CH: 50 SOME FLASHBACKS

5 YEARS LATER~

"Get up you lazy ass, it's already 10 in the morning, don't

you remember we had a plan." I rubbed my eyes lazily as I heard Jacob

creating a fuss over me waking up late. I once again yawned before leaving my

bed; I shivered as my bare feet touched the ground, "damn it's so

cold." I grumbled as I felt that coldness taking over my body. I

wrapped my comforter around me before I made my way towards the kitchen from

where the sound of ranting was generated.

"Mason I am seriously saying this time, if you don't wake up

this time I am going to cancel our date." He again shouted thinking

that I was still shuffling my body in the bed and snoring as if there was no

tomorrow.

I smiled at his figure who which was busy making some snacks for

the picnic I planned, as the former day was my last day of my final

examination, and I was so busy during my exams that I didn't get to spend a

quality time with him, so I decided to have a picnic with him.

~

It's been five years since we started dating each other, and

soon it was going to be 6 years, every time I see Jacob smiling I feel a

tingling sensation in my heart, which made me realize that choosing Jacob as my

partner was never a bad option, it was the best decision I could've ever

made.

He became my family in no time, and slowly turned into my

everything. We had our ups and downs, which sometimes went out of control to

handle. It was 2nd year of your relationship when everything was going good

until, one day Jacob went to have a regular checkup in a hospital because he

was having a fever. I wanted to accompany him too, and I did that too, after

having a long debate on that.

FLASHBACK~

We entered the hospital on the allotted time as he wanted to

have a blood test too because he was feeling quite dizzy from the past few

days. We sat near the reception after conforming our time with the receptionist

who looked like she was in her late 30's.

I sat near Jacob, who was wearing a mask, and was continuously

rubbing his forehead, which showed that he was having a headache. I moved my

hand to hold his free hand and called out his name in a low voice to gain his

attention and after hearing my voice he finally looked at me and asked, "What

happened?"

"Nothing you don't seem to be in a good state are you having a

bad headache," I asked as I move my other hand to his forehead to massage it

too.

"Don't worry it isn't that bad it will go away soon and as we

are already here for doctor I believe he'll give me a proper solution for

this," he replied, and smiled at me; I smiled back at his action and removed my

head from his temple. He was suffering from a fever from the past 3 days, at

first he took some self-prescribed medicine but that didn't work so he finally

decided to visit a doctor.

"Mr. Jacob is he here?" I heard a female voice calling out

Jacobs's, name. He raised his hand and said, "I am here."

"Come in it's your turn." She replied clicking her pen a few

times.

He nodded his head and turned towards me before saying, "you

should stay here I will go and come in no time."

"Ok! I replied as I left his hand and allowed him to go forward.

After he went inside, I grazed my view at random things,

checking out the management and sometimes the people who were going into other

rooms for their checkup. It was almost 15 minutes when Jacob came out with a

smile and said, "I am all fine, he prescribed me some medicines and I'll be

alright in a few days."

"Thank god." I huffed a breath and took the prescription from

his hand to take a look at it.

We marched towards the door, talking about stuff when he said,

"you know the doctor was quite sexy."

"Was he, I think you should ask him for a date?" I replied as I

rolled my eyes playfully at his comment.

"I would've but I have a silly head whom I have to take care

daily I don't think I can date someone because he is quite nosy and he can get

on my nerves when…" he said but paused when I cut his words and said.

"Yes, yes such a busy body you are." And after hearing this we

both laughed and continued walking.

We were almost at the main entrance when the door opened with a

jolt saw a guy lying on the stretcher, lifeless. He was covered in blood, and

it was still oozing out his open wound. The face of the guy was quite familiar

to me, I checked through my brain for that face, and when I realized who he was

I immediately turned my gaze towards Jacob, whose color faded already and his

body turned pale. My eyes widened as I again trailed my eyes towards the man

who was lying on that stretcher and was being taken into ICU.

"Jacob is he…" I asked but I didn't get the chance to complete

my sentence, as he ran away without answering my question.

"Jac… Jac…" I shouted as I ran through the same path which Jacob

took. I knew what was going through his head, but at the same time, I didn't

know what he will do because the person who was lifelessly lying a while ago

was none other than Jacob's dad, that dad who made his life hell, making him do

something which no one ever wants to do willingly. His dad who was nothing more

than a monster and a Satan in his life, who crossed every limit to get some

cash for his dreadful habits.

