•EMMA•.
…“ shit!” I hissed at my keys that fell to the ground after a second attempt to open the door,“ damn door” I muttered with frustration, cleaning my eyes were blurry with tears as I struggled to open the door to the apartment,Today was a very shitty day and I couldn’t think of anything that could top my share of bad luck, I finally got the door opened,I picked up my bag and trudged into the apartment and I only hoped my mom wouldn’t notice how miserable I looked, my mom knew everything at a glance and how I was feeling and didn’t want her to see me like this.I walked fast to the small fridge beside the small sink of our little kitchen, taking a glass cup of chill water to drink and cool my head, I then washed my face with water from the sink, pushing away my long brunette hair from my face, so it won’t stick,I looked at the small mirror In the living room, scanning my face to see the small red blotches under my green eyes from crying, I only hoped that my mom wouldn't notice.“ Mom?” I called out before picking up my glass of water, I took another sip, wetting my parched throat, “ mom?” I called out again, but there was no reply, “mom are you in?” I voiced again, she had left numerous calls and I wanted to know what happened, I reached my pocket for my cell phone to call her, before I walked into the hallway,My heart stopped at the scene before me, there she was, my mom, lying on the floor with her phone ringing beside her, the glass cup from my hand fell and shattered as my body became Frozen with fear,“ oh my God! Mom!” I screamed as panic rose from me, I stood there with shock frozen on my pale face, I shakily ran to the unconscious body of my mother on the floor.“ Oh my God! Mom! Please wake up!” I called out desperately as I saw dried blood on her nose,How was I so stupid? I had dismissed any calls or texts from my phone today because I had broken up with my ex-boyfriend Paxton Green, he was a heartless monster who cheated on me multiple times, and I had to end it with him,And the only way I could make it final was to not answer any of his calls, but I was such a fool! My moronic decision made me dismiss my mom’s call when she was in pain! When she was in desperate need of my help!“ Please wake up” I drawled out as my hand reached out to grab my phone that was beside me and called the emergency number of an ambulance“ Hello? Help please I require help! My mom…she is unconscious !” That was what I could remember everything felt like a daydream when the paramedics rushed in and wheeled her into the ambulance and I entered the white vehicle too never letting go of her hands,my body felt numb throughout the entire ride to the hospital, my phone buzzed in my pocket, and checked the ID to see it was Amy,my best friend since when I was twelve in middle school, and now we were both struggling twenty-one-year-olds in collegeI closed my eyes to try to stop the tears from falling before I answered the call, but immediately I did, she could tell something was wrong,“Emma. What's wrong?” she asked me in panic,“ Amy, mom… she, she is in”“ don’t say another word I’ll be there soon!,” she replied with haste, as I could hear shuffling on the other end of the call, before the loud slam that was Amy’s door,I only nodded even though she couldn’t see me and told her the address of the hospital before I cut the call, I held my whimpers until my mom was in the emergency room,No! I was unable to lose her, She was my rock! She was my everything! She raised me as a single mom ever since my father died when I was four years old, she worked odd jobs to give me what she could, and I made my promise to give her a good life!Even though we never had much, though I was now working two jobs to pay for tuition in college, we were happy,I heard fast footsteps approaching where it sat, my hands circled my body to give me comfort and hope that it wasn’t a life-threatening situation,“ Emma!” I heard Amy’s familiar voice, she stopped to look at me with a broken expression, there were tears falling from her eyes, she neared me in large stride and took me into her embrace“ It’s alright, it's going to be alright Emma”.That was when I let go, my tears fell, I didn’t care, I just cried hard until my body felt so weak, “Amy, what about my mom, oh my God! What if she-”“ Shhh-don’t say that! Do not! Let’s Wait for the doctor” she whispered cleaning my tears, I only nodded quickly when I heard the door of the emergency ward open,It was one of the doctors I saw going in with my mom, I arose to him desperately with my hands clasped in a silent prayer“ are you Juliana smiths guardian?”“ Yes, that’s me, doctor. Please what’s wrong with my mom, is she ok? Is she?”“ For now she is stable, but this is the little we can do to suppress the pain for the tumor, we have to take it-”“ Excuse me, what did you say?” I asked the older man, it was like I couldn’t hear what just said.