The doctor excused himself and called my dad,I could hear my dad breaking down into uncontrollable tears through the phone as the doctor broke the sad news to him.
Moments later,I came out to meet my dad at the reception with tears still in his eyes.We watched as miss Caroline's corpse was being covered and moved to the mortuary. I fell into my dad's arm and we both wept bitterly on each other's shoulder as other people watched us with pity.None of us was in no condition to drive so we ordered an uber and we spent the rest of the evening in silent as her family members began arriving.Her father was her only parent left alive and her siblings were all abroad so he came along with only some few relatives of theirs and they stayed for a week and after that a date was fixed for her burial.
I became a total sick as*s crying day in and day out and the envelope given to me by the doctor became a threat to me which I couldn't get rid of or read neither because anytime I try to open it all I see is her smiling and calm face.Adeola and Drake also spent most of their time consoling me trying to keep me busy but still there was no change because I missed miss Caroline. I missed her to the extent that I went to the mortuary to see her corpse and when I was denied access,I nearly committed suicide so they let me.Miss Caroline who was all thin and bony before her demise was then chubby looking so different from my miss Caroline but her smile remained the same and yes I know what you're thinking "I'm so frea.king obsessed with her" and that's because I was. Finally, after two months of mourning her,I gathered the courage and opened the envelope one afternoon after lunch.
She wrote "Dear Danny,hope you're feeling better now and I hope you've forgiven me for coming to stay in your life for only some few months.
I loved you the same way I loved your dad and you two have made life worth happier for me in my last days and I'm forever grateful for that even in the afterlife, which I'll hopefully be whilst you're reading this.Well I kept many secrets while I was alive about my past and that was the mystery behind my sudden death which left you questioning death. I was born in Nigeria but raised in abroad where I lead my teenage life as a spoilt br.at who did everything the way she pleases rud.ely. My first boyfriend was an ad.dict and he introduced me to dru.gs and I became addicted as well to the extent that even after our break up I continued using it.I was 14 when I my first pregnancy which I quickly got rid with the help of my first boyfriend and my friends.
My mom was a renowned neurological expert who never really had time to staye at home and my dad wss also a state governor here in Nigeria. My siblings were then living with my dad so I was left alone in the comfort of my first boyfriend and my friends who also do dru.gs and at the age of 17,I got pregnant again for a random stranger who I had a one night stand with so I got rid of again but this time,I nearly lost my life and later got to know that I've 50% in a way damaged my womb in the process. After college, my mom passed away and I was left with no choice than to come back to Nigeria. I came back here and continued with the drugs again until I overdosed one day and was rushed to the hospital where I was diagnosed with lung cancer.I tried undergoing an operation but my chance of survival was only 5% so I decided not to and I was told I have a period of seven years left to live and I accepted my ill fate but chose to live my last days helping others and started working in the hospital because I studied medicine back in the states due to my late mom's pressure and it wasn't long before your dad found me and hired me as your family nurse seven years ago.I started as a devoted nurse and then your dad and I started seeing each other which your mom later got to know and asked for a divorce.
Yes,I was the reason behind your parent's separation and I'm sorry for the inconvenient it brought around but I hope you'll forgive me someday for that.
I told your dad about my health condition when he proposed to me but he still insisted on spending my last days with me. Now I want you to wipe away your tears and get over my death.I deserved it and I hope you and your dad will take great care of Carl.I love you Danny,Goodbye "
I cried my eyes out after reading her words,I felt like a dagger was being used to penetrate into my open wounds and cried more.Her funeral was conducted some few days later and on that same day,I left for the states together with Adeola and after two years, we got married.
My dad passed away after 13years and I went back to Nigeria with my wife and daughter of 7years for his funeral.Carl was already a grown young man and what surprised me was that,he was my carbon copy.I took him along back to the states to stay with me and every time I see him,memories of the sweet miss Caroline always came rushing back.
The End??
To you;My dear reader, thank you so much for staying by my side from the beginning of this story.May God bless us all????
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