Dad: Sarah my girl let's go fish together! It's been a while didn't you miss it?
Mom: Just leave her I tried to make her get up from that bed but without any results! Are you sure that you're my daughter so lazy, unlike your parents!
Dad: Honey you aren't helping like this!
Mom: I already tried my all so whatever!
I was getting annoyed by them talking loudly in my room, so I decided to get up
Me: (a little angry)You said you wanna go fishing let's go and return quickly I'm tired...
Mom: Wait, you want to go out with those clothes? Wait a second you didn't change your clothes from yesterday?
Me: Mom if you are going to start again just let me stay home I don't wanna talk or see anyone so let me stay on my own!
I said those words without minding my tone and it was harsh for her to hear it from me like that, I was sorry but I couldn't say another word so I just went out of the home and waited for my dad near his car. On the way to the river where he fishes he didn't talk or ask anything, he kept listening to the radio and I was seeing the world outside through the window holding the pain coming from my wound...
The river was empty, my dad put chairs bag of ice to put fish in and some snacks...we sat held our hook
My dad kept the silence which I wanted, we kept waiting for a long time but no fish can be seen...I hold up until I couldn't do it more then I put the hooks and stood up:
"Dad, let's return!We have been waiting for hours it's waste of time!"
He kept the silence again, he didn't even look at me
"Are u ignoring me,I said, you woke me up and drove me to a desert river to fish ?"
He kept ignoring me, he was too concentrated to answer me:
"Stop joking around, I have enough I'll...."Suddenly a loud voice came from him:"Sarah hold it with me!It seems like a big fish..."
Without even noticing I was holding the kook with my dad trying to catch it, but it wasn't heavy as it seemed!
"Oops it wasn't a big fish as I expected but..." I interrupted him with an angry voice:"Did u trick me? Are u serious?I was talking to you and you kept ignoring me to show me this? I'll return without you can stay !
"It didn't seem like we expected to be, right?it isn't big for your eyes but maybe for others is ! It's not a big fish for you but it's still one and the time that I spend waiting didn't go in vain!"
He said that looking at my eyes with a tender look..."What do you mean by that?" I said. He stood up "success is all about waiting and hoping for better results! Sometimes, something seems nothing to you but for you it's only what they want!"
I felt like he knew everything about what happened not shocked Wendy can't let her tongue in her mouth:
"What are reying to say to me?"
"Girl, I know what happened and let me tell you are not the first or the last that will be screamed on by her superior!"he said with a strict tone
"Did I say the opposite I was not only screwed on but humiliated in front of everyone and..."I couldn't finish my words I knew I was wrong not to follow the protocol, I only could blame myself
"I was 20 years old, back then I was studying at an art school and working at a gasoil station at the same time.It was hard but not harder than living on the cold ground of the road.."He began with a kind of sad voice,I sat too to listen to him
"Most of my classmates were born with gold spoon, I was bullied all the time.They called me the "nurde and his guitar" sometimes, and for other times I was the "umpty back account guy". I didn't care much I was happy being able to study what I love. One day, I had a class just after being fired from my job and some guys were bullying me before the teacher came. I tried to sit down and calm down but they stopped me from doing it... I had enough after they thrown my guitar on the ground. I slapped some guys who were in front of me hard enough to make them bleed. Unluckily the professor came at that time and I was guided to the director and before even explaining the situation I was expelled from the art school for the scholl violence..."
My dad never told me that before, I only knew that he did go to ana art school and he liked to play guitar
"That day has been awful so far I thought that with all what happened I though my unlucky day will end here. Guess what! Me and my little sister got fired from our "home" a small old place, but was enough for us to stay safe. We were left alone in a dark night, the luckiest thing that day was when I asked a man who worked in a bookstore to let us stay the night there. He was a kind man, he gave us something to eat and made a place in the book store for us to live ."
He stopped there after feeling the rain drops.We quickly stood which waked- up up my wound, we returned our things in the car and went inside.
It hurted so much but I didn't want to make my father worried. To forget the pain, I started thinking about my conversation with my dad, he seemed like a man without any worries or a painful past. I was excited to hear what happened next!
"We arrived!"
I looked outside it wasn't our main house's door or even our neighborhood.
"Why suddenly here? Dad are you sick?"
"Because the open wound of yours I have to wash my car again, blood doesn't disappear easily though."
I was dumbfounded, since when henoticed? Is my acting that bad?
"Do you think I won't notice your blood dropping? And your sweat? I was afraid that you'll faint if I kept you longer there! Now let's go!"
"Dad I hate hospitals, let's return home!"
"Your clothes might be already all covered with blood. If you return home,your mum will faint and she'll chase me out after for letting you in this state!"
"Dad! I'm okay!"
"You are realy a bad actor! You're sweating and your eyes looks like you are drunk! I'll help you so let's go."
He helped me to get out of the car, while my dad was talking to em I was praying to not meet "DrShinysmile" there. However God decided to let what I fear be my fate.
"Officer Ben, how are your wound?"
My dad looked at me confused, his eyes language can be translate as "Do you know him? How? A potential son-in-law?".
"Ah yes, I..." I couldn't speak more, I couldn't see much but I felt like the world is turning, my dad and DrShinySmule was repeating my name, the voices became far until it faded: I fainted!
For the nth time I woke-up hearing the noise of a busy hospital, and the smell of it without mentioning the uncomfortable bed who broke my back.
My wound seemed fine, my fever wasn't high anymore so I decided to escape. My look and smell that time would only bring shame to me, I was disgusted by myself not mentioning others. After quietly wearing my shoes , I tried to exit from there. I though I succed after reaching the reception however my name was called from nowhere:
"Sarah come here! Stop playing around, I have Dr Mark here!"
I thought "Mark? Who cares!
"It's the doctor that he received us today. It's seems like it's a good potential son.."
"DAAAAD"I ran all the way screaming to stop my dad, we just became friends, I didn't want more than that for the time being. Me who wanted to not bring attention, I ended up being the one who every person in that place look at!
"You shouldn't run, you wound is still new." Said DrMark looking worried
"So...you're... Dr.Mark?"
"Yes! You didn't know my name? I thought you knew since we became friends! I'm Charles Markille, just go with Mark!"
"I'm Ben Sonah...I mean Sarah"
"Yeah!I know ! I saw your medical record last time..."
While I was acting shy in front of him, my dad cut my observation of that wonderful paint (aka face):
"Then,we'll take our leaves"said dad
In the car, while I was still on the could nine my dad interrupted me:
"So that's your ideal type? I never saw you like that!"
"He's just a friend, not my boyfriend!"
"I didn't even say taht word you're being a open book now that you are still seeing him in your imagination!"
" Let's be honest, isn't he kind, intelligent, honest and warm !"
"I don't about those but has has a good reputation."
"Of course!"
"How did you two meet?"
The angry Sarah from the morning becale cheerful, telling her dad hiw did she meet with her prince charming.
