“Knock, knock…” Chris called out as he stood at the room door.
For a moment, Jackson blankly stared at the wall. Then he slowly turned his head and said, “Come in,” while staring back at Chris and the file in his hand.
After shutting the door behind him, Chris walked over to Jackson, pulled a chair closer to the bed, and sat down.
“How are you feeling?” Chris asked.
“Thanks for the concern, but I am sick of such questions. Let's talk business.” Jackson responded.
A brief laugh escaped Chris's lip. Then he took some papers out of the file and lay them out on the table beside the bed frame. Afterward, he brought out a pen from in his pocket and handed it over to Jackson.
It took a while for both of them to go through the documents, and after countless back and forth discussions, Jackson finally wrote his signature on the line at the bottom of each page.
“It's nice doing business with you, partner.” Chris said with satisfaction on his face.
Jackson's fingers grabbed onto the bed sheets as his hand folded into a tight fist. He then raised his eyebrows as he coldly stared in the direction of the doorway.“What are you doing here, Leon?” Jackson calmly said, and yet his tone bore aggression.“To see you,” Leon replied with a carefree attitude.“We are not that close, so cut to the chase and tell me why you thought it necessary to visit the man whose wife you slept with.”“Well, I wanted to know how serious your condition was for Julie to abandon her son for months.”“Well, you can leave since it’s clear that my condition has nothing to do with Julie staying away from you. Oh, and next time, how about you call her instead of repeating today, okay?”Although both men's tone sounded mutual, they were far from calm, and the rage burning in their eyes only seemed to intensify by the second.“From the disgust
The building of Tech and Knowledge maintained its silence as its employees went about with their work.The moment Julie walked out of her office with a bunch of documents in her hands, she was greeted with a cheerful smile as Kate waved to her and asked, “Heading to the boss's office?”“Yep,” Julie replied, hiding her frustration behind the friendly smile on her lips.“That is a lot of papers. Can I help?”“Thanks, but nah. I got this.”The disappointment on Kate's face made Julie feel a bit terrible about her reply. But she had her reason, so she overlooked the trouble feeling in her chest and continued walking, leaving Kate behind.When Julie got to Steven's office, she stood at the door and took in a deep breath before knocking.“Come in,” Steven called out without taking his eyes off the documents in front of him.The door opened, and Julie walked inside. Then she approached the desk and banged the folders on it.
Within a year time, nothing had really changed inside of Jackson's room, and he was still rigged up to all sorts of machines as he laid on sterile white sheets and covered with a pale blue blanket.“I know that you can hear me because every time I tell you about your kids, you move. So why do you refuse to wake up?” Chris asked without taking his sight off Jackson.When he got no response, he breathed a sign of misery, one he had been holding in since he first arrived.Then Chris's fingers tapped the table in unison with the rhythm of his feet as his bright eyes surveyed the room, knowing that he was slowly giving up on hope since so far his plan didn’t seem to be working on Jackson.Even though Chris understood that an important task had been placed on his shoulders to keep Jackson up-to-date with the latest news about Miya and the kids, he felt overwhelmed by it all.All heads turned to the right when they heard the sound of a male shoe stepping on th
Seconds, minutes, and hours had gone by without a word, and everyone was getting restless.Since doctor Daniel and his medical staff went into Jackson's room and locked the door behind them, all Mrs. Harper, Mr. Harper, Julie, Rose, and Chris had been doing was impatiently waiting inside the lobby.Suddenly the door opened, and Steven walked into the hallway. Then he stopped with a frown on his face and asked, “What's going on?”No one responded as they all stared at Rose, and that only further Steven's curiosity. He then walked over to her and softly asked, “Mom, can I get an answer, please?”“Jackson has woken up,” Rose said while studying his eyes as they expressed numerous emotions.Then Steven's face became expressionless while he processed those words, and once he got done, he angrily stared at Chris, doubtfully gazed at Julie, questionably glanced at Mr. and Mrs. Harper before looking at Rose.
The atmosphere in the room quickly shifted as Jackson gazed at Chris like he was the biggest fool that he had ever seen.“Did you hit your head or something?” Jackson asked with a dead serious look on his face.“No,” Chris replied as confusion settled in his eyes, then he loudly chuckled when he understood the question.“If that's so, then why are you talking gibberish?”“Gibberish? Uhh, is that how I sound?”“Yes.”“Well, I'll be on my way then.”With a smirk on Chris’s lips, he turned around and slowly walked to the door with his hands resting in his pocket.“Wait!” Jackson shouted, feeling more stupid for falling for such words.“Yes,” Chris mysteriously said after turning away from the door to face Jackson.“Let's say, I believe you. How did it happen? The doctors said…”&
As the morning light creeped into the room, it met Jackson awake, fully dressed, and standing by the window, staring at the busy streets.“How are you feeling today, Mr. David.” Doctor Daniel asked as he shut the room door behind him.Then his eyes stared in shock at empty bed, and with fear in his voice, he anxiously gazed at Jackson and said, “Mr. David, I don't think it is wise for you to remove the wires from on your body since they are for monitoring your health conditions.”A frowned surfaced on Jackson's lips as he turned around to face Doctor Daniel, then his index finger smoothly rubbed against his cheek while his cold gaze settled on the d
"What is going on here?" Lucas angrily asked as he stared at Jackson and Miya.There was resentment burning in her eyes when Miya stared away from Jackson and focused on her husband. Then she reached into the car and picked up her son from in his car seat."What do you mean?" Miya asked while handing the boy over to Jackson before lifting her other son from the seat."I come out here to see what's taking you so long, and you are here, handing my kids over to this nig..." Lucas shouted without ending his statement."Watch your languages, dude." Jackson calmly said, but the dominance in his cold eyes was all the warning Lucas needed to shut up.With a carefree expression, Miya looked her husband directly in his face and boldly said, "As you said, I am the one who wanted these babies. So I have the right to hand them over to a stranger since their father is not willing to own up to his responsibility."A frown surfaced on Jackson's lips for a s
The bedroom grew quiet as Jackson opened the door. Then he stared at Jennie and said, "I don't need your back story. Maybe I did in the past. But now, I honestly don't care. So let's not go there because it won't change anything."Right after his remark, Jackson walked out and slammed the door behind him. But it took only a few seconds for Jennie to catch up to him, and without any hesitation, she grabbed his shirt and firmly held onto it."I am not signing a divorce paper. I am not losing you." Jennie shouted."Suit yourself. I honestly don't give a damn what you choose to do with your life." Jackson mumbled while staring her cold in her eyes.The brutal honesty in his tone had Jennie dumbfoundedly gazing back at him as her fingers slipped off his shirt."How can you say such cruel words to me!" Jennie mumbled in disbelief."How could you do such a cruel thing to me, uh? And now, you want to do what? Play the victim?" Jackson calmly asked,