"Why did Lisa left me? Are blood relations everything, heart relationships have no value😭😭? Huh? tell me, Drake? do you know what he(Father) said, he said that I never loved Lisa😭, that I broke their family😭, that I never did anything for Lisa, Did I do that Drake😭? Huh?" Joy sobbed as she hugged Drake.
Drake looked at Joy who was crying hard, he couldn't say anything, Seeing Joy in so much pain, his eyes were filled with tears😢😢.
" I failed Drake😞😭? I am the most horrible person, who couldn't take care of her sister, who couldn't even take care of her Mama, I failed mama, Drake, I failed, I promised mama that I would always take care of Lisa, But I failed Drake, Mama Won't ever forgive me😭😭, she won't" said Joy with tears felling from her eyes that were not stopping.
Drake held her with love 💖💕in his eyes and said wiping her tears😢, " No, Joy, you are not horrible person, you are one of the best people I have ever known in my life💖, you can't break a family👨👩👦👦, because you know What family means💕, what love means 💕if you would not have known what family, love and caring for someone means then you wouldn't have done what you did for Clair, What you did for Lucas and his father, Joy."
Joy was crying😭😭 with her head bowed😞, Drake holds her chin😢 and raise her head and said, " Look at me Joy, and Listen to me, You Mama loves you, and she knows how much you had always loved Lisa and her, do you know what she said to me before she left."
joy looked at Drake in surprise with tears in her eyes😢 and asked, "she said something? Did she ask for me? What did she say, Drake?"
" Drake hold her💖 hand and said, "hmm... She asked me to tell you, that she's always been so proud for you, that she loves you, and she asked me to tell you that She knows how hard it was for you hold your responsibilities but you still carried them with a smile on your face, she told me that now Its time you should let go of her and live for yourself💖, love yourself and do what makes you happy and she asked for your forgiveness because she couldn't live for you."
" You need to let go of her now, Joy, So that she could rest in peace, she wouldn't want to you see this way, I know its hard, it would take time but this too would pass with time Joy", said Drake looking into Joy's eyes with affection💖.
" she said she loves me? She proud of me and she knows how hard was it to live for me without her? Do you see? Drake? Mama knew, she always knew, didn't I tell you before that my mama always knew How hard it was for me", said Joy with tears as looked at Drake.
Joy was a little relieved when she heard her Mama's final Goodbye message for her. Joy wiped her tears. she understands what Drake was telling her.
She knew that she needs to let go of her Mama so that she could rest in peace and she needs to let go of Lisa too but she can't do that just in a day or two, this healing process would take a long time, and as time would pass by may Joy would get better too.
After Consoling Joy, Drake set a plate for Joy and asked her to eat.
" Now, eat something, please," said Drake. Joy still refused him and said that she doesn't feel like eating.
Drake then held the fork with food himself and said, " Even if you don't feel like eating, you need to eat some, you haven't eaten anything💖💕, so Please, Please?"
And he looked at Joy with lots of affection 💖💕and care. Joy let him feed her with his hand. Drake gives her medicine and took her to the room, he puts her to the bed and covered her with the sheet and asked her to get some sleep.
As Drake starts to leave Joy held her his hand. Drake turned to look at her. Joy looked into his eyes and said, " can you stay with me until I am asleep, Please? I don't wanna be alone, It makes me scared."
Drake sat Beside her and said, " Okay, I would be here, until you fell asleep, and you don't need to be scared, I am here for you, Okay? now try to sleep, Joy."
Drake sat Beside Joy until she was asleep, Drake looked at Joy and said, " you look so calm when you are asleep Joy."
Drake just sat there for a while looking at Joy with love. he then went out and lied on the couch to get some sleep too, past few had been hard on him too, He was about to tell Joy how he feels but everything turned so wrong. after two days, drake finally had some sleep.
A week passed by, Joy was getting better with time but she still won't smile😟, she would just in the balcony looking outside the window, she didn't even go outside the house, she was scared to be out and face people.
Drake knew he has to keep trying to bring a smile on Joy's face. he would take care of her.
Finally, the day arrived, It was Joy's Birthday, the sun was bright and shining, Drake went to joy's room, she was awake, he went near her and wished her Happy Birthday.
Joy looked at Drake and thanked him with a sad face. Drake knew what he needs to do.
He asked her to get ready and told her to wear something good from the clothes he brought for her, joy did not want to go anywhere, she refused.
" Come on, Joy, Please? for me? I won't ask you anything else, said Drake😟😟.
Joy agreed to him. Drake asked her to get ready by 6:00 AM.
soon it was time to leave, As joy Comes out of the room wearing a white dress Drake just looked at her with affection, she looked beautiful.
Drake took Joy to his car and made her sit at the front seat and took his seat and starts driving.
" So, Where are we going? Drake?" asked Joy.
" Drake looked at Joy and smiled😇," hmm.... well I can't tell you that, But I can tell you that It's my favourite place, also there's someone I want you to meet", said Drake.
" and who's that person," asked Joy in dismay.
" Someone that I admire💖 a lot, she made the person I am today, she is so beautiful😇 and nice, you would like her", said Drake with a smile😇 on his face.
It took an hour an hour to reach there, was a small town between Mariana and Latin city, a town called Mendenhall.
Drake stopped the car and parked it outside a House. the place looked so calm and beautiful.
" Okay, here we are, let's go joy", said Drake smiling. Joy came out of the. she saw a women came out of the house and hugged Drake tightly and kissed❤💖 his forehead.
