"I hate you !" Clara muttered at him."What did I do?!" He replied, looking shocked and slightly hurt. "Well, for starters, you are a total jackass, oh, and you stabbed me in the back, Literally!." "You're still upset about that? Women are confusing... Lucifer shook his head and sighed."Stop fighting like a girl," He said in a mocking tone, which didn't faze Clara at all. "You know what, Mr. billionaire, the majority of a man using just fits to fight, if I fought like a girl I would rip your head off with my nails or teeth and yes,you would beg me to stop." "Have you come this far to accomplish your half-done chaos as in heaven?" Clara asked Lucifer while making eyeball contact with him. "That's just a myth, and some people chose to abuse our name. Anyway, I never did any evil and am here to do better" Lucifer replied sounding all innocent while still carrying the groceries I bought in the store. "Tell that to a kid. Not to Clara!" I flared up. But in all, he was still gazing at my eyeballs. "To you, it might sound like a fallacy, but I mean what I just said!" He replied while still wearing his smiley face. "What exactly do you want from me?" Clara angrily questioned him. "Your heart!" He said... Those were the conversations between Lucifer and Clara who had awful experiences when first they met. Clara developed an unquantifiable hatred for men because of how his dad treated his mother, and that stiffened her heart from falling in love with men. Lucifer who never cared whether he was welcome or not kept placing his request expecting to have a positive response. His conclusion was to either get what he wanted or die in the process.
Clara~
I came down from the slinky bus so tired since I was just coming back from high school. Just a glance at my face would define my mood.
My school bag hung helplessly on my left shoulder as I held my parasol with my right hand. Heading straight towards my street, I saw a young man who was trekking towards my destination.
A glance at him coupled with the fact that I was tired just got me angry. Truly, he was innocent of my feelings, but whenever I, Clara, remember the incident between my parents, it pushes bad blood down my spine.
Generally, it forced me to hate that gender even without a course. I do know not whether to think of the trauma my so-called father caused my mom or the one he caused to me.
I was already a step away from him before I realized that he greeted me even not minding that he was older than myself, while I didn't say a word to him. Rather, I kept straight my head and walked straight home."Hello, mum!"I whispered gently as I entered the house and detected a grave silence in the house.
Mum couldn't reply to me. I repeated twice, but couldn't hear her say a word. Though I was tired, hurriedly kept my bag and rushed into her room. "Jeez! What's wrong?No one was there to hear me screaming except my mum, who lay helplessly on the floor.
I touched her body it was warm but mummy could not give a response to my multiple questions. As I held her head up, she couldn't hold herself.
No one was there to hear my outcry. I tried all I could to carry her, but she was heavier than I imagined. Luckily, I looked up and saw her handset on the couch beside her." Hello! Hello!! There's an emergency at..." I paused abruptly as I realized that no one was replying to me from the other end.
I could hear my heartbeat and breaths. "Hello, this is emergency services, calm down and report the situation"Someone finally replied from the other end."My mum is on the verge of dying and no one to take her to the hospital." "Your location, please.
"In a few words, I told her my address, and just in a short while, an ambulance arrived at our house and took my mum to the hospital."You need to can down, Clara, let's do our job!""She's my mum! Please help me out."I kept lamenting, not minding what they were saying.
While in the emergency room, all I could do was keep caressing my mom's hand. I could see nurses running helter-skelter applying one technique and the other."Doctor! Please save my mum. She's all I've got.
I continued seething, but they weren't concerned about my words.While my heart was palpitating continuously, at one point, I realized hot fluid rolling down my chin. It could be confusing to determine whether it was tears or sweat. I was almost soaked with sweat. I wasn't concerned about that, but it caught my attention when it finally entered my eyes.
Continuously, the nurses would be testing her with one gadget and the other..."Don't tell me that my mother is dead. Save her, she's all I've got. Mum, you can't die....""Young lady, please be calm, let's do our job. Would you like to wait for us outside the building?"A nurse interrupted me from yelling at them.
Not just her words, but the way she acted, and what she said, made me realize that I was becoming a distraction to my mother's health. But in all, I want her alive again. I couldn't just watch my mum, and she would die like that.In a short while, just like in a dream, I overheard my mother sneezing.
Such a long-awaited joy. I hoped that it would finally arrive, but always doubted my hope since my mum was unconscious for some while. How best would I express my heartfelt appreciation? I was still lost in thought when I realized hot tears rolling down my chin.
"Mom, stay with me! Nothing will happen to you!"With ecstasy of mine, I hurried to hug her on the gatch bed."Thank God you're ba...!"Unfortunately, I got interrupted by a nurse."Take it easy! She's yet to recuperate.""That's fine! Continue your work, ma!"Just as the conversation between myself and the nurse was going on, I realized that the doctor was quietly gazing at me."Clara!" He finally spoke up.
He forced a grin on his face, though I needed no one to tell me that it was faked."Yesss sir!"Already my heartbeat changed."We require some money to carry out some dialysis on your mammy. And she needs urgent attention""I know it. Where will I start?
We don't have up to 100 Cents in that house."I intruded with my horrible voice and expression."Please, you people should help me. She's all I have. I'm an ordinary part-time bartender.""That's all I can say for now. If we can get up to a thousand dollars or so, we will start."The doctor continued, not minding my complaints.
Shockingly to me, he pulled the hand gloves and left me with the nurses in the emergency room. Looking at the nurses, I could see it written all over their faces that they can't explore any option of theirs.
They are bent to obey the doctor's verdict. Already they've raised the work. I could see them communicating with their facial expressions.
While my mother lay helpless on the gatch bed. Instead of waiting and thinking of how to get the money, I had to start from somewhere in search of it.But in all sincerity, I have no idea of making such an amount in that period.
Even my 10 months' salary might not sum to that. While I have no relatives to help me out."Anyway, Clara! Something has to be done.
And you have the options. To either save your mum or leave her to die now that we need you most"I whispered to myself though it sounded as if someone said it to me. Reflexively I zoomed out of the hospital, having nowhere in mind to get the money.
Chapter 1 Unexpected!
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Chapter 2 That young man I approached
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Chapter 3 Puzzled
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Chapter 4 Mom ,please don't die!
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Chapter 5 Who was that
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Chapter 6 PLEASE TALK TO ME
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Chapter 7 She fainted!
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Chapter 8 Loose it all
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Chapter 9 Why is he being nice
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Chapter 10 Don't try to act smart!
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Chapter 11 Mmm dude,I got plans
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Chapter 12 Lucifer there!
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Chapter 13 Being lured!
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Chapter 14 That's surprising
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Chapter 15 Fake heart with a smiley
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Chapter 16 Speak off
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Chapter 17 It's me
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Chapter 18 Can't believe what I've seen
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Chapter 19 The other side of her
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Chapter 20 Maybe this wasn't over yet
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Chapter 21 Tonight will be ours
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Chapter 22 Never expected
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Chapter 23 Where are we getting to
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Chapter 24 What just happened
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Chapter 25 How we gonna escape
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Chapter 26 Go first
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Chapter 27 It is what it is
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Chapter 28 Grateful
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Chapter 29 I got your voicemail
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Chapter 30 Dont do this alone
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Chapter 31 Mrs . Turner!
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Chapter 32 Let's have fun
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Chapter 33 Ample enough
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Chapter 34 I'm not letting you go
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Chapter 35 Declined
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Chapter 36 That's the spirit
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Chapter 37 Never gonna let you go
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Chapter 38 It's fine
21/10/2024
Chapter 39 I might join you
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Chapter 40 That's the plan
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