Watching Ryan unconscious on the bed is making me worried. I felt like I had just lost a friend. RYAN ZACHARY TEDDER is always there by my side. He helped me a lot. He’s the kindest humankind. He’ll offer his hand if he sees you sobbing at the corner. He’ll put you out of your misery and throw you to the land where everything’s fine. Now, I have to be here alone keeping my eyes on him, although I know this is nothing compared to what he had done to me-giving me life. “I’ll be here, Ryan,” I whispered to him. Even though he is not cognizant, I felt like he is listening to me and replying me by smiling.
“Bbzz.. Bbzz..” My phone vibrated. I took my phone out from my pocket and saw 5 unread messages.
“Bro, I’m coming right away! -Dy”
“Is he okay now? -Rox”
and three others are from my brother and I ignored them.
“Bbzz.. Bbzz..” My phone vibrated. I took my phone out from my pocket and saw 5 unread messages.
“Bro, I’m coming right away! -Dy”
“Is he okay now? -Rox”
and three others are from my brother and I ignored them.
“Bbzz.. Bbzz..” This time it was a call from Ryan’s father.
“Hii, Uncle Rob,”
“How’s my son? Is he doing okay? What happened to him?”
“He’s still unconscious. The doctor said he needs some rest.”
“Harold, can you do me a big favor? I can’t come back home right now, I’m in a middle of something important, it’s dead and live matter,”
“You want me to be here with him?”
“Hmm… Well, can you skip your class for tomorrow?” He begged me.
“Yes, tomorrow is math, Miss Hewitt will understand this,”
“Thanks a lot son, alright I got to go, boss is yelling at me,”
“Uncle rob..”
“tut… tut… tut…” Why do they love to hang up on me?
Dead and live matter, huh? Your son is battling with death over here and you still there chasing the paper. Sometimes, I’m so glad to have no father. For me it is much better than hoping your father will stop making money and be there for you, to guide you when you need him the most. “Where’s Aunt Cassie? Isn’t she worry about his son? Or she haven’t got the news? I better call her now,” I murmured to myself. I was feeling odd, what kind of mother doesn’t care about his son? I looked for her number in my phonebook and she was right below cameo.
“Harold!”
“Aunt Cassie, I was just about to call you,” I was so surprised.
“Oh boy, what happened to him?” She went to Ryan’s side.
“He fainted in school, and it was all…”
“Knock knock,” Someone knocked the door and went in. It was the doctor, Dr. Theodore.
“What happened to my son?” Aunt Cassie asked him worriedly.
“He had an overdose,” Doctor replied her.
“He drank only a few sip that night,” I blurted out and Aunt Cassie glared at me.
“No. it’s drugs!” the doctor pressed.
“WHAT!” Aunt Cassie and I looked at each other. Both of us were like electrocuted. It is so impossible; Ryan won’t even touch the cigarette. “Are you sure, Doc?” I was still in shock. “I’m a doctor and I’ve been facing this problem for 20 years, do not question me!” He sounded annoyed by my question and went out. “20 years? How old are you now? 70?” I said behind his back. My voice is too soft, I was lucky that he didn’t hear me. Pheww, I should control my temper.
“Son, go home! I’ll take care of him from here,” Aunt. Cassie sounded so disappointed.
“But I promised him,”
“You have class tomorrow don’t you?”
“I do, but I’m willing to..”
“To skip? Don’t be stupid,” I bet her feeling now is mixed up. I’d better go now.
“Alright, make sure I’m the first one to know when he wakes up,” She nodded. I grabbed my bag and walked out of the room.
DRUGS - people say it is so addictive, but, I think it is more to seductive. Even someone like Ryan fell for it, I bet drug has some kind of power. Even so, what on earth was Ryan thinking? Why he chose drugs? There’s must be something behind this.
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To be continue...
