Chapter 2: The Discharge.

After weeks of preparation and therapy to get me ready for me to live on my own my mother was still like a mother goose and wouldnt let me roll myself out of the room because she didnt want me to hurt myself. My father for once raised his voice to her when we reached the door way, "Rosa Madeline Franco! how is our daughter going to learn how to do this on her own if you wont allow her to do it herself?!" my mother looked at him shocked that he raised his voice to her for the first time and she wasnt able to respond with a whitty comeback for it, my mouth gaped open as i whitnessed the first day my mother was speechless for once and actually allowed me to do something on my own without pestering me every second for her to do it for me. It was such a freeing moment for me till my mother had to drive me to my new house, I was not too happy about that but till I was retaught how to drive without being able to use my legs I had no other choice. My father told me that he left me more than enough funds for me to use so that if I needed to get around I could or if they needed gas to take me anywhere I could help out with gas, I shrugged my shoulder and nod as I am being lifted out of the car by my father; my father was quite tall which made me question how he was able to ride around in my mothers vehicle without being squished into the seat. Being placed into my wheelchair my father told me they set up security cameras inside and outside my house to monitor it and make sure no one was going to harm me while living alone, which I was okay with because I wasn't too sure of the people who lived in the neighborhood and some of the male neighbors gave me the creeps because they always waved to me when I was going to school as if they knew what time I would leave the house with my mother. My father told me he also hired security to keep a close eye on me and to protect me throughout the time I would be learning how to get around without their help, my father was eager to know that I had potential of being able to walk again in the near future if I continued with my exrcises as I was used to doing in the hospital; my mother and father didnt however tell me that they got me a dog as a homecoming gift so it came as a shock to me to see such a well behaved pooch sitting near the kitchen as we came into the house. It came as a shock to me that the dog they got me was a self efficitent dog that was trained to use the bathroom inside the house in the toilet so i wouldnt have to take him outside, my father told me that he was there to be my extra security just incase the guard outside my house ever decided to try to hurt me in any way so the dog was a secret and was a complete suprise to anyone that would try to harm me. 

I look around my new home and smile as I see my mother helped my father decorate the new house that was officially mine to keep, I was  bit nervous to stay inside the new house alone so my parents stayed in the guest room in which would have a key that locked on the outside and wasnt able to be unlocked from the inside due to it be a code on the inside that could keep anyone out of it that was not welcomed, I questioned my father since I never really knew what his job description was as I grew up but of course he avoided the question and told me that if I needed him all I had to do was scream and he would come running. I sighed as I wheeled around my house for the first time and placed my new belongings inside the proper places they needed to be, I rolled myself into the bathroom and prepared the shower just like i did many times before only this time it was going to be a fight to get undressed this time, looking at my phone I get an unsettling feeling that someone was watching me so I called my father on the phone and asked if he would mind coming to the bathroom and sitting in it while I showered because I had an uneasy feeling of someone watching me through the window, my father practically almost falling on his face comes running into the bathroom; he looks at the well covered window and stands directly infront of it so I could get undressed to shower, i giggle as I get underessed and roll into the shower. Closing the dark doors so my father wouldnt see me naked I tell him that he can relax on the bench near the shower now that I was inside the shower and he could no longer see me; my father sighs and sits down and asks me how I was feeling after getting home, i stay silent for a moment then respond by saying that I was okay but that I didnt think living on my own for the first time in the current state I was in was going to bring mixed emotions that made me nervous to be alone, my father was silent for a moment and told me; " Esrath, you are smart and beautiful just like your mother and I know you are going to be okay, however my daughter I think it is time that you found you someone that could be here to help you with your everday life and protect you from anyone hurting you. I know you are not fond of having a boyfriend..or girlfriend but it is something you will eventually have to experience and something that will benift you in the future if you do decide to have someone in your life sweetie."  I sigh as I look down at my legs that were no longer useful if I ever did decide to find someone that would want to love me since I couldnt even love myself with the way I was left from that accident, no one would ever want someone like me who cant even stand on her own two feet let alone shower alone. I respond to him adressing my concerns and my father scoffs as he crosses his arms and places his index finger and thumb in the bridge of his nose, "Esrath if that is your only concern is if they are gonna want you to do something on your own then maybe you should look for someone that is the same as you, you can not go through life refusing to accept that someone can love you for you and want to care for you no matter the state you are in." I sigh once more and agree with him only to make the current conversation end, once I was done rinsing off my father handed my a towel while I stuck my hand outside the dark door to grab it. My father then stood infront of the bathroom window as he did before at this point I laughed as I saw the man that raised me trying to look intimidating to whoever he thought was standing outside the window.