Drake hugged her back and kissed her on the cheeks and said, " Oh!!! My beautiful Grams, I missed you so much, I am so sorry, I couldn't come on last weekend."
It was Drake Grams, she lived in Madenhills Town, Drake would often come to meet her on weekends.
Drake asked Joy to come near and introduced her.
" Hey! Joy, this is my Grams, this is the Person I wanted you to meet, And Grams, this is Joy Gilbert, My friend", said Drake smiling😇.
Joy came forward and greeted Drake's Grams and called her mam. Grams came forward and hugged Joy to welcome her and asked, " Hey! you are Drake's friend? right? so You don't have to call me Mam, Just call me Grams, like him.
When Grams said that, Joy looked at her, She tried holding her tears. Grams took Drake and Joy in.
"Why did you bring me here? you said you were taking me to your favourite place?" asked Joy.
" Yeah! It is my favourite Place, Joy, you can't ever find a better place for celebrating your birthday than this" said Drake smiling.
That Place was filled with fresh air, It feels so good to be there, Joy feels so calm.
As Joy went in, she saw people stood up and begin to sing Happy birthday song💖💖😇 for Joy.
the whole place was decorated so beautifully.
Grams asked Joy to come to her and asked her to cut the cake and celebrate her birthday.
Joy did not even know anyone there, but they were cheering for her, singing for her. Joy was overwhelmed.
After celebration got over, Joy went outside of the house, she stood there in peace, Drake was inside talking with town people.
Grams saw Joy standing outside alone, she went to her and stood by her side.
" feeling better?" asked Grams. Joy looked at her and smiled a little ad said, " Yeah! Thank you, Grams, It feels good to be here, It is so calm here."
" But, How did you know, It was my birthday?" asked Joy hesitantly.
" Drake told me and I thought I should do something to celebrate your birthday at some good place, but it's strange," said Grams as she looked at Joy.
Joy looked at Grams and asked, " What is strange? Grams?"
"It's Just he never brought anyone here before, you are the first person he brought to meet me," said Grams.
Joy, I know past few days have been hard on you, but as someone who had quite a lot of experience of life I would want to say something, can I? asked Grams.
Joy looked at Grams in surprise as to how she knows about her, Maybe Drake told her, Joy wondered and said, " yes, Grams, please say it".
"Joy, I know its hard to let go of people that we love, it is not easy to say goodbye, But if hold on to them for too long, it only hurts you, and gives you more pain," said Grams and hold Joy's hand.
Joy looked at Grams in Dismay and her eyes filled up.
" I know Grams, I know that I need to let go of them to live, but It's hard to do, I don't know How I am gonna do that? Grams," said Joy holding her tears.
" Oh! Joy, I know how to do that, at times like this, what you can do is, just cherish the people around you, who loves you, who cares for you, when people leave us, we should say our goodbye, and cherish what we have or else we would even lose what we have if we just hold on to people who are gone", said Grams with tears in her eyes.
" But Grams, How someone could do that? won't it be hard to let go of people we loved, and just move on and live our lives, have you you ever seen someone being that strong" asked Joy sadly.
" yes, I have seen one, Joy, and you know him too," said Grams as she looked at Drake who was busy in talking with Town people smiling.
Joy looked surprised and asked Grams if she was talking about Drake.
" Yes, Joy, Drake was just 16 when he got into a car accident😨😨, he was coming to meet me with his parents, his dad was driving the car, suddenly a truck came out of nowhere and hit the car, the car was completely crashed, they both died at there. Her mother was holding him and covered him under her to save him. Only Drake survived, Drake always blamed himself that he could save them, they died because of him, he was so heartbroken, he would just keep himself locked in the room, he would hardly talk to people, it took a long time to heal. I knew He needed someone to tell him that it was not his fault, that he is not alone, I tried to stay by his side, and did everything to help him get through this, but I would say, My Drake was so strong, he got through that, but apart of him still thinks that somehow, if he could have tried, he could have saved them.
After his parents died, I raised him, I tried to give him so much love, he would n't smile a lot, he never had many friends, but after he met you, he smiles a lot and sounds so happy whenever he talks on the phone with me, So, if he could, then you could too, Joy, just hang in there, and it too shall pass, Joy", said Grams with tears in her eyes.
When Joy Heard that, she was stunned, Drake never told her about this, he never told her about his pain.
Joy remembers what she said to him when Drake tried to console her," Drake you can't understand my pain, you can't ever".
joy felt too guilty of saying such harsh words to Drake, Why he did not say anything then, he should have stopped me and told me that He understands what it feels to lose people you love.
Joy feels so bad for Drake, and how she treated him. As Drake saw joy talking with his Grams, he went to her and said, " Hey Grams? are you gossiping about me with Joy? please tell her how nice I am".
Grams turned to Drake and said," here you are, Why would I gossip about you, I was just telling Joy, how mischievous were you when you were in high school.
Grams then left Joy and Drake alone and went in.
Joy looked💖💕 Drake standing beside her and wondered," How he never told me anything, I said so many harsh words to him in anger, but he never said anything bad to me, he always tried to console me and took care of me."
Now , When Joy get to know that Both she and Drake share the same pain, that Drake completely understands what she is going through, would she let Drake hold her and would she let the feelings that she had for Drake grow and would give him chance?
Would this little travel to Madenhills town change Joy live and she would finally learn to love herself?