Not Until I Met Him
img img Not Until I Met Him img Chapter 3 Three
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Chapter 12 Twelve img
Chapter 13 Thirteen img
Chapter 14 Fourteen img
Chapter 15 Fifteen img
Chapter 16 Sixteen img
Chapter 17 Seventeen img
Chapter 18 Eighteen img
Chapter 19 Nineteen img
Chapter 20 Twenty img
Chapter 21 Twenty-one img
Chapter 22 Twenty-two img
Chapter 23 Twenty-three img
Chapter 24 Twenty-four img
Chapter 25 Twenty-five img
Chapter 26 Twenty six img
Chapter 27 Twenty-seven img
Chapter 28 Twenty-eight img
Chapter 29 Twenty-nine img
Chapter 30 Thirty img
Chapter 31 Thirty-one img
Chapter 32 Thirty-two img
Chapter 33 Thirty-three img
Chapter 34 Thirty-four img
Chapter 35 Thirty-five img
Chapter 36 Thirty-six img
Chapter 37 Thirty-seven img
Chapter 38 Thirty-Eight img
Chapter 39 Thirty-nine img
Chapter 40 Fourty img
Chapter 41 Fourty-one img
Chapter 42 Fourty-two img
Chapter 43 Fourty-three img
Chapter 44 Fourty-four img
Chapter 45 Fourty-five img
Chapter 46 Fourty-six img
Chapter 47 Fourty-Seven img
Chapter 48 Fourty-Eight img
Chapter 49 Fourty-nine img
Chapter 50 Fifty img
Chapter 51 Fifty-One img
Chapter 52 Fifty-Two img
Chapter 53 Fifty-Three img
Chapter 54 Fifty-Four img
Chapter 55 Fifty-Five img
Chapter 56 Fifty-Six img
Chapter 57 Fifty-Seven img
Chapter 58 Fifty-Eight img
Chapter 59 Fifty-Nine img
Chapter 60 Sixty img
Chapter 61 Sixty-One img
Chapter 62 Sixty-Two img
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Chapter 3 Three

I sat legs crossed, blanket draped over me, with a huge bowl of popcorn on my laps, as I crunched away, my eyes glued to the screen of the television.

Wraps of chocolate bars laid everywhere around me, a box of pizza to my left, cans of soda drinks, a bowl of finished ice cream all lay around me, but I didn't give a care in the world.

I was determined to spend the rest of the day in my house, stuffing food in my face and watching horror movies. That right! Horror movies! My life was scary anyway.

I had watched "It" one and two, "The Nun", "Anabelle returns home" "the conjuring" and now I was on "insidious". I was an horror movie freak.

I glanced towards the clock and it was 4pm already. Jasmine would be back anytime soon. I continued with my movie still crunching on my popcorn. I was trying to forget my sorrows.

I should've gone to see my mum in the hospital, but I think I need a day's break from the smell of antiseptic, plus she needed the rest.

I was still watching the movie, when suddenly the door jerked open. I started with a jump, some of the popcorn spilling on my laps. Jasmine walked in looking tired, she was back from work. I glanced at the clock and saw that a good hour and 10 minutes had gone by since the last time I glanced at the clock.

"You're back" I stated smiling sheepishly at her.

" Yh.. I've been looking forward to relaxing into this lovely couch all day" she let out a satisfied sigh as she slumped onto the couch

" Lazy ass"

"You need to see Mr Gregory go all king Kong on me this morning because I was late" she said getting up to mimick the said Mr Gregory.

Mr Gregory was her direct superior at work, and from the stories, you could tell Jasmine didn't like him one bit. I was laughing so hard by the time she was done. Jasmine was sure something else.

"And what are you doing at home?" She asked after noticing the whole mess around me, and the fact I was still in my pajamas

" Oh I was suspended, I forgot..."

"You were what??!" She cut me off, looking at me wide eyed.

"Yh , suspended, for 3 months"

" For 3 fucking months!? What did you do?"

So I explained to her how I took out my frustrations from yesterday on a client. I had screamed at the client and stated just pure facts if you ask me, he committed a crime, came to our law firm for help and when I was asking him about the details of his crime, he was being a dick about it so I lost my patience.

" Still you should've held it in. You know how things are with you, and you didn't tell me"

" Sorry, it skipped my mind, plus you were trying so hard to bury me this morning" I looked her in the eye, stating the obvious.

" Oh well ..what do we do now. You have to find something doing for the next three months. You can sit home all the time watching horror movies." She told me and she was right . I couldn't live my life for the next three months like this. We both sat in silence for a minute or two, until she beamed at me.

"Cole told me something about his father opening a new restaurant and they were in need of workers. You could go there and find out if they'll give you a job. Hold on, let me call him and see if they're still hiring"

She picked her purse and fetched her phone, dialling her boyfriend's number. She went on to flirt with him for a bit, which was cringey if you ask me, before she finally asked the important question and thank God they were still hiring. The restaurant wasn't too far from my place of work so it was going to be easy to locate. I'll have to go there tomorrow morning. What would I do without this girl?

After a while, I got up and cleaned the mess I made, then afterwards I started to prepare dinner for the both of us. Jasmine came to the living room after freshening up, she was in an oversized T-shirt and black leggings. She came to me and suggested we pack some of the food for my mum.

At first I didn't want to go to the hospital but she convinced me saying it had been a while she visited my mum and she was in the mood for hospital visits that evening. I caved in and eventually packed a little for her after which I went to take my bath.

After I was done we set out to the hospital. The hospital wasn't too far from our house so we walked the distance. After a few minutes we got to the hospital and we were now in front of my mom's hospital room.

I pushed the door open and seeing my mum lying on that hospital bed hooked to different machines, broke my heart all over again. Tears were threatening to spill from my eyes but I was determined not to cry. My mum was sleeping but when we pushed open the door she opened her eyes.

"Oh my baby!" She exclaimed as she tried to sit up.

" I'm so sorry we woke you up mum" I replied as I moved in to hug her

"Hi Selena" jasmine greeted my mum with a small smile

" Hi jasmine. What brings the two of you here today?"

" Can't we come see you? Besides we just thought you'd need a night off from hospital food" I pouted to her.

"Oh I thought you abandoned me!" She made an attempt to joke.

I just shook my head playfully at her as we all laughed. I presented the food to her and we watched her eat while we talked about random things. When she was done , I helped her take her meds and tucked her in to sleep. We bade her goodnight and left her to rest.

My mum means the world to me. It hurts seeing her slowly die and I can do nothing about it. We both got home and I bid Jasmine goodnight heading for my room immediately. I wanted nothing more than to be in the comfort of my bed and cry myself to sleep. I just hope tomorrow is a better day.

            
            

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