Can you be with me?

WARNING: {Mature Content: This Chapter Contains Content On Rape If You Have Triggers Please Skip}

"They did that to her because of me".

I couldn't understand what she was trying to say. I knew someone probably got hurt because of her but she said it was a baby.

"Calm down and explain it to me slowly".

I said as I tried to calm her down. She then looked at me with her eyes red and filled with tears.

"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it".

I said as I did not want her to feel pressured. I could understand if she didn't want to open up to me. Besides, I only met her today.

I stood up and began walking back to my bed when I heard her speak again.

"She... she said they... they pulled her by the hair and... and... dragged her to a dark alley. She said she tried to call but I was busy treating other people".

I was finally beginning to understand what she meant. Her daughter might have been raped.

I looked at her and waited for her to continue speaking. If it was what I was thinking, then it was definitely not an easy topic.

"How could I huh? How could I have done that to my daughter"?

She asked but I know she was not expecting an answer.

"She complained so many times. She told me she wanted me to spend more time with her. She said she was slowly losing all connections with me. But then what"?

She said and smiled painfully.

"I finally promised to spend her birthday with her... I promise!!"

She looked at me unable to control her tears.

"But instead, I kept her waiting on that lonely road, and my daughter was being hit and molested while I was treating someone else".

She looked down towards her bed as she spoke. At first, I thought she was crying but then, it became obvious that she was laughing. She was laughing so loudly that she sounded like she was going insane.

"There were other doctors that night!!"

She said with a smile on her face.

"There were other doctors who would have taken care of that patient. But yet... I just had to play hero".

I could hear the disappointment in her voice. I could tell that she felt like she failed her daughter.

"So tell me, is that why you wanted to kill yourself"?

She looked at me like I was asking a stupid question.

"What did you just say"?

She asked.

"I mean, think about it. You want to kill yourself and abandon her"?

She was still looking at me but the pissed face she had on her had subsided.

"How can I even face her? She was devoured by three men... she is just a child".

She said sounding like she was about to cry again.

"The more reason why you should be there for her right now. If you leave again, it will just be you repeating what you did before, don't you think"?

I said as I tried to put some sense into her.

"Don't make the same mistakes you made in the past. She needs you now, more than ever".

I concluded. There was nothing more I could say other than this. What she was going through was definitely not easy but I was a hundred percent sure that her daughter was going through worse.

"Do... do you want to see my daughter"?

She asked but I said nothing and just smiled.

We left the room and went to the private room where her daughter was staying. When we got in, I could see the severity of what they had done to her.

They did not just take advantage of her. Just but looking at her, I could tell that they had completely shattered her soul. Well, hopefully, they had not shattered it completely yet.

Her daughter was sitting on the bed with a band on her head. It was obvious that they had used something to hit her on the head. She was staring outside the window so I had not gotten the opportunity to see her face just yet.

"Baby"?

Her mom called out her name gently and she turned around.

"Mom"?

She called out and as soon as she confirmed it was her mother, she smiled bitterly as silent tears began rolling down her eyes.

Her mother tried moving close to her but it seems she was not able to bring herself to do so. She kept moving back and forth confused about whether her daughter would want to see her.

"What is this? Does my mother not want to see me"?

The innocent girl said and her mom finally took a step to be with her daughter. She rushed towards her and hugged her.

"I'm sorry Nikki, please forgive me".

Her mom said still hugging her but then, the girl pulled away gently.

"You should not be sorry Mother, you didn't do anything wrong. I should have listened to you and waited at home".

The girl whose name is Nikki just said.

"I can't get through this alone Mom. Can you be with me"?

She asked and her mom began nodding like a woodpecker, making the girl laugh.

I noticed that they were okay, so I quietly left so they could have some private time together. Besides, it seems she asked me to see her daughter hoping that she would get the chance to speak with her as well.

Jason was waiting for me in the lobby. When I saw him, I smiled and waved at him. He immediately rushed towards me and said.

"Where did you go"?

He asked.

"I went to see someone. Did I make you worry"?

I asked and to my surprise, he actually nodded his head. I could not help but smile at how cute he looked.

"I don't want you out of my sight even for a minute. You almost died today".

I looked at him for a while and smiled.

"You think this is funny huh"?

He asked but I chuckled and replied.

"Not that, it's just..."

"Just what"?

He asked again.

"When I was hanging by just one hand on that rooftop..."

Jason looked at Nadia waiting for her to complete her statement.

"You are the first person I thought of"