Chapter 2: Strange morning
"Sandra! Is she okay?" "why are her fingers bleeding, did she prick herself?" with trembling hands he grabbed her hands. "hey, Sandra…."
"Call the doctor now!!" Jade cut him off. Liam hesitated for few seconds before he ran off. "Dra you will be fine, everything will be fine" she said as she pulled her into her arms.
Few minutes later, Liam ran back to the room "mom doctor Philip is on his way". He stood at the door and was in a trance. He couldn't understand why Sandra suddenly became like this. 'She was perfectly fine yesterday…she didn't show any symptoms of illness'.
Liam went further to her bed where she was being held by Jade to check her temperature. Immediately he dashed into the bathroom and brought a bowl of cold water with towel. He commenced to clean her face. "she has a fever…she is burning up". he stated.
"No this won't do, I have to go and find the doctor… take care of your sister. Also make her take the pain killer." jade carefully rested Sandra's head on the pillow and ran out.
Liam soaked the towel in the water and placed it on her head. He left to get the drug his mom requested he should give her, a cup of water and another towel. When he got back he could see steam dissipating from the towel placed on her head, rather it was dissipating from all part of her body. He was stunned, He attempted to collect the towel but it was as hot as a boiling water.
"what's wrong with you…what's this sudden illness?" he murmured to himself as He picked the towel in rush, and soaked the towel into the cold water again. He cleaned the sweats on her face, then her neck before soaking it back into the cold water, squeezed the towel and placed it on her head again. By then the temperature of the water has changed.
He opened the drug 'what… she can't take drug when she hasn't eaten any food?'
He used the other towel he got to clean her fingers that were covered with blood.
'…'
'why is she bleeding?' "there …is no injury, where is she blood from?" he muttered this as he searches for injuries on her fingers, that's when he noticed blood dripping out from her nails. He realized that her short nails were now thick red and long. He stumbled down from the bed. Fear creeped into him, he hesitated before he ran out of the room.
'what is going on… what is wrong with Sandra?'
'is she…' he tripped on the stair case in front of his room leading to the sitting room. he rolled down.
"ahh!!"
"…"
'no it can't be. It doesn't exist, that's superstition…arrant nonsense' he stands groaning in pain.
"mom… mom!!" Liam ran out from their unit searching for his mother. He took the elevator and went down to the lobby with blood on his hands.
"…"
"mom…" he spinned around in the lobby confused on what is going on, what to do next. 'Sandra is dying' this thought kept ringing on his head. It's been long since jade left to get doctor Philip, what is keeping her.
He ran to his neighbor who he saw at the entrance, coming back from an early morning jog. "uncle help, please help me...i don't know what is wrong with Sandra. I don't know what to do."
"Liam, how are you?" the 50-year-old man asked excitedly.
"I don't know what is happening to Sandra, I think she is dying…her temperature is very high…"
"where is your sister? did you guys have a fight again. You know is rare not to see you guys together…". the man asked wiping sweat off his face with a towel around his neck.
"uncle, come with me" Liam said as he dragged his neighbor to the elevator.
"wow…wow…son, where is your mother?"
"it's been about 30 minutes she left to call doctor Philip"
"when she gets back, tell her that there is a space for her and the pay is really high. She should come and see me with a bottle of white wine…ahahah to appreciate me" the uncle said with excitement and walked forward. Liam stood there speechless, starring at his back.
"…"
the man suddenly turned and continued "also be a good boy and reconcile with your sister. my boy show some maturity, you're the eldest…the man of the house" he stressed the last sentence and walked away.
"…"
'didn't he hear me?'
"uncle, Sandra is dying. She is really sick, please help me!" he went after him.
"just apologize to her…you know what? take this money and buy ice cream for her. She will definitely forgive you" he took out some cash from his wallet and gave him. "run along.. kids can be so cute. Is time I got a wife; I want children too." He turned and left. Liam was stunned by what happened. Didn't he hear that Sandra is dying.
