The Flu

Chapter 3

"I am sure you have heard alot about me from my daughter. Or she didn't even mention me at all besides my Senate fail. Did she say am a bachelor? Like am young, may be "23" and just learning life like she calls it? Well, aam actually 56, i look 30 and most times i thank heavens for that. One advice from me, never settle down. Never marry! "

Andy, Nella's dad, tells the nurses before they wheel him in for some surgery . His hip twisted or whatever they said it did while doing that bike flip thing over the weekend and as usual he had treated it lightly. It wasn't his idea at first, it was Walter's! The two being very notorious since their youth. Actually walter is not even here to wheel him in goodbye into a" coma". He said he went to pick Nella who is not even picking his dad's calls.

Bad dad daughter relationship it is  but who can blame him yet it is all a career thing. He is  a model and has always been. Besides that he is a businessman and a politician. Okay, Nella had warned him to never tell people he is a politician. But he claimed he was  one,

"i know am one. My great grandfather was a chief, my great great great grandfather served royalty. You see!!" he would say.

" Nella! You came!" Andy says trying to adjust on his hospital bed. His hip is all raised and bandaged.

"Dad i told you! Too old for this!" Nella told him rubbing his hand lovingly .

"It gets better!" Andy said smiling at her.

"No it doesn't, look at you. I just saw pictures of you trending while you were going to theater. Like is everyone in your life a paparazzi besides me?" she asks rolling her eyes just like her mother used to. Well, her mother is another story Andy would prefer not to talk about.

" I think so. How is Charles and are you really planning to settle down? " he  asked hoping she finally took his advice.

" No, thats your view not mine. Charles could make a good dad." she says smiling.

For once he wants to agree on his daughter's topic of marriage but then he holds back. This smile she has today is a different one. She is happy.

He decides not to drag into her dating life and hope she will be like this forever. After all he had seen the trending news of her "crime partner".

A few weeks later when he was dropped at the therapy home, Nella  came back crying. She had a flue which he preferred to rather keep off just like everyone else.  Actually he couldn't handle a flue and physical therapy.

"  You went routing forest trees again?" he asks her as she blows her nose.

Nature is her second best friend and from time to time she natures it.

"Dad its planting trees not routing them. Where is your latest girl? Is someone taking care of you?" she asks drilling into his brains.

"Can't you just ask how am feeling?" he  asks her.

"I don't know what to ask you anymore. You haven't been around alot."

"But you grew up my pumpkin!" there i go again. She leans back and hugs him.

Well, there is this woman he was seeing of late and its was not good. She was married but right age for him.  He didn't like such complications. He didn't need drama but well, this one was something. She was married to a younger guy than him. They had a son and well, she... Actually she didn't show any interest of dating him just business ties.  Andy looked at his daughter and felt proud. She had not failed him, grateful he had  decided to raise her. He decided not  to tell her this either.

Its was late April and the rains had not yet come since March. On this  days Andy preferred to keep indoors and heal from there. He couldn't stand the cold air.  Nella  switched on the air conditioner and smiles at  his dad as she came in to pay him the weekly visit.

"The woman?" she asked again.

"I am sorry but no woman of late. Been perfecting my bike skills!"

She looked at him in disbelief. She knew him besides his ever traveling life jetting in and back and causing insta traffic with his ridiculous remarks about what he did.

"We are playing games now?" she blew her nose again then looked at her kerchief in dismay.

"Whats wrong?" he ask her as she quickly digged into her purse, poured out its content on his table and pulled out a card.

"Its a long story... I am feeling dizzy.. I" she fell on the floor and  left him shouting for help. A nurse came  in and quickly called  in help.

She started pressing on her chest and breathing in her mouth. She couldn't find her pulse. Andy felt weak and suddenly he started crying. His old tears had not  been out since some onion cutting at a barbecue a decade ago, yes and the constant laughter between him and Walter.

He remembered the card she had pulled out and quickly asked for it and dialed the number.

A Dr. Epy picked it up but said he was a gynecologist. What was the relation? He later stared at the card before he called in again and asked whether the call  was related to Nella!

"Yes son. Whats happening to her? Its now an hour and she is under CPR. No pulse no nothing. She is turning pale. Would you come to Bethsaida home?" he asked him typically begging.

He did show up later as a guest. He asked for privacy with her and later doctors were rushing into her room. They were loosing her!

" What did you do to her? "  Andy asked him angry wheeling himself in ready to flip the man. He wasn't ready to loose her like he had done with her mum. He had blamed her death on himself.

"I did my best. Its what we did last time. I cant explain!" he said....

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