Watashi no Himitsu no Ai no Monogatari 私の秘密の愛の物語

Shibarakunoaida, Shiawase.. しばらくの間、幸せ

Mavis' Point of View

The saying “when depressing rain is flowing down, a beautiful rainbow follows” that symbolizes failure at first, then all the good things will bloom in the end seemed quite opposite for me.

My day was really colorful a while ago, like the rainbow. But when I got home, something tragic unfolded before me.

Mom was lying on the floor, unconscious. It was like.. Really cold water was poured down on me.

“Mom!” I quickly came to her and listened to her chest. Her heart is still beating, but it looks like she’s in pain.

I started panicking.

I grabbed my phone and called for Allen. After he agreed to come urgently in the hospital that I planned to take mom in, I quickly called for a vehicle and hurried away.

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I immediately wept when I heard the horrible news.

“Didn’t she tell you? She once came here for a check-up because of the repeating cough and backache. I warned her that she have a lung cancer. Stage two at that time. I prescribed her with tablets of medicine, but she refused with no reasonable excuse. We were left with no choice.”

It was too much to take in..

“Ms. Mavis, it’s now stage four. She is dying of lung cancer.” The doctor said with melancholy eyes. “It is at its worst. And her fainting dangerously like that. Our deepest apology, but frankly, she won’t be long.”

When the doctor noticed that I’m not responding to his words, he left me with mom lying on the hospital bed, wearing an oxygen mask.

I sat on the floor, crying my eyes out, and still processing all the dreadful happenings, when the door opened and in came Allen along with Jazz.

“Lil’ sis..” She immediately kneeled down and pulled me into an embrace.

“I don’t know what to do..!” I kept repeating until my throat aches.

Jazz soothed me while gently rubbing my back. She never broke the hug until I have calmed down.

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I was excused for a long time at school. My mom in her deathbed was a very valid reason.

Allen is trying hard not to look very affected when at the campus. Of course, our relationship is still a secret to everybody.

My smile disappeared. I often go blank. Thinking of me living alone when the time comes mom will permanently leave me is like my nightmares. I always wake up screaming, in tears, and drenched in sweat. That’s why I never sleep from then on. I am so scared.