Chapter 79 Chapter 79
Benji
We were back in the SUV on our way to Jojo’s apartment both of us where quiet, I for one didn’t know what to say, I mean I’m leaving tomorrow I didn’t have much words except the fact that I’m going to miss her immensely. Jojo was just as quiet, the meal in itself was very rich, main course where duck and vegetables, I saw Jojo eat her vegetables but the duck she just took a few bites I think the lobster was to much and to rich for her, desert was Crème Brule which was just as rich. We were close to the apartment when Jojo said “Anton stop the car.” “Are you okay?” I asked worried. “Stop the fucking car.” Anton pulled of the road and stopped; the door wasn’t even open fully before she started to vomit. Fuck I moved closer to her and rubbed her back. “Benji wipes in my bag please.” Jojo said holding out her hand. I don’t normally scratch in a women’s bag but I did tonight. I got the wipes and gave her two. “Here you go.” She wiped her mouth and got back in the car. “Are you okay?” “Nope. Anton, can you drive a little faster please.” “Go” I told him. She didn’t put her seatbelt on she just put her head on my lap. Fuck I can’t leave with her like this. When we got to the apartment she ran to the bathroom and vomited again. “What should I do?” “Nothing just get out of here.” “I’m not leaving you.” She vomited again I got a washcloth made it wet and held it to her forehead and then her neck holding her hair out of her face. She vomited a few more times before she let her head rest on the toilet seat.
“Come you can’t lay here.” I picked her up but she stopped me. “I need to brush my teeth.” I put her down at the basin but held her around the waist as she brushed her teeth. When she was done, I picked her up and carried her to the bedroom where I helped her to get undressed. “My PJ’s is in the first draw.” I got that and pulled a shirt over her head. She put her head down on the pillow. “Fuck” she said “I’ve never vomited that much in years.” “I think it was all the richness of the food.” “I hope that was all it was.” “I’ll go and check if there are any nausea tablets in the first aid kit.” “You going to have to google if I can take it.” “Oh, fuck yes.”
Jojo
On our way home I wasn’t feeling to well I didn’t know if it was the conversations we had or if I was coming down with something. At one stage I yelled at Anton to stop the car I could feel I wanted to vomit but Anton didn’t listen, I had to ask scream and swear when he first pulled off, the door wasn’t even open when I started to vomit. Fuck all I could taste was garlic, definitely the food. I vomited a few times before I asked Benji to give me wipes out of my bag, when I got back in the car I could feel I wasn’t finish yet so I asked him to drive fast I needed to get home and soon. As soon as we reached the apartment building, I ran to the bathroom and vomited again and again. Benji wanted to help but I just wanted him out of the bathroom but he didn’t listen, he took my hair and kept that out of the vomit which helped a lot then he put a wet cloth on my forehead and then my neck that felt like heaven. Fuck what am I going to do without him? When I was finally done, I laid with my face on the toilet seat I had no energy to get up, which Benji obviously saw. He picked me up and carried me to bed and helped me to get undress and then put my PJs on. We both decided it was the richness of the food I mean if you had smoothies and chicken salads for most of your life that food would have been way too much for my stomach to handle. Benji went looking for something for the nausea and I laid my head on the pillow. Before Benji was even back from searching for the tablets I was out.
Benji
I got back to the room with the tablets in my hand but Jojo was already sleeping. I wanted to wake her because I thought she might need the tablets but I decided to leave her and just leave the tablets next to the bed. I couldn’t sleep I was to worried about her fuck I should have known or warned Sophia at least but I didn’t and that was on me. I decided to make sure I told Coop about her eating habits I’m sure I did but after tonight I want to make certain he knows. I dialed his number; he answered on the first ring. “What’s wrong?” “Jojo is sick.” “You looking for doctor?” “No, I think it was the food we ate at John’s house tonight it was too rich.” “Oh” It was like he didn’t know what to do with that information. I was quiet for a bit before Coop said. “What’s wrong Benji? I’m sure you didn’t just call me to tell me she’s sick?” “I have to leave her tomorrow, Coop.” “I know.” “What’s going to happen when she gets this sick again there will be no one to hold her hair to help her. Or when she get’s morning sickness, who’s going to help her then.” I don’t know what I expected Coop should have said but he listened. “I feel like a boneless man listening to his parents?” “You are not you are doing what she told you to do and you set goals for yourself getting back at the people that did her wrong that is enough Benji.” “It’s not nearly enough.” There was silence for a second or two before I said, “Coop if there ever comes a time you take her out for lunch or dinner or something with food make sure it’s not to rich.” He didn’t argue with me that he would never take her our he just said “I will make sure of that Benji don’t worry.”