Lost Cause, Chapter 21
by SIPort
It had been several days, with no change in Eve’s condition. Simone was getting better everyday. She was happy to be sitting with her mother.
” No, Whitney. No change.”
“ Oh. I heard the nurses talking.You’re going home?”
” I can. Today. I’m totally healed.”
” Physically, that is.”
” Yeah, physically. The social worker came by to see me. I, um, well because
I tried to kill myself, I have to go to counseling in order to not be arrested.”
” Oh.”
” Yeah. So, my first session with a therapist begins tomorrow.”
” Good luck?”
Simone laughed. “ Yeah, it should be fun. Whit, aren’t you worried about Mom?”
” About the coma? I choose to think that this is the way for her body to
heal. That when she finally wakes up, she’ll be perfectly fine, and we can
work on our family. I, um ..”
” What?”
” I spent the morning working with the funeral home and the church for Liz’s
funeral.”
” Whitney, you didn’t!”
” Simone, she’s Mom’s sister. Our aunt. We have to give her a decent burial.”
” Whitney, the bitch tried to KILL OUR MOTHER!”
” And, it didn’t work. She lost her life instead. She deserves a funeral,
Simone.”
” Do you expect me to go to it?”
” Yes.”
” Oh, NOW who’s crazy?”
” Do it for Mom.”
” What does Daddy think about this?”
” He’s on your wavelength. He nearly choked at writing the check for it,
but he’s going to do it. For Mom.”
“ I guess I can go. But, don’t expect me to fake any sort of caring that she’s dead.”
” I won’t. Thank you, Simone.”
”Hey, I was just in your room looking for you, Sugarbear.”, TC said as he
walked in. “ I took a chance that you’d be here.”
” Yep. Here I am.”
” You ready to go home? All the paperwork is done.”
” I’m cool.”
” You have your first session..”
” Yes, Daddy. I know. My first session is tomorrow.”
” Simone, you have to go to your sessions. It’s the only way to get your
record expunged. Plus, I want you to deal with whatever put you in that frame
of mind to make you think that you didn’t have another way to deal with your
life. You scared me, Sugarbear.”
” I’m sorry, Daddy. It won’t happen again.”
Whitney heard a moan. Eve was moving from side to side. “ Daddy! Simone! She’s waking up!”
They all surround Eve and watch her open her eyes. Eve takes a look at them. Slowly, she does from one face to another to another. They are all smiling at her. When TC reaches out to Eve,” Oh Honey”, Eve shrinks back.
TC looks at his daughters, who are staring at Eve. “ Baby, what’s wrong?” She flinches away from TC again. Whitney tries to touch her. “ Mom, are you ok?”, to which Eve pulls the covers up around her to protect her.
” I’ll go get the doctor.”, Simone offered. TC and Whitney keep their distance, but their faces are full of concern. Soon, Simone walks back in with the doctor. He walks towards Eve, who cringes.Eve nodded. The doctor checked all of Eve’s vitals and wrote down in her chart. “ Eve, you seem to be doing well. You’re on the road to recovery. I’m going to ask you some questions. Do you know your name?”
” Certainly. I’m Eve Johnson.”
“ Eve JOHNSON?”
” Yes, Eve Johnson."
”
“ I see.”
The doctor motioned for TC, Whitney and Simone to come over to the corner. “ It was a concern of mine, with her bleeding on the brain that there might be some problems.”
” Problems.”
” JULIAN! Oh Julian, I’m so glad to see you! “ Eve motioned
for Julian to come near her, which he did. When he got barely close enough,
Eve reached out and grabbed in a hug.
” Julian, these odd people are looking at me like I should know them. I’m
in the hospital. Why am I in the hospital, Julian? And, I’m not pregnant anymore.
Did I have our baby?”
The room was silent.
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