What am i doing here? Edward thought. He even sent his driver home. He had not told a single soul about him helping a girl, not even her secretary to avoid people sensationalizing stories.
He's at the hospital's parking lot for like 15 minutes and could not decide if he would get off the car or not. It is passed the office hours and he felt like going here. He has no commitments anyway.
He felt pity. There was something in her face that day that touched his heart. Her shoulder's drooping. Her steps slow.
His heart ached when he remembered the scene, her frail body was thrown in the ground. She was very skinny he was surprised to know there wasn't even a single bone fractured, but thanks goodness.
His mom and dad brought him up to be always generous to the needy. He could not count in his hands the times their family had been to charity works. His dad doesn't even want those stories to reach the papers. But he doesn't know why and how things somehow manage themselves to get to the news. Reporters are quick. Maybe.
And maybe that was why he felt genuine concern for that girl. He was raised in that scene. To feel empathy for people. He was at the cafe drinking his coffee when it happened right before his eyes, she was bumped by a speeding car. And the heartless driver just sped away. People were staring. People were chattering. But no one dared a move to help the girl lying on the cold ground.
He doesn't know her. Doesn't know her name either. Well he wasn't the one who wrote her name on the hospital records yesterday. The nurse referred to the girl's id she was still wearing when he rushed her to the hospital. He just took care of the bills. But now he was thinking if she already called her family and that there were people except the nurses who would look after her.
I will just check, and then i will leave. Edward is finally resolved.
He was at the door when he heard joyful chatterings inside. He could hear voices, and both of them were calling the patient 'ate', and he was more than relieved that she is not alone. In fact, he can tell from the girl's voice that she is actually far from being lonely. The voice is lively, and so lively that even through the closed door he could see her waving her arms as she detailed the happenings of yesterday. He became fascinated with her version of the story that he found himself leaning closer to the door.
"Nahagis man ako jan sa semento. Ay sabi ko inyo, para akong tinadyakan ng sampung kabayo. "
The two other voices laughed as she continued. He himself supressed a laugh.
"ehem. "
He straightened himself up when two nurses passing by looked at him like he's some kind of a weird guy. Well a weird guy he is. Eavedropping at other's conversation. And he is wearing shades too. In suit and ties. He must be looking like the white guy in Men in Black. Except that he is way younger. But he is so amused to leave. He decided to hear a little more.
"Tapos may dumating na knight in shining armor! Sabi niya, 'magsitabi kayo! '"
"hay naku te. "
"ah grabe, Ina. Napakagwapo. Sa sobrang gwapo, ayokong himatayin. Pero di ko alam kung hinimatay ako dahil sa sakit ng balakang ko o dahil sa sobrang gwapo niya. "
Laughters again.
"kaso, ay englisero man. Tapos tinanong ako ng, "miss, you alright?", sa isip isip ko, "ay paktay na." kaya ayun, nagpakahimatay na lang ako. "
Their laughters are filling the room. He felt a little jealous.
Then afterwards Edward heard them talking about the hospital bill.
"ay. Sicand floor lang naman to uy. Magtali tayo ng kumot oh, talon tayo sa bintana. "
Edward has left the hospital. Currently driving, but the smile didn't leave his lips. That girl is really something. Like her happines is infectious. And it infected him. He did't show himself up, he felt that there was no need to do so. He just told the nurse at the reception that the next time a nurse do her rounds at the girl's room, be sure to let her know that the hospital bills were well taken care of and that she need not worry. And he asked for the girl's name.
It is Marydale Entrata.
He was not able to visit the hospital again. The night he talked to her she was like in a shock and a litte disoriented. He would love to talk to the girl again in her lively spirits but because of previous commitments he could not go. He heard from the hospital clerk when he gave a call that the girl is to be discharged today.
Edward looks at the phone. From time to time. And when he was presiding a meeting he could not take his mind off the phone. And when the meeting's adjourned the first thing he asked Rina, her secretary was if someone called. And when the clock was ticking to the last minutes before five, he could not help but stare at the phone, which at the moment is more silent than ever.
Well, he was expecting a call from the girl. To say 'thank you' perhaps. Or maybe just to say, 'sir, im fully recovered. Thanks for your golden heart and generosity. " But the phone remained silent.
And then he felt like she is the most ungrateful person in the world. But not for too long.
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Whisper of the Heart (COMPLETED)
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