THE
UNWANTED CHILD
CHAPTER THREE
A MAN’S STRUGGLE
A woman
lie in her bed as she violently tossed and turned, breathing rapidly, she
suddenly opened her eyes and abruptly sat on her bed as she try to toss away
the nightmare that has hunted her, she
sobbed as her two sleek female hands covered her teary eyed face.
Then
suddenly John felt a pang of pain at the back of his neck that instantly woke
him up from that disturbing dream with his face half buried on top of his desk.
He was reading a bunch of documents which have piled incredibly at his desk
when he unknowingly dozed off, it was half past ten when John Salcedo realized
he had a party to go to. But somehow at the back of his mind he has been really
bothered by that re-occurring dream.
Though
John was brought up in a very well and sound surrounding and raised by devoted
Catholic parents he felt numb inside, there was always this sense of loneliness
and emptiness in his heart, he could not express his emotions. So most of the
time he simply follow what his brain tells him to do rather than his heart, for
he himself does not trust his own heart.
But for
the first time in 38 years John heard a tiny voice inside of him that seems to
come from the beating of his heart, as he stood in front of this woman whose
eyes sets of a feeling of exhaustion. There was this tiny spark that somehow
sent shiver to his spine.
Dana spoke politely trying to hide her disappointment “ I’m
sorry but my calling card has not been made yet, and my number is international
roaming so it would be impractical to give it .”
John replied “well it seems I have misplaced mine, but
anyway since Jeana is your cousin we’ll probably bumped into each other again,
oh it's getting really late will you be alright? I mean will Jeana’s driver will bring you home tonight?”
“I appreciate your concern, I was hoping she would remember her
promise but knowing Jeana, but no worries I have a company driver waiting
outside for me, since I just flew in this morning it will be at my disposal for a while till
I get a hang of the new environment.” Dana said with a light laugh.
Then suddenly John felt a shock of vibration in his pocket,
realizing it was his mobile phone he reached out for it and excused himself to
answer it. The glow on John’s face left as soon as it appeared....
“Hello?” “Dad what seems to be the matter, you sound very
weak?”
“What? Mom collapsed?” John said with a very pale
expression.
“Okay I’m on my way” John hurriedly walked out to the door
without even saying a polite nod and farewell to Dana.
John
with cold hands pushed opened the door to the emergency room, he felt light
headed due to unpleasant emotions mixed with physical exhaustion, he saw his
father sitting with his hands on his face on a chair near the door.
“Dad!” John said as he rushed to his father’s side.
John with a shivering voice asked “Dad are you okay? What
happened to mom?”
His father answered wearily “She was clutching her chest
while she was praying, then suddenly she fell of her chair, good thing I was
there beside her, she asked me for the first time not to go to my friends it’s a
good thing I was the....” his voice trailed off.
“Dad don’t worry, mom will pull through she’ll be okay, she’s
a very strong woman she will be okay” John said in assurance.
“Oh I know, she promised me she will be my partner till the
end, she will not leave me.” Lando Salcedo said with tears threatening to fall
from his eyes.
