The Attorney and the LoveSuit

It has been loads of successful cases all through the month. It is charity week at the law firm today; we will be going to the capital citys hospital to check on patients and wish them quick recovery and I will be anchoring the team. The last time we had this charity week, we ended up attending a funeral and I don want that this time. The team had arrived at the hospital and we went from room to room giving gifts and leaving smiles on the patients faces.

It was already evening and time to leave the hospital that day when I saw a young girl scream with sadness and yearnings of distress after she heard that her mother just passed away. I was engulfed in that feeling of sorrow and was moved to tears. I approached the girl, though she could not be consoled by anybody. I forced her to sit and gave her a tight embrace. ”Losing someone that we love could hurt a lot and is always a grieving moment ”, I said to her with tears in my eye. She pushed me away and said to me, ”Have you ever lost a loved one? Do you know how it feels to lose the only source of joy that exists in your heart? ”

I replied her saying, ”I did not just lose someone, I lost myself to my sorrows and I drowned in my pains. My father always inspired me to be the product of my hard work and affection which I still strive to be. Inconsolable mourning did me no good and just worsened the pain for me and my anguished mother. Life is like a battle that involves the struggle for life; it throws the wind and splashes the wind. It would never have been your mothers desire to see you like this ”. With tears and emotions, she gave me a tight embrace and wept on my chest.

My colleagues admired my emotional outburst and were surprised by my courage in approaching her to console her. When I got home, the words that she said to me continuously struck my mind and in pity for her, I wept and slept weeping. It was morning already and I was still in bed. Beauty had already called me six times without me knowing.

Eventually, I woke up and in haste I got to the hospital. The team had been waiting for so long and I had to apologise for the delay. We visited pregnant women who were nearing their delivery and I saw fear in the eyes of many. Some feared to lose their babies or themselves, others feared that the child would be sickly while some had joy in their hearts anticipating the birth of their children. I realized that fear is not being afraid of what might happen, but being afraid of how evil could happen.

We had visited several wards that day and were about to leave when a doctor approached us and asked if we could visit the intensive care unit before leaving. We decided to visit and saw a female patient who was in coma lying on the bed. ”She has been here like this for about 7 weeks without coming round; she had a fractured skull in an auto accident and she is a medical doctor too ”. Having heard that she was in coma, it made me remember my similar incident. I had a fractured skull and was in coma for this long too, this ignited my interest in her case. I was struck with compassion for her and visited her on a daily basis.

It was the last day of the charity week and I was there early with the team having the intention to conclude the week with a visit to the childrens ward. Upon reaching the childrens ward, I saw the doctor who told me about the lady in coma and he said, ”Sir, I heard that today happens to be the last day of your visit, do you mind taking out time to bid Jessica good bye, I guess she would have loved that ”. I replied him that it was okay. I went with my colleagues into the Intensive care unit and we met her. Silence and emotions clouded the room and I found it difficult to utter a word.

After some time in the room, we left saying bye but some part of me really did not want me to leave her. I felt this tight hold on my heart but I just managed to supress it. Few weeks after our previous visit, I decided to see her. I bought flowers and went to the hospital. Upon entering the premises, I asked to see the doctor who previously referred me to her and he told me how they admitted her to the hospital. She was involved in a ghastly accident in which she was rushed to the hospital and that no one has been here to look for her.

It hurt me to hear this from the doctor and I asked him who has been paying the bills, he said that the hospital is just offering it as charity to her but that if she does not recover in a few weeks, they will have no other option but to quit the help. With the doctors words resounding in my ear, I departed to the ICU. I entered the room and met her no different from the last time. I stayed by her side and just stared at her. She was beautiful and of average height, her lifeless state was not good for her. I had made up my mind to ask my boss for a leave from work and to foot her bills until she was okay.