Lahat ng Kabanata ng Stitching a Path to Vengeance: The Rise of Lucia Montess : Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

As Lucia walked back into the hospital, she felt a sense of relief overwhelming her. Apart from coming to the city, rejecting Wilson's money in the most harsh way seemed to have been one of the best and toughest decisions she had made in a while. “That will teach him to respect me whenever we see each other. How can he try to buy my voice with money?” Lucia thought to herself. She only wanted an apology from him which would make her feel better, but after what just transpired, she made up her mind that it wouldn't end like this. She wasn't bluffing about seeing him in court, and that meant she had to get to work. Even if it meant being in debt, she was willing to take up the case to satisfy her conscience. The doctor in charge of the hospital called for her shortly after to discuss the bills and how long her dad would be staying in the mortuary. Lucia was able to pay for her dad's mortuary fee for three days with the money given to her by her new bosses.“So what now? Where do you

“Mom?”Lucia's voice called out when she noticed little movements from her mom. Jada has been unconscious for some couple of hours, and Lucia stood in patrol till she saw that her mom had been revived. “Are you up? Can you see me?” Lucia asked as she dropped her squeezed wet towel into the bowl of water she had used to massage her mom's head. Lucia looked at her mom who seemed lost in emotions. Her eye bags seemed to have deepened over minutes, making her look like someone who hadn't slept for weeks. She wanted to console her mom, but stopped right on her tracks. “Common mom, you need to get up and eat something. I prepared your favorite meal” Lucia voiced from her vocals, faking a happy voice. Her mom had always loved to have rice with chicken and salad, but they were too poor to afford such meals. The money given to Lucia by her new bosses went a long way in her affording to get ingredients. Lucia was left alone to do a double task as she cooked and looked after her mom simultan

The next morning, a very tired Lucia was woken up by the voice of someone crying at the top of her voice. She removed the coat which helped her in the cold night and looked outside the door window. She however couldn't see anything and decided to look outside. When she opened the hospital door, she halted just on time before stepping on the droplets of fresh blood which trailed all the way to the end of the hospital hallway. Lucia found it disturbing as it reminded her of the bloody picture of her late dad. Her thinking about it sent shivers up her spine, and gave her a headache. After a while, she violently shrugged it off and went to her mom's bed. Lucia looked at her mom who lay on the bed, looking so peaceful and without worry. She wished that was reality, but it wasn't. Instead, it was her mom unconscious after fainting twice. “Hope you are enjoying your slumber mom? You've been asleep for a long while. The doctor earlier said you would be awake anytime from now. I wish you co

“And to what do I owe this distinguished call Mr Wilson. I thought I made it clear to you that I would see you in court” Lucia voiced out, not hiding the fact that she wasn't interested in any conversation of any sort with Wilson. “I just wanted to umm… I wanted to…” Wilson, who placed the call on Lucia without thinking about any suitable topic, was out of words to say. He didn't plan this through, and he felt ashamed of himself. “Looks like the cat's got your tongue. Why are you finding it difficult to say some sentences, or do you want to rain more insults on me?” Lucia asked via the phone. “I wanted us to talk about the court case,” Wilson said, finally coming up with something. In the real context, Wilson only called Lucia so that he could gain some level of respect back from Lucia, especially after she threw his bundle of money at his face. One of the ways to do that was by reminding her of who had the upper hand. “So? What about it?” Lucia asked with no sense of fear or worr

“Really Sir?” Lucia's enthusiastic voice asked as she couldn't hide the tone of excitement in her voice. “Yes child, and I've told you already, it's Thomas” Mr Thomas replied as he tried to stifle a giggle. “Oh, sorry. I forgot. I'll send you the location of the hospital right away S…Mr Thomas” Lucia immediately corrected herself before ending the call. After she had successfully sent the hospital address and room number,she went further to settle the hospital bills and see her late dad. She was led inside the cold room where she was led to the long drawer like object in which her late dad was kept with a tag on his leg. Never in her life did she imagine it would get to this within some couple of days, but then again, life had its way of doing things. She gently shifted the white material which was used to cover her dad from head to toe and uncovered his face which was by now looking pale. “Good morning dad. I just came to see how you were doing. What was that? How am I faring?”