Chapter 60: Chapter 60

Kendric came home with a big smile plastered on his face. He immediately hugged me and even kissed the top of my head. After talking with Pristine, I realized that I should have done this before. I should have said all the things I wanted him to hear and not hurt him like what I did a back then.

I should have been more courageous in taking him as my partner a long time ago. I realized a lot of times before that there were also a lot of things that were holding me back. Now that I'm quite free from all of the struggles within myself, I should have known that this was the great timing that I've been waiting for ever since that day I asked him to go out with me.

"How's your day?" He asked me as he stroked my hair.

I rested my head on his chest as we both swayed while hugging each other.

"Pristine seemed like a great catch for you before," I said, trying to open up a conversation.

"Yes, she's a good one, but I have the best now," he said, making sure that I wouldn't get insecure.

I'm not insecure, though. I'm even more flattered since he said some reassuring words for me. There's no comparison at all, if I must say, and now that we have talked about Kendric, I just realized that I should thank her for being one of the pillars that helped my man here to be where he is right now. I don't feel any anger in my heart; there's only gratitude that I've got to be with this man after all that happened in the past.

I pushed him away, yet he's here again. I've done a lot of things that hurt him and even thought that his love alone wasn't enough to fight for me. I underestimated him for the past few years that I've been far away from him, and now that he's here again, I don't want to waste this time around.

I want to be with him. For real, this time.

We remained hugging each other as we both swayed to the rhythm of his hymn. I don't know what he's singing, but it brings warmth to my heart just by hearing it.

We only stopped when we heard a sudden thud, followed by the sound of broken glasses scattered on the floor. I hurriedly ran to Pristine's room, and I gasped as I saw her lying on the floor. I immediately shouted for Kendric to hurry, and when he saw Pristine, he instantly carried her. I called the ambulance moments later, and we rushed her to the nearest hospital around the block.

My hands were trembling as I saw how they tend to help her breathe, and I just felt a relief when I heard the machine sound normally beside her. But it only took a minute before they lost her pulse again, and this time they tried to revive her right in front of us. The nurses are trying to block my view, and Kendric's have been trying to stop me from looking, but I just can't stand there and watch her die.

When Kendric finally pulled me out of the emergency room, I couldn't help but cry. It's so silly of me to cry when I've only known her for a day. This is what I felt when I heard from Arielle that Dad had already gone and I can't do anything about it but cry. This is exactly the kind of rush and pain that covered my whole body at that time. Kendric hugged me from behind and even whispered in my ear.

"Everything will be alright."

We waited there for an hour until one of the doctors came out.

"It's a good thing you hurriedly brought her here; it will only worsen her condition if you get here late," the doctor explained.

"Will she be okay?" Kendric asked.

"She's fine for now, but we need her parents or her guardian to attend to her since we noticed in her record that she just recently signed the DNR order."

After what the doctor told us, we were left with nothing to do but call her parents right away. I can hear from the background how Pristine's mother cried. They'll be here tomorrow morning, and so we stayed in the hospital over the night.

I didn't have any energy to eat at that moment, and it all felt like deja vu for me. From the moment I heard my dad had died until the day of the funeral, it still feels surreal whenever I think about it, but I guess life is unpredictable, so I shall make most of the moments unforgettable.

"Are you thinking about your dad?" Kendric suddenly asked. Maybe he already noticed based on how I reacted.

"I just miss him a lot, and seeing Pristine like that made me think that I should have done something for him before he died, but instead I blame him for all the misfortune that happened to our family," I said, and I sighed after.

It's quite tragic to think about it.

"I'm pretty sure your dad already knows you're sorry about it," he assured me, placing his arms around my shoulder and letting my head rest on his.

"I hope so," I said softly.

I took a nap for a bit, and when I woke up, I was welcomed by two people arranging Pristine's bed. I think they are her parents. When they noticed that I'd gotten up already, they both smiled at me, and just then Kendric suddenly came in with two paper bags in his hand. He gave the other one to them, and the other one is for us.

I don't have the appetite yet, so I just told him that we should eat it while we're on our way home. He agreed with me, and we decided to give privacy to Pristine's family. It's unfortunate that Pristine finally woke up when we were just about to go home. Kendric said his goodbye and tapped Pristine's shoulder while I hugged him momentarily, and then I heard her softly whisper.

"Have a good life, Angela," she said, and that made me reply back to her.

"Fight for your life as well."

We bid our goodbyes once more when we got out of the hospital. I thought I'd have a good day ahead now that we're alone, but I was shaken as I received a text message from Arianne. I don't know how to feel about it, but I gasped upon reading the whole text.

Kendric hurriedly asked what happened.

"Is there a problem?"

"I need to go home," I answered.

"Did something happen?" I looked at Kendric as he asked that.

I still can't believe what's been going on.

"Mom's dying."