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Chapter 6: Chapter 06

It's been five days since I stay in the house, I've been sleeping, eating, and writing Cataclysm, of course reading the stories of the young writers' Sketch and Doodle that is promising. Somehow, what I've been doing makes me bored when you do it daily because I miss what I'm doing in the hospital, doing rounds, checking up the kids, and doing some errands from other departments for extra income. While we were all busy using our phones, I went inside my room because I'm more comfortable lying down on the bed, I jumped on my bed and sat carefully. I looked at my legs. "You're healing process is fast." I said happily while staring at my legs.

 

I noticed one of the posts of Sketch that has thousands of comments and shares. 'I feel thrilled by being watched, the person may be all following me in the comfort room?', His post is familiar, but I don't know where did I read it. Since I'm too bored during my five days' stay in the house, I read all of the comments.

 

'Sketchy, look around the comfort room there might be a hidden camera.', 'It is your imagination because of the story you are writing.' However, what got my attention was the comment from a person named Chief Hoodwink. 'Sketch, I can see you anywhere and you can never escape.' Moreover, Sketch replied; 'What am I doing right now? Can you tell?' What made me stunned was when I realized that this kind of scene was similar to Cataclysm. "Wow! What a coincidence." I commented.

 

I stared at the wall, there are pictures there and one was highlighted, it was a picture of Master and me. After the out-of-town tournament, he followed me and watched the last day of my career as a rider. I won that competition but that tournament left something I will never forget. I sigh. "Why did you do that, Master?" I whispered while staring at the picture.

 

I looked at my phone and I suddenly remember the story that I'm writing, I read it again so I can edit it. While reading my story, I remember the comments I just read earlier from Sketch's post. "It seems like this is not good.' I whispered in the air. It's been hours since I can't calm inside my room, I'm thinking about what should I do but I don't know if it's just all coincidental or not. It put a smile on my lips when I remember the story that I wrote for a friend before yet I have strong proof for this.

 

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I'm looking at the monitor of my laptop and studying the case of Storm. I asked permission from Director Art while I rest, I'm still updated on the patient's condition and I only received the e-mail from Lunar.

 

"Whoa! Creamy ice cream cake!" I shout from being startled by the knock on the door. I stand up from lying on my stomach on the bed and open the door.

 

"Someone is looking for you, named Sunbeam." Hue said.

 

"Sunbeam?" I asked. "Uh, yeah! Wait, I'll come down." I said.

 

While I'm going downstairs, I saw Sunbeam sitting on the sofa. Wow! She's so beautiful. I smiled at her, she stood up and smiled back at me. She gives out the brown envelope. "This is what my brother asks me to deliver. He also said that everything is okay. Just get the S.K. from him when you report to work." she said with a smile on her lips.

 

I received the envelope and I noticed that it was sealed. "Thank you, he shouldn't ask you to give it to me and just wait for me to report to work."

 

"He said, it can't wait." She said immediately.

 

"I see… please tell him I thank him also thank you, you were troubled to deliver it here." She just smile and bid her farewell.

 

I went straight to my room and immediately open the envelope. I smile when I saw what it was. It was a house that I asked him to buy in a rural place where you can have a hallway of forest and the backyard is a beautiful sea. Based on the pictures that I see, I can say I like the place. I also noticed the land title that was named under me. My phone rings. I didn't look who was the caller and answer it. "My sister told me that you already received it?" said the other line without the introduction of saying hello.

 

I looked at the screen from the confusion and saw the name, Lunar. "Miracles really happen!"

 

"Huh?" he asked full of confusion.

 

"Lunar, you talk?" I was stunned to hear his voice. Honestly, it was the first time I talked to him because whenever we are in the hospital, it's always the monitor that I talked to just to read the explanations from the results I need from him, text messages, or sketch pad.

 

I heard him laugh.  "I can talk, it's just I chose not to."

 

I sigh. Why do people I talk to recently talk in English? Am I still in the Philippines? "So, you choose to talk now?" I asked.

 

"It's off, so obviously yes I chose to."

 

"Don't English me, please..." I joked on.

 

He laughs. "Sorry. So, do you like my gift?" he asks.

 

"Super! Thank you, I don't need to pay, right?"

 

"That's okay; the key is still on my hands." He said.

 

"Is that the sound of the key?"

 

"I'm sure you'll like these keys in my hands when you see these." He said. "By the way, I read your story, you made me speechless the thing was your stories are underrated."

 

"Thank you, Lunz." I shyly thank him.

 

"Welcome. When will you get these keys so you can already pay me? You're richer than me."

 

"Wow, uh! I'm not! When I report to work, I'll get the keys."

 

 "Okay, I'll wait..."

 

"By the way, how's Storm?"

 

"Well, still the same... but he's not attacked by the severe headache. The little man can't throw his tantrums to Dr. Red."

 

I laughed at his last sentence. "Okay, you are now being talkative, next time again."

 

I'm excited to see the house I saved up for, my vacation house; near nature. I read back the things I'm reading but just for a while because I really want to go back to the hospital not here in the four corners of my room. I sat down on the floor near the bed then pulled a box under the bed. I remember the gifts that they gave me. I realized that I received too many gifts. I looked at the artworks that those angels from the hospital gave, I can't help but smile… this is the fruit of my labor after teaching those cute kids then I put those artworks on the floor for a moment and pick the one from the gifts I received and one by one reading who gave that gift. I first open the gift of Mrs. Casper that was just a single white envelope. "Cheque?" I can't believe it. I stood up to get my eyeglasses to see clearly the amount that was written on it and my eyes can't believe what I am seeing. "I can even buy a whole island…" I commented to myself. Now, I'm thinking if I'll accept it or I'll give it back. Anyway, I didn't rob them so it's okay to save it, right? I saw a small note inside the envelope.


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