The angel’s debt

"It's over Lana, I don't think I can do this anymore" 

I sat in silence paralyzed by shock as my husband of two years, the man I had envisioned the rest of my life with, Cameron Murray flung the divorce papers in my face.

I had just finished clearing his debt and I made us a hearty dinner to celebrate but here I was, losing my marriage.

"C-Cameron? What's all of this?" I asked still not able to stand up from the dinner table.

"I've had enough Lana, I can't do it anymore, I don't love you anymore and it's been like this since we lost the baby, we both know it so why lie to each other?"

"The baby?!" I shouted

"The d*mn baby?! We lost that child almost two years ago. I knew that was the only reason why you wanted to marry me!"

"Lana, you're overreacting, people fall in and out of love, it happens. Look, I'm just trying not to waste your time," he placed his hand on the table and leaned in. "You're young and you're very beautiful, I'm sure you can still get married if you want to, you just turned 24"

Before I could think, my hand had moved faster than my thoughts could process and I hit Cameron's chest.

"You liar! You cheater! I know you cheated! I hate you!" I repeated these words as I continued to hit his chest.

He grabbed my hand and held it close to him, the light illuminating his brown eyes and his short brown hair. 

"You can call me anything but I'm not a cheater Lana, I wouldn't do that"

I couldn't stand it, I didn't want to be here. I stood up from my chair and threw my apron that I had on while I was cooking down on the chair as I grabbed my car keys and stormed out of the house.

"Lana! Where are you trying to go at this time?!" Cameron shouted from behind me.

"Anywhere that's not where you are! I can't stand you, Cameron!"

I rushed into my car and struggled to start the engine as I fought back the tears building up in my eyes. As soon as the engine started I started to drive away, I looked in the side mirror hoping my husband would chase me but he was just standing there, watching me go. It hurt me so much to see the man I loved be so casual about leaving me, I knew our love hadn't been as strong as it used to be but for him to not even run after me, he had no idea where I was even going, he knew I had stopped talking to my friends because of him. 

As I continued driving without a destination, I stopped my car at a red light and took a moment to calm down, the timer for the red light showed 80 seconds so I had a minute at least to cry or scream.

I thought I was going to crash out right there and then but it was obvious I hadn't fully processed what had just happened so I just looked down at my wedding ring and sighed, angrily I took it off and threw it on the floor of the car. My mind started flashing to memories of Cameron. I was angry but I didn't know if I should have been angry, after all, neither my mother nor my friends were in support of my marriage. I sighed as I waited for the light to turn green because had I resolved to go back home and give that man a piece of my mind.

As I was sitting in my car and thinking to myself, I suddenly heard the loud sound of a trailer coming from my left, I froze in fear as I saw a trailer that seemed to have a failed break speeding towards me, the driver jumped out of the moving vehicle and I began to struggle to start my car again out of panic.

Suddenly I felt my whole life flashing before my eyes as the truck ran into my car. It only took a second but it felt like a millennia as everything slowed down and I felt my bones crushing due to the impact from the colliding vehicle as the other end of my car burst into flames. 

I struggled to crawl out of the burning car from the other side and dragged my body with the remaining strength I had left under the rain. I saw the truck driver flee and I coughed and cried in agony as I looked down at my crushed legs. 

"This is it, I'm about to die, why? What did I do to deserve this? Would Cameron come to my funeral? Can my mother forgive me? Will my friends write something good about me in the obituary?"

I smiled as I closed my eyes and accepted my fate, this was it. My time had come. I was going to die, all because of my stupid husband. I coughed again but this time, I could feel the blood coming out of my throat. There was no way anyone would be able to survive this.

I lay there, tired and in pain as I used the last of my energy to turn my body in order to lay on my back.

There I was in a pool of my own blood, I quietly gazed at the sky, it was raining so the stars couldn't come out, that felt quite sad, even at my time of death, the universe couldn't do something for me, even to send me off.

"That's weird... I thought the stars don't come out when it's raining" I said as I saw a star twinkle in the sky just above my face.

Suddenly I saw a blindingly bright light flash in front of me and a figure emerged from that light. It was a tall young man with white hair in a regal white and gold suit, he had something like a halo over his head.

"Ah, this must be the angel that's here to take my soul away" I thought to myself as I was unable to speak at this point. Suddenly I felt a cold chill go down my spine as I saw another figure dressed in black with pale skin approach me.

"Is that the Grim Reaper?" I thought "Wow, losing blood does make you see things"

Suddenly the white haired figure stood in front of me as if he was trying to block the grim reaper from having access to me.

"Go back, you won't take this one! Not now!" The white-haired figure said.

"Silence! I let you keep her soul once and we agreed on that! Leave now and I won't cause a scene" the dark figure answered, his voice causing fear in me.

"Wait, let's make another deal then" the white-haired figure interjected.

"Hmm?" The dark figure stopped to listen to what he had to say.

I struggled hard to stay awake but I could feel my soul leaving my body, as I slowly closed my eyes to leave myself to the embrace of death, I giggled a bit at how my imagination still tried to cheer me up even now.

"Alana! Wait!"

I was sure I had died last night, I knew what I saw so why was I here in the hospital?

I slowly opened my eyes to see the ceiling of a hospital, I heard the sound of the AC and the drops of the UV that were being passed into my bloodstream. I heard the sound of someone next to me weeping and I turned to my side and saw my mother weeping on the seat next to my bed.

"M-mom?" I slowly uttered, I was shocked that I could even speak at all.

My mother paused her crying and looked at me with so much love and sadness in her eyes. Before I could say anything else, she jumped from her seat and hugged me so tightly that I was sure my surviving bones would break. 

"Alana! You're alive!" She said holding the rest of her tears back. "It's a miracle! Let me get the doctor!" 

Before I could say anything else she rushed out of the room to get the doctor. 

There I was, laying on the hospital bed, my mind kept asking how I even managed to surviv