Strings Attached (On-going)

24. HERE NOW

LISA'S POV

I guess I had been roaming in dreamland longer than I should have been. When I woke up, I realized the alarm had blown about forty five minutes ago. "Damnit!", I cursed, while I blinked several times. I lazily dragged myself out of the comfort of my bed and staggered to the bathroom.

I hit play on my phone to start my favourite playlist, a repertoire of all danceable tunes I had. I loved my bath to be lively.

I took a quick bath and wrapped my towel around my body. I strode back into the bedroom singing loudly along with the music.

A small beep from my phone reminded me I had voicemails to listen to. Pausing the music, I started scrolling through the messages.

At once, all the excitement drained from my face the moment I listened to the first voicemail message, from Oscar, and then the second......and the third.

He didn't sound like the normal Oscar, the confident and firm Oscar, he sounded like a person broken to the very core......

---i don't even know if happiness came to me or left me...---

Sniff...

--- she came back Lisa, my mom came back----

sniff....

---it's fucking crazy, she really had to show up like this huh?.... I'm just..... Where are you? Where the hell are you Lisa?----

A chuckle, and then, sniff sniff....

He actually cried?

I just replayed the messages once more, just to be double sure I heard what I heard. Worry washed over me like cold rain, building blocks of goosebumps on my skin.

I rushed to work in hopes that he was alright.

"Good morning...Mr.Finer in yet?" I greeted Raya

"No, he took today off"

"He did?"

"Yeah"

"Where is he at the moment?"

"Uh..the hospital"

"Which hospital is that?"

"The regional hospital... you could use the map..if you want to go there, that is"

"Sure"

I turned to leave, but she called me back. "I know you love him..... The worry in your voice, it tells me all that..."

I just stared at her.. silently. "... Only jealous people react in the manner you did yesterday.... And only people who are in love get jealous in situations like that....."

"I wasn't jealous or anything, I don't---"

"it's not a shame to admit your love for someone. I understand you two, you have been through quite a lot but he's a good person Lisa, I've seen it and I can put my life on that"

That was.... heavy?

I just swallowed hard and nodded, deliberating on what to say, "thanks...I guess.... I'm just.. I'm gonna go check up on him"

"FYI, he's not the patient, calm down"

"Who?"

" I don't know.. He didn't say, maybe om of his friends or something, but he promised to get back to me",, and then she refocused on her laptop. Obviously, she didn't know about his mom yet, so I quickly made for the door. Following the map carefully, I finally arrived at the regional hospital.