CHAPTER 1
Nadia looked tensed as she hurried out of a restaurant.She bumped into Miguel,her boyfriend.They had a previously arranged a lunch date at the restaurant.
“I’m sorry I’m late.”Miguel apologized grabbing hold of her hand.
“That’s not important right now…you won’t believe the two people I had seen at the restaurant.”She panicked.
“Nena
Baby
calm down…we have…”
“You don’t understand,Miguel.I’m sorry but we would have to cancel our plans for today.I really need to see my brother right now.”Nadia pressed on.
“Alright,you look too agitated,let me drive.”He offered.
She handed her keys to him as they headed to the parking lot.
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“I’m so sorry for ruining our date.”She apologized as Miguel fastened her seatbelt.
He cupped her cheek and smiled at her.
He could never get mad at the most adorable person in his life.
“I understand.We can go on plenty other dates some other time.”He retorted,got his own seatbelt on and started the car.
“I never liked him.And that woman…God!She’s shameless.”Nadia let out staring at the window.
Miguel grimaced…he wanted to know what was going on…what she had seen.
But knowing Nadia so well,she only speak in bits and pieces when she’s angry.
He would have to wait until she’s calm enough to explain everything to him.
“Do you know where your brother is?”He asked.
“I sent him a text earlier and he said he’s at his head office.”
Miguel’s nerves were in shreds knowing that he would be seeing Luca.
The man hated his guts.
And Luca spares no means in making him feel small.
“Can’t you just tell him what’s going on over the phone?”
“No,this is too important to go over on the phone.”She replied.
He nodded in comprehension.
He would just have to put up with Luca like he always does.
He made a turn and headed up the road.
His love for Nadia was worth anything in this world.
His eyes dilated when he saw a truck approaching with full speed.
He spun the steering wheel to the side trying to avoid the truck.
“MIGUEL!”Nadia screamed as the truck spun towards their car and kept coming at them.
As much as Miguel tried to avoid the collision,the truck collided with the car and kept crushing it as it turned over and over.
Horrific crunching of metals….smoke and screams filled the air.
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TWO HOUR LATER…
*LUCA*
Tears were burning my eyes as I stared at my sister…
She was utterly still, I never thought I would see Nadia in death, just to recall her vibrant smile, She lay on the hospital’s bed, tucked in as if it mattered.There was no greyness, simply a lack of the usual pink in her cheeks. My hand found hers without thinking and recoiled just as fast…her hands were so cold…too cold.Then I knew, knew why they wanted me to see her. It wasn't her at all, just her body. I was the only one in that hospital room and I had to know that. She was gone. I expected to cry yet in truth I felt nothing at all, felt as if I'd never feel anything ever again.
My cellphone started ringing again…it had been ringing more than usual for the past two hours.
I brought it out of my pocket with shaky hands…
I couldn’t ignore this call because it was from my mother’s housekeeper.
“Hello.”I croaked out.
“Sir Luca,your mother’s unconscious.She saw the news of what happened to Nadia on TV…”
The cellphone fell from my hand and I dashed out of the room,heading towards my car.
If anyone had told me that my day was going to turn out like this,I wouldn’t have believed.
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I walked into my mother’s ward,pulled out a stool and sat beside her.
I had spoken to the doctor…they said she was out of danger…she was okay…she’s going to be okay…she has to be okay.
I can not lose my mother and sister in one day!
I watched her blink and then her eyes opened.
I held her hand.”Mother…”
Tears rolled from her eyes,touching the bed.
“They were wrong,right?Have you gone to see her?I heard my baby had an accident…she’s going to be okay,right?”
My eyes watered recalling how Nadia’s body looked…her face had been badly bruised…most of my bones were broken.
With the look on my face,my mother burst into tears.
“Oh Nadia…tell me it isn’t true,Luca…I need to see her.”She tried to sit up but I bent and pulled her into my arms.
“She promised to come with me to the spa on Friday…we were going to go shopping after that.Well,all…all those doesn’t matter anymore…she should focus on getting better.”
*She didn’t make it*
These words ran through my head…the doctor had said these words to me when I showed up at the hospital to identify her body.
But the words didn’t quite sink it yet.
Even after seeing her lifeless body…
Those words didn’t make any sense to me yet.
She has so many dreams she wanted to achieve.
She has so many things she wanted to do.
So she can’t die….she just can’t die…she’s not permitted to.
I refuse to accept it.
