Chapter 35 - Starting
Lauren
I was looking at the view from the window, today is the day wherein I will meet the Physical Therapist. Jihye was talking with Doctor Adams and I didn't what to feel.
Should I feel excited? Should I feel happy about it? Because after two years I'm gonna feel my feet again. I wanted to know more about myself, what I do in the office, how I treat my employees and what I do whenever I feel so stressed.
But my wife, Jihye told me that when I started doing the therapy that's when I will start my life because first of all I'm gonna be back on my feet and it feels like I'm starting to work my body again.
It has been a week when I woke up, I haven't met my friends yet but Jihye told me that they will visit me very soon they said they were busy and I will be patient. As long as Jihye and Jayden, my parents are here with me it's already enough for me.
"Sweetie," My Mom said behind me. I was sitting on the wheelchair
"Yes?" I answered while looking at her from behind
"Are you excited?" She asked while rubbing my back and it felt nice
"I guess, you think I'd be okay?" I asked while looking up at her. She smiled at me and kissed my forehead "you think I will do a good job?"
"Of course you will sweetie. You're a tough cookie and your smart. You'll do well on your first day, Jihye and I will be there waiting for you" I smiled "You're still the Lauren. My daughter and my baby"
"I'm your baby?"
"Of course, you're my very first baby and it will never change" I smiled at her
"But what about Daeun and Dohyun?"
"Sweetie, you know when you're still asleep they treat you like a baby. They missed you so much and they wanted to be with you 24/7 but sadly they have things to do" I grinned and hold her hands that was in my shoulder
"How about Dad? I haven't seen him" After Mommy told me about my real father. I haven't seen Dad for three days, I'm asking myself already does he feel sad about it? But I kept telling to myself, that he wasn't my real father and my real father is Ben of course he'll understand that. Whatever happens, Ben will always be my father but I want to know that I'm happy having him in my life.
"Your Dad has been visiting you every night, we were just busy with your company since we are the one handling it. But, he promised that he will catch up a while ago to see you gaining back your energy and getting back on you feet. You don't have to worry" she winked at me and I smiled. Atleast, right now I'm relieved.
The door opened revealing my wife smiling at us "Is everything okay?" she asked
"Yes, everything is okay" Mommy answered
"I see, Uh Doc. Adams need to talk to you for a minute if you don't mind" She said while putting of her hands in her pockets.
Another thing that I like about my wife is that she's dressing so well, she looks so hot. She was wearing a bottom up sleeves and fitted pants sometimes she has her body bag on and wallet. She looks manly.
"Sure" Mommy looked at me and kissed my head while she also told me that she will be back and I nodded looking at her leaving and smiling when she was closing the door. Jihye walk closer to me and went behind me holding the handle of the wheelchair while I look up at her.
"You ready?" She mumbled
"Should I?" I asked her back while she chuckled and shook her head
"You should" she answered
"I'm nervous" I mentioned while playing with my fingers she kissed the top of my head and I smiled. I wonder what her lips will feel like with mine. She kneeled to be leveled with me and she held my hands "What if I don't do well? What if I fall?" I asked nervously, she caressed my cheek.
"Hey...Your Lauren Walton or You're Walton and Waltons are hardworking and will do their best to achieve that goal that they want and you're one of them. You will do your best today! I promise, Mommy and I will be there for you and supporting you in every step of the way. Whatever happens today we promise that we will be helping you out. Especially, me because I'm your wife" She said and I couldn't help but smile, she loves me so much and I could already feel it. I'm just thankful that she wasn't the type of person who will not support but I was wrong. She was so kind.
"I promise that whenever you fall, I will always be there to catch you" She kissed my hand
"Always?" I asked and she smiled at me
"Always, Darling. Always" I sigh in relief.
I just hold her hands tightly while looking at the view. I was expecting to see Jayden today because I miss him but Jihye told me that he was in her parent's house because he wanted to help Mom making some healthy cookies for me later on. I was excited about it.
The door opened revealing Mommy and Doctor Adams, she was smiling at me and Jihye was rubbing my shoulder.
"Well, Mrs. Jeung. Are you ready?" I remembered, I'm a Jeung.
"Y-yes" I answered softly while Jihye chuckled probably feeling how nervous I am.
"Ready?" She asked while looking at me from the last time and I look up at her
"Ready"
"Alright, off we go" she said while she started to push the wheelchair.
When we came out from the room everything was so huge, the hospital look so cool and the workers are greeting me and Jihye. They look so happy seeing me and I smiled back at them awkwardly. I don't know them so well there's something in me that I need to look at whenever I see a stranger. I don't know what happened in the past but I feel like it's bad.
We reached the fourth floor of the Hospital wherein there were a bunch of old people that was being supported by the Physical Therapist, well some of them are certainly not old but there were middle ages woman and men. Either they had an accident like me, or stroke or whatever they did in their life that will cause to visit this part of the hospital.
A middle aged Woman came in front of us smiling from ear to ear to me and Doctor Adams. Mommy finally came and she greeted her with a kiss on the cheeks. Weird.
"Mrs. Lee, it's so good to finally see you! How are you?" She asked in delight, I never knew my Mom knows a lot of people in this country.
