Mother Is No More
An. woke up in the morning and ran toward her house hoping that her big brother must be home.
But she was disappointed to see that home was empty.
She prepared for her school and locked the house after leaving.
Today she did fixed her hair in two ponytails by herself, usually her mother helped her, it was because her care that she has such healthy and shiny hair.
She walked between streets to reach the main road then she would take her school bus.
'Yesterday was a great day but it turned out bleak, she would definitely quarrel with her mother, how unfair it was for her mother to get hurt her ankle,' she was not in good mood and talking to herself.
The yesterday evening newspaper has reported the accident with the exclusive footage of the victim, and it was said that the accident would be shut down because the culprit belonged to elite class.
It was common concept, the rich would silence such matters with their money.
The people in the market were common and they could tell that the girl who paid a cheque of heavy amount in front of them was not afraid of anything.
When they saw the young man shouting that his mother was alive, they pitied.
If they were to ask to become a eyewitness of the accident, they would run back to their homes refusing even if they were given money.
They have deep sense of fear toward these elite class people.
An. Jing entered in the school, it was first class school of whole middle town district, many students were from rich families and few of them happened to be interested in local and international news.
Local newspaper was delivered in every house and it has large circulation area, so it was natural that many of the students were aware of the accident.
An. Jing reached at the entrance of her class, she could not notice few sympathetic looks from the students, "Why are you here, I thought you would take a leave for today, see I prepared your application by myself," her benchmate stopped her.
"What's there to take leave?" she asked lazily.
"I heard that your mother caught accident," her benchmate spoke sadly.
"Brother told me that her ankle was hurt and she will be back from hospital soon, I don't want her to get worried that I bunk school for this small reason," she waved her hand and sat on his seat.
"An. but what I saw don't looked like it," her friend sat also, she was confused that An. was not responsive.
"What did you see?" An. asked with worry.
Her friend was at her age and she don't know whether she should tell her or not, she took out her phone from her pocket and swiped few images, then she showed the image she got from the evening newspaper.
"See, she is your mother, right?"
An. looked at the blood pooled body of the woman and screamed out crying, she ran out from her class and left the gates of her school, many students tried to stop her but she was madly running.
A bus stopped and she asked that she wanted to go city hospital.
The driver told that the bus was heading toward city hospital.
She paid the fare and got off from the bus, it was first ever that she traveled in a local bus other than school bus.
She was standing amid the crowd of people walking to and fro.
She didn't know where she should walk to reach her mother, she was lost.
She started crying again.
"An. what are you doing here and why are crying?" her neighbor was here to check the condition of the woman.
As soon as she got off from the bus, she saw An. and she was wearing school uniform and crying.
"Come with me, and stop crying, do you want to see your mother worry for you? Be a good girl, and don't cry," she brought her along in the hospital.
Yue Jing was looking at her mother, hoping that she might open her eyes, the life supporting machines were working but there was no changes in her condition.
The team of doctors came to check on her and make a fresh report of her condition.
"Her temperature is dropping, and the heartbeat fluctuations are inconsistent," the senior doctor looked at the on duty paramedics, "Check her temperature," he gestured other assistants to check all machines.
"Sir, the patient's heart beat is dropping again,"
"Someone increase oxygen pressure,"
The doctor and assistants were trying their best to find the cause of her sudden dropping condition.
Yue Jing saw this through the door and rushed inside.
His mother was in painful condition, and fighting with death.
"Mother," he called her.
She opened her eyes, the doctors were stunned.
Yue Jing approached her right side.
His mother saw her son and small drop of water rolled down from her eye, "Yue Jing," she struggled her last breath, she took deep breath and her hand slipped from his hand.
She lost the fight between her life and death, though she wanted to live for her children but in condition of severe blood loss, fractured bones of her legs and six broken ribs, she lost her war.
But her struggle was evident through her opened eyes.
An. entered the room at the same time.
She saw her mother surrounded by several doctors.
She saw her brother standing close to her mother, silent.
"Big brother," she voiced.
She saw her mother looking at her, but their was no more warmth of life, she hugged her mother, "Mother, I came to bring you back, I won't ever trouble you, please, come home," she was pleading.
After some unknown amount of time, only two people were left around, the doctors and paramedics left to prepare the death certificate and other procedure.
An. was sobbing while her brother was silently standing.
The neighbor who brought An. was standing at the door, she has no heart to see the woman in this condition.
Yue Jing bent on his knees and looked at his younger sister, "An. mother is no more, be strong like a good girl," An. hugged her brother and kept weeping, after some time, she fell asleep on his shoulders while crying.