CHAPTER 15: EMERGENCY

Aria

I was just getting home after my dinner date with Fred, when I got a call from my mother. I haven't really been visiting much since I started my new job. Maybe she missed me I guessed, but when I answered the call, it was much more than what I expected.
"Hello, Mother! How are you?"
"Hi, baby girl, I'm fine. I have something to tell you.."
"Well, is it good or bad news mom, you can't keep me in suspense forever." I said mentally smiling.
"Baby, it's very bad news. Is it a possibility for you to come visit me?"
"Mom, you know I would if you wanted me to. What happened? Whats the bad news?"
"It's your grandma sweety. I need, we really need you to come see her before she goes away. Is it possible for you to come as soon as you can? I'm very sorry to call and inform this to you over the phone, but there wasn't any other way to reach you."
"What's wrong with grandma? How bad is she sick?"
There was so many questions going through my mind and I didn't have answers to them. It's been a very long while since I talked to my grandma and it didn't sit well with me that we haven't talked. It wasn't like we weren't on good terms or anything, but of course bad things had to happen to good people-hence, your's truly-.
I loved and missed my granny so much, and I hoped to go on walks with her again, and even take her to get ice cream even though she couldn't have it. But I never thought I would hear from her again by someone calling me and telling me that she was on her death bed.
"Yes, momma. I'll be on the next flight there first thing in the morning..." I said and the tears tried to come out, but I decided that if I broke down now, I wouldn't be able to control it.
There was nothing more on my mind than my family, and I was hoping that the company would do without me for at least a week. Hell, they really didn't have any other choice. I would have to call Tri and also tell Fred that I would be out for a week or so due to major family emergencies.
I really didn't think my mood could be ruined tonight, especially from something so important as this. Why couldn't this happen any other day? All of my tipsiness, and carefree attitude was gone, and it was replaced with sadness and despair.
I decided to pack my things, making sure to grab every item I think I was going to need, take a shower, and then get some rest because I would be leaving first thing in the morning. I decided to pack all of my electronics including my laptop, my apple tablet, and my music player.
I was going to need as much distractions as possible to take my mind off of the pain that I would soon be experiencing.
It was already 1P.M and I still wasn't able to get any rest.
My flight was at 7.a.m and my mind just wouldn't give it a rest. I couldn't stop thinking about my grandma laying in that hospital bed, having all those needles inside her arm.
It didn't sit well with me, and that's why I couldn't get any sleep.
I laid in bed staring at the ceiling for God knows how long, and suddenly tears trickled down my face. I was unable to hold them in anymore.
The whole situation broke my heart in two. My grandma was my everything, I always took care of her when I was a child, from feeding her, to bathing and clothing her when she was ill, and now she was passing.
I wanted to be held and comforted. I was going to make my soon-to-be vacation all about her, but it was going to be suddenly taken away from me.
The world was cruel to good people, and those that were bad, didn't get punished for it. Why does she have to suffer, letting her go, which I knew I was going to have to do sooner or later, was going to make us even more depressed, but we didn't want her to be miserable in her state. She was already suffering and we didn't want her to suffer even more.
We loved and adored her but we would let her go if she didn't want to stay. We would have to make that decision tomorrow.
My thoughts had finally decided to drown themselves out, and I was finally able to get some rest even if it was just for a couple of hours.