"I'm doing okay! By the way, this is my daughter Lauren. You know what happened to her so I think you might help her since she certainly wanted to walk and you know be back to work and you know do the things that she normally do" My Mom tells her, I was just looking at them while Jihye is rubbing my back. I'm trying my best to look at the lady and her eyes is darted to my Mom's. Darn it.
You see, I've been dreaming about this certain man. He keeps telling me that before I introduce myself to a stranger I need to look them straight in the eyes. If I saw my own reflection in their eyes and I was upside down it means they are bad people while if I'm not upside down in their reflection they were the good ones. He gave me a sample and I instantly saw myself in his eyes not even upside down it means he's a good person. I should meet him again.
I tried it with Jihye last night, she was weirded out by it but I told her my dreams. I'm not upside down with her gaze and I sigh in relief at that moment I even tried it with my own Son and he was giggling. I ended up laughing with the two of them though..they are fun to be with.
When they are finally done talking, the woman looked at me and she smiled at me. She stretched her hand for me to shake I guess and I looked at it weirdly looking back at her. I looked at her straight in the eyes and I wasn't upside down in her eyes so I took the hands for a handshake, I could hear her sigh in relief and smiled at me.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I'm Lorraine. Your Personal Therapist but I'm also friends with your mother and because of that she was the one who hired me to teach you how to walk and all. Are you excited?" She asked in delight while I looked at Jihye and Mommy, they smiled at me and telling me that it was okay.
"Y-yes, I-I guess" I shuttered while I'm playing with my fingers "I-I don't k-know if I-I'll do well but I'm sorry in advance if I-I didn't" I said softly she smiled at me and rub my arms
"Hey, it's pretty normal if you don't do well in the first day especially your still recovering. It's not just me who will help you but I also have my teams with me to support you. We will do our best to help you be back on your feet again and do the things on your own. You always need to remember that whenever you fall, us, your wife and your mother will be here for you" I didn't know but I smiled at it and I nodded at her
"I'm ready" I said softly while I gave Jihye a squeezed on her hands she squeezed it back
"Okay, let's get started"
"Good luck, sweetheart" Jihye mumbled kissing the top of my head
"You will not leave right?" I asked lowly looking at her
"I won't, Mommy and I will be right here waiting for you" I nodded "I love you" should I say it back?
"T-thank you" she smiled at me and Mommy pushed me to Lorraine using the wheelchair. She looks so calm when I said her the word Thank you. A lot of people are hurt whenever the person they like told them thank you whenever they say I love you to them but seeing Jihye so calm and she doesn't have any problem with it makes me feel like she's the perfect and patient wife in the world. I guess I'm lucky.
The team help me stood up and they instantly explained to me the things that I needed to do and the daily basis that I also need to follow when it comes to going back in walking and the foods that I needed to it so my energy will be back. It was a lot but I'm trying my best to remember it but good thing there was a girl right beside me listing everything and I looked at my Mom in confusion and she mouthed to me that it was her secretary. Gosh..a lot of people.
Jihye
I was smiling at Lauren, she looks like a lost cute kid. I could tell that she was curious at everything already, especially to the people around her. I understood that especially she has a dark past and I don't want her to remember it. Seeing this side of Lauren makes me feel like she was new to the world and a kid that Ben and Leslie loves so much and so do I.
She was already standing up slowly with the help of Lorraine's teams and she was smiling from ear to ear whenever she can move her legs and feet already. She's indeed cute. I know I should be doing my work while looking after her but I can't, I need to see all of my wife's achievement and I will certainly look at every person in this room whenever they tried to give her a sexy look. Not in my watch boys.
"I feel like Lauren knows who are the good and bad people around her" Mommy mumbled next to me while I nodded and hummed
"I know, last night I was fixing her things and she held my face to look at me straight in the eyes. She explained to me that whenever she sees her reflection in someone's eyes and it was upside down it means that person is a bad person but if not she isn't" I explained while looking at my wife
"Who said that and where did she learned that?" Mommy asked in confusion
"She told me that there was a certain man in her dreams. I feel like it was Ben, if he is I should be thankful" I mumbled and I could feel Leslie smiled.
"I guess it was him. We should visit his grave when Lauren is fully recovered"
"I agree,"
It's been so long since I haven't seen Ben. I wanted to see him when my wife was asleep, I tried to call him to our house but he wasn't going out. I wanted to know if my wife will be okay and obviously she was, she's awake right now and doing her therapy already but what if this isn't the last warning? What if there's something more?
All I need to know is that, I want to know if we're already safe and we can finally live happily. All I want is that but there's this part of me that maybe this happened to Lauren because he wanted her to have a new life, remove all the toxic people in her life but the thing is this warning is brutal. My wife had an amnesia and she forgot about us but the good side of it she doesn't remember the person who hurted her and she accepts us. Should I be thankful? Or not?
I kept telling to myself that maybe Ben isn't showing up is because everything is done already, or either way he was around and he used his superpowers so that we couldn't see him, he was checking Lauren from time to time and just appearing in her dreams I just hope he's doing that and that dream of my wife is giving me a high hopes that maybe Ben is in her dreams and helping her.
I looked at my wife and she was smiling from ear to ear when she did something right after so many fails. Jeez, this woman should believe in her self more but as long as she wasn't feeling okay with it, I will be supporting her whatever happens.
Because she's my everything and it will never change.
'I love her so much'