I immediately answered him with a mocking emoji "Where did you get my number??"I didn't want to tell him I was excited to see his text and that I missed talking to him even though it's been just a day since I last saw him"I came at the hospital and I didn't find you there ,so I got a friend of mine in the hospital to get me your number "I found myself blushing at what he said,the fact that he went to such lengths to get my number was suprising,we talked until it was almost morning before he said he had something important to do and we'll talk later.I was disappointed but happy at the same time that I got to talk to him for so long I slept with a huge grin on my face ,when I woke up it was pretty late mom had already gone to work and I found a note on the table telling me to eat lots and all she left were fruits,'Typical of mom'.When I left the hospital I had the mission of getting a job and although 3 weeks is not a lot of time but atleast I would feel better about myself knowing that I tried to atleast help out.Even though I was sick for a long time but I had already graduated and got my degree so I had a good chance of finding a good job for these few weeks,I put on my best suit..it hadn't been worn for a long time but it fit just fine and that was enough for me. I walked over to the mirror and who I saw in it was a stranger I had never met before my body was very thin as if I hadn't eaten in years and my eyes were starting to change colour they were yellowish and I had baggy red skin underneath my eyes as if I hadn't slept at all I reached for the makeup to cover them so mom would not worry.
Each layer of makeup I put on my face I felt tears rushing in fast in my eyes but I held them in because they would just ruin all the hard work I've just done ,my throat was getting sharper as I held them tighter and my breathe was getting heavy.i remember when it all started I just collapsed and found myself in the hospital ,mom was by side crying and when I was told I thought I was dreaming "I'm sorry to inform you but you have stage 2 of liver cancer and you'll need to stay in the hospital for more observation."I refused to believe it.i was suppose to go to my dream job the next day so there was no way this could have happened,I screamed at the doctors as if I was crazy but it changed nothing"Look here..I don't have any liver cancer it must be an error or something now please take out these things on my body.Im perfectly fine I just collapsed its not a big deal."they looked at me with so much pity on their eyes but I just didn't care because I thought it was all a mistake.None of them moved an inch not even my mother so I tried to take them out on my own but all of them stopped me"Stop..STOP IT!!!!I'M NOT SICK LEAVE ME ALONE!!"I wanted to deceive myself by saying that but all the symptoms said everything I needed to know. I just ignored them, I just thought.....
That if I ignored them long enough they would turn out to be wrong ,I hoped so much that I was wrong "I'M NOT SICKKK OKAY??I'M FINE SO LET GO!!!MOM..mom tell them...
tell them I'm okay ,tell them there's nothing wrong with me ,I'm fine....I....really am."Mom just looked at me with the saddest face she had ever given me her sobs were filling the room as she refused to cry infront of me,she tried moving towards me to give me a hug but that just made me even more ANGRY " NO!!NO!!...Don't..Mom don't...Just DON'T."I don't know how long I cried but I remember it was for a long time.
I got up from the chair and fixed up my suit and looked at myself on the mirror one more time and walked out of the house with all of my documents intact.I walked up to the company I had applied to before and was taken but because of my condition I couldn't attend.Although they were given an explanation on what happened but I don't think they'd ever consider it anymore but I had try,I walked in trying to be as confident as anyone could think I am there were many candidates here to apply it was a wastewater company and it only wanted the best of the best,each one came in and walked out filled with disappointment,I was getting even more nervous because of the other candidates faces when they were rejected but I kept my composure,I had passed it before so I can pass it again after a few minutes it was already my turn.i walked in gracefully and didn't even show the slightest fear I got inside and waited for the interview to tell me to be seated"Goodmorning Mr.."He suddenly looked at my rèsume to check my name"Kao"i bowed my head to show respect "You may sit down."I sat down and he started scanning my rèsume for a few minutes I could tell he was dedicated to his job and was fair because he scanned each and every page thoroughly he didn't just pass through the pages as if it was worthless trash after a few moments he stopped and looked at me"Now,let's start the interview. "I was expecting him to ask me basic questions like what was my reason for joining the company or to tell him about myself or what my ambition was but he caught me completely off guard "Now tell me Kao,what's the purpose of primary treatment in wastewater treatment?."If it was someone else they would have already failed this interview and now it made sense why all of the candidates came out sad ,no one would expect this but me ...
Well let's just Say I studied to know not to pass"To remove solid particles and organic matter from wastewater through physical processes like sedimentation and flotation"although there was an easier way to answer this but I wanted to flaunt my good English he seemed stunned but not impressed enough so he asked another "what's the purpose of trickling filters in wasterwater?."I don't know if he was even trying to ask me tough questions but thru sure seem easy to me"they use micro organisms attached to a medium to break down organic matter in wastewater."He started looking impressed and asked even more difficult questions but I answered them gracefully and by the end of the interview he finally asked me a relevant question "Why are you here?"normally I would have given him the roundabout and told him because I felt I was great for the position and all that stuff but I just thought I might be honest"Because I want to give my mother one last final gift."He didn't ask anymore and thanked me for coming and I walked out it that interview feeling more relieved then when I walked out.