Falling for Julia

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mother before going to work. I was joyfully making Mac and che

walking slowly into the kitchen, I looked at the wall c

ouldn't be up at

cided to come drink

er by your bedside last nig

more dehydrated as the d

o for check up grandma" I walked

ttle water for her. Handing it to her she gulped

was huge"

a whole lot" she ag

ped her back

every two days you know" I chuckled but lo

Julia" she

andma" I turned to

den to you" she

you took me in and made sure to see me through high school and college. What wo

s only child be raised i

o please don't think of yourse

f work tomorrow and take you to the hosp

don't have to go about a lot. I will equally ask Antonio to help check on you a

6 and I needed to be at work by 6.30 so I hurriedl

most a week. I took on extra time at the flo

ues sat, ranging from Electricity, water and worst of

I began to ransack the piles of cloth I dumped on

rt. I picked up my Tofe bag and began to stuff my necessary things int

o the kitchen to pick up my sandwich breakfast and Mac a

this sickness of hers must really be serious, I thoug

rapping my sandwich in a packaging bag I th

or I came face to face with

Mr white" I as

n avoiding me

lly have been w

answer the door not even your grandmother, whom I'm ve

grand mother is sick so she probably di

ere is my re

that by Monday I would bring it

rent, if I don't get it by Monday, I

sir"

one and open my Bank account. I had e

even work on Sunday, I might be able to raise upto t

. The flower store was about 15 minutes walk from my

there yet so I just signed in

break by 12.30 so I sat in the break room eating m

he sound

ing?"

es

e do me a favo

What'

other, she wasn't feeling to

shen up I'd be there

you, call me wh

th that h

ad been with my grand mother all morning. I went b

ed at it to see it was Antonio, I ignored it as I

break room excited to hear from my grand ma but a

our grand

tely sank at the

Antonio?" I aske

nscious in the kitchen, I rushed her to S

now?" I ask a

eed to come now!" he be

consciousness, I dashed out of the break room a

ddress and in less than 40 minutes I was runni

onio and rush

d holding his hands an

is in

Let's go in there" I was abou

we need to wait fo

I finally retraced my steps and slumped into t

s the only family I have

came out of the ER removing his hand gloves. I sh

r how

are?" he

and dau

er has been diagnosed with

WHAT?" I

n its baby stages and with the necessary chemother

waiting for

sit $20,000 for us to

such amount do

is now in your hands". he wal

my grand mother" I mumbled before c