My sapphire

Chapter Twenty-Four

Re-cap.

I  sat  up  slowly  and  adjusted  the  breathing piece  that  was  attached  to  my  nose  I  just quietly  sat  in  the  bed  till  my  aunt  came back  with  a  doctor.

"Mrs.Sapphire,  Hi  I'm  Nina  I'll  be  the  nurse  attending  to  you."  A  Indian  women  walked  in  the  room  with  tia  right  behind  her.

      
"How are you feeling?"

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- R i s e. A n d. S h i n e.

I blink trying to cope with everything that seemed to be happening at the moment clearing  my  throat, I sat up in the bed and blink a few more times,   "I'm  good." I  cringed at the sound of my voice it sounded dry and scratchy.

My nurse came to my side and lifted my arm.  She poked at me and moved my arm's and  legs to see if anything was unusual.  I felt okay and I assumed I looked it but even looks can be deceiving, sometimes.

Nina wrote a few things down on the clip board she had in her hands and went back to  observing me, "How do you feel." She lifted my chin and grabbed her little light she held it up,  "Follow the light with your eyes,  Hun."  I did as told and moved my eyes with the light.

My nurse check a few other things with me, "Do you feel dizzy at all?"  Nina asked all  while still checking to see if anything was wrong, she made me sit up and on the edge of the bed to check my knees;  she  tapped each one with a little rubber hammer she had, had.

I  cleared  my  throat, "I  don't  feel  dizzy  I  feel  fine."  I rubbed  my  arm  where  the  IV  was, "Can  I get some water?"  I  coughed,  and pushed myself back on to the bed,  my mom came to my side and took my hand in hers, "My baby."  She had tears in her eyes, "I'm sorry for  not  being  here."  My  mother  pushed my hair out my face,  more tears dripped from her  drained blue eyes.

My  nurse  left  to  get me some water and to give me and  my  family  time  to  talk.  I cleared my  starchy throat  and  looked  directly  at  my  parents,  "So ..Where have  you been?"  I asked  calmly,  My father fixed his glasses on his face and smiled genuinely at me.

"Sweetheart I was in, Tokyo." My father answered, "And your mother was supposed to be home with you.  We had a change of plans though at the last moment."  I laughed in my head at them, Their was always some kinda lie coming out of my parents mouth. I never quite understood why it was so hard for them to just be honest.

I just nodded my head pretending to care, I've never really seen a day when my father was honest about something.  I'm just going to assume my mother just didn't wanna come home, I'm assuming she doesn't like it.

Even so I still have other things to sort out in my head right now, like where was ruby?   She should be here I know for a fact she would've been here but she wasn't .. why wasn't anyone else here?  

Where was Tia, Amethyst, or Pearl?  And why wasn't my Mother home when she was supposed to be home?  And most importantly why was my father covering for her?  I just simply wanted to know where ruby was and why my parents are lying.

I wonder what's being hidden from me?

"So where did you go mom?" I asked, bluntly . "You where supposed to be home but never arrived home? Why's that?"  I crossed my legs and trying getting as comfortable as possible in the hospital bed.

My mom sat down beside me and took a hold of my hand she gently rubbed it,  "listen me and your father have som-"  My mother was interrupted by a small knock at the door and quite voice following, "It's just me."  My nurse stepped into the small space with a cup of water.

My mom gulped and looked form me to my father, "We'll talk later, baby." She kissed my forehead, The nurse I believe her name was Nina handed me the plastic cup and stepped back from the bed.

I was handed the cup and took a sip of the cooling refreshment and quietly thanked her,  "Your doctor was informed of you being up and I was told to let you know he'll be back in town tomorrow to see you."  Nina looked from my parents to me, and wrote down something on her clipboard.

She handed me a note, "The doctor will be by in the morning." I watched her walk out without saying another word, When the door closed my eyes averted back to my parents.

"So where's Tia at?" I raised my eyebrow, "She should be here.."  My words drifted off,  I seen the look on my parents faces My mom looked. like she could care less and I guess the same goes for my dad except he wasn't paying much attention at least I thought he wasnt.

"We sent her home after we arrived, she looked like she hadn't slept in weeks."  Hushed words pasted through  my father's lips, His bright blue eyes looked from me to my mom and back to the floor where they were before.

I could probably cut the air with a knife if I had one, That's how tense it was ..  "Is  something wrong?" I questioned my parents behavior,  "You seem off." I looked both my parents up and down, "What's is going on?"  I blurted out without really thinking about it.

"We're splitting up," My mother breathed out the words to fats I could barley hear them, "And I'm moving out as well." The air around us thickened even more and I could feel the shame radiating off of my parents. 

I doubt my father had anything to do with the divorce but its whatever at this point,  "Linda, I  thought we agreed to not stress her out even more than she already is."  My father snapped  at  my mother and crossed his arms,  He gave her a disapproving look.

I watched as my mother shook off the comment my father spit at her,  I just sat there  staring at them and the only thing I could think about was why fight?  Why go through all  these years just for this out come?  It never made any sense to me.

"Can you please not bicker about your situation in front of me."   I was really starting to get very irritated with everything all at once, The more I tried to get my emotions under  control I lost a little bit more of whatever control I had.

"For once can you please just think about someone else other than yourselves?  Or are you incapable of doing so?"   I could snap at any moment I swear I could,  All my parents  do is think about themselves and it isn't fair to me.

"Just get out."   I finally felt the vain in my forehead pop,  "Now!"  I  yelled at them and  pointed towards the metal door.

"Baby  I'm  sorr-"  I got up and stumbled across the room, "Sapphire please sit."  My mother  tried to pull me back to bed. I pulled away from her and opened the door to the small  room.

"Can you please,  leave."   I got a kiss on the forehead from my mother before she walked  out without a word, My father walk up to me and gave me stern stare.

"You shouldn't talk nor treat us this way, Sapphire."  He kissed my cheek,  "l love you."  He  grabbed my hand than let go and walked out the room.

I let out a breath of air I didn't know I was holding and walked back to the bed.  I must have broken or something because when I reached the bed I was in tears,  my eyes like water falls.

My heart hurt so much and, I  couldn't understand why?  I was perfectly fine  just a few minutes ago and now I couldn't control my own tears.

Nothing felt right and I just needed someone here other than my parents. I didn't wanna  feel alone right now especially now but I don't have much of a choice.

I needed Ruby here. I miss her.

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So what do you think?  And what about sapphires parents getting a divorce?? Yikes A lot is going on and a lot more is about to happen 😐😐

You all might wanna hold on cause this ain't over yet. I hope you all enjoyed it and all of the rest when the jig is up lol

Have a nice day/evening/night everyone.