Filed to story: A Girl Nobody Wanted Book by SansaR
“Yes, uncle…”
“Why Jake came here today, even skipping the celebration?” he asked, looking right into my eyes.
“Uncle, we have this training session with…” I was trying to tell… But he stopped me.
“I have already called Mr. Rafel, Luke, even before Jake leaves home. I let him leave even when I know he is lying because I didn’t want to put so many restrictions on him. But see what he has got into because he lied to us and come here…” he said. He seemed to be angry, and from his side, he is right.
I looked down without saying anything… How can I tell he came here to meet his girlfriend’s parents… No matter what happened, Sarah is Jake’s soulmate… His true happiness is within his relationship with Sarah… I can’t destroy it.
“If you are not telling me, that’s okay… But I will find out… You know, there is nothing I can’t find out…” he then said in a firm voice…
Sarah’s
POV
I was waiting with Shane until we get some news after Jake’s surgery. We both were just sitting next to each other quietly. Shane broke that silence from time to time, asking me if I want anything to drink or eat. But I had no appetite for food. Also, I didn’t feel thirsty even though I have cried too much, and my body is actually dehydrating.
When he asks about food, I always remember the food I cooked for my Jake… I spent the whole day by cooking his favorite food items, but he is just lying unconsciously in the operation theatre without even knowing what I have prepared for him. We had no way of getting any information about Jake’s status if Luke doesn’t call us. Though we need to call him every single minute and ask about Jake’s condition, we didn’t want to disturb him. So we had to wait nervously for him to call us or come and talk to us. I have been waiting for my whole life for so many things to happen. But none of those times felt this hard. I was so damn scared and nervous. I think that has made me mechanical. I was on auto-pilot mode, and my mind was completely shut. Actually, it is better… Otherwise, if I get emotional, I don’t even know I would be able to sit and wait there like that.
We have been here for nearly 3 hours now.
“Do you want anything to eat or drink?” Shane asked for God knows how many times.
I just shook my head just like in the previous times.
“I am going to get some water anyway. You must drink at least some water, Sarah… You have utilized all your body water to cry. ” he said worriedly. But I didn’t feel like saying anything in return.
“Don’t go anywhere. I will be right back…” then Shane said and left me.
Soon after he went, I saw Jake’s father was coming in my direction with two doctors. A few guards and police officers were following them. Does the operation over?
I stood up involuntarily.
“What is your suggestion then?” I heard Jake’s father asked from one of the doctors. They were walking so fast, I couldn’t hear anything more than that.
God! I wanted so much to run to them and ask how my Jake is… But I was so helpless… Though my Jake treats me like his everything, for these people, I am just no one… Even if I run to them and ask, those guards will throw me out, maybe those police officers arrest
me…
I stared for some time at the way they disappeared. When I was about to sit back, thinking should I call Luke, I saw Jake’s mom also coming to this direction. She was just sitting in her wheelchair, and another woman was pushing it, just like earlier… When both of them were passing the place I was standing like a statue, another woman came to her. She bent towards Jake’s mom and hugged her. Jake’s mom started to cry so hard…
That woman raised her head, then only I saw who it is. It was Mrs. Bernards, Luke’s mom.
“Beth… My poor Jackie…” Jake’s mom was crying…
“Don’t worry, darling… Everything is going to be alright…” Mrs. Bernards said, holding Jake’s mom’s hands.
“I felt something serious was going to happen, Beth… I asked him to stay home because of that, not because of the party. But when this thing with coach Rafel came up, I didn’t want to stop him from coming today. I should have been more strict and didn’t let him come today. Then my Jackie is still safely at our home.” Jake’s mom was saying between her cries…
I felt like I got just hit by a metal bar right on my head…
Jake fighting for his life was enough for me to be in the most miserable state I have ever been in my life. But after hearing what Jake’s mom’s told, I truly felt like it is better to kill myself than knowing my Jake faced this unfortunate incident because of me.
He called me in the morning and told me he won’t be able to come today because of the celebration he has at home. But how did I react? I got all aggressive, and I talked to him shitty things. I made him sad and helpless… I acted like a really dumb high school girl. He said he will come today because he couldn’t see me unhappy. But to keep his promise to me, he had to even lie to his mom…
Finally, he faced this tragic accident because he came here today. Because I made him come here today…If I didn’t act so naive and understand his situation, then he won’t come here today. He would still be safe at his home, just like his mom said. Not only that, what if that bugger Patterson is behind this accident. If I listened to him and agreed to whatever the s**t he said, my Jake may still be safe.
I am the main reason my poor babe in such a critical state…
Jakes’s mom started going in the same direction where his dad went. Mrs. Bernards also walked away with her, holding her hand.
I was staring at them with tear-filled eyes until they were out of my vision.
Sobbing like crazy, I dropped down to a chair… It was so hard to even breathe. My head was going to explode. I bent down and hid my head between my hands. There is no doubt, I am cursed… My unluckiness is affecting him as well. He had this perfect life, and I came to his life and made it a hell… If something happens to my Jake, what am I going to do? Killing my self won’t be enough. If something happens to him, it will ruin their parents’ lives as well. It will destroy Luke’s life, as well. Then it will affect Shane’s life as well and thereby my parents’ lives as well… God! All these people, especially the people I love more than my life are going to suffer because of my unluckiness…
“Sarah!!! Sarah!!!” Shane started shaking me. I didn’t even know when he came back. He seemed so worried and panicked.
But I didn’t want to lift my head up.
“Sarah… What the hell has happened…” Shane yelled at me again… But I kept on crying without lifting my head up.
“Sarah… Tell me what has happened, he is okay, right?” he asked again with a shaking voice.
When I didn’t respond, he lifted my head forcefully and removed my hands from covering my face.
“Don’t make me go crazy, Sarah… Tell me what the fu** has happened?” he then peeped to my eyes and asked.
“Shane!” Luke’s voice raised behind us at the same time.
We both stood up automatically.
Is the operation over? What has happened? I tried to read from his face, but his face was filled with so many emotions, and it was difficult to detect any emotion separately.
My heart was beating so rapidly, and my whole body was cold…
“Surgery is over…”Luke said, coming towards us…
“So…” Shane asked nervously.
“It is 50% success…” Luke said.
“What does that mean?” Shane asked, confused.
“I don’t understand it completely, but they could solve the fatal issue he currently had. However, they couldn’t totally recover him either. He is in a coma…” when he said the last word, his voice sounded like he was crying. “Coma!!!” me and Shane said in unison.
My Jake is in a coma!!! God! Why are you so cruel? Why you punish him for my cursed life?
“Yes… At the time he is stable though he is in a coma, according to the doctors, they can’t guarantee anything until he came out of coma…” Luke said.
I felt my legs get lifeless, I couldn’t feel my feet anymore… When I was about to fall, Shane put his arm around me and made me leaned to him. Then he made me sit on a chair safely.