Broken Heart

Chapter 16

Zachery Williams

"Mom, I brought dinner for you." I said as I entered her room with a tray.

It had been almost a week since that incident. My mom was holed up in her room. She hardly spoke to me or Lucy.

I had been taking care of Lucy and mom, which resulted in me missing school. But I couldn't care about it. Right now, my family was my first priority. And I needed to help my mom get through this.

"Mom, come on, just eat something." I sat on her bed. She was leaning against the headboard of the bed, deep in thought.

I kept the tray on the bedside table and took her hands, squeezing them a little to get her attention.

'You can't keep going on like this. It's been almost a week and I know you need time to get everything together. But you need to stand up and you have to keep moving forward. You have to be strong, mom." I said as she looked at me.

"I don't know if I can get through this Zach. I don't think I'm strong enough." She answered, tears glistening in her eyes.

"You can, Mom, you're a doctor. You tell all your patients that they are strong. You give them hope that even if at the moment everything is bad, later things will turn out fine. That applies to you too." I told her.

"I guess you're right honey. But I never expected your dad to do something like that. That is the hard part. That little expectation can hurt a lot," she said as she wiped her tears away. "Have been going to school?"

"No, school can wait," I said, smiling a little.

"Well, tomorrow is Wednesday, right? You have to go to school tomorrow. I will look after Lucy, since I took leave from the hospital. We have a lot of things to change around the house." She said with a weak smile.

"Okay, but we will do it together." I said as I gave her a reassuring smile.

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The next morning, I was glad to see mom making breakfast in the kitchen. Lucy also looked content as she happily ate her breakfast.

"Morning, Mom." I greeted her as I gave a quick peck on her cheek.

"Good morning Zach." She gave a small smile as she sat on her seat.

We made small talk while having breakfast and I left for school shortly after that.

I met with Liam and we both rushed to our first class together. After being absent for a while, I had a hard time keeping up with the lesson. I was glad when Liam offered to help me catch up with the lessons.

At lunch time, I sat at our usual table, Liam following right behind me.

"So is your mom okay now?" Liam asked, concerned.

The last week when I was busy with my family Liam dropped by my house, and I explained the situation to him. Liam really adores my mom and he was furious with my dad for hurting her.

"Well, she is doing better, I guess," I replied, opening my orange juice bottle.

"What about the date with Kayla? Any progress at all?" Liam asked as he took a bite from his sandwich.

"I think I'll ask her if she is free on this Saturday and take her out if she is," I said as I sipped my orange juice.

"Mel told me that she met with Kayla last week. She wouldn't tell me what they talked about but I swear that girl has something planned in her mind. She had this excited but scary smile on her face when she talked about it. She really looked like a maniac with that smile plastered on her face. But don't tell her I said that. She would rip my balls off and feed it to the birds." Liam said breaking into a sweat while I started laughing at his imagination and how scared he was of Melissa.