In The Mourning
Part Twelve
My parents arrived without any sight of Rebecca but my mother was on the phone. One hand on her hip, the other had her phone glued to her ear. While daddy took their suitcase into the room before joining me and Frank at the living room.
"Where's Becca?", I asked.
"She will be home soon. Your mother is making some arrangements with the hospital", daddy replied.
"What time do you have to leave?", I asked Frank.
"I can wait for Rebecca", Frank replied and kissed my forehead.
After fifteen minutes, two men pulled somekind of a hospital bed with Rebecca on it into the guest room. She had two tubes up in her nose to help her breathing. Rebecca looked so helpless, her eyes were shut. Her lips were chapped and dry. She looked like a 10 year old as her body was boney enough.
After half an hour of setting up the room, the two men finally left. I pulled Frank into the room and stood beside the bed.
Frank sat and took Rebecca's hand.
"Rebecca, can you hear me?", Frank said slowly.
She nodded
“I need you to help me with something, alright?”, Frank said again and Rebecca just nodded.
“I won’t be here for another few weeks, I need you to stay strong okay? I know we’ve only known each other in a short period of time but I like talking to you, I love your sister. So I need you to be here when I marry her”
Frank’s words made my heart drop. I did not know how strong his feelings were for me but I decided to shrug it off since he was just consoling Rebecca but his word drew a small smile on Rebecca’s boney yet pale face.
“You’re marrying her?”, she said slowly.
Frank pulled my hand and kissed my palm. He looked at me before saying, “When the right time comes, I will”
"Where's Becca?", I asked.
"She will be home soon. Your mother is making some arrangements with the hospital", daddy replied.
"What time do you have to leave?", I asked Frank.
"I can wait for Rebecca", Frank replied and kissed my forehead.
After fifteen minutes, two men pulled somekind of a hospital bed with Rebecca on it into the guest room. She had two tubes up in her nose to help her breathing. Rebecca looked so helpless, her eyes were shut. Her lips were chapped and dry. She looked like a 10 year old as her body was boney enough.
After half an hour of setting up the room, the two men finally left. I pulled Frank into the room and stood beside the bed.
Frank sat and took Rebecca's hand.
"Rebecca, can you hear me?", Frank said slowly.
She nodded
“I need you to help me with something, alright?”, Frank said again and Rebecca just nodded.
“I won’t be here for another few weeks, I need you to stay strong okay? I know we’ve only known each other in a short period of time but I like talking to you, I love your sister. So I need you to be here when I marry her”
Frank’s words made my heart drop. I did not know how strong his feelings were for me but I decided to shrug it off since he was just consoling Rebecca but his word drew a small smile on Rebecca’s boney yet pale face.
“You’re marrying her?”, she said slowly.
Frank pulled my hand and kissed my palm. He looked at me before saying, “When the right time comes, I will”
11/24/13