Chapter 6 Maria

~ Maria~

"What happened?" I asked the nurse as I slowly opened my eyes . There was a nurse beside me. She looked at me so pitifully.

"Uhmm nurse what happened?" I asked her again.

She just looked at me and left. I got a bit confused.

Few minutes later a doctor with two nurses came into my room.

" Maria I'm sorry to tell you this but your family just passed away" he broke the news to me.

I opened my eyes and uncontrollable tears began to roll down my cheeks.

" Noooooo!!!!!" I screamed with all the strength I had left. "No no no no no!!!!!" I was in tears.

I screamed and rolled on my bed. I rushed to the door but the doctor dragged me back to my bed.

He injected me. I'm sure it contained sedatives because I fell asleep immediately.

" Keep an eye on her, immediately she wakes up let me know" the doctor told one of the nurses as they all left the room.

"Mom, is that really you?" I asked with my eyes tearing up.

"It's me Ria; it's your mom" she answered me.

"My beautiful daughter" she sobbed

I ran to hug her tightly.

"Please don't leave me," I told her in tears.

She hugged me tightly and said "I'll never leave you ,I'll always be with you". Then my dad and coly showed up and they both came to hug us.

We all hugged tightly for a few seconds.

"Be strong my dear; we believe in you: we will always be together, just remember" that my dad tried to console me.

Coly just stood there, crying and staring.

"We love you" my dad said as they slowly started to fade off.

"No! no!! no!!! nooo!!!! mom, dad please; coly no !!please don't leave me, I want to come with you; noooo I can't stay, I just can't" uncontrollable tears rolled down my cheeks.

" Noooooo!!!!" I screamed. I opened my eyes immediately.

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! I screamed in agony

An aunt of mine rushed to my room. Her name was Windy.

She was my mom's junior sister; my dad was the only child of his parents but he had some extended relatives which I knew nothing about.

My aunt stayed in another country and immediately she heard the news she flew over.

She's still a spinster:"I'm not ready for marriage, my work is too demanding, you know I'm not settled yet and I'm always posted to different countries" she once told my mom.

"Maria my dear I'm so sorry, really sorry about what happened" she cried as she came to hug me tightly.

I hugged her tightly and cried.

A doctor came in to examine me.

"Doctor, hope she's okay??" My aunt asked him.

"Yes she is, she just needs rest because you know she's going through a lot right now" the doctor said.

" Okay, thank you doc I'll pay the hospital bills" my aunt said.

The doctor left the room.

My aunt looked at me and she could feel my sadness.

I was lying down staring at the ceiling,I was lost in thoughts.

"Maria, you're going to stay in a hotel for the meantime. I'll be taking care of your family's funeral,'' she told me.

Tears rolled down my cheeks as I nodded to reply to her.

I was lying down on a couch in a hotel room when my aunt walked in.

" Maria, aren't you going to eat?, you keep rejecting the food I'm always sending to you or don't you like them? I can order from a restaurant if you want", my aunt said.

."No thanks aunt, I'm not hungry" she said.

"If you're hungry or you need anything just tell me okay?" she didn't want to pester me.

"Okay I will" I put on a fake smile.

She smiled back at me as she left my room.

The day of the funeral came.

I picked up a black long gown and wore it.

"Are you ready to go?" My aunt asked me.

" Yes I am, '' I replied in a blue tone.

" Are you going to be okay?" she asked me.

"Of course I will", I answered.

We left to the venue, we got there earlier because we were the ones in charge.

My aunt took care of the funeral arrangements all by herself.

I was really grateful.

"Wow , the place is really beautiful," I told my aunt.

"Thanks dear'" she answered.

"Aunty Windy ,thank you for everything you've done for me, I really appreciate it. I promise I'll try to pay you back" I said with a sob.

"Don't say that my dear", she patted my back "I'm supposed to do it, it's my duty girl" she said with a smile.

"Will you be alright?" she asked me.

"Yes I will" I answered her with a smile.

The funeral started and to my surprise a lot of people showed up.

Family members and friends.

My friends Kylie and Becky also came, they were the only ones that knew about it .

I told them to keep it a secret from the others because I didn't want anyone else to know about it.

" Maria are you okay I'm sorry for your loss, I really hope you're doing fine" Kylie said as she hugged me tightly Becky hugged me too.

That was the first time they saw me after the incident.

They looked so sad.

"I'm okay girls" I said with a low tune.

" Are you sure? you know you can always talk to us" Becky added. I'm so sorry.

"Stop apologizing guys, that's enough it's not your fault" I snapped.

"But......"

"Please I want to be left alone" I cut in before they would say anything emotional to me.

They both left to take their seats and I stood at the entrance.

My plan was to be strong at the funeral. I didn't want to shed tears.

My aunt also stood at the entrance to welcome the guests.

A friend of my aunt came in and she hugged my aunt as she saw her.

'"Windy it's really been awhile, I'm so sorry for your loss" my aunt's friend said.

"Is this Maria?" she asked my aunt as she looked pitifully at me.

"Yes it's her" my aunt answered.

" Ohh girl my heartfelt condolences" she said as she hugged me tightly.

"Thank you" I answered.

I was already getting tired of everything; the people, their condolences shit, standing at the entrance, the way they looked at me, everything really pissed me off.

"I can't wait for this to come to an end, I'm fucking tired" I thought to myself

"How is she coping?" my aunt's friend asked my aunt.

"Well, I really don't know I'm scared to ask her, but so far she has been saying she's alright but I know she's lying she's just trying to be strong".

"How old do you say she is again ?"aunty Windy's friend asked her.

"She's 16 years old," Aunty Windy answered.

"Wow... she's very strong for a girl her age".

"Yes I know".

After some minutes of discussion. "Find a seat before the place gets full," my aunt told her friend.

After some time it came to an end.

My aunt and I left for the hotel.

We ordered food from a restaurant and we ate.

I ate only a little because I didn't have the appetite yet.

After eating we went to bed.

~ Windy~

I opened my eyes and it was already morning. I picked up my phone to check for the time and it was 11.

I felt really weak, I was so stressed out yesterday, I had to take a stress relief pill before I went to bed yesterday.

"I wonder how Maria is doing" I thought. "I hope she has eaten".

I got up, put my robe on and left my room to Maria's.

I knocked on the door but no one answered.

"Is she still asleep?" I wondered.

"I doubt that," I said.

I knocked again but still the same.

I checked to see if the door was open and it was.

I opened the door and walked in.

"?)? Maria! Are you still asleep?" I yelled but no one replied.

I got to her cupboard and saw that her clothes were still there .

"Maybe she's taking her bath" I thought.

I walked to the bathroom

I shouted her name but to my surprise no one replied.

I was getting worried.

"Where could she be?" I wondered.

I left the bathroom and went to her bed.

"What's this on her bed" I picked it up

It was a brown envelope and on it was written To Aunty Windy.