Chapter 52: chapter 52

Eleanor's POV,"Hey. Promise me that you will take care of yourself."He let out a chuckle, "I'm surely not Mr. Messy yet."Ignoring his word, "No negative thoughts. No overthinking of future. Oh! Help Kat! It's gonna keep you occupied-""Eleanor.", Kylen pressed my shoulders, comforting me, "I'm gonna be fine. Just be back soon."I nodded before kissing him.After two hours of fly I was at Boston, my town.Heading to the hospital, I saw my dad near the reception."Hey sweety.", dad hugged me sideways."How is he?", I asked worriedly."He is resting. He has severly hurt his back, a careless fellow he is!"Dad seemed to be pissed off. And that was a good sign. He is caring for his ex-best friend, Professor Fisher.Familiar name?You guys will roll your eyes as I'm gonna say...it's Shawn's father.Well, I'm here to meet him as his student.Remember when I was talking about my past, and I had mentioned Professor Fisher was one of my favorites. Surprisingly Shawn was not here."Can I talk to him?""Yep!", dad smiled.I walked inside with the door shutting with a creaky sound behind me.It kinda waked him up as he exhaled."How many people are visiting me today? I'm fine.", he groaned with his eyes still shut."Professor, are you sure you don't want to catch up with me?"He snapped his eyes open, "Eleanor?""Hello there!", I giggled, grabbing a stool."My god, its been so long. Dear, how are you?""Not doing great without your lectures, sir."I say, Math fell in love with me because of him. "I see. Shall I give you a question to recheck your solving skills?", he teased.I stared at him. He had turned weak. Wrinkles appeared on his forehead along with eyesags seen.First of all, he stays alone at his place, doing all chores from A-Z by himself. And he fell in bathroom today morning and was unconscious for four long hours until a neighbor came to give him lunch. The neighbor thought Professor had an heart attack or something, he completely freaked out and called my parents.My college friends who stayed in Boston, visited him, thinking that he was dieing.Seeing my friends at the hospital, mom called me.But it turns out that professor hurted his back and had blacked out. Not an heart attack!Yet it wouldn't be good if I didn't visit him, considering how kind person he is."My boring life turned more pathetic.", he sighed, "I am bed-arrested for the next couple of days.""How did you fall?", I asked holding his hand."Ah. I was in search of something from the roof shelf, before my ladder collapsed and I landed on floor. I wish I could land like a spider-man.""Funny.", I sarcastically remarked.I stood up, watching a nurse enter the room."Today's visiting hours is over."She checked his vitals.Professor looked at me with a sad smile."It's okay. I-""She's family. She can stay."I turned to see Shawn entering with a dinner tray.The nurse gazed at me suspiciously, like I was a thief?"I'll take it from here.", Shawn's eyes fixed at nurse, "You may leave now."He stood beside me as the nurse left.I turned my sight to Professor, he was smiling innocently now.Right. He shipped us so much. His son with his favorite student."Dad. Come back.", Shawn laughed coldly. "What? I'm here itself."Shawn ignored his words, "I bought you manchow soup with grilled mushrooms-""He doesn't like manchow soup!", I almost screamed."Since when?", Shawn looked at me.I snorted, "Since ever! He always had pepper-corn soup in canteen.""See, she knows me better than my son.", he grinned, before turning serious,"If you hadn't spoken like an evil, she would be really a part of our family today, Shawn."I stood silently with my eyebrows arching upwards."Yes. Everything is my fault. Okay? She loves someone else dad. Stop dreaming."Shawn stormed out of the room, saying that."What's wrong with him?", I asked."He hates whenever I remind him about his illogical fault. Nothing else. He needs to stop being a kid.""I forgave him.", I spoke, "Let's just concentrate on you. Okay?""Ela, my only fear is my son ending up like me, alone and helpless.", a tear rolled down his cheek.Later that night,Shawn stood in the corridor.He didn't know I was standing behind him.He threw his phone over the floor."What's going on Shawn?!"He slowly faced me. His face rigid and red."My mom.", he whispered.I folded my arms against my chest."Everyone came here running literally, hearing about dad. Look even you came from LA, despite everything. But she?", he paused."She stays only one hour away from here. She couldn't even care to check on her ex-husband. She is busy having a life with her new boyfriend!"I didn't know what to reply."I hate that we celebrated her birthday, Ela. I hate her beyond everything!""Does she know about his condition?", I asked."Coincidentally her phone was switched off the entire day.", he reasoned, "And when I texted her, she replied casually that he is going to be fine."Professor loved Aunt so much that, he let her go when he caught her cheating on him. He never married anyone else. Simply stayed alone, teaching kids.This irked him to the core, finding his dad vulnerable."Forget her, Shawn. Your dad needs you more.", I paced towards him."My dad clearly hates me.""No! He had the manchow soup happily, saying his son bought it.", I opposed, "He was teasing you back then that's all. Infact he is glad to have you on his side."Shawn stared at me blankly, "Really?""You are his son, silly!"He picked his phone."It's late already. I'll drop you home.", he diverted the topic.