Aliens Are Real: Part 2 (23 page)

“So,
I
swu
ng by your house to see if you
had written
down the Algebra assignment
,
and your dad was just getting off the phone with the hospital.
I
thought
I
’d stop by
to try to
cheer you up
,
but it looks like someone beat
me
to it.”

Honorio stood with a blank face
,
and
moved
behind the chair
in which
he
had sat
before
.

“
I
’m glad you’re here Mark
,
”
Jasmine said, “More than you know.”

He handed
her
the flowers
.
S
he
smelled them
,
then
beamed as best
she
could in her state.

“
I
’m so
rry to hear about your accident,
”
Mark said.

“Accident?”
s
he
glanced at Honorio.

“Yeah.
Too bad about your car,
”
Mark continued.

“
My
car?
What about
my
car?”
She
turned back to Mark as h
er
heart monitor started
beeping faster.

H
e
opened his mouth
to answer
as
her
dad rushed in the
room, slightly out of breath
.

“
Jasmine
, are you okay?”
her d
ad asked
.

“
I
’m fine
,
dad.”

He looked around
,
and spotted Honorio.
Dad
frowned
,
and stood up straight.
“You may leave.”

“Yes, sir.” He left the room immediately.

She
was confused.
Honorio was
her
dad’s golden boy.
Why was he getting the cold shoulder
,
and kicked out?

She
turned to Mark.
“Thank you for coming by Mark.
The flowers are beautiful.”

“No problem.
I
hope you get better soon.”

Her
dad clapped Mark on the shoulder.
“Mark, you are welcome any time.”

Mark looked uncomfortable.
“I can’t stay long, I gotta go. I’ll see you at school?”

Jasmine felt like he was being ripped away from her. “So soon?”

“I ... told my mom I would be back five minutes ago... Get better soon, okay?” With that, Mark left.

Dad sat in the seat Honorio
had
vacated
,
and pulled it a little closer to the bed.

“How are you feeling?” h
e asked
her
.

“Uh, like
I
was hit by a truck.”

“You were very lucky that you weren’t hit by a truck.
What were you thinking
Jasmine
?”

She
didn’t know what he was talking about.
Honorio ha
dn’t
had
time to
tell
her
the cover story
,
so
she
had no clue how to respond.

“
I
don’t know,
”
she
muttered lamely.

Dad sighed.
His shoulders drooped.
For the first time in years, he dropped the wall between
them
.

“When the hospital called and told
me
you were in an accident, the first thought
I
had was that
I
had lost you
,
too.”
He choked up slightly.

After clearing his throat
,
he opened his mouth to speak again
,
but closed it when a nurse walked in.

She fiddled with the
tubes
and dials then smiled at
her
.
“
I
upped your morphine slightly
to help you sleep.”

After she left,
her
dad continued.
“
My
main concern is your safety.
I
don’t want you spending time with Honorio anymore.
That boy is bad news.”

“Dad
...
!
”
S
he
tried to interject.
It was a feeble attempt as the morphine and trauma of the night
had
started to catch up to
her
.

“No buts
,
Jasmine
.
I
’m serious.”

“Dad,
I
’m really tired.
Can
we
discuss this more later?”
She heard how her words  slur
red
.

He
r dad watched her for a minute.
“Sure.
Get some sleep.”

He turned off the light over
her
head
,
and
she
shifted slightly to a more comfortable position.
As
she
faded to black,
she
heard Yumi talking.

Jasmine
, Honorio debriefed us.
He said you don’t know your cover story.
Listen carefully.

Yumi,
I
’m drugged up.
I
can’t concentrate.

Jasmine
, you need to know what everyone thinks happened.
We also need to talk.

I
can’t.
No
...
she
trailed off at the end of the sentence.

Jasmine
!
Yumi
yelled in
her
head, popping
her
semi-awake again.

Wha
...
?

Are you alive?

Yes, but the nurse gave
me
morphine.
I
have to sleep.
I
’ll talk to you tomorrow.

Please talk to
me
as soon as you wake.
It is important.

Night
...

Sleep well, Jasmine. We’ll fix everything after you’re well.

End of Aliens Are Real
:
Part
Two

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