Before he continued, he made sure he took the family down to his office, the little walk would calm them down a little.
"We have been operating on her for an hour since she got here, and I must tell you it has been a tough battle. I'm sorry, but terrible things could happen from here" he paused and then decide to explain himself further more. "What I mean is, her life and the life of her baby, are both at stake, we cannot really guarantee that she will come out of that room...ali-"
Gwenevere coughed. She didn't want to hear that last word, neither did she want her parents to. Her chest squeezed together and it was suddenly hard for her to breath. She didn't move though, her face, still as plain and tough as an hour ago. She couldn't cry, tears was never an option for her. She had long given up on tears when she realized that no matter how many drop of tears fell from her eyes, she would still wake up the next morning and find the problem boldly staring her in the face, unmoved.
"With the series of tests we carried on her, we discovered that she not only is physically stressed, but mentally and emotionally stressed too. Her mental health needs a lot of attention. From the blood tests, we found out that she has very little antibodies or even anything close to strength at all that could help her fight for herself. With this, since she is unable to fight, we have to do the fighting for her." The doctor said removing his rectangular glasses.
The family was ghost quiet. Hannah had begun to feel dizzy, she could faint any minute. This was critical.
Gwenevere squeezed her arm
" What are we to do now?" she asked
"For us to help her fight back, we have to move her to the intensive care unit and I must tell you...it's a vary hard treatment to afford."
Ring ring. A bell rung in their heads.
Gwenevere swallowed.
"Is there...possibly any other way we could employ?" Phillip asked. That was logically the first thing to find out.
The doctor sighed. He didn't have an answer that would be good for them.
"I'm afraid, there isn't any."
Hannah glanced at Gwenevere then buried her head on the wide brown table between them and the doctor. With a start, she raised her head up and began her speech.
"Listen, Sir, you have to help us..." She sat up. "Listen, we don't have what you ask for. The live pretty well as a family but the only thing we do not have...is money. We don't even think we can afford the normal bills for her treatment, not to talk of intensive bills. Please, you have to help us." her eyes let go of a tear drop. It crashed on the table and Gwenevere caught sight of it.
She hated this scene. Here they were again, begging for mercy from people. Life was just a mess! No, no, she had begged God not to allow her family to go through this kind of catastrophe and degradation again. Instead of there to be a lifting up, there was always more burden to carry. It was beginning to seem to Gwenevere like life didn't have any solution to their problems. The whole of her heart yearned for transformation. Her soul screamed for peace, her spirit cried for salvation.
"Miracle!" she cried out.
That was who she could call upon. The one that had to answer her call no matter what. She stared up blankly, her eyes firmly fixed.
"Mother Miracle, I need you."
***
Harry Malton jogged steadily on the wide tarred road. His red back pack danced up and down making a gentle noise that served as a rhythm for him. On his face was a huge smile. His brown hair bounced up and down beating gently against his forehead. The cool breeze blew around alerting him to spread his arms out wide to intensify the super-hero imagination he was playing in his head.
He soon stopped jogging and began running down the road. He was in a hurry to get home and had lost his patience. He couldn't wait to give his mother numerous kisses, she had made his day, in fact, his year! He ran into the living room and let the door bang behind him not minding the thundering noise it made. He spotted his mother in the kitchen and with much excitement, and gaiety, he jumped on her.
Gwenevere who was holding a wooden spoon in her hand almost lost her stance. She staggered to keep herself from falling. Her slight shock soon turned into gladness, and her mouth went open in a large smile.
"My love!" she sang lifting him up. She turned around in the air repeatedly till they found themselves in the living room. She was happy to see her son. Her hands soon grew tired and she immediately put down the big ten year old boy she had miraculously lifted.
After laughing so hard, Harry caught his breath and took some steps backward.
"Have I told you you're the best mom in the world?" he began.
Gwenevere became a little confused, though still excited. Why was Harry suddenly asking her this question, it was too unusual of him.
"Honestly, I can't remember you saying that." She answered looking at him from the side of her eyes.
"Well, you are! You're the best, best, best, best mum in the world!" he shouted and for the first time that day, Gwenevere chuckled aloud. A slight blush came on her cheek.
"Thank you for paying for the competition. Now I can get to play with the team!"
Gwenvere paused. She didn't get what he was saying. What competition?
"I-I don't get you" she said now more alerted than confused.
"My teacher told me you paid my fees for the competition." A smile was still hanging on his face.
She paused and he noticed her confusion.
"Did you not? Don't play a prank on me, mom, I remembered to ask for the receipt." he dipped his hand into his pocket and bright out a white paper.
Gwenevere took the paper from him and looked into it. It really was a receipt for payment. A huge payment at that. Her mouth went open.
"How do you have this? I never paid your fees." she said in confused fear.
Harry's left eyebrow went up.
Really?
They both stared at each other for seconds. This was a moment where they both had to calm the scary voices in their head.
"Then who did?" was Harry's question. They kept on staring with wide eyes. Of course, they didn't have an answer to that. Gwenevere took off the apron on her neck and placed it on the edge of the couch beside her. She didn't need to ask her parents, no one in the family could have paid that hug
Mario dared not waste time answering Williams call. Answering Williams call was his number one duty, and he just couldn't tell when Williams would decide to go haywire and put him in some sort of annoying punishment. The last time, he had sent him to count the stars in the sky for an hour. He had no idea he could count up to nine-hundred stars all by himself. Somehow, Williams always made him do the impossible, even if it came in form of a punishment most times.
