MEANT TO BE 3 (Forever's Not Enough - GirlxGirl)

TRUTH HURTS

MUSIC :

One Day I'll Fly Away

"Hi, Ma... what's up? What?!!! What happened? How's Papa? Oh my God... Okay, I'll be there in a few minutes. Ma, everything's going to be alright, don't think too much. I love you... Okay, I'll see you." Aom grabbed her purse and her keys. She rushed to the parking lot. It was eleven in the morning. It was a lean hour at the store and everything was going smoothly until she received that phone call from Mama Pornphan.

" Hello, Mumsy?" Aom sounded so anxious while driving...

"Hi, Mommy? What's up? Are you driving?" Asked Tina.
"Yes... I'm going to the hospital right now, in Kaiser. Something happened to Papa." There was a crack in Aom's voice... She's starting to cry.

"What?! What happened? Hey, Mommy... don't cry. I'll be there too, okay? You wait for me and please, drive carefully. Please, huh? Mommy? " Tina's now worried. She knows Aom has the tendency to drive recklessly during situations like this. " Mommy did you hear me? Drive safely, don't be reckless..." she said. Aom nodded...

" Okay, Mumsy. I'll be fine. Just give me a ring as soon as you're there. "

Few minutes and Aom was already in the hospital. She went straight to the ER, and there she saw Mama Pornphan and Alice. Aom was trying to control herself from crying when she saw her Papa laying in bed. He has bruises on his arm and he has a little bandage on his forehead. He's under sedation...

" What happened to him? " Aom asked Mama Pornphan.
"If you could still remember over a week ago, I told you something's weird was going on with your Papa..." says Mama Pornphan.

" Oh, yes. I think that was the time I saw him in the room with all these LP records scattered everywhere. " Aom said.

"Since then, you're Papa wasn't just forgetful. He's been restless and confused. We were noticing it that he would keep on pacing back and forth from the living room going to the kitchen. He would ask to have dinner, when in fact he's already finished eating. And if I say, he already had it, he would still insist and be agitated. Then we would argue. He yells at me sometimes, but I just shrug it. But there are times, he's really too much, I can't take it anymore, then I would just turn my back on him. " Mama Pornphan looked more exhausted than worried... Aom felt sorry for her mom.... She's old now, and to handle all these things... This is too much for her.

"Yesterday afternoon, he was picking on Scott. He wasn't able to recognize him. Can you believe that? He was telling Scott to go away , and Alice was telling him that it was Scott, his grandson. Your sister cried when she saw her son crying. Maybe your nephew was a little shaken, he asked your sister if they can just go out of the house for a while. That broke my heart... I know your Papa is losing it... It's starting..." Mama Pornphan's crying hard now... Aom and Alice exchanged glances, they were crying too. They rubbed Mama Pornphan's back.

" I didn't know these things are happening. I'm always there at the house every night, but whenever I see Papa, I don't see these episodes..." Aom said.

" It's not the same everyday. And even the time... We can't even tell when it will strike Papa. It just happens in an instant... Mama doesn't want you to worry that's why she would always tell me not to tell you about these things. Only maybe in situations like this that we cannot handle anymore. " Alice took a deep breath. She looked a little stressed too.

" I scheduld Papa for an appointment with his primary doctor, but it's still due for next week. I didn't expect for this to happen. But at least now, the hospital can keep him informed of what's happening to Papa. We'll just wait... What happened to him? Why does he have all these bruises?" Aom was rubbing his Papa's arm. He's still sleeping...