"The doctor, Sofia's father - he was supportive while I recuperated from the surgery. It was so different from your father and wierd for me, because, I had never received such attention from a man. My only experience with men was what I'd seen in your father's house.
Unlike the doctor, all your father did was send his driver to bring money for the hospital bill. I felt bereft and hurt but kept a game face. I told anybody that would listen that my husband had travelled out of the country that's why he wasn't with me. Sofia's father was the only one that listened and nodded and - he was just a good man," she expelled in aheavy sigh, swallowing hard and her hands fidgeting. "And as I lay in that hospital bed, I wished that I was going home with him and not to Engineer Craig. It was a terrible thought, but I was a woman who needed the kind of support that the doctor was offering.
