The whole night, Darryl didn’t sleep at all… He rested in Kenny warmth hug the whole night… Inside his mind, he keeps telling himself he is going to lose the only woman he had ever loved in his life very soon… But yet he can’t bear to see her leave… Confusing feeling…
Kenny: “Dear, what time you need to go to camp?”
Darryl: “7.30… But I really don’t feel like going…”
Kenny: “Can you not go?”
Darryl: “Nope…”
Kenny: “Then I guess no choice already… But you are not in the correct condition to drive… I drive you there”
Darryl: “Don’t you need to work…”
Kenny: “You should know better… I send you home to freshen up first then to breakfast before heading to camp…”
Darryl: “I want to stay longer… You go to the car and bring my toiletries bag… I freshen up here…”
Kenny: “OK… I buy breakfast too…”
Darryl: “OK…”
Soon it time to leave grandma and head to camp, Darryl informed the head nurse to contact him if grandma is not doing well before he left… Kenny asked him to not to worry as everything will be fine as doctor always give the worst scenario…
The whole morning, Darryl was unable to concentrate on his lesson… His mind was still in the hospital with his grandma…
Kenny: “Dear, what time you need to go to camp?”
Darryl: “7.30… But I really don’t feel like going…”
Kenny: “Can you not go?”
Darryl: “Nope…”
Kenny: “Then I guess no choice already… But you are not in the correct condition to drive… I drive you there”
Darryl: “Don’t you need to work…”
Kenny: “You should know better… I send you home to freshen up first then to breakfast before heading to camp…”
Darryl: “I want to stay longer… You go to the car and bring my toiletries bag… I freshen up here…”
Kenny: “OK… I buy breakfast too…”
Darryl: “OK…”
Soon it time to leave grandma and head to camp, Darryl informed the head nurse to contact him if grandma is not doing well before he left… Kenny asked him to not to worry as everything will be fine as doctor always give the worst scenario…
The whole morning, Darryl was unable to concentrate on his lesson… His mind was still in the hospital with his grandma…
At 0945, an unfamiliar number shown on his phone. Darryl requested to be excuse from the class for a moment…
“Mr Darryl, I’m calling from NUH… Your grandmother is in critical condition… You may want to make your way here fast…” Darryl rushed into the class and asked for to be excuse from the class today…
He dashed out of the camp real quick to get a cab… But no cab was in sight; he panicked and run down the street to look for cab… Finally he got a cab….
“NUH… Fast…”
While he was on the road, he prayed to god that he will be able to see grandma one last time to bid goodbye… He called his sister…
Darryl: “Where are you?”
Sister: “I’m reaching…”
Darryl: “I’m on a cab there now should be there in another 15min max…”
Sister: “OK, please be quick…”
Darryl: “OK…”
“Mr Darryl, I’m calling from NUH… Your grandmother is in critical condition… You may want to make your way here fast…” Darryl rushed into the class and asked for to be excuse from the class today…
He dashed out of the camp real quick to get a cab… But no cab was in sight; he panicked and run down the street to look for cab… Finally he got a cab….
“NUH… Fast…”
While he was on the road, he prayed to god that he will be able to see grandma one last time to bid goodbye… He called his sister…
Darryl: “Where are you?”
Sister: “I’m reaching…”
Darryl: “I’m on a cab there now should be there in another 15min max…”
Sister: “OK, please be quick…”
Darryl: “OK…”
He called Kenny and tells Kenny that he is on his way to the hospital… Kenny said he will go there immediately… Then come the call from Sister… Darryl picked up and can hear crying in the background….
Darryl: "Hello...."
Sister: “No need to rush already… Grandma gone… I didn’t even manage to see her… I was late by 1 min…” Tears flowed down Darryl cheeks…
Driver: “Sir, are you ok…”
Darryl: “Yup… Take your time… It’s too late already… She’s gone”
Driver: “My condolences... I will get you there as fast as i can...”
Darryl: “Thanks”
He tried very hard to compose himself before reaching the hospital as he promise himself he will be strong for everyone… Finally he reached the hospital, even though it was just a short ride left to the hospital but to Darryl, it was the longest ride ever in his life…
Darryl got of the cab just keep running… No matter how fast he run, the lift just seems so far away… He just kept on running… Everything seems so far away….