“ The brain tumor, your mother has to be operated on soon, before it grows and if it passes that point, there is nothing we can do”It was like he was talking gibberish, I could see Amy give me a subtle stare as her mouth was left gaped in shock, I wanted to let out a laugh, my mom? Brain tumor?“ Excuse are you convinced this is my mom, Julianna smith, you’re talking about?” I whispered out desperately, the doctor looked at me with a mix of pity and confusion,“Had there been any cases of complaining about irregular, painful headaches and becoming exhausted? That is always an early symptom”,My mom always covered everything up with a smile, she hardly asked for things, the missed calls on my phone haunted me, she must have needed me so desperately“ I’m sorry, miss smith, but your mother has a brain tumor, and to start the surgery, we need the sum of three hundred thousand dollars to start surgery, and we need it very soon or else your mother’s life will be at big risk,” the doctor continued“ and if you’ll excuse me” he called before he leftNo, no, no.Even though I felt a warm hand that belonged to Amy, rest on my back to calm my hyperventilating body, I felt numb, and my stomach churned, I was going to be sick.Just in spam of a few hours I heard the worst news in my life, my knees gave out before Amy held me back up, another fresh set of tears slipped down“ Amy, this is not happening, tell me this Is a dream.”“Emma it’s ok, it's going to be ok,” she hushed my cries, comforting me that it was all going to be ok.But I knew it wasn’t, no matter how I tried to tell myself it wasn’t, no matter how I attempted to believe Amy, but my mother had a brain tumor, and I have to find three hundred thousand dollars for the surgery, or I’m going to lose my mom.Where am I going to find that kind of money?EMMA•I stayed with my mom after she was moved to a room, Amy had gone to our house to get me some clothes knowing I would stay the night, I couldn’t sleep, and neither could I let go of my mother’s hands through the whole night as the silence that swallowed us whole was the loud beeping of the monitor that checked her vitals while she slept, she looked peaceful.“ Mom, don’t worry”, I whispered to her, my hands moved to push away her hair from her face soft pale face “ I will do what I can to get the money” that’s was a promised.After three days I returned to my house, the doctors had put her in a medically induced coma, and they said it would slow down the growth of the tumor, I just hoped I could pay up before then.I trudged into the apartment slumping down on the small old couch, it was quiet, too quiet, it made me feel hollow, how was I going to come up with the money? I brought out my phone to check my account balance, I had seven thousand dollars saved, it was supposed to
ROWAN•.“Another day another headache that I cope with it”, I huffed out as I got out of the shower, I was stressed enough as it was and this painful ache in my head won’t go away Or it might be the fact that I ran into my ex who was terrorizing a waitress in a restaurant, even though she was a beautiful woman, she had an awful attitude when pissed off. I looked at the sunrise soaking into my penthouse glass windows, I turned on the TV to see the stock claims on the King’s enterprises going up, That is right, I was the CEO of a billion-dollar company, King’s Enterprise, Rowan king, I walked to be empty kitchen to start myself a hot needed black coffee on the coffee machine to start my day, I needed to get rid of the knot I was feeling lately, Maybe it was the stress?My thoughts dwindled when I heard my phone buzz on the counter, I picked it up immediately as it was my little sister, “ Hello, Raya? Good Morning.” I called to her as I took a sip, my eye moved to the clock to see
EMMA•…“ don’t be nervous” Amy whispered as she entered the private dressing room at the back of the club, and in her hands were very revealing clothes, that I was supposed to wear.These were worn to serve drinks and were so scantily designed I had to hold a gasp from slipping out when I took a good glance at the dress, I couldn’t wonder what the sex workers would wear if servers were things like this!Amy had helped me out after my answer to her that would work there, and she got a spot for me the very next day, I left immediately after my shift in the restaurant, took shower, and headed to ‘Magenta Club’The lingerie and tight dress fit snugly on my body, the dress barely covered by girly bits, that was how scandalous it was, I had to admit, it hugged my curved I was always covered with clothes, and she was superb in makeup. I let her play around with my looks and curl my long hair for it to rest softly on my back.She let out a contented smile when she looked at my face“ you are
