Shattered Life: Chapter 12: Telling the Truth
Katrina's POV
"Look...I can explain..." I said more nervous then ever before. I sat up.
"Yeah...I sure hope so...Do you have any idea how worried your parent's might be? Were you even thinking when you said I was your father?!" Dr. Brown said pacing backing in forth hastily. Furry filled each step. He sat down next to my bed.
"Yes...and my parent's are a parent and that parent wouldn't give a shit if I was dead lying in a ditch somewhere..." I said getting mad! How was he going to come in here and start yelling at me...he barely knows me! I turned away as the hot tears stung my eyes.
"I'm sorry..." He said looking down to the floor. He was distracting himself by rubbing his hands together. I knew that he didn't like the topic of death.
"It's okay," I said turning back to reassure him, "I'm not dying."
"Yeah...but I shouldn't have yelled at you...I should have known..." He said still not moving. Every inch of his body said sadness.
"No... You shouldn't have...it's not you responsibility to know...I said you were my father because I don't like mine...You too me are the perfect father... the one I've always dreamed of...I wanted for once in my life to know that I had a father who cared. Do you get what I mean?" I said blinking back all the tears.
"Yeah...Yeah I guess I do..." He said still not moving...it was like he was a museum piece no one ever looked at.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring all this on you..." I said reaching out to touch his hand but pulled away.
"No it's okay... I'll be fine." He said whipping away the tears. We sat for a while in silence till he broke it. "How did she..." he started but couldn't bring himself to finish.
"How did she die? A car accident. I was with her...God I remember that night like it was yesterday. It was icy and cold outside. It was also snowing. We were in a hurry to get to Vermont because her dad just had a stroke. Another car was heading towards us on the other side of the road. My mom leaned down to grab something and lost control of the car...it swerved into the next lane...my mom swerved it trying to get it to get in the other lane, but it was icy out and the car hit the driver's side. It killed her instantly... I walked away with a few minor injuries...I always think why me...why am I the lucky one? But I am... I don't like the idea of it, but I can't change it." I started to cry. It felt like I had been through the whole thing all over again. I couldn't get the pain that was ripping at my heart to go away. I couldn't catch my breath either. I was gasping for air. Everything started to get dark and blurry.
"Katrina? Katrina? Katrina can you hear me?" I heard a voice in the distance trying to pull me back...I didn't want to go back. I just sat there...not moving, not breathing, not doing anything but sitting and watching everything around me spin. I heard someone yell, "Someone get help!" but that is all I remember before darkness took me away again...