Beep. Beep. Beep. Is all I could hear. I made an effort to open my eyes but it seemed that there was some type of cream solution on them.
“Ma’am, can you hear me?” someone asked.
“Umm, yes sir but I can’t see. Can you please tell me what’s going on?” I asked very deliriously.
“Ma’am you are hooked up to an IV providing you the help you need. Please lay still and do not wipe anything off, it’s medicine.” The mystery man said.
“GRENA!” A woman yells from a distance.
That voice. Better yet, that yell. Who is that?
“Doctor please I want to be able to see, can you please take this stuff out of my eyes.” I demanded.
“Ma’am I just told you we can’t take the medicine off. Please be patient.” He said sternly.
“I took a deep breath. “TAKE THIS OFF OF MY EYES!” I yelled.
“Yes ma’am. Just please understand that we have to reapply the solution later,” he said calmly.
I nodded gently and patiently waited to be cleaned.
As the doctor wiped my eyes, I could start seeing a familiar figure. Wait. Is that? No, it can’t be.
“Mom?”
It was my mom alright, but she looked different. She was older with white thin hair, and deep wrinkles…
“Oh Grena, this is a miracle. I thought you were….” Mom started to sob.
“Mom, what are you talking about? You thought I was what? Where’s dad? What the hell is going on!” I asked so puzzled.
“Grena. Do you know what year it is?” The doctor asked.
Why is this man asking me what year it is. That is the most random question I have every heard.
“Sir, it’s 2008. I am not sure what this has to do with anything,” I say annoyed.
“Mrs. Green, can you step out into the hallway please. We need to go over these test.” They both walked out.
Wait a minute. My mom’s name is Marilyn Roads. Why did he call her…
And it was at that moment that I caught a gimps of my reflection in the window and knew that my mom wasn’t the only one that aged because the person I saw was not the fourteen year old girl I once was.
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I like how this story gives me just enough information to make me wonder more questions!