The Dream

Chapter 21

I woke up, I was laying down in bed. I see wires and tubes around me. The room was small and there was a door off to the left of the room. Another door off to the right that was closed. I am in the hospital. There was the beeping of the heart monitor. I hear the door open. Jessica walked inside the room.

"Hey, you feeling better?" She said grabbing a chair and sitting down.

"Yeah?, But what happened?" I say looking around the room. With a hand on my forehead.

"You fainted at work, your friends at work called the cops and then called me," she said.

"Oh okay" I look down at the blanket covering my legs. I turn to look at my arms and see the scars from the knife. They were small but they were there.

We were just there in silence. I reach over to the phone to call my parents. I dial in their number and the phone rings. I sit there waiting for someone to answer the phone.

"Hello?" My mother has answered the phone.

"Hey Mom I am in the hospital again, I fainted at work today. I thought I would tell you that I am doing fine.

"Oh, Hunn do you want me to come over?" She said

"No it's fine I think they will let me go home soon," I say

"Okay, well hope you get better, I need to go, my meatloaf in cooking," she said

"Okay, bye"

"Bye love you"

"Love you too" I hung up the phone and put it back. I lay back down on the bed letting my head fall on the pillow.

I take a deep breath in and then out. I closed my eyes, Jessica was still in the room just sitting by the bed. I feel her place a hand on the bed.

"I will let you rest," she says, I opened my eyes and looked at her. She was walking to the door and opened it. She walked out and closed the door behind her.

I close my eyes again almost asleep when the door opens. I turned to look at the door to see who was coming in. I see that it was Jackson. He had two small children with him one was a girl who had long brown hair. The other was a boy with short brown hair. The door opened again and someone else walked in. He had the same color as Jackson and was a little bit shorter than him by an inch or two. They all walk in and close the door behind them.

"Hey," he says

"Hey," I say back

"How are you?" He sits down in the chair next to the bed.

"I am good," I say shrugging my shoulders.

"These two are Rebecca and Brayden," he says placing hands behind them. "They are my kids," he says

"I am Louis," the other guy said "I am Jackson's younger brother" he reaches out a hand. I take his hand and shake it

"Nice to meet you all," I say looking at all of them."I am Maya Kimora"

"Thanks to you I was able to stand up and protect my family," he says looking at the kids.

"And thanks to you I am here," I say

"Dad, can we get something to eat?" Brayden says, holding his hand.

"Yeah, ask your uncle to take you, I need to talk to her for a little bit," he says bending down to talk to him

The little boy looks at his dad and then his uncle, lastly me. "Okay," he said looking a little sad he grabbed his sister's hand and walked over to his uncle.

The three of them walked out. The door closes behind them.

"What did you want to talk about," I say turning to look at him in the eyes. They were enchanting, a beautiful blue. He just stared at me, not wanting to let go of my gaze.

"Umm yeah," he was shaking his head. His hair was a little bit longer from the first time I met him. His hair was a dirty blond with brown roots with a bit of a beach wave to them. He had a strong jawline. "Well first off I wanted to apologize, what I did to you was inhuman and it was wrong," he said looking down at his hands. I reached down and placed my hand down on his, he looked up at me, regret was written on his face.

"I forgive you, and you saved me," I say looking at him, his features relaxed a little bit.

"You do?" he says looking at our hands, "I thought you would never forgive me," he says

"You were doing what you had to do in order to protect your family," I say "I understand that family is important," I say moving my hand back on my lap. Placing it onto the other. "And the other?" I say clearing my throat

"Umm, you know what it's not important," he says waving a hand in the air.

"Umm okay?" I say looking at him, his smile was wide with his eyes closed.

"So your kids?" I say looking at my hands, they were interlocked.

"Yeah they are special," he says

"What happened to their mother," I say looking at him, his face dropped with sadness. "If it's too painful to talk about it I totally understand," I say

"No it's not, you're fine," he says and takes a deep breath in. "She passed away a few years ago. I fell into debt and Noah said he can help pay for it"

"Oh, sorry," I say looking down shaking my head.

We sat there in silence for a little bit. The door opens and they walk in. He stands up on the chair sliding against the floor. He puts it back and walks over to his kids and his brother.

"Well get better soon don't want you to have regular hospital visits," he says and walks out the room closing the door behind him.

After he left it was unbearably quiet I sat there looking out the window when the door opened again. I turned slowly to look at who was there at the door. It was the doctor, he closes the door behind him and holds out the clipboard out in front of him.

"Well, Miss the reason you clasped is because of stress and not eating well." He says "Have you been eating us?"

"Not really" I reply looking down at my hands. I had my hands intertwined together.

"Well, I need you to be eating every meal from now on. I know that you are still healing after what happened"

"Okay" I reply

"Good now I will be living, you will be allowed to leave sometime tomorrow after you get more rest" after saying all that he leaves closing the door behind him.

I get up and make my way to the bathroom and see myself in the mirror. I was really skinny, most of the color was back in my face but the weight I once was at before being kidnapped is completely gone. You can see the bones that make up my face along with my arms and legs. The clothes that once fit me just fine were now big on me.

I take a deep breath in and then out. I close to the door and take a shower. After the shower, I get out and get dressed and open the door. I go over to the bed and lay back down and turn on the TV to watch something. I completely zone out from my surroundings and the tv into my mind. I lay my head down on the pillow and closed my eyes. I eventually fell asleep.