Sad Souls Together

Weeks passed by I was discharged in the hospital and continuing my recovery in the house. My eyes still can't see a thing but as the doctor said that it is temporary, I was hoping that tomorrow I can now see the world and my most beautiful girlfriend.

"Hey Summy, your girlfriend is here" Van said with a sassy tone.

"Thanks Van"

"Duuuuh! It's Vanessa" I giggled and nodded to Van, yes I am in the present.

"Alright then, I love you Vanessa"

"I love you too Summy, I'll leave you two here" Van leave the two of us in my room.

"She's really sassy" I nodded in agreement to Lena.

"I'm glad that Van is out and proud you know"

"By the way, I brought you some apples. I just came here to give you these and I'll come to my resto"

"Thanks uhm.. Can I request something?"

"What's that honey?" Ughhhhh, our endearment really gives me these butterflies.

"Can you bring me to that person who killed dad?

I feel how she struggle answering my request, but I wanted to see that man and ask him why he killed my dad. I held Lena's hand and look at her with pleading eyes.

"Alright then but let us call some police to escort us" She replied.

"No, I want to talk with him alone.. please." I just want to talk to him alone, if we bring the police together that man may not talk to me and I don't want to risk anything I just want to ask him something.

"If that's what you want, I'll come with you. We're in this together, I love you" Lena held my hand, thanks to her and that book we both know the truth and we will fix everything.

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Van and Lena assists me carefully to enter the car, I feel so nervous right now because this is the time I have to face the truth. Van and mom doesn't have an idea where we'll be heading, I ask Lena to keep it as a secret. I don't want my mom to meet the person who killed her husband, not right now.

The car engine started and Lena drove us to I don't know where we heading, all I know is that we're going to somewhere unfamiliar to me.

"How am I in your time leaping" Lena asked breaking the silence between us.

"You never forget to give me apple, you're too cheezy and it's funny I never thought that you like me" We both giggled.

"Apples are important to me, it reminds me of you and-"

"Your aunt" I cut her off and she was surprised from what I told her.

"How did you know? I never told you that." I smiled at her because she really don't have a clue.

"Lena from the time leaping told me that"

"Life is really.. strange you know. But I'm still happy because that book leads us to be together." I nod in agreement.

The car stops that makes me so nervous, I think we're here. I hope the man who killed my dad is still here. I heard Lena unbuckling her seatbelt so I do the same. She hop off the car and I waited for her to open my door.

"We're here" Lena helped me to get out of the car. I heard birds chirping, I feel the wind touches my skin and the smell of lavender enters my nose.

She helps me walk through the man's house, before we reach the house I heard a child coughing so hard. Lena knocks the door and held my hand that helps me release my nervousness. As I breathe out, the door opens.

"Who is it?" A voice of a man greets us.

"You should be Ronald, I'm Lena and this is Sum" I smiled as Lena introduced ourselves. I can feel a sad aura about this guy, I don't know what is this feeling but I feel really strange.

"Yes I'm Ronald, what do you want? If you are the collectors please give me more time I still don't have the money" The man pleaded.

"No we are not the collectors we-" A hard cough from a child cuts me off.

"Who is he?" Lena asked.

LENA's POV

Ronald asked us to go inside, he seems harmless than the Ronald I met in my time leaping. He looks pale, weak and somewhat sick. Their house is as big as my room and the smell of it is kind of foul, the room is too hot that I guess they don't have the electricity. As I look the child who he introduced as his son looks so thin and sick.

"Your friend's blind?" Ronald asked while coughing. His tattoo is still visible but it looks faded than his tattoo when I leapt time.

"Just temporary" My Summer responded.

"I hope ours too" Ronald said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Cystic fibrosis, my son and I have it. He inherited from me, our illness is killing us slowly"

"That's why both of you coughs continuously" I concluded and Ronald nods in agreement.

"I deserve it, but my son don't. He ain't doing wrong" He stares from nowhere. I see the guilt in his eyes, a sad almond eyes.

"What do you mean you deserve it?" Sum asked as if she didn't know anything. I knew it, she don't want to introduce herself to Ronald. She really just want to know everything without knowing who is she. Let's just say it is better to talk with strangers sometimes because they wont judge you.

"I.. I did something wrong with my old friend four years ago.. I didn't want to end up that way but I was so hopeless.. I was so frustrated"

"What do you mean?" Sum asked, I see how Sum controls her emotions I know that she want to cry remembering what happened to her dad but she chose to hide and control her tears. All I can do that time is to hold her hands.

"That day my son was hospitalized. I really can't afford the hospital bills.." Everyone makes mistakes, he confess what happened that incident and I might say that he is not a good person that time but right now I can see that he suffers a lot after that incident. "I passed by with my old friend, I asked for help.. He gave me his number and said that he will help me raise a fund for my child. My friend is very kind but.." He cries before continuing his confession, I look at Sum and even her wants to cry but chooses not to it is really hard for her. I know she's mad at him but still she chose to listen.

"He became my hope but that day my son was sent to the emergency room.. The hospital can't perform the surgery because I'm still not paying anything.. I was so desperate that time. I keep calling my friend but he's not answering I thought that he left us so I decided to go to his house.." Ronald coughs and he looks like he can't continue confessing, he looks so weak and depressed. "I tried calling him and that time he answered.. I threatened him to give me money or I'll burn his house. I know I can't do that to my friend but threatening him is the only way to give me his money. B-But he refused to give me because he said he don't have any and spend his last money to his daughter's graduation.." Sum closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, I soothed her back because I know she might burst into tears.

"H-He went outside.. I decided to spook him with my car but.." Sum and Ronald tries not to cry, it is very hard for the both of them to remember the incident. "but my car had an error and hit him so hard" Ronald cries so loud, you could feel his guilt his sadness for killing his friend. "I want to go out of my car but I heard his daughter shouting for help so I panicked and continue driving. After that incident karma hit me so hard that the both of us got ill and every time I sleep there's this two girls hunting me in my dreams looking for my friend's justice. I always say my sorry to him and his family, because of being desperate I killed my only friend who lend a hand on me." He cried so loud that he also brought me in tears.

The truth that Summer wants to hear, the book, us and Ronald, everything interconnects. Life is weird but the book helped us not to live in vain that is what I realized from that moment.