The Demigod's Broken Angel

Chapter 8: Take It Easy

This is the third chapter! Yoo-hoo! Give me five guys. Don't forget to read Chapter 6 & 7 too, okay?

Listen to Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father". (This song must be old but this always breaks my heart).

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Mayah

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"The world can offer a lot, but even having them all won't ensure your contentment. Think of what you valued the most, it defines your happiness."

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Chloe's POV

"Ms. Jenkins? Excuse me. Ma'am?"

"Hhmmm."

I woke up looking at the nurse's face, she must've been waking me up for several times already. I got up in my bed and smiled to her.

"Hi, I'm Mitch. I just brought your medicine. By the way, Dr.Godfrey said he will just come back this afternoon, he said he needs to go home and change his clothes. But he'll be back before it gets dark."

"Huh? I'm sorry. You mean Xian? He's a doctor, too?"

"Uhh, no ma'am. You probably heard me wrong. I meant Mr. Godfrey."

"Oh, okay."

I was left confused by that. After the nurse explained everything, she kept on avoiding my gaze. She seemed uneasy and was constantly chewing her lower lip. Most likely, she looked like she's regretting something she just said.

"Uhh, do you need anything?" She blurted out to broke the tension.

"Nope, thanks Mitch." I smiled to her.

We heard a soft knock at the door and it opened slowly. An old man came in with a tray of food in his hands.

"Ma'am, here's your lunch."

"Thank you sir." I gave him a tired but polite smile.

He smiled back to me then to Mitch and exited the room.

"He's a very hard working man, very much dedicated to his work." she sighed.

"How'd you know?"I asked Mitch, signaling her to continue.

"He's my dad." she smiled to me, showing how proud she was.

"Oh! Really? You're such a lucky daughter to have a great father like him."

"Yeah, he's been such a loving father. He worked day and night to be able to finance my studies. Med. school's pretty expensive, but he didn't mind. When I was a child, he used to bring me here, when my aunt couldn't babysit me. My mom died after she gave birth to me, so it was dad who took care of me since then. I could see all those nurses and doctors with there blue or white suits and I realized I wanted to be just like them. He told me, he'd work hard so that I could graduate and finally become a licensed nurse." She shared her story to me with so much fondness in her face. I nodded, suggesting her to continue. "I was so happy, since then I promised myself I would make him proud of me one day. But I failed him." her voice broke when she muttered her last words.

"Why?"I asked her. She looked at me intently, sadness, disappointment and regrets were shown in her watery eyes. "I mean, if you wouldn't mind sharing of course."

"No, not at all." She shook her head and sighed heavily. "Well, during my final years in college, when I was already having my internship, I got pregnant." I suddenly held my breath at her revelation. "I told him of course, but he never said anything. He never even scolded me or yell at me, or talked to me about how much disappointed he was. He just ignored everything that I said, like it never bothered him or something. After I gave birth to my son Luis, he told me to finish my internship and I didn't questioned him. I just did, I graduated and now I'm here. But since then everything has changed. I knew and I felt it. My relationship to him as a father, his relationship to me as his daughter. Everything."she smiled bitterly.

I held her hands, giving her some comfort.

"I'm sorry! Gosh, I shouldn't have told you our story."

She wiped the tears that were flowing like a waterfall on her cheeks. I suddenly realized I was crying myself, too. I smiled to her and opened my arms, offering her a hug. She embraced me back.

"Don't mention it. I'm happy that you trusted me enough to share a bit of your life. You know, I don't usually care about the people around me, about what others were struggling and suffering about. I usually tell myself that I've got enough burden to think. I realized now that I just got a little piece of the cake. I just hope you and your dad would be able to surpass what your both going through right now. Talk to him, apologize, and say what you've been holding back for so long. He will always be your dad no matter what and based on what I could see, he loves you so much and he always will." I muttered fast.

I squeezed her hands and gave her another quick hug.

"Thank you Ms. Jenkins. I'll definitely talk to him as soon as possible."

"Just call me Chloe, I wish you good luck Mitch. Thanks to you, too."

"Right Chloe." she's smiling to me now, probably a little relieved from her agony. "You better take your lunch before it spoils. Call me whenever you need anything. I'll just visit my other assigned patients."

I nodded to her and grinned before she left my room. I sighed, my heart was pounding hard like I'm hyperventilating. I let out a content smile and munch happily the delicious food Mitch's father delivered earlier.

Life is so amazing! You get to meet strangers along your way whom you wouldn't even thought that would make you realized what you've been missing, what you've been wasting. Mitch taught me a good lesson today, not from her own story but somehow from what I said to her. I didn't realize I've been neglecting a lot since the day I lost Daniel.

He was everything to me, everything I ever wanted and needed. That's why my world crashed down when I was already left all alone. I shut everyone out, that includes my family, my parents, my closest friends. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was doing fine, that I didn't need their concerns and pity. I opted to leave on my own to justify myself. My relationship with everyone around me grew apart even more so with my parents. I built towers around me that were stronger than my fears.

But this day marks my new beginning. I will now try to open up myself more to everyone. Try to gain some new friends in school, communicate more with my family. I'll try to get myself back. I will try to set aside my grievances. Daniel will always be in my heart and wherever he is right now. I know that this is what he wanted, too. My road might be a little bumpy but from now on I'll take it easy and just do it one step at a time.

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{(Sareehh! This chapter might be a little boring but I wanted to give it a break. This part has a lot to do with the relationship I have with my dad. Well, not all of us are fortunate enough to have a good father and I'm just one of those lucky daughters who have one. So? Give your warmest hug to your Daddies! Aright?! Please comment.vote and promote!)}  ;)

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Mayah