Bellevue Hospital Center is the oldest public hospital in the United States. It is located in New York City and has been the site of countless milestones in the history of medicine.
As the flagship facility of New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation, Bellevue handles nearly five hundred outpatient clinic visits, a hundred thousand emergency patients, and some twenty-six thousand inpatients each year. More than eighty percent of Bellevue's patients come from the city's medically underserved populations.
When the taxi dropped Catherine off in front of the hospital, she couldn't help but admire how huge it was. It was painted white, and it was seven stories high and surrounded by other departments.
Without hesitating, Catherine rushed inside the hospital, and once she entered, she went directly to the receptionist and asked her about the ward of Jerry Bernard, and immediately the receptionist typed his name in the company and directed her to his ward that was on the third floor.
With the help of the elevator, she arrived at the third floor in less than five minutes, and without hesitating, she started heading to his ward.
As she was approaching his ward, she started hearing Jerry's voice laughing and also another familiar voice that she couldn't figure out where she had heard it before.
When she reached the ward, she realized that the door was slightly open, and without knocking, she entered, and to her greatest surprise, she saw Lucy, the lady she met earlier in the mall, kissing each other. She was also dressed in white, like the other nurses.
Once she came in, they immediately disengaged from the kiss and started staring at each other in surprise.
Catherine couldn't believe her eyes; everything just seemed like a dream to her, and before she could realize it, tears started dropping from her eyes.
Before Jerry could open his mouth to talk, Catherine ran out of the room with tears streaming down her face, ignoring Jerry, who was screaming her name.
Once she came out of the hospital, she went to the park beside the hospital, sat down in an empty space where people weren't sitting, and started crying her eyes out.
As she was sitting there crying, someone tapped her from behind, and immediately she turned and saw Jerry standing behind her with his bandaged head.
Once she saw him, she angrily stood up and wanted to start leaving, but immediately Jerry held her hand and drew her back.
"Catherine, please, I know you are angry at me, but just give me five minutes of your time, just five minutes, please," Jerry pleaded, and Catherine sat down while cleaning her eyes, and Jerry too sat down beside her.
"First of all, I'm sorry for what just happened earlier." Jerry apologized to Catherine, but she remained silent while looking away.
"But Catherine, why did you suddenly decide to visit me in the hospital while yesterday you just told me that our relationship couldn't work?" Jerry inquired, but Catherine still kept silent.
"Please answer me, Catherine," Jerry pleaded. "And secondly, you weren't supposed to be crying; after all, we aren't in a relationship," Jerry said to Catherine, and immediately she turned her gaze towards him and stared angrily at him.
"Do you want to know why I came to the hospital to visit you?" Catherine inquired, and Jerry nodded in agreement.
"The reason I cried when I saw you kissing your ex?" Catherine inquired again, and Jerry still nodded.
"It's because I love you, Jerry," Catherine replied, and Jerry widened his eyes in surprise.
"Can you come again? I didn't hear that well," Jerry said while smiling.
"I said I love you, Jerry," Catherine replied while turning her gaze away, and immediately Jerry stood up and started screaming.
"She said she loves me! She said she loves me!" Jerry screamed happily while drawing the attention of the people sitting around the park too, and immediately some started taking videos of them.
"Will you stop it? You are making a scene," Catherine said while trying to close Jerry's mouth with her hand.
Immediately, Jerry turned towards her and looked her in the eyes.
"I love you too, Catherine; you have made me the happiest man on earth today, and I promise never to break your heart again." Jerry said to her reassuringly while placing a kiss on her lips, and immediately the people around them started clapping for them while others kept recording the lovable scene with their smartphones.
"If I ever see you kissing her again, I'm going to break her lips and yours too," Catherine said to him teasingly after they disengaged from the kiss, and they both laughed.
"It will never happen again, I promise, Jerry said to her while raising his hands in a sign of sincerity, and they both laughed.
"The bandage on your head really looks good on you," Catherine said to Jerry teasingly as they were leaving the garden, and Jerry looked at her while feigning to be angry, and Catherine laughed heartily.
"How did you know that I was in this hospital?" Jerry inquired as they were heading towards the hospital.
"You won't believe it, but your dad came to my house and told me," Catherine replied, and Jerry widened his eyes in surprise.
"What! I can't believe it; this is the best night of my life. From one good news story to another, it seems that the little shock I had has turned into a blessing in disguise. Jerry said while smiling, and Catherine nodded in reply.
"I wish that your mom approved our relationship like your dad," Catherine said with a worried tone.
"Catherine, as long as my dad has approved of it, there is nothing to worry about; my stepmother's opinion doesn't count," Jerry said to Catherine, and Catherine nodded in agreement as they were heading towards Jerry's ward.
As they were about to enter the ward, the doctor, who was also coming out of the ward, barged into Jerry.
"Mr. Jerry, where have you been?" The doctor inquired.
"Nowhere, doctor; I just wanted to take care of something outside," Jerry said to the doctor, and the doctor nodded.
"No problem, I just wanted to inform you that we are done with your treatment, you are free to go, and all you need to do is take your medication seriously until the wound heals completely." The doctor said this to Jeremy with a warm smile.
"OK, thank you, doctor," Jerry said to him while shaking the doctor.
"OK, I'll be taking my leave now." The doctor said, "Send my regards to your dad," while taking his leave.
After the doctor left, Catherine helped Jerry arrange his belongings that were inside the room.
"Have you eaten?" Jerry asked Catherine, and she shook her head negatively.
"I'm hungry too; there is a restaurant around; we can eat over there," Jerry said to Catherine as they were exiting the hospital while holding each other's hands.