Chapter 6

• Amber’s POV
• “No, no, no, it can’t be,” I mumbled, hot streams of tears flowing from my eyes as the nurse’s words resounded in my ears. “My daughter cannot possibly be dead, it’s her birthday in a week,” I mumbled, shaken by the news.
• I do not know how I managed to get to Mina’s bed, but I found myself beside her bed, peering at her lifeless body.
• “No, nurse, my daughter cannot die, please get the doctors, you have to do something for her, you can take my blood instead, just a little, it can revive her, I am her mother after all,” I mumbled frantically to the nurse who had come to stand beside me.
• “I am sorry ma’am but there is nothing we can do now,” the nurse said, pulling me into her arms.
• “No, there must be something you can do, you are a nurse, it’s your job,” I mumbled again to the nurse who said nothing but tried to calm me down.
• It’s no use as I can feel my heart tearing up within me. “How did I let this happen, how did I not see the car that ran into us and how come it's only my daughter who died?” I mumbled these questions and I wished that it was me lying there and not my cute little daughter.
• “It’s not your fault ma’am, accidents happen,” I heard the nurse say, causing me to pause to stare in her face even though I wasn’t really seeing her.
• “You are right, it’s not my fault that she died, it’s my husband’s fault,” the words spat out of my mouth. I turned to Mina again, biting down my lower lips in despair.
• “How do you mean?” The nurse asked, “was your husband in the car with you?” she added but I didn’t care to answer her question.
• “If only Roy had answered his phone, oh no, if only he had left the office when he was supposed to, he probably would have learnt about the accident and been to the hospital in time, my daughter Mina would still be alive,” these thoughts overwhelmed me, causing my legs to quiver as I moved away from the nurse, unable to continue seeing my daughter, Mina in that state.
• “Ma’am,” I heard the nurse call out to me but I didn’t care about her at all, fleeing from the hospital was my only resort as my heart broke into a thousand pieces at the loss of Mina. “Roy is responsible for Mina’s death,” this thought replayed in my mind as I walked out of the hospital, barely managing to steady my legs that seemed not to carry my body any longer.
• “Watch where you're going god-damn it!” I heard someone curse out loud followed by the sounds of a car wheel forcefully stopping in front of me.
• My gaze turned in the direction of the voice and found it was a taxi driver, I didn’t even notice that I had walked beyond the walkway.
• “Where are you headed miss?” The taxi driver asked after peering at me for a while. I guess he must have noticed my absent state of mind.
• I said nothing but found myself seated at the back seat of his cab. He drove off after I have mentioned the address of where I am headed.
• Back at our house, I quickly managed to throw a few of my belongings into a small bag as I never wanted to set my eyes on Roy anymore but then my blurry gaze rested on one of Mina’s pictures standing on our bedside table.
• “Mina,” I burst into tears again, running my fingers across my daughter’s picture wishing someone or something would wake me up to tell me that I was only having a terrible dream.
• I suddenly gave myself a slap on the cheek to see if I could wake myself up, but started crying uncontrollably after realizing that I wasn’t dreaming.
• “Roy,” I mumbled, as the scene of my husband and Susan making out in his office flooded my memory.
• “You cheating bast*rd,” I cursed as my gaze rested on our picture next to our bed too. “You were busy having fun with your lover when our daughter was dying,” I brawled, fuming with rage as I peered at Roy’s face in the picture.
• I reached for the picture, picked it up and smashed it on the floor, causing the frame to scatter to pieces. I went and pulled out one of the drawers in our bedroom, picked out a note and a pen.
• “I am done with this marriage you liar, I saw you and your lover making out in your office today but I bet you didn’t notice me because you were having the time of your life, well, the time of your life cost us the life of our daughter, whose body is lying lifeless in the hospital. You can go ahead and bury our daughter and have a happy life with your lover, Susan and don't ever try to show your face to me again,” I wrote on the note and with that I picked up the little bag I had packed and headed for the door.
• I just want to be far away from here and the only place I can think of right now is going back home to my parents. I wished I had listened to them and not married Roy and hoped they would take me in as I have nowhere else to go.