"I am fine," he replied."Are you sure?" She probed."Yes, I am sure, I thought you ran away." He said finally coming to his senses.She laughed and sat down on the seat she had used before."Why would you think that?" she asked"Because you were missing for almost two hours." He responded, eyeing her."Sorry about that I lost my way in the garden." She explained."Oh my God, you could have just called and asked for direction.""Yeah, I know but I didn't bring my phone with me.She said face-palming herself. She was cute. He couldn't help but smile."How did you get back here?"He asked, laughing."Don't laugh, it wasn't funny earlier," she replied."Sorry, my bad." He apologized covering his mouth and trying hard not to laugh."How did I get back? I don't know, all I know is that your garden is beautiful but very big."she complimented and complained."I will take the compliment and leave out the complaint," he answered."How are you feeling now?"She asked, changing the topic."Are
Laura watched her patient and newfound friend sleep, she moved over to his side when she heard his restless breathing and gently tried to smoothen him. When his breath was even again, she moved her hands from his body and stared at his face. He had beautiful sets of brows and perfectly shaped lips, his face in general was a work of art, no wonder he was a celebrity and everyone liked him, who wouldn’t like someone as perfect as he looked? Even with all her reservations she couldn’t even help but admire his physical features that were top notch.Catching herself, she quickly moved back to her seat and sat down picking up the book she had been reading.How she and Devon could get along so well despite just meeting amazed her. Not to get her wrong, she had always been able to build some kind of relationship with her past patients, it comes easy with her, she loved those quality times with her patients and the little tmi they give about themselves always made her day but the fact that Dev
"Yeah, it was but we already knew so we tried to prepare for it though it still hit us bad when she passed on, she had cancer and struggled with it for years."He said sadness filling his eyes, she didn’t know what to say to him so she just kept quiet and kept peeling the carrots"This place used to be so lively but now it only became a vacation home and Devon rarely takes a break so most times it is just me, Percy and Ray. We used to be more than this but the other left either to start a family or to take up new careers."Robert said and the sadness in his voice could not be mistaken."Wow, you must miss the old here a lot.""Yes, I miss it but I am glad you guys came around even though it is because of an unfortunate accident.""I am sorry for bringing back sad memories Robert."She apologized when he looked on with a sad expression."No, don't apologize. It's okay, those memories are nice too, even though they are sad we just have to keep remembering."He replied."Recently, about
The touch of the morning sun on his face and skin felt so nice, he raised his face and allow the sun to bathe him. This was his first time out since he was released from the hospital five days ago. The last four days have been pretty much a routine, he wakes up each morning, clean-up with the aid of his nurse, eats, takes his drugs, and sleeps.The medicine he has been taking was effective cuz he could feel his legs again though they were still in the huge plaster cast, the doctor was scheduled to come around today so by the end of today he might not have the cast on again. Though he wasn't so sure about it.Laura has been an angel, she has been doing everything to make him feel better sometimes when he felt uncomfortable at night she would come around and help him. Talking to her help smoothen him."You are glad you agreed right?"Came the voice he had gotten used to in the last couple of days a voice that he has memorized, she was there when he woke up every morning and also there w
"Are you feeling any discomfort or anything abnormal?"Doctor Liam asked Devon while examining him."Nope, all is good," he replied.Laura was surprised when she found out Liam, is the one sent by the hospital. They almost always send Doctor Maxwell a strict nonsense man who always finds fault in whatever a person does which is why Laura had been tensed this morning and one of the reasons she had asked Devon to go with her for the morning walk to cool off her nerves.The last time she had done home service Max had said, Laura didn't fix the catheter well which had result in the patient peeing on himself which had not been true. She had tried explaining to him but he had not listened and had gone ahead to write a bad review for her."You are healing fast, there is no swelling or visible abnormalities right now, and that's good if it continues at this rate you will be out of the wheelchair even before the time expected."He said writing his observations down."You are doing a good job s
