Chapter 3 A painful heart
CHAPTER 3
Still so deep in thought, fantasying about how my life will look like five years from now, I can almost taste it and that's when I heard a loud scream, it was mom; I opened my eyes to find dad struggling with the car steering; the break suddenly failed and up front was a big truck coming toward us with full speed, In other to avoid the truck; dad turned toward the tree at the side of the road, through all this I could still hear my mom screaming so loud like the world was coming down on her; maybe it did because what happened in the next few seconds was like a terrible night mare; one I wanted to wake up from so bad.
while dad was trying to avoid the incoming car, heading towards the tree at the side of the road; from nowhere a truck carrying metal pole collided with our and in the next minute dad was in front of me I don't know how he manage to jump from his sit with the sit Bert on; there were classes on the ground and while I was still trying to figure what was going on, a liquid fall down from my face and when I touch it, oh! It was blood; but how? Why? I was not hurt when I turned to look at mom, she had already stopped screaming, her hands was on her mouth, her eyes was so white with shock when I turned my head to see what she was looking at with so much dreadfulness;.
"FATHER" dad was on the ground with a metal pole piercing through his heart "DAD" I kept on screaming and calling out to him but no response, I could not move because of the metal pole that fall on me; I kept on screaming for help, I tried to reach out to mom but she was no longer looking at dad, her eyes was close; with the sudden fear in my heart, I kept on calling and calling and calling none of them was responding until at last I lost consciences.
for the first time in my life I had a terrible dream, that I kept falling deep the void with one to recuse me and when I open my mouth to speak, no words came out then I stated struggling, shout, crying out loud and just when I thought I was going to die in this painful void, I heard someone called my name.
"Grace, grace, wake up; you are dreaming."
When I open my eyes; I was in a white room, I turned to see Miss Lara hail smiling at me "it's alright grace; everything is going to be fine." She said embracing me and then I realize that I was shaking so terribly but I could still not understand what was going on.
I turned to Miss Mrs. hail "where am i? What happened?" I asked looking at the room, there was only one bed and I was the only one in it; what about mom and dad; with the sudden realization I turned and grab Mrs. Hail "where are my parents? There are supposed to be here with me; where are they?"
"You are in the hospital grace and about you parents, there are OK;" she said with a heavy sign and embraced me again "just rest and when you wake up I will take you to your parents; OK."
When she said that part of me knew that something has gone terribly wrong but because my brain has yet to catch up and the fact that there was this constant fear beating at the door of my heart, which i had chosen to ignore, I replied "okay, am sleepy."
"It's okay; you can sleep now."
"Okay." Yet again I fell into another endless deep slumber, this time it was more terrifying than the first one.
Grace suddenly woke up from yet another terrifying dream, sweating and crying out same time. Looking around the room, i was so terrified, my parents are supposed to be here with me, I did the only thing I could of I tried calling for them but there was no response, I kept on screaming till nurses came rushing through the door, behind them was my father's secretary Mrs. Hail.
"Where are my parents?" I asked not wanting to think of anything, I just want to see them, I looked at the Mrs. Hail and the sad expression on her face, scared and still refuse to believe what happen to be real I asked again "please Mrs. Hail, my parents they are okay, right? They are just sleeping in one of the hospital bed just like I am, getting treated right? Please tell me." I asked in tears.
I just want to see my mom and dad smiling at me again, even if I didn't go any university I was okay I just want to see them alive, heather but she refuse to say anything and just kept on looking at me with a that sad eyes, and I not wanting to believe what that sad eyes was telling me, I yelled at her "TELL ME; WHERE ARE MY PARENTS?" just when I made up my mind to jump and strangled her until she tells me; the doctor came in.
"She's right, as the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Bush; she has every right to know about her parent's situation." The doctor said looking from Mrs. Hail to me, "we are sorry for keeping this from you all this while Miss Grace; about your parent's situation......"
"Wait." Mrs. Hail said to the doctor and then looked at me with a sad expression on her face and her hands on my shoulder as a form of comfort and she said "am sorry for not saying anything, I wanted to make it easy for you but maybe I was wrong but brace yourself Grace for what the doctor is about to tell you will not be easy to bear; okay?" I looked at her calmly and said "Okay."
The reason I was claim was maybe because I already know what they are going to tell me but I was hopeful maybe just maybe it??s not as bad as thought but I was wrong it was worsted than I thought.
But I was so wrong. I found out from the doctor that after the accident, we were brought in by some strangers who happen to witness the accident. The truck driver responsible because of the impact of the metal pole had his arms decapitated and they also made an effort to reach out to some of our family that was how Mrs. Hail came to know about the accident.
"Okay, but what about my parents? What happened to them?" I asked in a hurry because they were still not telling me what I wanted to hear the most.
"About your parents....." The doctor said, I looked at him in the eyes holding on to my breath "your mother is still alive, she is a strong woman."
"Okay." Relived but "my father; how is he doing?" they was a heavy silence in the room, now the doctor was acting like Mrs. Hail when I first asked about my parents but maybe he didn??t hear me "doctor, my father how is he doing."
"Your father......"
I had found out that my father after he was brought to the hospital died a painful death. They could not remove the metal pole in his chest, he kept on asking for me and my mother, begging for the doctor to save us and my mother on the other hand because of the shocked she received went into a coma.
The doctor could not even tell when she will wake up or if she is even alive. I was the only one who got out with just a scratch thanks to my father who had jump in to save me in time.
Upon hearing all this, losing my whole family in just one day; you can imagine the trauma and pain it can cause to a child who was barely eighteen years old.
Oh! I cried and cried till there were no tears to shed. I fainted, woke up and cried again and even cried the more when I saw my mother's state but nothing could bring my father back or even my mother who was barely alive. I began to curse and wish for God to turn back the hand of time; for me to die and not my father but nothing of such happened.
Worst part was that none of my relatives or uncle ever came to the hospital to visit or even cared about me not until the lawyer stated that in my fathers will, whomsoever took care of me on his behalf; [like he knew what was going to happened] will take part in his inheritance but not until I was of age, old enough to handle the inheritance and manage the company he left in my name, the will should not be tempered with and because I was still young and did not understand half of it; I gave everything to Mrs. Hail to handle until I was strong and knowledgeable enough to handle it and she was doing a pretty good job but of course! The decision I made pissed my relatives but I didn't care and there was nothing they could do to me because of the will.
To be honest after that a lot of things happened that made my trauma even worst and it??s not something I want to think about and the rest I cannot remember; How I went to university or graduated nothing I can boost to enjoy, I went simply because it was needed; if I was ever going to take over my father's business I needed to learn how it works despite the fact that Mrs. Hail was doing with the film, I still needed to take over.