for his rising business and to meet new people in the industry.

"Can you make an appointment to the Xuan Medical Hospital?" Kyle utter

"Nope! they said that the Chairman does not meet people aside from his patients who is under surgery or being in a meeting with his colleagues, I tried saying that I know him personally but the secretary, which by the way a great woman, sheesh sexy as hell, told me that he does not know any people in this country" he said, but after he praise the secretary.

"Anyway, why don't you be a patient, maybe you can meet him if you're admitted to the hospital" Carl offered, that gives Kyle the opportunity.

"Then send an appointment that I wanted to be admitted" he said and Carl snap and ended the call,

"You don't know any person in this country, what do you mean by that?" Kyle said to himself

"Don't try to test me! I have been looking for you for the past 10 years and now that you're back, don't even dream of running away" he added and watch the wallpaper on his phone, it was him and Ezekiel gracefully smiling as they travel with just the two of them.

END OF NARRATION

"Hi" he said as he approach the woman who just came into the restaurant

"Oh my god, it really is you" the woman utter as she hug Ezekiel.

"Shall we sit first" he said as he remove the hug coming from the woman, it feels awkward to him.

"I would like to give my thanks for this sudden arrangements, I wanted to meet you, well, uh, because I wanted to know about my past" Ezekiel said, though he still stutter, the woman understand it.

"Okay! First let me introduce myself" she said, she then put her palm on her chest as she began to tell her identity

"I am Amanda Clive Collinson, 59 years and I am a mother of 3 sons" she said

"Collinson?" Ezekiel asked.

"Clive is my maiden name and Collinson is your father's last name, you used Clive due to your grandfather's wish" she replied. It was in their family line that the child from the Clive family shall inherit their grandfather's surname until they reach the age of 25, after that they can use their father's family name for they are now considered as grown up. Clive family being from the family of Merchant has a very deep root ever since and they are following such belief in order to give thanks to the Clive Ancestry.

"I heard that you got an amnesia?" she ask.

"Yes I do, and I can't remember anything aside from being in another country" Ezekiel replied

"I am sorry that I was not there when you need me" she apologized

"No need to apologize, I tried everything to remember but it seem that my mind won't allow me to bring back my memories, but I wish you could help me" he said

"Of course, I will help you" she reply

"But first I would like to apologize cause I can't express the feelings that you wanted, I feel awkward telling you this, but I can be at ease every time I see your smile" he said

"I always dream of a woman who smiles at me as we both eat outside in a restaurant or in a fast food chain, the warmth that you just showed me resemble that woman in my dream" he added, Amanda who try so hard not to cry began to shed her tears as she smile and reminisced the past with his son Ezekiel as they go out to eat when he was still at his college.

The conversation continue as she tells me all the story about me and my past together with the whole family.

"You have a best friend, his name is Dean, and he found you last time when you were eating at a fast food restaurant, but before he can meet you, you already left" she said, I wonder what he looks like. As time pass by I told her that despite all the stories she told me, not a single memory came back.

"I know it feels awkward cause I can't remember a single thing about you or the family, but can I call you mom?" I ask

"Of course you can, I am your mother and that will never change even if your memory is still not present, I would love it if you call me mom every time" I lower my head and said thank you, deep inside me there's something that wanted to rush out and make me cry, the feeling of seeing your mother despite having a memory loss, there is this kind of feeling that the mind may forget but the heart can't.

"Thank you m-mom" I said and there are tears trying to escape,

"I wish I can remember things faster now that I found a key to my past" I added

"I will pray, that things will come back, enough with this cringe moments, why don't you come to our house and meet your father and your siblings" she said

"Will it be fine?" I ask

"Of course it's fine, they will be glad to meet you" I nod in response and finish everything in our dine area.

I will meet the other members of the family, what would I show them, it will be awkward but I'll try to act as normal as I can. I told James to get me at exactly 10pm, I will ride with my mother as she insist that I come with her going back to the house where I used to live. It will just take an hour of drive, as for James he left and said to fetch me at the time I told him to.