Newbie (6)

"Can you tell me your boyfriend's name?"

A woman wearing a white robe asked the same question for the third time, but her answer never changed.

"Randell Lobo." She answered exhaustedly.

The lines on her forehead deepen as she feels vexed over the dumb question from the doctor.

She is lying on a hospital bed and her entire body is wrapped with bandages.

She doesn't feel pain and her body is just numb without enough strength to move.

"Can you tell me again what happened on graduation night?" Another repeated question was asked.

She let out a long sigh and proceeded to tell them the story, "Ranz turned into a werewolf. He attacked me first, then he killed everyone at the school grounds."

Her eyes shake and her body trembles even though she is repeating the same statement. The image of the bloody night is flashing back in her mind on repeat. And the repetitive questions from the doctor are like torture for her.

Her mother held her hand tightly, looking very worried, while her father, standing at the back, seemed to be upset over something.

"Doc. Please let us talk to her before you transfer her to the treatment facility." Her father interjected and politely asked the female doctor.

[treatment facility?]

the word echoed in her mind.

[Do they think I am crazy?] She asked herself and she feels like crying because no one seems to believe her.

The doctor left the room and left the gloomy atmosphere with the three of them.

Her father walked closer to her and held her cheeks together in one hand.

"What do you think you're doing with our child!" Her mother tried to push her father, who violently shoved her mother to the side.

"You spoil this child too much! I'll handle her if you can't!" He angrily shouted at his wife and returned his gaze towards Nida, still holding her face. That made her sit up.

"Listen to me! Stop your nonsense and stop making me look bad in front of everyone! you rebelling now? Not now, Nida! I need to be re-elected! You better behave! " Her father pushed her down, and her numb body started to feel pain.

She squinted her eyes and forced herself not to cry.

Crying would only alleviate her father's anger.

despite the fact that he was extremely violent towards her. Her father is well-known as a kind and generous person because he is a politician. Nothing is more important to him than his position.

"If you can't have your reality straight, listen!" He glared at his child like he was one of the criminals he faced at work.

"Your boyfriend's name is Jake Marcso. Both of you got attacked by a wolf and he died! Stop blathering about Randell or whatever nonsense you're spewing! imaginary shit! "

Her father's saliva landed on her face because he talked closely to her while she was lying down and looking up at her angry father.

"You better stop embarrassing me! stop wasting my time!"

She bit her lips and nodded to her father.

She is asking the gods why she has to experience this. Her boyfriend is a beast, and her father is also a monster she really feared.

Her father calmed himself first before going out of the hospital room with his smile and kind demeanor.

Her mother rushed back, holding her hands, and endlessly apologized.

But the voice of her mother and her chaotic thoughts were being drowned out by a loud ringing in her ears that made her just stare at the hospital ceiling blankly.

She is not crying.

She feels her body ache.

But her heart is breaking the most.

She wanted to run.

But to where?

Minutes after her father left, the doctor came back with a wheelchair.

Still unresponsive, they moved her to the wheelchair and transported her to the other room.

Her mother didn't go with her and was left outside the room crying.

The room was bright and empty. Everything is painted in white, including the single chair in the middle of the room.

They made her sit on the white chair and left her alone. She looked around, but nothing else was there. They said nothing to her before they left.

She looked around and she just felt like she was inside a box.

"Hello, Ms. Nida." Another woman wearing a white robe appeared in front of her.

"This treatment will only take a second. You won't feel any pain. All you have to do is look at my eyes." she gently instructed.

Subconsciously, her eyes became fixed to the blue eyes of the female doctor.

A few seconds later, she felt a jolt in her head that caused her to dizzy.

The doctor supported her not to fall off the chair.

"What is happening?" She asked and she saw the female doctor lightly smile then return her concerned expression.

"Don't worry, it's just a side effect."

"Side effects?" she asked while holding her head.

She then felt like the room was turning upside down until she lost consciousness.

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"Nida! You're finally awake! Wait, I'll be calling the doctor! " Her mother panics and runs out of the room.

She looked around and realized that she was back in her hospital room.

[What did the doctor do?] She wonders what the purpose of taking her to the white room is.

Minutes later, the female doctor appeared with her mother.

She first checked her vitals and her temperature before asking the same dumb question again.

"Can you tell me your boyfriend's name?" This time the doctor asked her with confidence and a smile, but her face turned into a grimace because of the repetitive question.

However, before she could answer the same thing again, she saw her father coming inside the room with his eyes menacingly looking at her, telling her to behave.

She gulped her own saliva and answered the doctor differently for the first time.

"Jake Marcso"

The doctor seemed satisfied with her answer, and her mother cried in relief while her father kept glaring at her.

"Well then, can you tell me what happened on graduation night?" she asked with anticipation.

"Ra—." She was about to tell the truth she knew, but cut herself and remembered what her father said.

She tightly gripped the blanket covering her lower body and tears started to fall down to her eyes like a river.

She is no longer scared of what has happened to her.

She is more frustrated and suffocated.

She is crying loudly because of the heartache she is feeling because no one seems to understand her fear. She only wants to tell them the existence of the wolf.

Her heart aches knowing that her lover is out there still ending someone's life.

Her heart ached that there was nothing she could do to defend herself.

Her heart aches so much that she is suffocating as if the oxygen in the room is not enough.

"Please take it easy, dear, we are not rushing you." The doctor gently tapped her fist that was still clenching the blanket.

"Breathe slowly. You can tell us after you calm down."

Still crying, she decides to speak out and tell the lies that her father had instructed her to say.

"My - boyfriend - and - I was - attacked by - a wolf"

she breathed heavily as she managed to speak one word at a time.

"He— he– die— huwawaaaaaaah"

Frustration...

Feeling unfair...

Frightened...

She cried loudly again because she really didn't want to bury the existence of Randell.

She wanted to warn everyone.

She wanted him to be caught.

"He died! The wolf killed him! HUHuWAAAAAAAAAA."

Finally, she finished her statement, then turned around and buried her face into her pillow.

Strangely, the doctor seems to be satisfied and her lips are slightly up.

The family didn't notice this and focused more on comforting the crying child.

The gentle touched of her mother on her back doesn't comfort her either.

She felt heavy and suffocating from their gaze of pity and she felt like no one really wants her to be well.

[No one could understand me.]

She thought to herself before burying her face on the pillow let her tears soaked them until she gets tired.