Expect The Unexpected

Chapter 22

Maria’s POV

I had just walked into my apartment from an early morning jog when my phone rang. Taking a sip from a cold bottle of water I looked at the called. It was Mario from the office; I pressed Accept and put the phone on loud speaker.

‘’Hey, how’s it going?’’ I asked.

‘’You should come down to the office, its Sam, he’s really stressed out and says he wants to see you’’

Mario’s voice sounded urgent. My eyebrows shot up and I felt something odd happen to the inside of my stomach.

‘’I’ll be right there’’ I said and hung up, without even showering or changing I rushed out of my apartment and ran down to the office.
On my way there, my mind was running at least a hundred miles per second. What could be happening? I hadn’t seen him in over a week and suddenly he’s at my office. Could something have happened? Mario had said he was stressed out, I knew there was something up with Sam, and part of me knew that I could be the only one who could help him.

I opened the door and ran straight to mine and Mario’s office, without even saying hello to Mary.
The moment I opened the doors both Sam and Mario looked up at me, I looked at Sam and then at Mario . He got up from where he was sitting, beside Sam, and walked over to me.

‘’He’s in a really bad shape; he might need some medical attention.’ Mario said in a low voice. ‘’He keeps having these mood swings, right now I got him to calm down.’’

I glanced at Sam and part of me began to feel sorry for him. I couldn’t even imagine what he was going through.

‘’Thank you, Mario, I will only be a minute’’ I said and gave Mario a warm smile. He nodded and patted me on the shoulder and walked out of the room.

The moment the door closed Sam stood up and turned to face me, his eyes were blood shot and there were bags underneath them.

‘’Sam…’’ I said, taking a step closer to him.

‘’No, don’t move, please stay where you are.’’ He spoke, his voice quivery.

‘’Sam, I’m here to help you’’ I said taking another step closer.

How did he become so depressed? I mean just a month ago he was happy, on the outside at least. Something changed, or maybe he was unable to hide what he was feeling anymore.

‘’Stop!’’ He said, louder this time. His hands began to shave.
Between us there was a sofa, I decided to slowly come closer to him and try and get him to calm down. As I began to make my way around the sofa, part of me began to feel scared. He kept watching me, his eyes burning with intense mixture of anger and pain.

‘’You need to calm down, take a deep breath’’ I said, still slowly walking towards him.

‘’No, you need to calm down’’ He spoke; now sounding like a little kid.

I stood just a few inches away from him; I began to slowly raise my hand to put it on his shoulder. Get him to sit down and talk to me. Even let him cry on my shoulder. I genuinely felt sorry for him, I felt oddly emotionally connected with him. I wanted to help him and get through whatever he was going through.

‘’Sit down, come on.’’ I said, and put my hand on his shoulder. I felt him tense up and he stared at my hand.

‘’No, you need to sit down’’ He said, barely above a whisper. Before I knew what was happening he had taken my arm and pushed me down onto the sofa.

‘’Sam!’’ I shouted, but he put his hand on my mouth.

‘’I told you not to come closer’’ He said tears running down his face.

I shook my head, trying to get his hand off my mouth. He lowered himself onto me and with his knees held my legs down and with his free hand he held both of my hands above my head.

‘’I really don’t want to hurt you’’ He spoke quietly, I felt his body shaking. Part of me felt terrified, I was scared of what he could do. The other part of me was surprisingly calm. He was in a bad place; he wouldn’t do anything to hurt me. He suddenly removed his hand from my mouth and moved it down my body. Fear entered my veins and I suddenly felt paralysed.

‘’No, Sam stop!’’ I shouted and I was sure Mario and Mary heard me as at that moment they both rushed into the room.
Sam suddenly let go of me and quickly stood up. His facial expression was horrific, he looked like a child. He began to back away until his back came in contact with the wall.

‘’No, I’m sorry, no, please, no, no, no stop’’ He began to cry louder, slowly sinking to the ground.
‘’Maria, are you alright?’’ Mario had rushed over to me. I nodded, even if Sam had just tried to rape me I felt obligated to do something about his situation.

‘’I’ll call the cops’’ Mary said.

’No, wait’’ I spoke and both Mary and Mario stared at me like I was crazy.
My heart was still beating hard, I was shaking, but the rush of adrenaline that had entered my body made me do stupid things.  I walked over to where Sam was and stood over him. He had buried his head between his arms and knees.

‘’Sam, Sam you need to listen to me.’’ I said loudly. He shook his head.

‘’I’m a bad person, I’m sorry’’ he said through sobs.

‘’Sam.’’ I said and he kept shaking his head.

‘’I’m sorry, please I’m sorry, I love you I never wanted to hurt you I’m sorry’’ He kept crying and shaking. I felt my own chest begin to ache. A huge lump, the size of a gold ball, had appeared in my throat. I took a deep breath, feeling tears forming behind my eyelids.

‘’Sam, please, calm down, please…’’ I said quietly, kneeling down beside him.

‘’No, no, no, I’m a very bad person.’’ He kept repeating.
I looked up at Mario and Mary who were standing near the doorway and watching us, unsure of what to do.
‘’Call the Psychiatric Clinic’’ I said quietly. Mary nodded and walked outside.
‘’Are you okay?’’ Mario asked once again, concern on his face. I only nodded, trying to get that lump out of my throat.
As much as I wanted to put my hand over his shoulder, I knew that I shouldn’t, so I sat beside him, listening to his quiet sobbing and the occasional cursing. Few minutes later two doctors from the  Clinic walked inside my office.  They helped me get up and began to ask questions about what had happened.
I told them everything I knew; the only thing I left out was that he almost attacked me. While I was saying this, I caught a glimpse of Mario shaking his head.
It took them at least another twenty minutes to get Sam out of my office and into the emergency van. I watched them pull away and as they did, felt a small tear roll down my cheek.

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