CONSEQUENCES

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JISELE ADAMS
'Jilly'
RALEIGH • 919

"You okay?"

"Jilly you good?"

"She's going to pull through Jilly."

My leg was shaking faster and faster everytime someone said something to me as we sat in this hospital lobby.

Nothing they were saying was going to calm me down, it was actually pissing me off.

I didn't even want all these fake ass family members to show up, I hate that my uncle called them. They can't do nothing but make this situation worse.

My eyes shot up quickly when I heard footsteps.

There was a nurse walking towards us with a unreadable expression on her face.

"Good news and bad news." She simply stated making me tense up waiting to hear what it was.

"Go ahead." My uncle motioned for her to continue.

"We were able to get two of the four bullets out but unfortunately, one of them traveled to her spine which could possibly mean she will be paralyzed waist down. It's too early to tell for sure but there is a great possibility."

I let out a small sigh of relief, yeah that wasn't the best news but I'd rather that then her be dead.

"Can I see her?" I spoke up.

"Well that's not all for the bad news."

I raised my eyebrow.

"She's also in a coma on life support and we are not sure when she'll wake up...It could be days, weeks, or months but here at this hospital, after two weeks we're liable to pull the plug."

"Fuck you mean pull the plug? Y'all not gone pull shit!" I started getting loud.

"Jilly calm—" Harm grabbed my arm but I snatched away. Don't tell me to calm down when it's bout my mama.

"I can take her somewhere else cause y'all not gone play with her life like that."

"May I ask your relationship to the patient?"

"Her daughter. The only person who gone make the decisions when it come to her so like I said I can take her elsewhere."

"Ma'am it's impossible for her to leave the hospital because once the machines she's hooked up to disconnect, that will be the end for her."

"Okay so now what?"

"Well I was told to ask you guys what would you like to do whether that be wait the two weeks out or let her go?"

"Ain't no "you guys" I just told yo slow ass I'm making the decisions and why in the fuck would I let her go? Are you being funny or something?"

I started to get irritated because she sound dumb as fuck, why would I let my momma go? Like let's be serious right now.

That lady the only one who keep me sane. She one of the only ones I can call on and know she gone ride bout me with no questions asked. She's literally my world, my heart & some more shit!