Liam ran out of the lobby through the glass front door. 'Doctor Philip's unit is on the fifth floor of the condominium across.' he crossed the road, and ran into the building.
He froze when he saw his mom, doctor Philip's wife, Mary and one other woman chatting excitedly in the lobby.
"…"
'didn't she leave to call Doctor Philip, what is she doing here?' he recovered from his shock and hurriedly went to his mom.
"what happened? mom, where is doctor Philip…" the smiles on jade face faded when she noticed his presences.
"how are you Liam?" Mrs. Philip asked smiling. Liam was surprised that she could smile.
"mom, what is going on here. Didn't you leave to call doctor… Sandra is in a terrible state right now; the situation has gotten…"
"can't you greet the elders… this rude bastard" Jade cut him off.
"…" Liam stared at his mom weirdly. He wasn't expecting that from her "mom Sandra is dying!"
"you fought with your sister again? This boy is really naughty. Come here" jade got furious by what he said and dragged him by the ear. "Ah!! Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"what's wrong with me? You now talk back at me…how many times must I tell you not to fight with your sister, you're older than her for heaven's sake...".
Liam did not understand what was going on, his mom forgot she was meant to get the doctor. she also had a change of character.
He broke free from his mother's grip and turned to Mrs. Philip "where is your husband?".
"…"
"how dare you?" Jade shouted furiously and hit him.
*paaah*
"ahh!!" Liam fell down and hit his head hard on the pavement. he was in so much pain. As he slowly stood up blood began rushing down his face.
"blood!!" Mrs. Philip ran to him. "jade!! Why did you hit your son like that?".
"didn't you witness what he did...he was so disrespectful. I have to discipline him."
"the wound is deep! Jeez, he is not an animal" Mary exclaimed, Jade's best friend. "Mrs. Philip, where is your husband?". "he is not around, he travelled but he will be back tomorrow" Mrs. Philip replied.
When Liam heard this he ran off. 'since he is not around. what is mom doing here then? something is amiss.'
"see! Just look at that, arrogant…" Jade shouted.
'I will take Sandra to the hospital myself.' Liam ran back to their condo. By the time he got to Sandra's room, the temperature of her room has greatly changed, it became very hot. Sandra's appearance has worsened. she looked like her blood has completely been drained, like a white piece of paper rather, a five days' corpse. she was sweating badly and the steam dissipating from her body has increased greatly. She looked dead, if not for her struggles to talk and the heat emitting from her body, he would have concluded that she has died.
Liam ran towards his sister's bed "come on Sandra we are going to the hospital" Liam said as he tried to lift her off the bed.
"shit! Jeez is this a human being, how can she be this hot yet white?" he released her immediately he felt her temperature. Sandra body was as hot as hot iron. He took the towels lying on the floor to the bathroom and soak them in a cold water. He wrapped it on her body to be able to carry her.
"phaa..typh…ph" meanwhile Sandra was still struggling to talk.
"I'm really so courageous… he hehe …I will soon run mad with thoughts flooding my brain" Liam muttered to himself as he carried her out of the room.
"let him go, please let him go…please please please I beg you" Sandra finally spoke out immediately they crossed the door of her bedroom.
"Sandra are you awake?" Liam asked curiously. he looked at her squeezed face and figured that her eyes were still close. "Don't worry am taking you to the hospital"
Sandra continued to cry unconsciously "here I am now…here I am, am all yours. I belong to you alone…please… I beg you, please don't kill him" "no no no…here I am, am not going anywhere. I won't leave you…".
"kill who? what kind of nightmare are you having?" Liam adjusted her and carefully walked down the staircase step by step to avoid tripping."
*scratch*
"ahhh!" Liam screamed and looked at his upper arm with reflexes when he felt his skin had been ripped. The cut was deep and it looked like it was done by claws.
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