KAREN

ONE

Rain poured down heavily almost washing me off my wet feet,I tucked my hands in shivering furiously,my teeth clenched tightly from the beating the rain gave me,I glanced at my Naked feet,it was as white as snow,I had lost my favorite flip flops mother marissa had given me while escaping the hellish foster home I've been abandoned when I was five,I've been so dying to live the foster for the past five years when i overheard the sisters talking about my mother,I really wanna see her,I wanna confront her I wanna challenge her maybe kill her for living me in a foster home for the past 13 years and not even bothering to come look for me,I mean I heard she is alive right so she should come even for once to see how I was doing-how i was suffering,except mother marrisa every sister there didn't even bother to look at me,care for me

There was a time mother marrisa went to Rome and I was on my period,I was left to the care of a sister Cleo and she didn't even bother bout it,I was only fifteen at that time and I had to do everything on my panties, to be honest sister Cleo was never happy with me since the day I  came to d home I felt it,d way she looked at me,d way she acted when I made any small mistake she'd take it as a big thing and punished me for it,I didn't even know there was anything like punishment not until I started having mine,I was not the only one actually some had been adopted and some had ran like I'm doing now.

I had walked for what seemed like a hundred mile,I was shaking seriously now and I think I felt my heart stop for a while,wait am I dying..no,I'm going to meet my mum first,I'm going to embrace her I've been watching TV dramas and saw our mothers took care of their children,how their mum embraced and kiss their children,I was so envious and eager to see who my mum is,how she is coping without me,she really should be guilty and feel bad for living me  all alone with strangers,people that doesn't even care about my existence.

I found an empty rice cracker table and hid under it to prevent the rain from beating me any further,I crawled under and balled myself,welling up tears,I was hurt and cold,I thought my heart was going to give up beating I'm really dying for real

I closed my eyes ready to give up,maybe I'd see my mum in heaven and challenge her, ask her why she left me..left Me to suffer alone in this world,my heart slowed and then everything went blank************

Everything was dark,not a single light,a melodious song filled the air like a farewell song and then I saw light ahead flowers  covering the entrance,I must be in heaven!..

This is so peaceful,so warm my feet are now as warm as I wanted, everything seemed great here,I never wanna leave here,I smiled so widely as I made my way to "my" heaven. When I crossed into the light,I didn't expect what I saw..rays of light filled the place, a familiar awful smell replaced the nice flower scent I smelled before,the song gradually fading until it all went. Everything was now gone,the song faded, the pain came back,I brought my hand up to soothe my achy head then I saw an iv been passed through my hand,I must be in an hospital,I looked around and saw a woman stand from her chair and moved close to my bed is she my mother,she must have found me earlier than I thought.

Her dark figure loomed over me..concern filled her face
"Are you alright"

"Are you my mother?".I said lowly still feeling the sharp pain from my head

"No,did you lost your mother?..my son saw you under a counter,you were drenched and already fainted"

"I did not die?"

"What is your name and where were you coming from"

Guilt and sadness filled my heart just by hearing where I came from
"I don't know" a tear dropped streaming down.

She hugged me "its okay,its okay,its okay"

Her warmth filled me,is this how it feels like to have a mother,to be embraced by a mother,she said her son rescued  me ,her son must love her unlike me,my mum abandoned me  and ran off,I wish I had a mum like this,I hugged her tightly and she rubbed my back smoothly trying to soothe me down

A guy came in to the ward,he was dressed in A blue shirt and black pants and a white long jacket like a lab coat, it was obvious he was a doctor but he looked too young to be one,his hair was honey blonde,he had a face that could swoon a girl off her feet

He dipped his hands in his pocket and looked straight into my eyes,he must have caught me staring at him,he smiled and walked towards us

"How are you doing?"

I nodded smiling back,we broke the hug
"Son"she held his hand and they both looked at me

"She's better now,she doesn't remember anything, not her name,not where she came from".she held my hand

"Really" he moved closer to me right beside me,his manly cologne filling my brain and I swear I wanted to hug him and receive more of his cologne all night

"Is it probably amnesia,do you remember anything else apart from your name and where you came from,like your parents or how you ended up under that counter"

I shook my head,I have to deny,if I said anything, they would probably take me back to the foster and all this will be for nothing,I just wanna start a new life and look for my mother.

"I don't remember anything "I finally said,looking down

His eyes skimmed through my body and I felt uncomfortable then his eyes stopped on my neck,he must have seen the necklace on my neck,"who gave you this?". He held it,your name is written on it

"It must have been my mother"I said,tears began welling up.

"I don't who she is"I said in a low tone,mumbling

"Hey,hey..its okay,you are going to be alright okay". He grinned beautifully,assuring me and i felt my insides warm,how could a man be so handsome.

And then a female doctor came in

"Hey brad,lectures are starting"

"Oh,okay..I'll be there". The doctor left and he turned back to me

"Uhm..Karen I have lectures buh I promise I'd be back,okay?"

"You promise you won't leave me"

"I won't I promise" ,he encircled my hand giving me a reassuring look.

"I'd stay with her"his mum said taping his shoulder. He nodded and went out.

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