Broken!
He couldn't take anymore,his bones were crushing and the pains he felt was triple that of a woman in labour, for every pain injection given him,pierced to his side, was a reminder to him of every scene of yesterday's Paranormal sight.
He wished he wouldn't remember anything.
Silently he prayed that the nurse would mistakenly pull out a large dosage of anesthesia instead of those analgesics,and he'd slowly sink into oblivion and not feel what he did feel at present. His present state of mind could be likened the explosion of a large rocks scattering splinters all about.
Suddenly he slept.
Madam Bose was recently transferred to Craig's Hospital Branch in Port Harcourt, after six months of submitting various letters of proposal for transfer so she'll leave the Headquarters in Ogun state and stay with her husband, Whose company recently promoted and transferred to Port Harcourt, He had left a year earlier,
It was the homecoming celebration and earnest preparation was ongoing as Mr Frank, Bose husband would not tolerate anything below standard whenever it comes to issue concerning his "Special".
It had been rumoured Frank had killed a man who tried to have an affair with his wife during their early marriage years.
Sitting astride her favorite cushion, lost in thought,Bose could only hears her husband's voice above the bustle in the garden giving orders and instructions, he was that kind of a man, the 'perfectionist', no wonder he made such progress in so short a time, getting promoted every years, since they got married five years ago, it wouldn't take him long to reach the peak of his career,the neighbors say there exist a few perfect things on earth that would match and suit the 'perfectionist' like her, for their union was not created on earth.
She would always smile at their flatter, flashing her shiny teeth that reveals the perfect model in her. Indeed she was the perfect model, with her slender frame that seems to always tower above and round breast that would fit whatever she put on,bubbling in encased rhythm whenever she walks with those graceful steps never seeming to rush though the bounce in each step was long enough to cover a long distance.
Bose has always been the wife example,beautiful, cheerful, giving and always radiating joy wherever she is,but today seemed an exception.
She had been worried since yesterday's night,for she had seen him again.
The Him, Whom she had traded her soul for, the one with the awesome touch and perfect kiss.
She did give him anesthesia,which was against health ethics. Wanting him to sleep, so he'll not be in pain, so he'll not see her.
Signing out an hour earlier, she left the hospital for she couldn't understand why the feelings she thought she had buried will surface again, with such surge and power as it was six years ago! it had to be buried again.
Bose didn't hear her husband call her until he touched her shoulder, she looked at him with blurry eyes and hugged him wishing yesterday never happened. Frank hugged his Special, thanking God once again as always for bringing her into his life not noticing the teardrop that his shirt just cleaned from her face.
He woke up slowly with pains still tormenting his bones, he had slept a troubled sleep, twitching and moaning in his dreams, but he couldn't get himself to wake up, perhaps he had been given the injection he prayed for, or his guardian angel had sent him a swoon so he wouldn't be awake during the peak of this present crisis.
As he lay on the bed, his thoughts wandered,he knew how much he had missed and lost because he had the sickle cell disease, he wandered if his colleagues would report his absenteeism again, he had told his supervisor of his recent job that his mother was sick, perhaps that was why he overlooked him missing work last monday, Now it wasn't up to a fortnight,he had missed signing the register again,If she were here,he thought, she had always had a solution to every challenge, but no, she left him!
Didn't she?
He would almost think it an impossibility if someone had told him, she would leave, he couldnt have bothered less, if she had just found out a secret and accused him of lying or whatever, but this was not the case, for she knew everything, she knew his sickle state,or was it that he wasn't having as much cash as the man she eloped with?
But Bose was not that kid of a woman. All this questions had always helped him keep his mind away from the stinging pain whenever it came, for it seemed it came more often now than when she was around.
He knew he would be discharged soon, for Doctor Audu had always instructed his employees to discharge him anytime the pain reduced and he requested for a discharge,but he didn't feel like going back home or to work, so he made up his mind to stay awhile, Who knows, perhaps this pain might just come up again, a little rest would do.
Bose knew how much he detests hospitals,he must be out of there by now,2 days was his limits, for he had spent a great time of his life within its four walls, that any chance he gets off pain, he would always leave the hospital,he would argue his way out, and he always did get an edge over the doctors and nurses, oh yes! he was that good with words, she smiled, remembering how much his words would permeate into the deepest holes in her mind and lift her spirit.
She was still smiling when Frank threw her car keys towards her, leaned over the table and gave her a kiss on her forehead, reminding her of dinner with the Bankoles.
The Bankoles were the least of her worries at present for she kept wondering what he was doing in Port Harcourt,for he had always confessed his love and loyalty to the city of Oregun, Ogun.
His whereabouts should not be his problem, all she prayed now was that he'd left the hospital,as much as she wanted to see him and explain everything, she was sure she wasn't ready.
He knew he had stayed long this time and the nurses were even shocked, that aside, he cared less, for he felt a kind of peace within him which wasn't there for a long time, he had dreamt of Bose, her smile and gentle touch were almost real, and it was on this hospital bed, why then would he hurry to leave, further more,Doctor Audi says he needed hydration, and hydration he'll get.
Then his phone rang, call from work.he couldn't postpone his stay any longer, his supervisor had called,the nurses were unavailable so he pulled the syringe out by himself, he couldn't risk another showdown at work.
Picking up his jacket and pulling his pants quickly, he was already making long strides to the gate, not minding the calls from the outpost nurse,whatever he forgets,he'll come back, he was certain,
It was when he looked up towards his car that he saw her, Holy Christ! he exclaimed for she still looked the same as years ago, slim build,slender,small lip that matched her oval ever smiling face,
She saw him too, her soul possessor.
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