All I could hear were my slippers clicking against the porcelain tiles down the hospital hallway, wobbly knees, a dry throat, and a heart pumping at 1000 mph, it was a mystery how I was still upright and not dying of heart failure somewhere.
"Where is he? Where is he?" I shrieked at the medical receptionists, slamming my hands on the counter
"Room 212, Three doors down on the left-hand side,
The door swings open and there he is, laying lifeless, I walk over to his defunct body and gently placed my hand on his arm and a single tear rolls down my cheek
His eyes flutter and then they barely open
"Babygirl, is that you?"His raspy voice commands
"Yes, I'm here
"GOOD BECAUSE THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!!!"
As I try to make sense of the situation, he lunges at me
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
-
"Babe, are you okay?" an all too smoothing voice connects
"Uhh- yeah" I lied, trying to gain composure from my scared half to death self.
"Okay, dinner ready"
Thank god, it's just a dream.
DINNER
Danny: "how was your day"?
"It was really great actually"
"Does this by any chance have anything to do with that ravishing and handsome boyfriend- excuse me- fiancé of yours?"
"Fiance????, I don't have one-a those"
"Ouch, my bad girlfriend"
"Yeah, How was your day?"
"Meetings, meetings, contracts, approvals, the boring stuff mostly but then I got to have lunch with the love of my life so.."
"Who did you have lunch with? Caz if I remember correctly, there wasn't much dining going on"
"I ate a lot, speak for yourself"
"Woah, okay Mr. Aubrey, calm down"
"Oh this is calm Bebe"
"You're so corny.."
"& you love it "
"Just a wee bit..not too much"
"If that's what you need to tell yourself, go on then "
Now that the ice is broken; here goes nothing...
"There's something i wanted to talk to you about"
"Okay, what's on your mind? Tell big daddy"
"Ohmg.. there goes the corniness again -
I wanted to talk to you about this residency situation"
"Ok?"
"I ThInK iTs BeSt if I gO hOMe and figure it out from there"
The high spirited positive energy in the room dispersed in seconds and it was now really tense, i knew this is how things would play out but im never truly prepared to break his heart,
'I know that's not what you wanted to hear "
You're right, its not, I selfishly want you to stay but i also- cannot make that decision for you,
Thank you for understanding..
Yeah, it's fine- I just - wanna know.......why can't you marry me?
"I love you D, there's no question about that, look at everything that life has thrown at us, and im still here, choosing you and us every day, marrying you means so much to me I can't do it for the sole purpose of a stupid residency, when we get married i want it to be because we love each other, I wouldn't be able to live with myself otherwise, plus i miss my family, my country, it'll be good for the both of us"
"I love you too, and that's why im going to support your decision, I didn't know you missed your life there that much, we've never really spoken about it much but I get it
"I know and that's my fault, sorry"
"Have you decided on a date yet?"
"The 6th"
"That's next we- , if you'll let me I'd love to take care of your travel plans"
"Id love that, Thank you again for being so understanding."
Anything for you princess"
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Even though I had spoken to Daniel and my CCs staff about my trip home for some reason I was really anxious. Andrew and Sancia were the only ones I told about returning home, I wanted to surprise my parents and the only reason I told Andrew was because I want him to think we were in good, that everything is well between us.
The 6th
Usually choosing an outfit when traveling is never a difficult task for me but this time was different,
My two final options were quite similar, a plain gray sweatsuit or a pink sweatsuit with BOSS embroidered on the front in cursive but I just couldn't choose
"If we don't leave soon you'll miss your flight "
The flight that i had no idea about btw, when Daniel offered to make my plans he changed everything, every single thing so I didn't even know my flight time.
"Okay, this will have to do" I mumbled, grabbing the grey sweatsuit and my Air Force ones.
//
After check-in and processing, Daniel and I had breakfast together then I headed for my gate,
"I'm really gonna miss you" I assured him
"I'm gonna miss you more, I don't know how I'll survive"
"I'll be back before you know it, plus we'll FaceTime, text, call..all the time, all day, every day, it'll be like I'm still here"
"It won't be the same but we'll make it work, I love you babygirl"
'I love you too, Ill call you when i land"
After finding my gate I take my seat and finally decided to take a look at my boarding pass
Class A10, I've never had a first-class ticket before, I don't even know this airline, "Diamond Elite?", yeah this is some real rich people issh
"Ma'am", Hello, my name is Maggie and I'll be your hostess for this flight, please follow me,
Yup, this is definitely different.
We walked down the regular passageway and onto the plane, or at least I think this is a plane, instead of the regular seats there were what seemed like mini cabins, we walked to the front of the plane and my cabin was maybe the second one from the pilots' cabin.
"Here you are ma'am, is there anything I can get you? Wine, coffee, water?"
Actually, id really like a cup of tea"
"Is chamomile ok?"
That's perfect, thank you"
Easing back into my reclining seat I grabbed the remote and skipped through the channels a bit,
No, nope, boring, not interesting, bleh.
Netflix is not what it use to be.
Two hours later and we are landing. just as I started making my way through the airport there was a message from Daniel.
"George Brown, 56,220lbs, polo tee, black pants, he'll take you to where you need to get to.
And a picture of George.
As I bustled through the airport doors I glanced at my phone and then back at the parade of vehicles lined up outside
"Mr. Brown?"
"Yes Miss Williams, you can call me George, let me help you with these bags"
......
We started our journey from Sangsters international airport with our destination unbeknownst to me
"What would you like for lunch ma'am?"
"If we could stop by an Island Grill or KFC that would be fine"
"Ok, there's an island grill about ten minutes from here, we can stop there and then start our journey"
JOURNEY?
"Mr. Brown, where are we going?"
"I was given strict instructions not to tell you a thing Miss Williams, you've to ask the boss man."
"That i'll do Mr. Brown."
"so where exactly is mr brown taking me? i told you I was fine with staying at my parent's house"
"He is taking you to your parents😏"
"I've lived here all my life, this is not the route Danny"
"Trust me"
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