It's You...

Chapter 23.

Jen's parents are spending time with Jen in the ward, Christian is busy on a phone call and mom's seated besides me. She takes my hand and places a chain with a crucifix pendant. I take a look at it.

"This chain is blessed from Jerusalem. My mother had given this to me when I moved in here alone. She said, it'll protect me. It has been with me forever," mom tells me.

"I know mom. But....why are you giving this to me?"

"I want you to give this to Jennifer. Put it around her neck when you go in. It will surely protect her too. Just believe in it dear."

I nod and take it. After some time Mr. and Mrs. Diaz leaves, followed by my mom. And again me and Christian are left behind with Jen. I go in the ward and stand besides the bed.

"I will fight....... as long as I can, I promise......"

"There's nothing left in me.......I can feel it. I've lost all my strength......"

"I got everything I wanted in this life, and I'm content. But..... the best thing happened to me.....is you. You are.....and you'll always be my love....."

".....and I'll be happy.....to take this all.....with me....if I.....have to go-----"

My eyes shut instinctively, in order to stop thinking about the time, Jen last talked to me. Those words of her still prick in my ears. I cannot see any light of hope, but only Jen going away from me. I sit on the chair and hold her hand.

"Hey!" I whisper, trying to talk to her, and hoping, she would listen. But she doesn't responds. "Hey beautiful?" I call her again, but still no answer.

"Please talk to me, Jen. Say something, please......This doctors-- they must have cheated and cleared their exams, because they don't know the cure for your sickness. They're saying, that there's no other treatments. But I don't believe them. I don't, at all. They're telling me, that you're not responding....to any of the treatments---- Don't...do this, Jen. Please don't. Come back to me.....please," My voice quavers and my eyes wells up.

I continued talking to her even though I'm aware that she's not hearing me and isn't going to reply to any of it. And whom should I even go to? There's no one here, I can talk to. I take out the chain from my pocket and put it around her neck. I kiss her forehead and go away. I need some air, this place is suffocating me. So I walk out of the hospital and wander in the garden there, like a paranoid. It feels like, everything around me is threatening me, and I just want to run away from it as far as I can. But I won't. I'd rather face everything, than leaving Jen behind in this mortal place.

My phone buzzes in my pocket. I've been ignoring the calls from everyone all this time. I haven't even checked my phone properly for days. I take out the phone--- it's Samantha. Can't ignore her call, so I answer it.

"Yes, Samantha."

"Sir, Ms. Sophie Miller is here to see you."

What? What the hell is she doing there?

"Tell her to get out," I say.

"She wouldn't leave sir, unless you meet her."

"Just fucking call the security and throw her out of the industry. I don't want to see her," words come out from my mouth through gritted teeth and I hang up the call.

What the fuck does she want now? I'm already dealing with crisis here. Isn't that enough, that I've to deal with another shit. I go back in and time passes just like it used to in these days. Sitting and gawking at sleeping Jen---sometimes for hours, Christian brings some food for me from the cafeteria, the nurses come and inject liquids in her veins--- in every couple of hours and the sky went from dawn to dusk.