Chapter 52
He did some minor checks while his nurses wrote some things down. He moved back and looked at me when he was done. ” There’s nothing wrong with you but I’d still keep you here till tomorrow morning to see if any changes might occur. Have a nice day, Lola”, he said to me with a smile before he left the room.
The door had barely closed when Lyla ran inside and immediately came to wrap me in a hug. “Don’t scare me like that again”, she whispered into my neck and that was when I realized that she was crying.
“Hey, hey, I’m sorry, okay? It’s okay, don’t cry please”, I said while rubbing her back. “How many hours was I gone for?” I asked and she pulled back from my body so fast, I thought she was burnt by fire.
“Hours?” She exclaimed. “You were gone for 4 days, Lola”, another voice sounded from the door. I looked up to find Rose looking tired and worn out.
4 days? I was only gone for like a few hours. Selene and I just spoke for a while, I couldn’t have been out for 4 days. I looked at all of their faces to check if they were playing with me but they all seemed so serious and sad.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be such a nuisance or bring you stress, I’m sorry for any form of inconvenience I might have caused you”, I apologize.
“I should be the one apologizing”, Lotana spoke up. “If I had not been a bitch and shouted at you, you might not have gone into shock like you did. I’m really sorry for what I did, Lola, I sincerely apologize”, she said in a small voice but I heard her loud and clear.
Before I could speak up, Rose beat me to it. “Now, now, ladies. You can all leave now and sleep in your houses for tonight, I’d stay with Lola”, she said but the girls did not seem to agree. “That wasn’t a suggestion, it’s an order from your Luna and I wouldn’t take no for an answer”, she said sternly and they all nodded reluctantly.
Lyla hugged me one more time before she left the room. Just before she moved away from me, she whispered, “You’re so strong, Lola”, leaving me confused.
Rose came towards me once everyone left. She came to hug me and held my hands after she moved back. “Thank you for coming back to us. I wouldn’t have been able to forgive myself”, she said, her voice breaking. I gave her a smile and she returned it with a shaky one.
Remembering that someone must have changed me, I asked her the question I was dreading to ask. “Who changed me out of my clothes?” I asked, hoping it was her. “I did”, she said and I breathed a sigh of relief. “But the girls saw too”, I facepalmed at that sentence.
I guess there’s no hiding from them anymore.
“But I made them promise not to pester you for what happened. You’d tell us when you’re ready”, she said. I nodded at her words, at least I won’t have to be so self-conscious around them anymore.
We talked for a while before I started yawning. “I’ll leave you to get some rest”, she said before kissing my cheeks and alaking towards the door.
“Rose”, I called and she looked back, awaiting my question. “And Adrian?” I asked and her face changed to that of sadness.” He never showed up once”, she said it as if it pained her to voice out and I nodded my head with a smile on my face.
“Rest well, Lola”, she said before stepping out of the room. After she was gone, I allowed a tear to slide down my cheeks. This is the last time I’d cry over a man that doesn’t want me.
Adrian will be sorry he treated me this way, I vowed to myself.