"Samantha I said, you will regret this. You will regret calling me a cricket. You will regret calling the father of my child a stray dog. I will show you who owns him" Rose said, still hiding behind Kay.Kay didn't say a word. He stood there like a frozen sculpture, just looking at Samantha. They both watched Samantha, with confusion in their eyes. This wasn't really the Samantha they knew. She has changed. Samantha looked at them both, scoffed and left.~~~~~~~~~~~~~As Samantha walked to her parents, she smiled at them. She was happy within herself. She didn't know what came over her, as she challenged Kay and Rose. She had forgotten about the bad news she received about her father as she confronted them , but as she walked to her parents, her smile began to fade. She was walking back to reality. She was walking back to the fact that her father still had a brain tumour and it wasn't going away. Samantha had to put a smile on her face. She didn't want her mother to notice that some
Samantha who was also eating, stopped. She wiped particles of food on her lips, took a sip of water and looked at her mother."I don't know, mom. I think there is something about Allen that draws me to him. Sometimes I think we have met before, and sometimes I think our first meeting was when we met at the coffee shop. I also have this dream about meeting him in the past, but it's not clear yet. I have decided not to remember the past anymore and focus on my future with him. I like Allen, mom and I want to see where our relationship heads" Her mother was nodding as Samantha spoke, but something she said, caught her attention. "Samantha? did you just say you met at a coffee shop?"Yes mom, why?"Tell me about it, Sammy. I want to hear how you both met. I love to hear romantic meetings, it makes me feel young again" Her mother said, with her eyes closed and smiling."No, mom it wasn't romantic at all. It was embarrassing I must say"Her mother opened her eyes, and turned to her. "Emb
"It's a 'he' mom, the dog is male and the owner must be around somewhere. Come on, let's go mom" Her mother tried to leave, but the puppy wouldn't let her. The puppy held onto her clothes with its teeth. "Sammy? can we take him? I don't think he has an owner" Samantha looked at her mother. Her mother didn't know what was coming. Her mother didn't know what she will be going through from now on. Samantha knew, that if she told her mother about her father's brain tumour, keeping puppies will be the least of her worries."Mom, you can't afford to take care of a pet right now" Her mother pet the dog for some time, then stood up. As she walked away to the car, she occasionally turned to see the puppy still staring at her. She was close to the car when she turned back, and ran to pick the puppy up. "I think we should at least take it to the animal shelter. But I will take care of it for some time"Samantha couldn't talk her mother out of not taking the puppy, so she gave up and let her
"Allen! Allen!! Samantha yelled, but the line was already disconnected. Samantha started pacing back and forth. What could have happened? "Why was there noise before the line got disconnected?", Samantha thought.She thought of calling Allen back, but she decided against it. Then the thought of calling Kingston crossed her mind, but she didn't have his number. If Nancy was hanging out with Kingston, definitely she should have his number, Samantha thought, and immediately dialled Nancy's number."Hey Sammy, what's good" Nancy said."Nancy, I need your help with something. Can you send Kingston's number to me?. Allen and I were speaking on phone, then I heard some noises and the line got disconnected. I am afraid that something might have happened to him" "oh no, of course, I'll send Kingston's number to you immediately. I hope he is fine, Samantha" "I hope so too, thank you Nancy" Samantha said, before ending the call. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Allen was on his way to his colleague, the one wh
Samantha had called Kingston, and he assured her that Allen could take care of himself. Immediately she dropped the call with Kingston, Allen's call came in. Although Allen said there was nothing wrong, Samantha didn't believe him. She knew that Allen was hiding something from her, or maybe because he didn't want to add to her worries, but either way, Samantha planned to get the truth out of him, later.Samantha walked to the living room and her father was seated on his wheelchair. Now that she thought of it, she had previously asked her father to help find her elderly patient's missing son. She didn't hear from her father, and that should have made her know, that something was wrong. Her father never wasted time in helping her find people, whenever she needed him to. She stood in the living room, beating herself up..She should have known better, she should have known that something was wrong , she thought.Samantha walked to her father and sat beside him, on a couch. She eventually h
"Sammy?, I think your father does not want to get surgery. I think he is afraid of the drugs he will have to keep taking, and then you talk about chemotherapy. Your father hates drugs and you know it. He also hates hospitals and now, we have to do what he wants" her mother said to Samantha, then turned to her husband."Honey? would you like to stay at home with me, than go to the hospital for the surgery?Her father blinked and Samantha was watching, in shock."Sammy, you see? We have to do what your father wants. We can't force him to get surgery. Let us do what he wants, Samantha" her mother said, rubbing her father's back.Samantha stood up, ran her fingers through her hair in fraustration. She was coming to terms with having to watch her father wither away, without getting surgery or doing something about his brain tumour. She shook her head, and walked so fast into her room. "Don't worry, honey. I'll go talk to her" Her mother said to her husband. ~~~~~~~~~~Samantha was seated
"Oh my gosh! I can't watch this! Nancy said, chuckling as she ran Into the house and closed the door behind her. Samantha kissed Allen, with a kind of passion that was bursting within her. She continued kissing him and Allen kissed her back. Allen tried to end the kiss but Samantha refused. He tried to take his mouth off hers, but Samantha won't let him. She needed more. She didn't want the kiss to end. This kiss felt like everything to her. It was comfort, it was peaceful and it knew no pain. She was free as she kissed Allen. She wasn't crying and she was doing what she wanted. Allen found it weird that Samantha wouldn't let him disengage from the kiss. She raised her hands to the back of his neck and tried to bring him closer, but Allen brought her hands down and stepped back. "What is Allen, you don't want to kiss me? is that it? she asked, with tears in her eyes. Allen saw the tears in Samantha's eyes. "Baby Doll, you know that's not true. I got the feeling that you were not
"My baby Doll, you must have cried your eyes out on this visit. If you are feeling this way, I wonder how your mother is feeling. She must be so devastated. Do you want me to stay here tonight? I can do that for you, just say the word" Allen said, running his fingers through her hair. "No, I they I should sort things out with Nancy. Let me talk to her tonight. I know she must be upset with me, For not telling her about my father. She feels disregarded and I regret not telling her. I was only trying to save her the stress of not running down to my parent's house. Just like I was trying to save you the stress, but you had other things In mind" Allen leaned over to Samantha's face. She closed her eyes and he planted a kiss on her closed eyes. " I Missed you so much. I know you didn't have the time to miss me, since you were running everywhere, because of your father" "I missed you, Allen.. Sometimes, I wished you were there with me. But I needed to do this alone..My parents are the w