I was able to plug my phone on charge, and I sat on a chair and slide into it, just so that I could lean my head backward to get some comfort.

I took out my sandals and decided to put my legs on the clean floor for refreshment.

My legs have been running all night and they needed to rest they were swollen and weary.

I could feel my feet gasping for air because they had been suffocated by the tightness of my sandals that it couldn't take any longer.

As my feet touched the clean cold floor, I felt a great relief that was priceless at that particular moment.

I saw a security man passing through the corridor when I pleaded with him to get me a bottle of water to cool my throat that has been warmed up from crying out all morning in an attempt to get help.

He immediately rushed out, and I could see him coming back. with a bottle of refrigerated water and he handed it over to me. I thanked him and open the bottle of water and drank it up till the very last drop.

It was very refreshing and I felt alive again. while my clothes desired to be washed from the sticky bloodstains. My body was craving for a cold shower that will run through my hair to face and right down to my back.

I was so dirty. I was as dirty as a pig. I needed to rest so badly and my body agonized so much.

My stomach was grumbling from not eating anything since last night till now, so I thought of enquiring for the direction to the hospital canteen just so I could grab something to chew before I blacked out of starvation.

while I sat there and was thinking to myself, I feel something cold on my legs, when u looked down I saw a cute baby girl sitting In front of me with her ball playing and touching me.

I felt relieved seeing such a cutie and I asked her, " Hey baby, where's your mama?". she smiled and just keep on looking at me.

For a moment I forgot all of the difficulty, tension, and uncertainty I had just by seeing the little girl.

Then I saw a lady approaching me with a smile saying that it was her daughter and that she crawled her way out of where she was sitting with her.

I smiled and said, " what a lovely girl you have here", and she replied "thank you" with a broad smile on her face, and said to take her to leave because the little girl's dad was involved in an accident.

That was the reason why they were in the hospital.

As they left, I decided to check on my phone on the plug and discovered it had some battery already so I decided to call my friend Melissa. Melly was my best friend.

My childhood friend and we are more like sisters. she is always there for me and I have never left her side.

We support each other through good moments as well as the horrible ones and she was the only person I could call to come given the situation at the hospital.

when it reached out to her she picked up the phone and started to bombard me with so many questions. she was worried about me and couldn't reach out to me because my battery was dead and she was so scared that I was in trouble.

I just decided to tell her to calm down and told her I was at the hospital.

She was delighted to know I was fine and not into any trouble and as soon as I finished talking to her, I saw the nurse approaching me once more.

Hi ma'am, the doctor in charge of the patient you brought, will like to have a word with you. I was relieved to know that actually, there was some improvement.

I said to the nurse to tell him. As we got to the office, I entered and the doctor greeted me politely and asked me to sit down. "Thank you, sir, I responded".

He introduced himself as Doctor Anderson Scott and he was in charge of the patient I brought in this morning.

He looked like the main doctor who gave instructions to be followed. I said I was Evelyn, a passerby that saw the man on the street.

He brought out a form in which I was supposed to fill in some information about myself and the man that I brought in earlier today.

I explained to him that I didn't know the man in question, but that I will fill in the information regarding myself on the form.

Then, I noticed his facial expressions weren't good. so I asked him, doctor, is everything alright??

"the patient is not quite okay, He answered back"

I was startled furthermore and asked what the matter was and the doctor responded,"

"the patient had lost so much blood before he was brought here, so he needs a blood transfusion in the next couple of minutes, if not he won't make it".

I cried out and said, "Doctor do everything you can, I will get the money to pay up the charges, but please save the man".

"he replied to me and said," we don't have any blood pouches left, and from the examinations performed on him, he is from the blood group AB+".

I asked the doctor what other alternative we had and if we could find a donor in the hospital?

" I cannot assure you anything ma'am, but we will try our very best".

So I left the doctor's office to the reception scanning my head all-around to find a solution when I saw Melissa coming through the hospital gate immediately rushed to her and hugged her with tears in my eyes.

Melly my friend, thank you so much for coming.

she asked out of panic,

"Eve, what happened to you? are you okay?". Why are you covered in bloodstains what is the matter. Can you talk to me, I am freaking out.

I gave her the address of the hospital to come and meet me and that I was to explain everything to her as soon as she got here.

" I burst out in tears." Melly, I am not fine, I just witnessed one of the most horrible nights of my life".

"A man almost died right in front of me. The blood isn't mine but his, I explained".

" calm down friend, I am here now everything will be okay" Melissa cried out.

"How is the Man doing now, any updates about his condition?" she asked.

" not yet the nurse in charge said there was no doctor available now but that she was going to get a doctor to take care of the man".

"I am happy that you are fine".

I explained everything to her and she asked me what I wanted to do given the fact I don't know anything about the stranger I assisted.

I told her there was a difficulty at hand now, that the man required a blood transmission and we had to find a donor as fast as we could.

while we were talking and thinking for a possible solution, she asked me, "Even, why don't you donate blood to him?".

