6. Totally in love

Abel's POV

     When I woke in the morning and didn't see any messages or missed calls from Lyn, I felt bad. So I decided to get her out of my mind. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop thinking about her. I remembered my dad said last night that I should give the issue some time. It made me start to worry. What if she was in trouble or something? What if she lost her phone or something? 

     I picked up my phone and called her again. There was no response. I tried the second and third time, yet she didn't pick up. I decided to give it time as my father said. I also decided that if she eventually called back, I would let her call six times before I would pick up her call. It wasn't up to one hour and her call came in.   

    Immediately I saw my mystery girl, my heart jumped with joy. I nearly picked up but I recalled my earlier decision to let her call six times before I would pick up her call. So I ignored the call. I watched it on the table buzzing and maintained my cool until it stopped. I breathed in and out with hope. Then she called again, I watched with my heart beating happily. I didn't pick it. On her third call, I couldn't resist it anymore, my head kept pricking me to pick up the call, telling me not to miss my chance to hear her pretty voice. So before the buzzing would stop. Then that voice came. 

       *What if she will not call again after a third time? This could be the last call”

     In anxiety, I snatched the phone up from the table and picked it up. I listened and waited for her to speak. However, all of a sudden I decided to play boss and keep her in suspense. The moment she said hello. 

     "Hospital cafeteria by five in the evening". I replied with authority as I cut the call immediately. 

    I dropped the phone on the table with my heart beating fast to the extent that I could hear the sound of it. I tried to calm myself and smiled. 

   "Yes, that is keeping her in suspense". 

    I checked the time, it was just past nine. We still had hours to beat before our meeting. I wondered why I chose five in the evening.

     "Damn it, I would have told her, 'To the hospital cafeteria, now' ". I smiled as I felt good about myself. 

     On the one hand, I was very excited that she called, which means that something must have happened that made her not show up. On the other hand, I hoped that she would not fail me again. If that were to happen again, I would be hurt more badly. I kept my fingers crossed as I went about the day's work with a smile. 

    When it clocked a quarter to five, I became anxious. I wanted to go down to the cafeteria to wait until she came, but changed my mind. I decided not to rush down there. When it got to five minutes to five, I couldn't help with the anxiety so I went down. 

   To my surprise, as I stepped into the entrance of the cafeteria, I saw her eating a snack with juice seated on the table in front of her. My heart jumped in joyful beating as I walked towards her. She didn't notice me because she was busy with her snack until I was a few feet away from her. I was staring at her as she lifted her head.   

     Then our eyes met. It felt so good to behold her face and have her gazing back at me. The feeling was indescribable. As I got to her I managed to say a  "Hi". I took the seat opposite her. She smiled beautifully as I kept my eyes on her pretty face. 

     "Hello Doctor". She said sweetly with the smile not lessening on her face. 

    "Hey guy, be a man and be in charge". I said to myself as I smiled. 

Having her address me as a doctor was not acceptable. So I asked her.

    "Did you just call me Doctor? I guess I will start by saying, "Hi dancer, as your name". 

    "No, you can call me Lyn". She responded. 

    "Then don't call me Doctor, I have a name too you know". I said with a smile. 

    "I got it, so hello Abel, how are you?". She said with her pretty smile.  

    "I was not okay yesterday but I am very well now Angel, and how are you?". I responded. 

   "I wasn't okay yesterday as well, but I am okay now". She responded as the smile still lingered long on. 

    I became curious and asked her what happened yesterday. She said that it was a long story. I told her that I was all ears. So she elaborated on what happened yesterday which made it impossible for us to meet. 

    After understanding how she tried to connect but couldn't, I melted like blocked ice cream. I was angry for nothing yesterday. I misjudged her and I felt bad for it. So I apologize for that. Then she asked, 

      "So you are saying that your night was bad because I didn't meet up with our agreement?". She asked with her eyes piercing through my inner self. 

    I nodded with a smile feeling shy all of a sudden.  

    "Abel, I am sorry for not meeting up yesterday and giving you a bad night". She said with sincerity. 

   I responded that I understood and that it wasn't her fault. So we had a nice time together.

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    We continued to meet each other once in a while. Either at the cafeteria or at her dance academy. Then we started having dinner at different places. Within a month, I had fallen totally in love with her but I was afraid to open up. From my perspective concerning how she felt, I believe that she had feelings for me as well. It seemed we were both afraid to confess our feelings.    

     Nonetheless, we kept on seeing each other. We went to dinner in different places, especially Chris Vanny's Villa. We had our first kiss after dinner when I dropped her off in front of their house. Everything was moving fine and we were having fun. Then I opened up first, telling her about my past with Angela. She in turn told me about her bad experience with Jerry. 

     I wanted to set the bastard up for trying to rape my Angel. Luckily for him, she convinced me to forget about the past. I accepted and trusted every opinion she gave me. I realized that I was lucky to have such an Angel. I confessed my love for her and she did the same. I started thinking about a marriage proposal. 

    Then at the onset of the third month, I started having heart issues. After going through the X-rays and tests. I was diagnosed with coronary heart disease and the best option to treat it was to go through an open heart surgery. I became scared. I have had surgery before and they were talking about another surgery. I wondered what would happen if I didn't survive. What if I developed some serious complications? What if I die after the surgery? In fear, I decided that I would not go through another surgery. 

    When I told Lyn that I was not having the surgery. She asked why I would say that. I told her that I was scared and that all I wanted was to get married to her. That evening, I proposed to her at Chris Vanny's villa. She accepted with all happiness. 

    I became overwhelmed with joy but was still afraid to go through with the surgery. She tried to convince me I told her that I wanted to get married first before I could be strong enough for the surgery. She said she would talk to her family. I let her know that having her by my side would make me the happiest man. She agreed to remain by my side no matter what happened. 

   We were happy and full of expectations but refusal set in. 

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