"My job is done here ", Narissa said taking her handbag and hung it on her arm.
"What do you mean your job is done here ", Jonathan asked from behind.
"I umm.. Jonathan?", she fake laughed trying to ease the tension. "I didn't mean that. What I meant was that I'm no longer needed here since Sam ran after her ", she tugged a strand of hair behind her ear and made way for the door.
Jonathan took a seat and heard that the nurses weren't coming in and out of the ICU like they had been doing before and that meant he was better. He leaned back to the chair and waited for the nurse and Sam to arrive.
Narissa's six-inch heals made clicking sounds as she made quick steps to the door. She made sure not to take giant ateps as her skirt was short. People turned with her looking at how she had dressed. She noticed that but still kept her head high and made her way for the door.
She stopped in her tracks when she reached outside as she saw Freya holding another man's hand. Not just any man. That was him. The man who way talking to Freya's brother. She looked at them. She didn't care that Sam ran after Freya but now she was mad because Freya was holding his hand. Why didn't she like that?
What are they? Are they related. Yes maybe they are relatives.
She saw Sam looking at them as the car's engine came to live and they drove out of the hospital. She went to Sam hoping that he knew him and if they were related.
"Who was that ", she touched Sam's shoulder
"She went away", he sighed. "She didn't want to listen to me ", his eyes were now filled with tears that threatened to spill.
"But what about him ", she asked. She has her fingers crossed. Let him know what they are.
"That's her boyfriend or fling or whatever", he finally said with pain in his voice. This was it. He didn't want to loose her. He was going to loose both his father and the woman he wanted to spend the rest of us life with.
"Which means ?", she asked pointed at him and the gate where the car had just disappeared. A part of her was happy but another one wept in pain. Why him?
"It means nothing .Nothing Narissa ", he said and made his way back to the hospital. His hopes very low for them to be high or elevated again .
Back on the hospital chairs Jonathan was scrolling down his Instagram newsfeed and there was nothing interesting there. He returned his phone to the inside pocket of his jacket. Scanned the hospital. Nurses walking around with files in their hand, others with patients, doctors rushing to emergency rooms. She saw one nurse pushing a strecher towards him. She looked at the patient holding her phone above her face and smiling. But that wasn't just a smile. That was his favourite smile.
"Sammy ", she stood up and ran to the stretcher. "What happened to you. Are you ok ", he asked in a panicking voice. Hiw could things happen so fast. He just had lunch with her. Did anything happen to her.
"What are you doing, don't be so worked up . I'm not dying ", she laughed.
"Then why are you lying on this?". He pointed.
"I'm going to donate blood. A relative of mine needs blood. She had an accident so I'm a universal donor so I'll donate for her", she said. She didn't want to bring up the whole Nanny story and what ever right now.
"I suppose you'll be weak after all this, I'm driving you home ".
" bu..", she argued.The nurse smiled as he looked at the two argue.
"And it is not open for discussion", he said.
"Can I go now Boss ", she joked.
"Ok then, take care ". He bent down to kiss her forehead and watched her girlfriend get inside another ward a distance from where he would be.
**
"He was very lucky that he didn't stay in the ICU for that long. We'll discharge him in a week I'm sure that all the scratches would have healed and dispapperd by then ", the doctor said. Sam was the only one in the ward right now .
"I'll be able to attend my niece's wedding ", his father smiled while Sam held one of his hand in his gentle rubbing and smiled
After the blood transfusion guards were sent by Max to guard outside Nanny's ward. And as he had promised Jonathan drive Sammy home. Since she didn't want her mother laughing at her about boyfriend issues since her her brother's wedding was coming up. She didn't want her even suspecting a thing.
**
This was the worst thanks giving dinner for Freya. She was so drained, tired, and needed a lot of sleep but she knew that even if she tried sleeping and she couldn't. The news that her Aunt was behind that murder was utter nonsense to her ears.
Not that she didn't believe Nanny but it must be some mistake. There was no way this could be true. She's family and family sticks together through thick and thin. Blood is thicker than water. This is just so impossible.
During dinner, she left before it was done and nothing had been eaten from her plate. All she didn't was move the bits and pieces of the amazingly cooked food. Even though after they left the hospital they went to have pizza the moment Max placed his piled plate in front of him he dug in and ate like he hadn't had anything since morning.
After dinner, he went upstairs and plumbed on his Sofa which he used to sleep on. Freya was lying upside down on her bed. Max heard tinny sobs and knew that she was crying. He took a seat next to her sleeping form and shook her.
"What?", she raised her face. Wiping the tears from her cheeks.
"Is he your boyfriend ", he asked.
"What? I'm not going to tell you that ", she huffed and swung her legs to the side of the bed.
"You don't need to tell me, I could tell by the way the two of you looked at each other. That over there was love and I hated separating you but I had to because I knew that a lot of things were stressing you.
"He just... keeps on breaking my trust ", she started with tears in her eyes.
"Wanna talk about it ", he asked. And she nodded.
Freya started filling him in about everything that had happened ever since they met, his he went without saying. That Narissa scenario, how she came to her doorstep but he still took her side like he felt nothing, how they reconciled and the morning he left, and what he saw in the hospital.
"But it was just on the cheek and you're still not sure if their relationship", he said.
"But she called him 'darling ' the other day in the restaurant", she said making air quotes.
"I can still call you that, can't I?", she thought about it for a second and nodded. "But that doesn't mean that what he did was wrong but the whole thing is sometimes we judge things without knowledge or having an idea of the other side of the story. Just like you thought he deliberately let this happen don't you think that he thinks you also didn't keep your word and moved on days after lack of communication you should just let this pass for now. There are a lot of things going on at the moment".
"Give yourself time, let him tell you his side of the story. I think you just have your guard so high because of your past relationship experiences and you don't want them to happen again. If a man is really into you he's bound to keep his word and I think once you get rid of all these hallucinations in your tiny head you'll see what I mean ".
"Thank you for that. You're a good friend", she side hugged him.
"Now you want to yo and distress ", he asked.
"I don't do boxing", she pouted.
"Not everyone boxes to distress", he laughed. "We'll probably watch a few movies and have some junk ", he winked stood up, slipped in his slippers Freya followed behind and they went to the TV room.