Jacob was ahead of me with few steps but his pace was much

faster than me because maybe he never wanted to face him again. I finally

reached near Jacob and held his hand pulling him closer to me as I wrapped my

hands around him.

"Jac, calm down, you are ill, you don't have to think about it

anymore. Just relax and take a deep breath." I asked as I rubbed my palm along

his back to calm his running breaths.

He stayed quiet and didn't say any word but his sniffling was

audible to me, he was trying to hold back his tears so badly. "Just let it out,

Jac, "I said as I parted the hug and cupped his face, "you have to let it out

all, okay don't hold those tears back." I continued

"Why? Mason, why this had to be this way, why I have to meet him

at that place, in this situation out of millions. Why I saw him on the day when

he is fighting between death and life?" he said as he let out his emotions

which he was forcing to lock inside him.

"You know he is not someone who deserves sympathy, love,

kindness, or anything but still mason I can't see him this way. Why is this all

happening?" he continued. His every word was showing that how shattered he was

seeing his own dad lying there.

"Jac, if you want we can go and meet him, you know he won't have

any guardian maybe if you'll go there he will feel better." He stayed quiet for

a while and nodded his head after a few seconds.

"But before that, you have to stop crying now, I don't want

anyone to know my boyfriend is a crybaby, you know that is a secret between you

and me," I said in an attempt to calm him, and maybe that worked as he giggled

a bit before wiping away his tears.

We went to the hospital again and after taking the information

of his dad, we went to the O.T. Where he was being operated. The red light was

still on indicating that he was still inside, undergoing the procedure; I once

again glanced at Jacob seeing that he was so nervous. I held his palm in mine

when I realized he was chilling due to fear.

"Hey! Relax, he will be fine and if you want, you can talk to him

too, Ok" I said as he nodded his head, but his eyes were still having a glint

of fear and anxiety.

~

It was already 4 hours since he was inside, I was mentally

praying for the operation go well because I didn't want to see Jacob break. I

wanted him to stay happy. We both weren't showing, but we both were so tense.

"Wait here let me bring you something to eat so you can take you

medicine its already noon," I said as I stood up to bring some sandwiches from

the hospital's cafeteria.

I dragged my feet to the cafeteria, I huffed a tensed breath by

getting the thought of Jacobs dad. I ignored that fact and stood at the counter

as I ordered some sandwiches for us and took out my phone asking Krystal to

apply a leave for me, and told her the reason, she was shocked too.

I went near the o.t. but to my surprise, Jacob was nowhere to be

seen, I grazed my eyes here and there when I realized that the red light has

turned off, I made my way near the door to check if Jacob was inside and he was

there sitting beside his dad.

I silently opened the door and moved beside him just to see him

crying more, he was speaking something and when I heard those words my world

shattered, "appa, you can't leave me. I forgive you for everything just don't

die, wake up and say to the doctors that you are alive. I know I am a bad son

who can't give you money, who can't work for you but please. Mom had already

gone away; I can't bother losing you, not on the day when I saw you after 3

years please just wake up."

I could feel the tears that started to prickle in my eyes

resulting in a blurred vision; I took deep breaths to soothe my mind and placed

my hand on Jacob's shoulder gaining his attention. As soon as he looked at me,

I realized he was crying so badly his eyes started swelling and so does his

face. His face turned dark red and his body went cold.

"Mason, he died." He said those words which were enough to break

my heart.

"Mason, he left me, he left this world. Maybe I never planned to

meet him again, but I never wished him to die, like this in front of me. I

can't bear this mason. I can't."

"Don't cry Jac it's all Fate, it was all planned this way. You

have to be strong." I said and he just wrapped his hands around my standing

figure and cried endlessly.

"Tell me what the doctor said," I asked as he still cried.

"He told that due to heavy drinking, he got drunk and ran into a

vehicle which caused this accident. He could've been saved, but his organs were

already damaged due to high liquor intake. So they weren't able to save him."

He replied sobbing in between.

After he went quiet and he said that he decided that he won't

take away his dad's body with him, he had no reason for his statement but he

said he can't bear attending a funeral for his dad after he did that for his

mom, he didn't want to see all those faces pitying him, nor he wanted their

sympathies.

He stayed in depression for almost 2 weeks before he again

started living a normal life. He was shattered like a glass and it took him a

lot of courage to start his life again. And I did my best to help him get out

of his grief which was killing him from inside.

FLASHBACK END~