Filed to story: A Girl Nobody Wanted Book by SansaR
“Luke, do you know who is Mr. Patterson’s uncle?” I asked.
“What?” he seemed panicked.
“Mr. Patterson’s uncle, do you know him?” I asked again.
“Why?” he asked without answering me.
“Mr. Patterson told that his uncle is the one who is responsible for his mom’s death. He told me how much pain they all had to go through because of his uncle. It is so hard to believe that a person can be that cruel.” I said.
“He said you like that? That his uncle is the one who responsible for all these?” he asked. He looked angry and worried at the same time. “Yes…”
“May I tell you one thing, Sarah…” he then asked. “Yes, what is it?”
“I totally get it that you want to help a person who just lost his mom because more than anyone you know, how painful it is to suffer alone. But you are not an uneducated dumb girl. You are the smartest girl I have ever met. You have gone through a lot, and I think you know about people even more than I do. So come back to your senses. Stop believing whatever the s**t people tell you.” he was so aggressively speaking. “What has got into you? What are you talking about?” I asked.
“Don’t act dumb, Sarah… You know what am I talking about. If you want, I will make myself clearer. Stop believing whatever the fu**ing lie that jerk Patterson tells you. Use your fu**ing brain too. There are always two sides to a story. One side can be a complete lie.” he said with the same aggressive tone.
“You are saying that Mr. Patterson is lying to me? But what is the reason for him to do so?” I asked.
“God! He can create reasons,” he said.
“Okay, if you know it is a lie, then you must know the truth as well. Why don’t you tell me the truth? Can’t you and Jake understand that more you hide from me more troubles we are all getting to?” I asked angrily.
What do you all think? Am I wrong? There should be a limit to how much they hide from me. I have fed up with staying in the dark.
He looked startled by the way I talked. I think he didn’t expect me to get that much angry.
“I wish I could just tell you everything and stop this bullshit too, Sarah… I am also fed up with this. Most especially, I am fed up with observing how much Jake suffered from all of these. But what can I do? Until he decides to tell you everything, there is nothing I can do.” he replied.
I didn’t say anything. He is right. There is no use of getting angry with him. He is just trying to help his best friend and his girlfriend.
We both were silent for some time.
“Sarah… We should go home,” he said, breaking the silence.
“Now?” I asked.
“Not right now. But we have to leave soon. Don’t feel bad about it, Sarah. You are not leaving him alone. He actually has many relatives. Most of them are already here.” he said.
I didn’t want to argue. So I just nodded.
Anyway, I came all the way here for Mr. Patterson. I tried my best to support him in this hard time. But if he is telling lies as Luke said and acting like a jerk whenever he wants, there is no need for me to stay more.
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After some time, when Mr. Patterson returned to us, I informed him that we are going to leave in a short while.
As I thought, he strongly opposed to that. He said if we leave now, he would be left alone. He was literally begging me to stay for the funeral tomorrow.
When he talks like that, I again start to feel sorry for him. However, I insisted that we should leave. He asked us to at least stay until the evening. So we agreed.
Luke didn’t leave me even for a minute after that. So there was no trouble. Anyway, Mr. Patterson was busy too. He couldn’t escape from going and meeting the people who come to show the final respect to his mom. It was in the evening, and we thought of leaving. Both me and Luke were waiting for Mr. Patterson.
Luke wanted to go to the washroom, and he wanted me to stay in the hallway until he comes back. Then only I realized that he didn’t even go to the washroom, leaving me alone. My poor Luke!
I was just waiting for him.
I saw someone in the hallway!
“Jake!!!” I can swear I saw Jake. He crossed the hallway and went to the other side. He didn’t see me.
But it should be him. He was walking with the aids of crutches too.
What is he doing here? Did he come for the funeral? I walked towards the direction he just disappeared. I completely forgot that Luke asked me to stay there without going anywhere.
When I was near to the place where he got disappeared, someone pulled me to a room while shutting my mouth with his palm.
No need to tell, I was frightened. But that was just for a second. My favorite cologne smell wiped out all my fears and filled my heart with joy.
“Where are you going, Princess…” his warm breath tickled my ear.
I wanted to talk, but he was still shutting my mouth with his palm. It took him a few seconds to notice that.
“I saw you. I knew it was you… But what are you doing here?” I asked.
“Well… Both my girlfriend and my best friend are here, isn’t that a good reason to come here?” he asked. Then he sat on a nearby sofa while making me sit next to him.
“Really?” I asked, looking at his face carefully.
Since I was turning my back to him previously, I couldn’t see his face properly.
God! He looks exhausted. I couldn’t help but touch his face and sigh.
“You are exhausted, Jake. It is really painful to see you like this.” I said sadly.
Without saying anything, he just kissed my cheek.
“Why you really came here? Don’t you have a lot to take care of at home?” I asked again.
“Let’s forget all those for a moment, babe. You were right. I am exhausted. My head feels like it is going to explode. Can you massage it for a minute?” he asked with his puppy eyes. Then without letting me saying anything, he rests his head on my lap.
My hands ran to his head, involuntarily,
He didn’t lie. His head was so hot. I quickly checked if he has got a fever by keeping my hand on his neck. Thank God! He was not suffering from a fever.
I think he has got a bad headache with all the troubles he has to go through.
My poor baby!
I gently kissed his head and then started massaging his head.