And I asked her how? she said, "your blood group is O+ right?" I said yes. She added then you can donate your blood to him because you are a general donator.

I was overwhelmed with joy and said, "Melly, you are right, why hadn't I thought of it earlier?". I rushed to the doctors' office to tell him that, I could be a donor to the man in the ward.

I rushed directly to the doctor Scott's s office and when I saw him, I told him in an exciting voice," doctor, I can donate blood to. rue patient, because I am of the blood group O+.

The doctor said that's fine let me call on a nurse to take you to the laboratory for further examinations, to ensure the compatibility between you both, and to check if you don't have any further sickness.

I left with the nurse to the laboratory and did all the necessary examinations for the blood transmission.

while in the laboratory, I saw sharp objects that scared me to my bone marrow, but the nurse was good and kind so she calmed me down and told me it was just going to take a while, and assured me that there was nothing to be afraid of.

Everything was over with and my blood was examined. The results came out and it was shown that the transmission was going to take place.

The doctor went into the ward and started the procedure.

I went back to the reception to meet my friend Melly and told her that everything was going to begin.

she asked me how I was going to cope with the bills and discharge since I don't know any of his family members or even his address.

Honestly, that was something I hadn't thought about, and I needed to be faced with it but didn't know how to go about the whole situation.

The nurse asked me to go home at least to shower and change my clothes and also to take some rest while I thought of how to settle the bills at the hospital later. But before leaving, I had to leave my phone number and address, in case there was any emergency whatsoever.

Melly said it was a good idea, so we decided to go home for me to have a cool bath and some rest.

As she drove us home, I couldn't control it. my thoughts, as I kept on thinking of what I had gotten myself into and why I was hell-bent on saving the life of that man.

Was it fate that made me bump on him at that hour of the morning in that condition? or do I have a role to play in the life of the man?.

I wondered all through.

Then a voice got me out of my deep thoughts with a question, " How do you intend to pay for the hospital bills, Even?".

This question made me come back to reality and I answered," I don't have anything idea on how to pay for the bills, but I will. do what it takes to save that stranger".

As we were heading back home, I just had one thing at the back of my mind, that was how to. raise money to be able to pay for the bills and I had to find a solution no matter what.

I finally got to my apartment and it felt like I haven't been here for a long time, I had missed my home and I met everything in tach just the way I had left it before going to work. while its fragrance was still as peaceful as often.

Yes, it was my home and I missed its comfort. Melly had to head to. work but she guaranteed to come to get me in some hours so that we could go back to. the hospital together and I was grateful for her help as ever.

I went into my bedroom, took off my blood-stained clothes, and headed straight for the shower.

The water felt good on my skin and I could see the blood on my hands and body made way down my feet as the water helped to wash it away.

I was feeling much better when the images of the man lying in the pool of blood came flashing back in my mind and the helpless look on his face when he looked me in the eyes before he passed out as though he wanted to tell me something.

All the episodes were still fresh in my memory like it happened just 10minutes ago?. I brushed my teeth and got off the bathroom to put on some clean clothes, that weren't smelling of blood.

I looked at myself in the mirror and couldn't believe I had gone through such a traumatic scenario just some hours ago.

I smacked out of my thoughts and went to the kitchen, to make something to eat. I was getting so hungry and weak.

My favorite breakfast is boiled egg and ripe bananas, with a glass of orange juice. I like keeping a healthy lifestyle.

After eating my breakfast I decided to lay down on my sofa and put on the television to relax and get some rest.

while watching a movie, there was a knock on my door, I couldn't think of who it was so I had to open the door and there she was, my neighbor John.

John is a great guy and he always helps me buy some groceries whenever he is going to the grocery store. he asked if I had been home I told him no I just got him and he smiled and asked me what I wanted him to get for me.

He is so nice and sweet, and sometimes I will look at him. my window without him noticing. I have always had a crush on him but he just sees me as a friend and I have learned to accept that.

while he was still talking to me, he asked if we could hang out later for lunch. I was excited that I said yes, but I later thought of the man in the hospital and I said," I am sorry John, but I don't think it will be possible this time. Maybe next time, okay?".

He smiled at me and said okay Eve. He left for the grocery store while I went back on the sofa to try and get some sleep before Melly could return to pick me up to go to the hospital.

While I laid down on the sofa, all I could think of, was how to raise some money to pay for the hospital bills understanding well that my income won't be paid any time soon.

Then I said to myself, if the situation becomes frantic, I will request an advanced salary from my manager for the month.

But if he denies giving me an advance, I will have no other alternative but to look for a way to settle his bills first while waiting for the man to identify himself and eventually tell me how we could contact his family or friends. so that I could get my money back.

While these ideas were roaming in my head, I didn't know how I will raise the money, but one thing was sure, the man was going to be okay.

That was a huge task I had brought upon myself, but the existence of the man had to be saved for him to wake up and reach out to his family.