"her room is 48"
we're now walking towards the room of grandma in private rooms section
"45.....46.....47......48"
aunt told me to give the bouquet of flowers to grandma. She said its been a while since we saw each other so it'll be more special if I'll give this to her
other than being intelligent and concious, she's very understanding and thoughtful
as I knock the room's door. Aunt's phone suddenly rang making her excuse herself
I waited her for few seconds if she needs assistance
"hello Mr. Altarez? good morning.... the project in Atlanta?"
she then waved her hand telling me to enter the room
and as I face the door again, at the same time, Luke opened it
"hi cous. Where's our waffles?"
"thats a sweet greeting from my sweet cousin. I miss you too cous... I placed your waffles in the table"
as I enter the room, my eyes immediately oamed around to observe then I saw a girl sitting in one of the wooden chair... Ericka
"Ericka! I miss you!"
I shouted but not too loud then span hugged her
I need comfort right now before I face grandma. She's my best friend after all
"long time no see Kris, nice to see you again. How are you?"
She said sweetly
"You ready?"
She whispered to me not breaking the hug
"I'm OK Ericka don't worry"
"Couz"
Lucas spoke that made me break the hug. He was sitting beside Ericka
"Let's go"
She suddenly collapsed last time while preparing a dish. Good thing her head didn't hit any hard object and its not severe. That's the reason the doctor discovered that she have Alzheimer's decease
That's what aunt Lorie told me before we got here. But still, that made me really worried
As I turned, I saw her. Laying in the hospital's bed and wide awake
"Krissy!"
She immediately open her arms, ready to catch and hug me. Sweet as ever, that's how I describe my grandma.
Damn! I thought I already cried enough last night for this but I think I was wrong
My tears automatically flow on its own. The next thing I did was: I hugged her while still holding the bouquet of dahlia, still crying like a baby
"Hey! Don't cry! I'm fine look!"
She said then touch my cheeks to face her..... The next thing she did? She placed her nose on mine then start moving her head left and right repeatedly
We did nose-to-nose
She always do this when we were young
"Sorry grand. I just miss you and you made me worried!"
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