Chapter 3: Jacob screams at Darci
It was 11: 25 AM the subsequent day.
Darci arrived at Alonzo's mansion. She walked in through the entrances. Bea spotted Darci walking towards the living room, and she immediately sensed that she was the nurse.
Bea dropped the glass of juice she was sipping and walked to her grinning from ear to ear.
"Darci right?"
Darci nodded grinning wildly, "yes I'm Darci."
"Well, I'm Bea the patient's mother." Bea stretched out her hand to her, and Darci shook her hand, "nice meeting you Bea."
"Jacob is upstairs in his bedroom. Darci, I'm imploring you, to ensure that he improves."
Darci noticed tears building in her eyes, she felt quite bad, "you don't have to worry, I promise to take good care of your son."
Bea nodded and smiled wildly. "Come on, I'll take you to my son's room."
"Okay."
They walked towards the hallway.
The hallway flows into a large, wide staircase that provides the main means of egress from the entertainment area of the house to the private rooms on the second floor. Four formal rooms with sixteen foot ceilings, pocket doors, fireplaces and tall windows form the main block of the building.
Bea and Darci reached Jacob's bedroom. Bea knocked on the door, "Jacob, son!"
They didn't hear any response, and Darci stared at Bea. Bea noticed through the impression on her face that she was curious.
"Just go in. He is often quiet. I will leave now.'' Bea walked away.
Darci clutched the doorknob feeling impatient to know who Jacob is for acting impolite.
She pushed the door open, and walked in. The dashing neat curtains grabbed her attention, she gazed at them smiling wildly.
She slowly turned, and she felt quite surprised seeing Jacob.
Darci recollected the rainy night when she was at a club with Fabio. An image of Jacob brushing her off, and exiting the club flashed through her mind.
She jolted out of her thoughts and shyly moved a few steps to him. She was feeling jittery, her palms were getting clammy.
Jacob felt surprised seeing her realizing that she was the girl who he brushed off at the party. A frown settled down on his face.
"Just what are you doing here and in my room?"
"I am Darci Steve your nurse." She covered her face looking away from him.
"I hope he is not upset with me." She muttered.
"Wait, are you the nurse assigned to me?"
Darci was silent.
"I guess that the hospital made a mistake picking you to be my nurse cause I think you lack experience since you go to clubs. What does a club girl know about taking care of a patient?"
Darci's face burned in embarrassment, "I'm a responsible decent nurse."
"How is he going to believe me when he met me at a club ." She thought wildly.
"I can't trust you. I think that I'll be better off without you."
Staring into his eyes gave her shivers, "you can trust me. Well, you are my duty.
"So, I'm your duty? What if I don't wanna be taken care of by you? What if I resist?"
"I promise to take great care of you. I know how to make you start to use your legs. With some exercises you'll be just fine and I will put my best in it." She smiled.
"Okay, I'm offering you a chance to prove that you're really a good nurse."
Darci's lips curved into a smile, "thank you so much." She noticed the plate of meal seated on his bedside table and she said, "um, your mum Bea told me that you have not taken your food yet so I'm gonna feed you.
Jacob sighed and shook his head, "I don't wanna eat. Take the food away. The smell makes me want to puke."
Darci opened the plate of macaroni and cheese placed on the bedside table. She dipped a fork into the meal and munched a bite. She rolled her lips, and smiled, "it's really tasty you should try it."
"I want to be left alone. Leave." Jacob furrowed his eyebrows.
"I am not leaving you. You are my duty. Where you are is where I should be. You need to eat so you can be healthy for the exercises we will do later. And you need to take your medicines."
"I did not beg for your help did I? I did not compel you to stay here with me, so why should I listen to you?"
"You did not compel me but I can't leave your side till you eat so you can then take your pills." She said softly and she firmly the plate and she fetched a scoop of the Mac and cheese and stretched it to his lips.
Jacob furiously grabbed the plate from her hands and hurled it to the floor screaming, "I said, I don't wanna eat!"
The plate smashed and some sharp pieces flew towards Darci's hand and pricked into her arm. She shivered feeling startled by the deep sharp pain, she gasped, and moaned.
