Meeting with the President's Son

Chapter Five

Gori

To say I was okay was like exercising my faith by trying to show myself the evidence of good health when I was yet to have one. I wish someone would just bear the pain I was feeling. I wish someone could just heal me and take away the whole pain. I tried to open my mouth but I couldn't. I tried to open my eyes, and I couldn't as well. It was the most painful feeling I felt at that particular time.

The smell of drugs was everywhere. I found myself in the same place I hated most in this world. I could not open my eyes to take in the room, but I had been there, and I could tell how it smells. Badly. Horribly. Scary. And never a good place to be. Whosoever find him or herself there is either between life and death.

"Doctor, you aren't saying anything." I heard a shaken voice in the same room I was, very familiar, and I knew it was the voice of the woman who brought me into this world. The voice was laced with tears, disappointment, and sadness. What could I have done to put her in such situation?

I tried to force my eyes open but I felt something poking me inside. The pain came whenever I tried to force it open. Mom voice out again. "Sam, it's been three days. Stop looking at that scan and tell me what is going on with him."

Even if I could not see her tears, I was not mistaken, that Mom had been crying. "Goriola." Mom held my hand as she sniffed. "Have you seen what you've caused for yourself? Have you seen the result of the reckless and immature life you've chosen to live? When I talk, you will say Mom is too wicked, Mom is too this, Mom is too that." She was crying profusely and I could feel the sadness I brought to her.

"Ma, please take it easy. Let's just keep encouraging him on how he can live a better life after he's out of here." The Doctor interrupted, but Mom could not stop crying.

"Sam, he could have died! He could have been gone... You saw that car... You saw how it crashed... He could have..." Her tears finished the rest, as she grabbed my hand, holding it very tightly.  I felt a tear rolled down. I survived. And I'm here.

"So what is the scan saying now?" Mom asked, her hand still holding mine.

The Doctor coughed. "Your Excellency ma, what I'm seeing right now..." he paused. "I wouldn't want to stress him, but I will need him to tell me how it all happened before the accident. He had a slight damage in the brain, but we need to confirm if he can respond."

I tried to recollect all that happened before he could ask me. If there had been a damage in my brain, then it was wrong, because I could remember all that happened, from how we came back that night to how I teased Mide, and how I ran towards the tanker.. I told him everything from the beginning till how I lost the brake.

"Open yours eyes." He said slowly to me as if afraid of asking me.

"I can't! Something is really poking me, and it's very painful."

"Just do what I asked you okay," he imposed. "The moment you open it, the pain will reduce. Trust me," he added. I trusted him, and forced it open despite the heavy pain. But I was back to where I had been for hours. Darkness filled the whole room I thought should be covered with light, and brightness. "Did you off the light?" I asked.

The Doctor remained silent but Mom who had dropped my hand, immediately grabbed it again. "No Goriola, I'm beside you here. See me. The light is on. Can you see me now?"