It's saturday night and I lay lazily on my bed, until I hear shouts of panic and the rushed movement. I sprang up and run down stair bare foot, I will never forget this day. I stared wide eyed as the nurse put an oxygen mask on my grandma, who was gasping for air .
I stand there frozen and helpless, my mind just blanked out not knowing what to do as if there was much I could do, “ Call the ambulance!! ” everything seem quite, and it was playing out in slow motion , the only thing I could see was grandma trying to breathe, “ Ellina! Call it! ” my aunt's shouts mixed with fear and anger wake me up from my dazed state, I dial the number but the shaking of my hand make it hard .
I feel tears slowly running down my cheek as I wipe it roughly, a lady answer the call. My voice crack as I try to explain it, but not a single word was able to be formed from my mouth, is follow the instructions of lady who was slowly guiding me through my panic state, “ Ellina we don't have time! Fiona take the car! We're going there ourselves! ” Aunty could no longer calm down as it was evident that grandma was getting increasingly worse with the passing of time.
Grandma was put carefully placed on the car, we were about to all sit and drive to the hospital when grandma hold my hand, take the oxygen mask off and tell me in a weak voice, “ You... Stay, ” aunty try to put it back on her ,but she pushed it away her word were barely discernible, “ hhhh... He, ” she gasp for air trying to finish her sentence.
I can see that aunty was in a rushed, but was helpless against Grandma stubbornness.
I quickly help her put on the oxygen mask , which she accept without much fight, “ I will wait for grandpa here, for you. ” hearing my reply she nodded weakly, I try to give her a comforting smile but I know it's anything but comforting, she smile weakly , and reached out her frail hand and wipe my tears, which only make it worse as my tear spill even more. After that they quickly go to the hospital.
I crouched down, with a head on my knees hugging myself, I didn't know it was this serious. These days she was doing just alright, why so suddenly? This situation make me more aware of how grave her situation is.
These day grandma is still energetic , just like how she used to be, except she sleep longer and and had lots of thing she can't eat. So, that make me think that she was alright and was improving, it was not as bad as they say .
I lie down looking at the ceiling, my mind is filled with question , doubt , what if , I don't know how long I stay like that but the thing I know is that when my phone ring again it was already dawn.
, “ Your grandma is okay now, but we will stay for a tonight. It's best if you can convinced her to stay here , she will be better here, ” Aunty said.
I heard a faint voice in the background, “ Your Grandma us worried about you, I'm giving her the phone. ”
, “ Sunshine , how are you? ” she asked me like always, “ I.. I.., ” hearing her gentle voice, I can't hold back the tears any longer as I start to cry. I don't want to either, “ I wa.... s... Was... So.. S
scared. ” I answers between my sobs as I sniff, “ Don't cry, I'm already fine now! I will be well tomorrow. ” I try to contain my sobs anyhow I could, but I can't stopped whimpering.
Third person' P. O. V
The fear of losing her family scared her, she is scared of being the one that is left behind. It hurt and she hated how she feel so helpless, how she was so powerless. And hearing her grandma's comforting words was what broke the camel's back .
Human are like this, no matter how much people hated and spit on you, hardship you suffer, you won't cry and stand strong alone, cause you got to protect yourself you can't risk being weak . But, when you hear the voice of your love one, whom you strongly depended on, you will broke down, finally that emotions you try so hard to contain broke free, you feel wronged , scared and finally show what you truly feel.
Hera ( granny) feel helpless hearing the sobbing sound of her granddaughter, it felt like her heart is being pinched relentlessly. Trying her best to comfort her granddaughter best as she could , after all this is the little granddaughter that she love and spoil so how could she bear to see her crying like that.
Situation and time like this show how immature Ellina is, growing up in a sheltered home the only problem she ever get was her grade in school. Everything that she face her parent stood before her, whether it's injustice , from biggest to problem that are insignificant. The strong wind passed through her parent and all she get was the gentle and cold breeze.
And she stay in the safe boundaries that her parent make for her, never go beyond that fence . Should we say she is luck or unlucky?
A safe boundary that is built around a beautiful garden, where all the outside force is blocked out. Safe and sound with no trouble, make especially for her and her only.
That sunday *
Due to Ellina insistence grandma stay for the Sunday, and Ellina arrived 10 in the morning to keep her grandma company and hopefully able to convinced her.
Her grandma was on the wheel chair as Ellina pushed her grandma around the beautiful garden full of flowers and tress, lots of butterflies with warm sunshine.
, “ Grandma , can you tell me about grandpa again? ”she asked .
, “He was the mischievous little brat of the neighborhood, who would always caused trouble . I swear every single time that I passed by his father's shop and he happened to be there , there was wasn't a single time that it was a normal scene, his father would be pulling him by the ears, red with anger with him smiling Innocently at the angry man. Which never fail to infuriate the old man.” a beautiful nostalgic smile bloomed on her face, her eyes looking far away as if recalling that moment again. Again and again she would think about Mikhael, the mischievous little rat the one who would climb the the oak tree to get the ribbon that he keep himself there , so that she would asked him for help.
She recalled cause she is afraid of forgetting him, if she did how disappointed he will be when he return? She wonder how he looked now.
Hera know there is no possibility that he would return, but she didn't want to admit it. If not , why would she be so afraid to not remember him? Everyday she would replay the moment that had become her memories from the distant past . All she had now is the memories, if that is too is gone she really lost him for real this time . So, that's why she try so hard to remember every single piece of memory and every single piece of him that she hold tight in her embrace.
, “ Grandma, why don't you stay in the hospital? ” Ellina asked crouching in front of her grandma, already knowing the answer. And waking her grandma from her dazed state.
, “ Your grandpa... ” before she can continue she was cut off.
, “ Grandma , do you really love me? ” she asked with a devastated look on her face.
, “ Of course I do! ” she reply quickly, caressing her granddaughter hand like coaxing a wronged child...
, “ Then won't grandpa blame me if you are not in the treatment you need? Do you think he will like it? ” seeing her grandma look she know she hit the nail on the head.
, “ I will wait in the house for you, I will wait for grandpa. He would be very worried if you're like this.” the grandma nodded in acknowledgement, it's not that their other relatives haven't try this method. But, as they say sometimes it's not about the worth of the gift but who is the giver is what's truly important , in their case it's not what they say instead it's the one who say it.
Looking at her granddaughter eyes that look like it was shining under the sunlight, with her emerald eyes gleaming with happiness Hera could not help but give in.
Her spoiled little granddaughter, how she wished Mikhael would see her . Ellina weight the heaviest in Hera heart cause she was the grandchild that she spend most time with, and know the best. She could not help but be more biased toward her .
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30.April.2022
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