Afraid to Love
Episode 66
He couldn’t see anything. Darkness overwhelmed him. His entire body was weak. He could feel pain all over, especially in his head.
It was throbbing badly. He groaned in pain. His eye lids fluttered and opened. They bright light that greeted his eyes made him close them immediately.
Seconds later, he gradually opened them, he saw the ceiling clearly and noticed he was lying down on a bed covered in white cloth.
That was his room, the smell was unfamiliar. As his eyes roved around the room, he concluded that he was in a ward in the hospital.
His brain couldn’t function yet as he had no idea what he was doing there. He suddenly felt the urge to get up. His body wasn’t ready to carry out any activity cause he ached all over, but he stubbornly tried sitting up. In the process, he flinched and let out a scream of pain.
His scream attracted the person in the ward to him. Edwin Broderick quickly ran to him. Edwin had been so absorbed in his thoughts that he hadn’t noticed his son trying to lift himyself off the bed. “Are you alright son?” Without waiting for an answer, he quickly added, “Please, relax. You are weak.” He held on to Jeremy and made him lie back on the bed. “I’ll go get the doctor.”
Jeremy fastened his hand to his father’s, preventing him from leaving. “What,” it took him a great deal of energy to utter that word. And the voice he heard didn’t sound like his, it was rough and sounded more like an old man’s. “What happened? What am I doing here? How did I get here?”
Edwin squeezed his hand softly. “My boy, please relax. You need to rest now.”
He stubbornly shook his head. “I’m fine. Its just my head. Its aching. Where is Purity? I need to see her.” His memory was still blank. He couldn’t recollect anything. The headache was so severe that his thought his head was going to split into two.
“Jeremy, listen to me. You need to worry about yourself,” he left his hand. “I’m going to get Doctor Allan.” Before Jeremy could protest any further, he was already out of the ward.
“How is he?” Aaron Theodore inquired. He stood up abruptly on sighting his dear friend. He was very worried.
“My friend, he just regained consciousness, he’s in pains, I want to get the doctor,” Edwin calmly explained.
Aaron heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s great news. Let me go see him.”
Edwin nodded in agreement. He was relieved that his son had woken up. “Thank you, my friend.”
Aaron patted his shoulder, “Be careful.”
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“How are you feeling?”
Jeremy’s was already seated on the bed. He slowly raised his to confirm the whose voice he just heard. He was right. “I’m okay, sir,” his voice was back to normal, but slightly cracked. “Did Purity come with you? I want to see her,” he requested politely.
“I was hoping you’d tell me that. You were with her yesterday, nobody’s seen her since then,” Aaron replied amiably.
“I was?” Jeremy rhetorically asked. He tried to recall what happened, but he could not. The headache just seemed to get worse. He held his head and groaned in pain.
“Careful,” Aaron moved to his side and brought his hands down, “Your head is bandaged. You don’t need to touch it.”
“I don’t remember anything. I feel as if my head is going to tear apart. What happened to me? How did I get here? Why can’t I remember anything?” he questioned Aaron, looking devastated.
“That’s because you have temporary amnesia,” a voice whom he recognized to be Dr. Allan’s answered him. He shifted his gaze and saw him with his dad. “You were brought in here unconscious and had several injuries on your head. You need to rest now, I’ll give you medications. Within a day or two, you’ll fully remember everything.” he concluded, assuring him with a smile.
Jeremy exhaled deeply, “I want to be with Purity, let me come,” he demanded, again.
“You were the last person to see Purity before you had this accident. Only you can tell us where she is. Calm down and don’t force it,” Dr. Allan explained.
He nodded and laid back on the bed. He was troubled. He didn’t feel good. It had to do with Purity, where was she?
Aaron and Edwin stared at him with pity in their eyes. They were both concerned about their children.
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He was covered with perspiration. Panting and tossing on the bed. The nightmare was really h©rrible. He wished it’d come to an end. Purity, he couldn’t find her. Darkness had taken her away from him. He forced his eyes open. “Purity!”
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