🥀In Loving Memory🥀

Chapter 29

"How did Jazmine end up in the hospital?" Huey asked.

"I guess her system couldn't handle the disease and she asked Nicole and me if we could take her to the hospital," Ebony answered.

"But you said she was healthy and even the doctors said she was healthy," Huey reminded.

"That's what I thought but I was mistaken. The night I was eavesdropping on her was when I found out she was in pain. When she came up to Nicole and me and told us that she needed to go to the hospital, I took her," Ebony stated.

"Was it the same hospital or was it different?" Huey asked.

"It was a different one. It wasn't too far from our house. It was thirty minutes at most," Ebony answered.

"I'm guessing the doctors said that she needed to stay at the hospital?" Huelene guessed.

"Yes," Ebony answered.

"I don't get it! If Jazmine was in a well stable house then why did she need to be hospitalized if she can just do treatments at home?" Huey asked confused.

"I don't know! It was a lot going on at the time. She was stressed, depressed, and her immune system was probably low after she gave birth," Ebony answered.

"But she was eating healthy, taking her medication, and trying to get back on her feet," Huey pointed out.

"Yeah, but that probably couldn't have been enough. It probably wasn't working for her anymore," Ebony said.

"The medication could have just helped her through her pregnancy and not anything else," Ebony assumed.

"Was it hard seeing my mother in the hospital?" Huelene asked.

"Yes, it broke my heart to see her in pain. But what made it worse was that she was accepting it," Ebony sadly spoke.

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I went to see Jazmine in the hospital about a month before she died. Nicole and Huelene were out shopping, so I had some free time. When I entered her room, I noticed she had a video camera and a journal, both of which I had no idea where she obtained them.

"Hey, Jazmine!" I said greeting her.

"Hi Ebony!" she looked up at me and started smiling. 

"What are you doing?" I asked coming up to her.

She was writing something down in her journal and I peaked at it to see she was writing to Huelene.

"I'm just writing some stuff down," she mumbled.

"Where'd you get this from?" I asked wanting to know.

"One of the nurses gave it to me. She said it's supposed to help me cope with my stress," she answered.

"Really?" I asked crossing my arms. I didn't believe her.

"How is this supposed to help cope with your stress?" I asked.

"I just feel like I left everybody on hold," she simply answered.

"Like who?" I asked.

"My parents, Nicholas, Huelene, Tyrone, Timothy, James, my friends from back home, and Huey," she answered.

"Okay, I can understand you leaving Huey, Timothy, and your friends on hold but I don't understand the rest. Why do you feel like you owe James and Tyrone a letter?" I asked.