As said, the Howell family were in the living room sitting on a couch each. They were waiting for the arrival of a certain physician to come check Ryan and see if he was truly okay.
They didn’t want a situation where he’d go back to comma after being awake for some days. The physician they were waiting for was the one that had been checking out Ryan’s body while he was still in comma to see if he was going to wake up soon or if he’d given up the ghost completely.
The physician was a female, and it’s been minutes since Ryan’s father sent one of the guards to go call on her. So she’d be arriving soon.
After the passing of some minutes more, she arrived along with the guard. But the guard didn’t waste time to go stand at his duty post after making sure the physician had entered the house.
And the moment the physician set eyes on Ryan, her eyes widened as she opened her mouth in awe…
“R…Ryan, s…so it’s true, y…you’ve truly woken up”. She voiced out stuttering.
“Yes, he’s woken up, we were as surprised as you”. Ryan’s mother said glancing at the physician.
“You made everyone so afraid, we were already losing hope that you’d ever wake up again. I’m so happy to see that you’ve woken up”. The physician’s voice resounded again.
“We just need you to check him to see if he’s truly okay. We need to make sure he’d not go back to comma after being awake for some days”. Ryan’s father stated.
“Yes, I’d do just that”.
She checked out Ryan’s body and confirmed that he was truly okay, he wouldn’t go back to comma again. And she didn’t waste time to relay the information to the Howell family, which they believed immediately.
..And believing her wasn’t a mistake because everything she said was true.
Ryan’s father thanked her for what she did, then he paid her for her service, then she left. The Howell family were so happy with the information they got, especially Ryan’s mum and dad.
The information that he was truly okay and wouldn’t be going back to comma again…it was making their hearts glad.
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It’s been some hours since the physician left their home, and it hadn’t been long since the Howell family finished eating lunch which was prepared by the servants.
During these hours that passed, some memories crashed into Ryan’s head…memories of the real owner of the body.
Now, he’d gotten to remember the names of his dad, mum, and siblings. Not only that, he’d also gotten to remember their age according to calculations.
His dad’s name was Warren, and he was 47 years old. His mum’s name was Emily, and she was 43 years old. His brother’s name was Kai, and he was 19 years old heading to 20 soon.
And his sister’s name was Lucy, and she was 15 years old. He was 17 years old, that means his brother Kai was his older brother, while his sister Lucy was his younger sister.
He’d gotten to remember all these things, and he was happy with the memory…
As said, it hadn’t been long since they finished eating lunch as a family. And right now, all of them were sitting on a couch each in the living room once again, Warren was the one that gave this instruction.
Glancing at Ryan, Warren said, “We’re so happy to see that you’ve woken up, Ryan. You don’t know how scared we were”.
“How long was I in a comma?”. Ryan inquired.
“A year and few months”. Warren responded.
A kind of bewildered expression appeared on Ryan’s face the moment he heard that as his voice resounded,
“That’s a bit of a long time”.
“Yes, so you can see why we were so worried now”.
Ryan only nodded his head a little as Warren sighed. The others were just sitting there glancing at the both of them.
And in the next few seconds, Ryan noticed something. A kind of gloomy expression was on everyone’s faces, both his dad, his mum, and siblings.
Why this expression all of a sudden? Ryan was curious, and it was evident in his facial expression. His dad spoke to him a few seconds ago, and this gloomy expression wasn’t on his face when he was speaking to him.
Ryan was glancing at his dad right now, and he hadn’t yet understood why this gloomy expression suddenly appeared on their faces.
His dad sighed once again, glanced at Ryan, then began speaking, “Ryan, do you mean what you wrote on that note?”.
“On which note?”. Ryan inquired with a confused facial expression, he didn’t know what he was talking about.
“On the suicide note”. Warren’s voice resounded again.
“Suicide note?”. Ryan voiced out as the confused expression on his face converted into a bewildered one. Then his voice resounded again, “Dad, what are you talking about?”.
And the moment he asked that, he glanced at his mum and siblings, and they were just glancing at him. That gloomy expression wasn’t that evident on their faces anymore. Then he glanced back at his dad.
“Have you forgotten? Remember you created a suicide note before jumping off the hill, which put you in a comma. According to what you wrote on the suicide note, you said I was part of the reason why you attempted suicide,
You were already down that you didn’t get to awaken an affinity while your siblings did. Anytime you think about it, it does make you sad. Then I was always reminding you that you were useless ’cause you didn’t awaken an ability just like your siblings,
And this was what pushed you into attempting suicide. In fact, it was the main reason why you attempted suicide, why you jumped off that hill which put you in a comma…”
Warren had to pause speaking, a distressed expression was on his face. He bent his face for some seconds before glancing at Ryan once again and resumed speaking,
“When did I ever do that to you, Ryan? When did I ever make you feel useless ’cause you didn’t get to awaken an ability like your siblings? Your mum here doesn’t have the mana core in her and doesn’t possess an ability, but I married her like that because I loved her,
I’m sure it was her bloodline you inherited, that’s why you didn’t awaken an ability. And on that very day you didn’t get to awaken an ability, and you were so gloomy, I was the first person to cheer you up and tell you that not awakening an ability isn’t the end of the world,
The fact that you didn’t get to awaken an affinity doesn’t mean we’d treat you differently in the Howell family. The fact that you didn’t get to awaken an affinity doesn’t mean you’re useless though that’s the mindset of other people,
I was always telling you this whenever you were gloomy due to the fact that you didn’t awaken an ability, I was always cheering you on. How could you write on your suicide note that I was always making you feel useless ’cause you didn’t get to awaken an ability?
How could you attempt suicide ’cause you didn’t get to awaken an ability even with all the encouragement you received from me? Worst of all, you blamed them all on me,
I was so shattered and confused after reading your suicide note. I wanted to ask you some questions, but you were in a comma. So I’ve been hoping you would wake up from the comma so I could ask you these questions that have been embedded in my heart,
Now that you’ve woken up, I should ask you them, because I’m so curious. Did you mean what you wrote on the suicide note? Was I truly the main reason why you attempted suicide?
You know everything you wrote on the suicide note about me was a lie, so how could you write such a thing?”.
A confused expression was plastered on Ryan’s face, he didn’t have a single idea what his dad was talking about.
He glanced at his mum and siblings, and they had this curious expression on their faces. That means they were curious to hear his answers to the questions, they wanted to know why he did such a thing.
That means he truly did what his dad was accusing him of. He was so confused, he was short of words.
And all of a sudden, memories of the incident started crashing into his head…memories of the original Ryan. He truly fell off a hill which led to him going into a comma.
..But this was what truly happened, this was the real reason why he fell off a hill.