Hannah couldn't move, she was awestruck and she stared at Gwen wondering if she had really said what she said. She hurried towards her. "Apologize Gwen. Say you didn't mean what you said. Come on!" Hannah stammered pulling her towards Philip.
"What?" Williams finally managed to speak a word. "You misunderstood, miss. It was not my intention to have your skirt torn, and I'm so-"
Williams walked out of the restaurant disappointed.He felt bad for having missed his date. He imagined how angry she would be and he felt so sorry but what was even more annoying was that she refused to pick her calls. How were they even supposed to meet if not with their phones. He nodded his
"Gwen" Jolie called weakly."Sweetie." she walked closer to her and touched her hand. A transparent rubber pipe that went all the way up to a hanging drip was taped to the back of her hand. Her protruding belly was hidden in the blue cloth that was used to cover her body up to her chest. Gweneve
She looked at her parents who were also totally mute. The content of the letter had shocked her to the bones. How could they ask her to take the place of her sister and marry the prince? That was betrayal. Impossible. For millions of reasons, her answer to the proposal would be a no. A capital NO. In fact she already planned sending them a message with only two letters in it- n and o.
Williams forgot about the suit trouser he was wearing when he sat on the ground.Sitting was a part of the process he needed to go through. His eyes were focused on the sea that was many meters away from him. For about an hour now, Williams had been s
"Hurry up, Mykel, we have a lot to do today." Gwenevere called, matching forward.He increased his pace and closed the distance between them."I'm wondering what you're up to.""First of all, I have to apologize. I lied, there's nothing cloudy in this meeting, we're not swimming in the sky or anything. I said it would be cloudy because we're in a park called The Cloudy Park." she raised her eyebrow at him."Oh..." Williams smiled. Skilled wits uh? What a nice way to manipulate words. "I guess mentioning the cloud was supposed to be a motivation for me, because I've thrilled with the thought of diving in the sky.""You love that? Well, I'm on a mission to shaking the indoor-spirit out of you, and I've got a series of detailed plans to do that. So we'll have to start from the ground. Golf."Williams nodded slowly. Golf. "You should be go
Williams adjusted his collar and tapped his foot on the rug nervously. He couldn't belive he was here already, waiting to meet his 'interesting' counselor. That woman had better made his effort worth it, but more importantly than that, he was nervous too.Why? He had no idea.He looked at the empty seat beside him and nodded his head."You did well, Williams. Mario doesn't have to know about this." he said."But I could make use of some of his advices..." he added and shook his head immediately "What do you mean? I can do this on my own, I'm good at socializing too." he finally convinced himself and got down the car.He put a black shaded over his eyes. It was about time he met his date. He picked out his phone and made a call."Khm-khm. I'm at the park." he spoke into it once she picked."Great!" she replied in a voice that he considered to too loud
Williams rubbed the surface of his giant piano. He pulled away the black cloth he had used to cover the piano. He hadn't played in a while. His hands had begun to crave the sweetness that laid on the keys of the piano.He sat in front of it, and placed his hand on the white keys, unsure of what he would play. His soul and heart were the ones that determined what kind of music would flow out. His was just to follow.
It was Wednesday. The bank account was as red as crimson. The more she stared at her account statements, the more she went haywire.Two thousand dollars. That was t
Williams sat in the black office chair in his room. He tapped the edge of the laptop facing him. How was he going to answer this question? Mario was sure really fast getting a counselor, he didn't even give him enough time to develop his fake personality.He shrugged, she might as well state what she needs to know.What do you need to know?Gwenevere raised her right eyebrow.“Is he having issues doing a proper introduction now? Tch.”Where do you live and with whom? Tell me about your family. Do you know your temperament?Eastern part of the coun
"I think I need a counselor.”Mario stopped and paused the tea pot in the air.“Uh? Serious?” he dropped the tea pot and walked towards him. “Really?” Mario was amazed. “This is great news. Why? What made you decide to get one?”Williams gave him an emotionless face. “Since I stepped into the King’s chambers.”That night was horrible for Williams. Never in his life had he been that scared. Henry had brought back all of the memories he had pushed down, far away from his consciousness. He felt he was going to run mad. Not only was he afraid, he was wet with guilt.“I had a bad dream overnight. I saw him.” Williams said.Mario's eyes widened.“He… he was angry. He was angry at me.” Williams dug his hands into his blonde hair. The he kept quiet, he couldn’t say no more. He wouldn’t say no more.Mario sprang up. “I know of a counselling organization. I'll do the registration. I’ll make use of a fake identity…if you want.”Of course, he wanted that. He wasn’t yet ready to reveal his identi
"Look girl, I'm toast." Gwenevere said pacing around the room.
They both stared at one another, then Williams suddenly burst into laughter. He laughed hard for ten seconds straight! Mario counted.That laughter was a rare sight. Rarer than the blue moon.
"Are you insane?" Hannah yelled at Gwenevere.For the first time in never, her mother poured out such tangible anger at her. She couldn't move an inch, she was drenched in both surprise and remorse.