Rain

"Can I meet him?" I asked anxiously.

"Yes, you can but remember that, even though he can't respond right now, there is a slight chance that he can hear you, so my advice is, it might be helpful for the patient if you share happy memories with him."

"Yeah, I get it, I will." I stood up to leave when I remembered that I was forgetting something important, I turned and said," Thank You, Doctor. Thank you so much for everything, I am really grateful for everything you have done."

"It was my duty." He said with an encouraged smile, "you know you are doing great in handling everything, when you are all by yourself, most people just fall apart, so keep going on, everything will be fine." I nodded at him with a little smile and left his office.

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I was standing outside of Dad's room, my hands were shaking. I don't know what am I gonna say to him, what if I fail to keep myself strong around him. I shook my head to keep my negative thoughts at bay, took a deep breath, and entered inside.

A nurse was checking his vitals, she looked towards me and said, " I will give you some privacy."

"Thanks." I said to her.

I looked at bed, and there he was, my stomach dipped when I saw him, his head was covered with bandages, there was oxygen mask, his arm and both legs were fractured.

I cleared my throat and sat next to his bed, I took his hand in mine.

"Hey Dad! It's me, Rain."

"You know, it's not very right of you, I am a little angry with you. You said you wanted to spend some time with your daughter, and now that I am here, you are not even talking to me."

"You should wake up soon, so we can have fun. It's been so long, since we have done anything together. Do you remember? When was the last time you cooked for me? No? I remember it, you literally burned the whole kitchen and we had to order pizza, because nothing you cooked was eatable." I laughed as tears rolled down on my cheeks, the memories flashed through my eyes like it was yesterday, we were so happy.

"I miss you Dad, I miss you a lot. So, you have to recover quickly and come back to your Princess." I put my hand on my mouth and ran out of the room as a sob left my mouth, I didn't want him to hear me like this.

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".......And that's how I got my job." I said to him. "Do you know how nice my Boss is, when I told him about you, he told me that, It's fine I can take some time off and he won't fire me, also when I get back, I can resume where I left off and there will be no salary deduction. Can you believe it? Isn't it good?"  I lied to him fluently because I didn't want him to worry about anything. My Boss has already fired me because I ran without any notice and I didn't even know, when I'll be back. I don't even blame him because I have worked there for like a month, so it's seems logical.

It's been a week since I have signed the papers and I couldn't be more relieved that there is no news from Gianna, but I know she can call me anytime and will ask me to come to NY, I don't want to leave my Dad but I will have to, because the bills won't be paid, without me being there.

"Ms. Cohen, visiting hours are over." I looked at the nurse who entered the room to give him meds. I nodded at her.

"I have to go now Dad, but I will come back tomorrow, okay. And remember that you are my superhero and I love you a lot, Bye." I said and took a last look at him before leaving.

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I was tossing and turning on my bed, there was no sign of sleep, I don't know why I was feeling agitated, I can't help but to think about Miles, why is he doing all this? What could be the reason? Is Gianna making him  do all this? Nah! He doesn't seem like a person who would do something under anyone's influence. Maybe she has something on him, doesn't everyone have some secrets, which they want to take to their graves.

I startled when my phone suddenly started ringing, due to the eerie silence in the house, who is calling me this late?

I picked it up and it was Gianna, seriously, talk about the devil and devil calls herself on my phone.

"Hello?"

"Oh! It's seems like you weren't sleeping either?"

"Yeah, it was just.."

"Anyways, let's get down to business, shall we? You might think that I am a bitch for what I am going to say to you, but the thing is I don't care about anyone else except me and my business."

"Yeah, I already gathered that much from the past interactions."

"Good, I am glad we are on the same page, so the thing is, I know about your father's condition and you wouldn't want to leave him, but everything is in chaos here, the boards are in frenzy and the Paparazzi is everywhere, they are trying to dig from anything to everything about you, if you don't want anyone to know about your father and your past, then you have to be here. We have to give them something, to stop them from finding, what we don't want them to."

"I understand but can I spend few more days here?"

"Look I know that you want some more days, but it's very dangerous for you and your father, it's for the best, if Paparazzi got any wind, that you are in Seattle, they won't spare you any time before they hunt you, because right now you guys are everywhere, it won't be long before all hell will break lose, take it from me."

"So, when do you want me to come?"

"I have booked you a ticket for tomorrow."

"What? Why don't you ask anything from me before deciding it for me? What if I don't want to come tomorrow? And when were you going to tell me that I will have to spend six months with him? Why do you guys treat me like a puppet?" I poured all my anger and frustration on her because I have had enough of these people treating me like shit.

"Because, Darling, you don't have a choice, and you know it too. About you two moving in, we will talk about it when you are here. And I don't think of you as a puppet, I decide everything because I know what is best for you, but I won't deny you if you say you are a pushover, I agree on that."

I was fuming in anger at that point," Has anyone ever told you that you are a manipulative bitch?"

"Oh, atleast you and Miles agree on something. I would have said I am offended if I didn't know myself. Anyways, when you will be at NY Airport, Derek would be there to pick you up, can't let anyone know where were you all this time, right Sweety? On that note, Goodnight I guess, I doubt it would be good though." She said in a sweet voice and hanged up.

"That bitch."

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