Toxic Relationships
Sacrifice

...Happy Reading's...

A man was seen running in a hurry, countless number of people who were already grumbling were annoyed at being hit by him. Jack, the man felt his heart racing, he no longer cared about the surroundings. The distance from the hospital that he usually traveled for half an hour, now he only needs fifteen minutes to get here.

Brak!

Jack broke down the door of the VIP room. Making Judy and Mrs Turner in the room flinch. The sweat had flooded Jack's body, with slow steps he approached the bed where the father was lying. He could clearly see his father now looking at him with a glare.

Judy could not hold back her crying that she had been holding, the woman shut her mouth, avoiding her stuffing out. Finally, after a long wait, the father's consciousness returned.

“Dad.”

Jack's voice trembled, with all his might the man held back his cry. Jack clasped his father's hand, the hand of the man he had not held for years. The hand of the man she thought had betrayed her family, the hand of the man she once thought was the cause of her death. But secretly the father even harbored a matchless sadness.

“I'm sorry.”

Jack's words were able to make Mr. Hilton cry in silence, with the middle-aged man still attached to the oxygen hose nodding his head slowly.

“I... I will follow all your will yahh, I promise.”

...****************...

Clara was now staring at the cellphone that she had been holding with an occasional glance towards the entrance of the room where she was sitting. It has been almost an hour since he waited for the lover to finish his meeting. Today is exactly one week after Mr. Hilton became aware of his coma, and since then his relationship with Jack has seemed to stretch even more. Jack never had time for her, even to pick up his call or just visit his daughter. And it all made his mind go awry.

Try as much as possible to think positively if Jack is too busy to do it all. But didn't the man himself tell you about their wedding that would take place a week later? And it's been a week. Did Jack back off again? And he's here to talk about it all with Jack. He was tired of just being quiet and waiting.

Cklek!

Clara's gaze now turned to the open door, the woman smiled widely when she saw Jack standing there in his suit who was also looking at her. Jack took a deep breath and threw it away. Seeing how Jack reacted, Clara's smile faded.

“I.. I brought you lunch.”

Clara's voice trembled, yet she tried hard to appear normal. Jack did not even glance at him and walked towards his chair and struggled with the monitor screen.

“Jack?”

Seeing no reaction from the lover, Clara now starts calling him and makes Jack look at him at a glance and back at the monitor screen.

“Just put it there, I'm still busy.”

The unconcerned speech Jack now made Clara sigh. Honestly, he felt hurt by Jack's attitude like this. Did that man really secretly want to end their relationship?

“Can we talk to you for a minute?”

With all her courage, Clara began to ask. He doesn't care if Jack gets mad at him. For a long time he was quite fed up with the man's attitude towards him. Especially regarding the marriage nonsense that he always said, was patient enough he faced all. But now? Even after Mr. Hilton was aware of the coma, instead of them returning to talk about a marriage that had been delayed, Jack was reluctant to meet him.

“Even just five minutes, you have no time for me?” Clara looked at Jack with disappointment. Even now he was in front of the man, and he still did not have time for him?

“Understand, Chal.”

“I'm sick of understanding you Jack!”

Clara now raised her voice and looked at Jack sharply. Even after what he did, Jack still asked for more understanding from him? Seeing Clara's anger, Jack was upset. It's not usual for Clara to lose this kind of patience. Jack now began to stand up from his chair and walked closer to Clara. Amidst his exhaustion over work, he must not get out of control hitting Clara like a few years ago.

“You know I have to take care of Hilton Group? That's not an easy thing, Chal.”

“Can't you take care of that after we get married? I'm not going to ban you Jack. But you always say nonsense about marriage. Giving me hope? That hurts, Jack.”

Clara could not hold back her tears. Finally, after a long time, he hugged it all. He can tell Jack. To him, Jack was too playful with their relationship. Moreover, the man knew that marriage was the thing he was looking forward to.

“Patience a little more, Chal. I should-“

"It's enough of my patience!"

Clara screams back to make Jack jerk back. The man felt his emotions ignite, he clenched his hands tightly. He tried to hold back his patience, but Clara seemed to lure him away with the woman's cry.

“Even after what I did for you and you ignored me for – weeks like this?” Clara looked at Jack with a pus.

“Yes, yes, you're the only one fighting here! Then what do you want now?! Back to France? Reopen your Bakery there?”

Jack spoke very sharply. Actually, he was also quite fed up with the words of people around him about how Clara sacrificed for him. Have they never seen her fight for that woman? Judy, Mrs Turner, Tiffany and even her best friend Steve always advise her how Clara is fighting for her. And he's fed up enough.

“If you want to go back to France, then go! I'll recoup all your losses you've sacrificed for me.” Jack added, and now he's back on his way to work.

“A... What?”

Clara looked at Jack with a look of disbelief. Does that guy still think this is all about money? Clara swallowed the saliva and took a deep breath. He was tired, tired of arguing with Jack.

“My assistant will book you a flight ticket and your need to go to France. You don't need-“

“Let's finish everything Jack.”

The five words Clara said instantly made Jack speechless. He looked at Clara blankly, as if it was so hard to digest every single one of the woman's words. Seeing how Jack was reacting, Clara wiped away her flowing tears and looked at the man deeply.

“I hope I never regret saying it. Goodbye to.” Clara's last words before she walked out of the room, leaving Jack still staring at her who was gone from sight.

"Goodbye?" Jack smiled bitterly.

To be continue...