EMMA•…I woke up the next morning feeling cold, I shuffled around the bed to look for a blanket to cover my body even as my eyes were closed, Wait, I paused, this didn’t even feel like my bed. I opened my eyes instantly and sat up so fast I almost had a whiplash, to see I was in an unfamiliar room, I looked at my body to see that I was naked, and my lingerie was scattered across the bed and floor“ Oh my God, what have I done?!” I whispered in a panic, the memories of last night all came crashing back, and I felt hot shame cover me like a hot blanket,I slept with a stranger! “ You’re so stupid, Emma!” I called to myself as I hit my head several times with my palm, I felt so sore as I stood up from the bed,I peered in the mirror to see my body Littered with love bites, I was appalled, What made me behave that way with a stranger? Oh my God!I looked to the side to see a note and a small envelope, it read“ for your work”, what the hell? This person was very rude, or he didn’t eve
“ What?”Emma whispered, her eyes moving to her belly and back to the doctor, she also looked at Mr. Jonathan who took that as a signal to leave the room“ Doctor! I can’t be pregnant, how?”“ The baby is already three weeks old Miss smith, we checked your pulse and did some blood work on you, and it came out positive for pregnancy, you must be overwhelmed with the news,” the doctor told her before he left But Emma wasn’t listening,“ no, No! This is not happening to me!” she couldn’t believe it, she was pregnant with a stranger she knew absolutely nothing about, not even his name! Thoughts of him came to her mind from time to time, only when she passed his gray jacket she had hanged up in her houseBut this was something else beyond her power, the door opened again and this time it was Amy who rushed into the room,Her eyes met with Emma, she saw her w distraught Emma looked and ran to her, pulling her into a tight hug“ What happened?”“ How are you here, Amy?”“ Your boss called me
~~~ • Amy reached emmas apartment very quickly after Emma told her she wanted to meet the father of her child, barging straight for Emma’s door the moment she got to the house. “ Are you crazy?!?” Amy shouted the moment she unlocked the door of emmas home, walking in to see Emma pacing about in the living room, “I feel like it’s the best thing to do for the child, I’m going to contact him” she says quietly. “How are you even going to find him do you even know his name Emma,” Amy asked her frantically “I don’t know, but I will meet him, he can’t just vanish into thin air” “ But now Emma, why did you think of him, did something happen?” “..I got fired at work by Mr. Jonathan, he knows I’m pregnant and he does not see a pregnant woman as an asset to his business, saying u would slow him down..so I got laid off” “ How can he do that?! After you worked so hard! Oh my God he is an awful human being and will regret letting you go, I can’t believe him , he is such a bastard” Amy mutt
EMMA••I don’t know what to feel after that just happened, I never knew Rowan would be such a jerk, he tore through my dignity like it was nothing, making me look like a liarI should have expected this, but that didn’t make it hurt less, he made me feel like a gold digger which I wasn’tI just wanted to meet him, selfish part of me wanted to know who I gave myself to, I wanted to see the person I had sex with, and now I did, I walked out of the company in low spirits, calling a cab and heading straight to the hospital, even though my mom wasn’t awake, she was still my rock and I wanted to talk to her But as I went to the hospital I saw doctors rushing and out of the room with machines and injections, My heart started beating fast, “ excuse me what’s happening?” I shouted to a nurse that passed her, “ the patient had an attack, we’re doing everything we can miss, so you have to wait”I could only stand helpless as doctors tried to revive my mom, even the hundred thousand dollars I
ROWAN*From the moment I opened my eyes I knew that I was fucked, I saw myself laying on an unfamiliar bed with a woman at my side, she was asleep and last night’s memories all came back rushing to me, as I sat up from the bed.“fucking hell”, I uttered as I leaned on the headboard, my eye moved back to the woman’s small frame, her back was turned away from me, so I couldn’t get a good glimpse of her face, but I saw the bite marks and hickeys I left on her skin that made me appalled by what I did, I couldn’t believe I drank so much I fucked I woman who I hallucinated and thought was my fucking ex, I stood up took my things, drew a check from my jacket, and wrote check with a hefty sum of a hundred thousand dollars, hoping that she would see it as good compensation from last night, I was still hungover everything still felt disorientedI had work to do, but I didn’t waste time and left the private room of club magenta quickly, I made a quick note to myself not to listen to Keith so o