Chapter 2 The kind stranger

Miss Ruth approached my mother,who lay unconscious on the floor,with slow and steady step.

After checking my mom's breathing,a look of relief cross her face before she tried to calmed me down,promising no harm will befall my mom.

I was still frozen in place,as if my leg were rooted to the ground. I mind was blank,with only one image dominating my thought:my mother laying flat on the ground.

Seeing I wasn't responding to her,she shake me hard,telling me to snap out of my thought and go look for help,unless something bad might happen to my mom.

Just that word alone brought me back to reality,as I ran out of the compound to look for help,not wanting anything bad to happen to my mom.

It was hard to find help these days,I beg and beg and beg for passersby to help out,but no one even look at my direction,thinking I'm a fake.

But luckily, I found a kind stranger who did help us. As he stop his car,wanting to know why a kid was in the middle of the road. I was totally mess up,I couldn't even construct a proper sentence,from the constant sobbing made it impossible for me to form a coherent sentence. My voice cracked, and my words came out in broken fragments, lost in the overwhelming flood of emotions.

Thankfully,he got to understand few of the word I was trying to say. He stepped down from his car and approach me. Looking up at this man's face,I saw him as an angel sent by God.

He was a tall, dark-haired man, with a lean built and strong jawline. Just when he was approaching me,every step he takes felt as if it was a king walking towards me,as his eyes pierce deep into me,I saw a glimpse of hope in them.

With tear streaming down my face,and having a runny nose he bend down,took out his handkerchief and wept my face clean.

Looking at me with a calm eye and said with an assuring tone,"nothing would happen to your mother"before he opened his car door for me to get in. With full speed we rushed toward my house as I continually kept giving him directions.

Within a blink of an eye we arrived at my house,storm into the compound and without thinking or having to introduce himself to miss Ruth,he swiftly lifted my mom up and took her directly to his car as miss Ruth and me following behind.

Immediately we got into his car,he hit the gas and sped off with full speed. The same way we arrived at my house that was the same way we arrived at the hospital.

He gently took her out from the car,rushing into the hospital calling for help before a doctor came and attended to us.

With the appearance of the male doctor,I was scared not because he was ugly of anything but just because,his clothes was stained with blood,this made it difficult for me to trust him with my mom's care.

His voice was straight and relax as he said "put her down" just immediately my mom was laid down on a stretcher bed. He began to examine her,I couldn't stop shaking,feeling distress and the tears flowed uncontrollably.

After examining her for some time,he looked at both miss Ruth and the kind stranger suspiciously before stating that "She seems to have been beaten pretty badly by someone". Announcing to the male nurse beside him to take her to the emergency room immediately.

His face wasn't calm anymore,as the bridge between his eyebrows squeezed together caused a little wrinkle on his forehead.

With this action of his,I became so uneasy as if my body wants to turn in and out. The kind stranger stopped the doctor with a grasp on the doctor's hand and asked what was the problem,he replied quickly,saying "she had an internal bleeding,which must be treated promptly if not it could become complicated.

Their movement was quit fast as if something bad was going to happen. Now,have reach the utmost peak of fear. Thinking of how my life would be,if truly something bad happens to my mom.

After the doctor went into the emergency room,I began to pace back and forth as my mind racing with anxiety,only God knows the news he was about to share to us.

Finally,he's out, it took him an hour inside the emergency room. As he approached us,all my focus was on him,his movement,and his facial expression. I kept watch on him,thinking I could get a hint on any news about my mother condition,but his face revealed nothing.

Now,as he stands before us,my eye still fixed on him. Miss Ruth worried voice broke the silence " how is she now?",I glanced at her before returning my gaze on the doctor,my eyes pleading for an answer.

The doctor face look very calm about the question,before he then replied that "she was fine". Just then I saw the nurses moving my mom out of the emergency room.

I looked intensely at the nurses before looking at the doctor with questioning eyes. He seems he understood my look and explained that they were just relocating her to another room.

I couldn't contain my impatient any longer,can "I see her now?"I asked. He reply was firm and simply "yes". Just then a female nurse passed by and was then called by the doctor to lead me to my mom's room. I followed her quickly and now I was already ahead of her looking back at her for quick movement.

She was quite slow as a nurse which was really annoying or was she doing it on purpose,who knows?. Anyhow,it took us five minutes to get to my moms room but we finally did. As I went into the room,running toward her bed,intending to hug her ,but just the sight of her condition,froze me in place.

All I could do was just to sit beside her and wait for her to wake up so we can leave the place i grew to dislike,as I constantly kept perceiving the strange odor of blood and hospital drug,which makes me at time feel like throwing up. As soon as I took my seat,I told her everything that happened today even though she wasn't awake.

I expressed my gratitude to the kind hearted man who I would always be grateful to for saving my beautiful mom's life. He did not only drove us to the hospital in his car, but he also generously helped with the bill.

Just then,miss Ruth entered the room,her caring eyes fixed on me as she approached me with gently hug. At that moment we heard a loud bang,looking directly at the entrance,I saw the person I despise the most.

My teeth clench in fury,ready to strike at any moment. With the dramatic entrance I knew my dad was an acting pro,always wonder why he never pursued in a career in acting.

His movement was quick. Now,he sits on the same bed with my mom. my angry began to level up,clenching my fist together.

He gaze at me with tears in his eyes,he was literally crying anyone who saw him in this condition would think he cared about his wife but I could see through his act,as I wasn't anyone.

Literally,after beating up your wife,left her at home to die,you suddenly appeared at the hospital,crying for the condition your wife's in,this is so absurd.

As his asked with sorrow in his voice,"what happened to your mother? who did this?" I didn't respond to his questions,directly turning my head to avoid his sight.

Seeing I wasn't responding,he lashed out at me intending to hit me,as I closed my eyes out of fear,expecting a slap on my face,but before he could,miss Ruth caught his hand mid-air.