Chapter 3 The Mourning

"Dave Morrison? Is that you?" she called the man in a soft voice and in a surprised manner.

"Jane." The man hugged her and continued asking, "How are you now?"

"Well, I have lots of problems in my life, especially right now. My father is—"

"I knew it. Just relax, I'm here to help. I hope your friends told you about the bill."

She motioned her eyes to her friends, as if she wanted to know something about the bill. But, Dave noticed it.

"Okay, don't just stare at them. I had already paid your father's bills. Thanks to them (Jane's friends) that they saw me outside your school. Actually, I was about to see you at that time, but since your classmates recognized me as your childhood friend, I took them for a ride here. That's how I knew everything. Good thing that I will be able to help you," David explained briefly.

Jane's heart was touched by what her childhood friend had said, so she wholeheartedly thanked and hugged him.

"Thank you so much, David."

"You're welcome, Jane."

"Totototototo," the call ringtone on Janes' mobile phone.

Speaking of another Angel, Jane's phone started ringing loudly, as someone called her mobile number. The noise bothered her and didn't want to answer a phone call from a random stranger so she wanted to decline it. But Lila grabbed her phone and answered the call herself.

She made a sign language explaining Lila to divert the conversation.

"She's busy talking to her childhood best friend, and why?"

Then, Lila's eyes kept on sighting Jane's sign language.

"I'm just... kinda... asking about her absence from school a while ago," replied by the other line.

"Ahm, Jest. I think she can't talk to you right now. Maybe later, or if she comes back to school?"

Although the man was hesitant to hang up the phone, he chose to just agree with the person he was talking to.

"Right.Okay bye."

Lila dropped the phone with a big yes in her shout and gave it back to Jane while Jester was disappointed because he couldn't even talk to Jane. He admitted that he really missed the young woman.

Five minutes later, the younger sister of Jane approached them. She was in a hurry to deliver a message to her sister.

"Sister, our father has been revived by the doctors."

"Ha?" Jane asked in shock mode.

They immediately ran towards their father's room. But nevertheless, she was restricted from going in because the patient was in an unstable state or revival state. They just watched in the mirror outside the room how the doctors revived their father.

Due to a sudden shock, her mother collapsed and fell to the floor. Fortunately, Dave was there to help Jane's mother. He carried the old woman to the vacant room provided by the doctor.

After thirty minutes of revival, the doctors finally came out and said, "We did our best to regain his consciousness, but he is in a critical stage. I'm sorry for your loss."

Her tears heavily flowed while begging for another test of revival. The pain inside her tripled as the pain she had in the past. It's going to be an endless pain for her.

"No! Papa no! I'm begging you doc, please heal my father. Let him live!" begged Jane, who was in the highest sentimental mode.

"Young woman, I am only a doctor. To revive him was my duty, but he didn't make it. Only God can handle your father's life. I'm sorry," said the doctor, who was calm at that time.

Jane didn't want to show she was weak, but when she felt the doctor was no longer interested in reviving her father, her cluster of tears suddenly flowed beyond her control. Even though the situation was hopeless, she still begged the doctor to listen to her grievance.

"No! Doc, you can revive him more. Just do it one more time, please?" She was in hard-breathed in this line.

"I'm sorry. I have to go," said the doctor, who then left them all alone.

She ran to him and kneeled for his pity while saying, "Doc, please... please?"

But, the doctor didn't listen to her anymore even though she was still shouting and begging for her father's life revival.

She cried and cried even more without hesitation. No one could stop her no matter what they said to her. She didn't calm down again, but rather became aggressive and emotional.

"Papa? How could you do this to us?" sobbed Jane as her friends comforted her. At this time, she has no choice but to lean herself on a friend's shoulder.

No matter how hard it was for the family, they continued living and gave their father a good burial. Their mother endured the pain all by herself and ordered the family to take her husband to the cemetery peacefully.

One week later, Briones' family gradually accepted their father's death. The young woman also decided to stop studying because there was no one to support her and she thought more about working for the family's needs. Her mother also can't work because she has a goiter. So, her eagerness to support the needs of the family was fully decided.

At school, Jester always went to Jane's room, but he noticed that she didn't come in anymore. Sometimes, almost all the women he would meet, he imagined Jane's face on them. He was almost crazy about finding the girl's whereabouts, until one day, he saw Jane's friends while walking in a hurry.

They looked like they were avoiding him.

"Hey, hey, hey. Where are you going? Why do you seem to be avoiding me?" he asked the two, who then seemed to ignore him.

The two friends were ready to run, but the man blocked them.

"Where are you going?" he asked emphatically.

"You, Henry, why aren't you with Jane anymore? After I helped you with your exam fees, why did you suddenly humiliate me? Answer me?"

He looked so angry, but the two just kept quiet.

"My God! These two are also tough. They don't want to answer. I'll just see if you can't answer if I say I'll pay the professors here to drop you in your subjects."

The two were frightened by Jester's threat, so the gay spoke up.

"Jester," he said.

"What?" the man shouted angrily.

"It's too bad if you can just shout. Here it is..." Henry clarified. "Jane is gone," he added.

"Huh? How come she's gone? Why? Is she dead?" the young man was worried as he shrugged Henry's shoulder.

"Wait, I'm hurt."

"What is it?" Jester asked again.

"Lila will explain to you."

Afterward, Lila explained everything that had happened in the few days why Jane hadn't been able to go to school. The young man understood this, so he immediately went to his car and turned it on quickly.

Not far away, Jester has reached the address and the name of the hotel given by the girl's friends. It is where Jane works as one of the employees. He just thought of pretending to be a customer to check in, in order to see the girl.

As soon as he entered, his eyes were stunned seeing the beauty of the staff. It was a woman’s short dress that suited her skin complexion and her light make-up attracted him.

And before he approached it, he first fixed himself and took a deep breath.

"I can do it," he said to himself.