Jacob felt bad seeing blood streaking from her arm, he said apologetically, "I'm sorry Darci."
Darci was still stunned, she was gaping, "If you want to be left alone, I can give you some space." She dabbed the tears on her cheek and she was approaching the door.
"Darci! Darci!" He yelled.
Darci halted by the door and she turned to him holding her arm. Jacob saw the blood streaming on her arm and he was speechless.
Darci cried, "are you still upset with me that's why you hurt me? I don't blame you for your anger. I promised that I will prove to you to be a responsible nurse and I will. Excuse me." She gently pushed the door open and she walked out.
Jacob bowed his head feeling bad.
Darci skedaddle towards the stairway. She spotted Bea approaching, and she paused staring at her. Bea stared at her wondering why she looked flustered, and she noticed tears dropping from her eyes.
"Darci.." She called.
Darci didn't want to answer any questions Bea might ask her, and she ran to the stairs hurrying outside. Bea felt quite confused and walked to Jacob's bedroom. She pushed the door open and walked towards Jacob's bed. She spotted shards of plate lying by Jacob's bed.
"What happened here?" She looked away from the floor, "What happened? I saw the nurse leaving in tears."
Jacob was silent.
***It was a breezy frenzied morning the subsequent day***
Darci was all dressed up in a pair of ash trousers and a pink blouse. Her lips was shone with colorless lip gloss, and her hair was styled in a French ponytail.
Darci walked towards Roella from her bedroom to the living room. She leaned forward hugging her. "Mum I gotta leave." She kissed her on her cheek and moved from her arms, "tell papa I'm gone."
Roella nodded her head, "sure dear." She glanced at the plaster cast on Darci's right arm and said,
"Darci you have not still explained to me what happened to your arm."
Darci slightly curled her head guessing what to say, "I...I slipped in the bathroom."
"Be careful next time okay?"
Darci nodded her head, "I will mum."
Darci walked out of the room approaching outside. She walked towards the gate, and she stepped outside. She walked a few strides from the gate to the roadside waiting for a cab to pass by, and she spotted two young girls walking at the sidewalk holding a cotton candy giggling to each other, and an image of her and her sister Vida playing hide and seek at the playground sixteen years ago, flashed through her mind and she let out a chuckle.
Vida's laughter was echoing in her mind, and an image of an enormous fire engulfing Darci's home flashed through Darci's mind and she jolted out of her thoughts trying to fight back the tears welling up in her eyes.
She sighted a cab driving towards her direction and she flagged it. The cab parked close to her, she trotted to it and immediately clasped the door, pulled it open, entered in and shut the door and sighed.
It was 9 :25 AM. Darci arrived at Alonzo's mansion. She stepped out of the cab and shut the door and the cab drove away.
Darci stared at the building hesitating to go inside. An image of Jacob flinging his plate of meal to the floor flashed through her mind. She felt jittery and she swerved from the gate. She hesitated at the sidewalk and thinking loudly, "I need this job I cannot quit because of Jacob. My life depends on it."
Darci reached the front doors, they were widely opened, and she walked in. She noticed Bea and Henry in the living room. They were all dressed up for work.
Bea and Henry noticed Darci and stared at her approaching them.
Darci scratched her hair in nervousness. "Bea, Henry..." She exhaled, "I wanna apologize for leaving my work really quick yesterday."
"It's okay." Bea smiled wildly, "what matters is you are here again."
Darci smiled back at her.
Henry furrowed his eyebrows, "it's not okay to me. I thought you were gonna stay all day looking after my son, but with how you left, I think that you are not a dedicated nurse."
Bea noticed that Darci was starting to feel uncomfortable, "Henry..."
Henry glared tightly at her, "cause I just want my son to get better. So let me know if you are not prepared to work."
Darci felt jittery staring into his eyes. His glare gave her shivers, "it won't happen again."
"It better not!" Henry firmly said, and he walked away heading outside. Bea picked up her handbag sitting on the couch, she gently touched Darci's arm smiling at her, "don't get nervous Darci. Uh, bye." She kissed her on her cheek and walked away.
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