The lift door opened, everybody including Kenny was there… and Darryl realised he is the last one to reach…
“I want to see her… She will not leave me like that… She will not leave me without waiting for me…”
Darryl ran towards the room… Kenny tried to catch up but Darryl was too fast… He reached the room and he stopped… He seems to hesitate to go in or not… Kenny told him that he should not go in if he is not ready to see her in this state… Darryl insisted…
He pushed open the door… The room felt so cold and he saw the bed was being covered up with a cloth… He didn’t see his grandma but the cloth… He approached the bed and with his shivering hand, he lifted the cloth slowly and saw his grandma face so pale and crooked… He knows his grandma was suffering before she died… Immediately he burst into tears and cried…
“Ah Mah!!! WAKE UP!!! WAKE UP!!!! Don’t leave me like that … WAKE UP!!! Ah Mah… WAKE UP!!! You cannot leave like that... I am here… Don’t sleep… Wake up” Darryl went totally uncontrollable…
“WAKE UP!!!! Don’t leave me… You promised… Wake up… Wake up… Wake up… Don’t leave me…. Ah Mah…. Don’t leave me… Wake up…. Ah Mah… Wake up… I am here… Ah Mah… I’m here… Open your eyes… Don’t leave me behind… Ah Mah…I’m here… Wake up…” Darryl collapsing on the floor still mumbling… “Wake up… Wake up…”
Kenny gives Darryl a hug
Kenny: “Shhhh… Dear, she’s gone…”
Darryl: “Wake up… Wake up…”
Kenny: “She will not wake up anymore…”
Darryl: “Wake up… Don’t leave me like that…”
Kenny: “Shhhh… Just cry it out…. Shhhh….” Darryl burst into loud cry....
Darryl: “She will not leave me like this…”
Kenny: “She’s gone… Shhhh… Let go out and have a breather…”
Kenny helped Darryl out and put him on the chair… He leaned forward and talk to Darryl
Kenny: “You know she is gone because you have made the decision last night. You said you don’t want to see her suffer and even ask her to rest in peace… So she did it… You have to be strong… Everyone here need you to be strong… I know it hard but I am here… OK?”
Darryl: “…”
Kenny: “For everyone here, you need to calm down and be strong… Grandma will be sad to see you like this…She will be sad” Darryl lifted up his head and look at Kenny…
Darryl fainted….
To be continue….
Driver: “Sir, are you ok…”
Darryl: “Yup… Take your time… It’s too late already… She’s gone”
Driver: “My condolences... I will get you there as fast as i can...”
Darryl: “Thanks”
He tried very hard to compose himself before reaching the hospital as he promise himself he will be strong for everyone… Finally he reached the hospital, even though it was just a short ride left to the hospital but to Darryl, it was the longest ride ever in his life…
Darryl got of the cab just keep running… No matter how fast he run, the lift just seems so far away… He just kept on running… Everything seems so far away….
The lift door opened, everybody including Kenny was there… and Darryl realised he is the last one to reach…
“I want to see her… She will not leave me like that… She will not leave me without waiting for me…”
Darryl ran towards the room… Kenny tried to catch up but Darryl was too fast… He reached the room and he stopped… He seems to hesitate to go in or not… Kenny told him that he should not go in if he is not ready to see her in this state… Darryl insisted…
He pushed open the door… The room felt so cold and he saw the bed was being covered up with a cloth… He didn’t see his grandma but the cloth… He approached the bed and with his shivering hand, he lifted the cloth slowly and saw his grandma face so pale and crooked… He knows his grandma was suffering before she died… Immediately he burst into tears and cried…
“Ah Mah!!! WAKE UP!!! WAKE UP!!!! Don’t leave me like that … WAKE UP!!! Ah Mah… WAKE UP!!! You cannot leave like that... I am here… Don’t sleep… Wake up” Darryl went totally uncontrollable…
“WAKE UP!!!! Don’t leave me… You promised… Wake up… Wake up… Wake up… Don’t leave me…. Ah Mah…. Don’t leave me… Wake up…. Ah Mah… Wake up… I am here… Ah Mah… I’m here… Open your eyes… Don’t leave me behind… Ah Mah…I’m here… Wake up…” Darryl collapsing on the floor still mumbling… “Wake up… Wake up…”
Kenny gives Darryl a hug
Kenny: “Shhhh… Dear, she’s gone…”
Darryl: “Wake up… Wake up…”
Kenny: “She will not wake up anymore…”
Darryl: “Wake up… Don’t leave me like that…”
Kenny: “Shhhh… Just cry it out…. Shhhh….” Darryl burst into loud cry....
Darryl: “She will not leave me like this…”
Kenny: “She’s gone… Shhhh… Let go out and have a breather…”
Kenny helped Darryl out and put him on the chair… He leaned forward and talk to Darryl
Kenny: “You know she is gone because you have made the decision last night. You said you don’t want to see her suffer and even ask her to rest in peace… So she did it… You have to be strong… Everyone here need you to be strong… I know it hard but I am here… OK?”
Darryl: “…”
Kenny: “For everyone here, you need to calm down and be strong… Grandma will be sad to see you like this…She will be sad” Darryl lifted up his head and look at Kenny…
Darryl fainted….
To be continue….
2 comments:
do u cry when u write down the story?
I did and have a major breakdown... It so hard to get over it even after so long....
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