FEW DAYS LATER*
Seraphina is still trying to persuade Dominic to agree to filming the documentary with her.
"Let me think about it" Dominic said.
"We have a lot to gain from this" Seraphina almost snapped.
"I don't even know what to do when filming, what to say, how to behave....
"Don't worry about that, okay? I'll teach you. We could just script out each episode for you" She convinced.
"Okay" He agreed.
*
THE HOSPITAL*
Mrs Carter came to check on her son, Jack, without her husband's knowledge. He's still determined that he won't get involved in Jack's mess again.
The cops are still around, waiting for Jack to regain consciousness to take him with them once he's discharged. The media is still talking about the accident and they are under pressure to get him in custody.
Though, he's slowly recovering. It's been a week since the incident.
"Let me see you off, Mrs Carter" Roger said.
He's been staying with Jack at the hospital.
Seraphina came to visit twice after the confrontation with Roger.
"Are you mad at me?" Mrs Carter muttered.
"You didn't believe me when I said something was wrong on that day. I get that Jack grew up as a rebellious kid but everyone deserves a second chance. You all can't just give up on him like that. It's not totally his fault that he turned out that way, you can be blamed for it too!" He spat.
"I won't have you speaking to me in that tone!" She fired back.
"Jack lacked parental care when growing up. All he had was domestic staffs in the mansion and unlimited resources to mess around with"
She fell silent.
"You guys played a part in how he turned out to be a bully so deal with it" He stormed out of the ward.
She weakly held her knees with trembling hands. Tears filled her eyes immediately.
"I just wanted him to have the best life. The life I never got. I wanted him to be comfortable. I didn't want my baby to lack a single thing" She wept rubbing his hand fondly, before placing a kiss on it.
A tear dropped from his eye.
Dominic could be seen at a distance, outside the hospital.
Roger came out of the hospital, looking pissed. He went to the smoking area, and lit a cigar.
Dominic quickly wore a face hat and rushed into the hospital.
He saw an open door on the first floor. He found an oversized-cleaner jumpsuit and immediately wore it.
He quickly carried the cleaning equipment and entered the elevator.
"He's in the VIP wing, second floor, number 34" He recalled the nurse words.
He almost lost the courage to go in when he saw Mrs Carter, but then quickly comported him and knocked gently on the door.
"A cleaner? The room is sparkling clean though" She said.
"Um, I was sent to come disinfect the ward, ma'am" He replied with a slight bow.
"Okay, no problem" She said.
"I'll get to work" He muttered and started cleaning.
"I'll take my leave now" She said, and with that she exited the ward.
Dominic quickly rushed over to the bed, and his heart sank at the sight. Jack looked almost lifeless.
The whole room was silent, except the beep.... beep.... sound of the heart monitor. He's supposed to be mopping but he couldn't help but stare at Jack. His eyes moved to the shopping bag beside the couch.
He went to check the content of the bag and his eyes widened immediately.
It's a brand new phone and a pair of glasses.
"Did he take the video of Dylan and you down from the school platform to make up for his past mistakes? Has he apologized to you?" Seraphina's word replayed in his head.
"I guess that was why he followed you here when I told him that I made a comment on your phone" Her words replayed in his head again.
Did Jack really go after him on that day?
Is he trying to atone for his past mistakes?
He came to apologize!
And right there, the realization hit him like a blow. Jack really came for him!
Dominic moved closer, eyes blurry with tears. He reached out to touch Jack's face. Suddenly, his hand cold and pale reached out to grab his wrist with so much strength.
Dominic gasped almost dropping the mop. He looked down, expecting Jack's eyes to be open and full of usual fury, but they remained shut tight.
A single tear dropped from the corner of his eye, soaking into the white bandage wrapped around his head.
"Don't....." Jack's voice came, sounding so weak.
"Don't leave....." His voice came again.
"Jack, can you hear me?" Dominic almost gasped in shock, he sounded a bit excited.
"I'm sorry" He cried, his grip became tighter, his knuckles turning white.
A finger on his other hand moved twice.
"I'm sorry..... don't go back to him" He added, moving his head side to side as if he was having a terrible nightmare.
The bullying scene, the kiss scene, the scene where Dylan and Dominic played in the rain, the way Dylan slammed the door close on him, everything replayed in his head.
"Please I beg of you" He concluded.
Just then, Roger came out of the elevator on call with someone.
Dominic heart almost burst out of his chest when he heard Roger's voice, he tried removing his wrist from Jack's desperate grip but it seemed impossible.
Roger swung the door open.
Dominic's heart stopped beating.
"You aren't who I think you are, right?" Roger questioned, already fuming in anger.
The mop instantly dropped from Dominic's hand.