"He likes her"That was what woke Devon up from his sleep, that's the only logical explanation to why he acted all caveman when the doctor came. He wanted to tell him off but had held onto his last straw of self-control.He didn't know how it started but he was very sure about it. If he didn't like her why then did he behave like that?Laura was beautiful, nice, friendly and intelligent so what's there not to like?Shaking off the thought, he gently got up. Unlike when he newly got back from the hospital, he can now get up and sit up easily. The numbness in his legs was less.Holding onto the bedside he lifted himself and sat on the wheelchair. Carefully Wheeling himself to his reading table, he picked up the book he had been reading, he was almost through with it.He couldn't concentrate on reading, so he closed the book and moved out of the room into the hallway. He met Percy on the way."Percy, have you seen Laura around?" He asked"Oh hi there sir, yes she is in the kitchen with R
He was jealous? Of what exactly?Laura thought, but the man had been smiling for almost five minutes, he hasn't answered her question."Are you gonna answer me it not?"She asked. But he still didn't say anything instead he started using his hands to drum on the table."Do you have a boyfriend Laura?"He asked casually,Oh, that how he is gonna play Laura thought, ignoring his question she went back into the kitchen to get the chocolate that Robert had made for her, she took a bit while walling back to the balcony,"Are you gonna answer my question?" He asked when she sat down opposite him."You didn't answer mine so why will I answer yours?"She asked and continued eating the chocolate pudding while looking at the view, the balcony is one of her favorite places in the house especially this particular one, the view was heavenly, there was a beach in the distance, tall trees arranged in a beautiful order could be seen. The view was breathtaking she wanted to explore all the areas sur
"She abandoned him,"That's the only reason he has not seen her for almost three hours, he had changed, hoping for the both of them to welcome Sus and her husband together, but she had been nowhere to be found. What kind of nurse abandons her patient?"The others are gonna come bug you in a few days I just came earlier since I have the opportunity now,"Susan disclosed."Thanks for coming Sus, Ben, I will be waiting for them." He said."You are welcome man," Ben replied."So, Dev, when are we meeting her?"Susan asked giving him a knowing look."What? I mean who are you talking about Sus?" He asked."I am talking about your lady," she said."What lady?""Your lady, the one who was sitting with you when we saw you earlier at the kitchen balcony,""Oh, you mean Laura, she is my nurse and she is somewhere in the house."He answered pointing towards the house. His supposed nurse who ran away, he went looking for her before he came to the palm house but he didn't find her anywhere."A nurs
"Mark called while you were bathing, baby,""Oh really?""Yes, Eva just put to birth,""Oh my God! Really? That's so nice, a new baby, I love babies,"She said in excitement while dressing up."Yeah, me too, Susan and Sophia are next,""Yes, and Sylvia too but hers is still far away,""Wow, so many babies around, that's nice,"He replied, his thought, went back to the child he almost had, he has gotten over it but from time to time, he still felt the loss of the baby that was never there, he confronted Cleo and she told him that they never slept together that day, she made the whole thing up, he decided not to do anything to her so long as she stayed away from him and his affairs and so far for a long time, he had not seen her or heard from her, which was good, he liked his life now."Are you okay?"She asked coming close to him while buttoning her top."Yes I am fine, get dressed will you? Your dad is expecting us,""I am almost ready,"She replied with an eye roll, they were visitin
"I can't believe you gave me false hope Laura,"Tasha said in welcome when Laura entered the nurses' room that Monday, she looked really done, the others in the room were all looking at her."What are you talking about Tas?"She asked even though she knew what she was saying."You told me Devon owns the baby when you know they are not even pregnant in the first place, I hate you, and did you see the photos making around on the internet? I feel betrayed.""Leave the girl alone, if you attack her, how will she answer our questions?"Jane said pulling Tasha back."Yo! Laura, you finally arrived, you have a lot to answer to girl," Nathan said as he entered the room."What are you guys talking about?""Laura, there are photos on the internet, after the news that the alleged pregnancy was faked, the media wanted to hear Devon part of the story and someone tipped them off of his location I think and some photos of you and him are all over the internet," Sophia explained."What? What photos?
"It's so good to see you here Laura," Percy said hugging Laura as she entered the house, she had come unannounced she wanted to surprise her dad as she had not seen him since Christmas,"It's good to see you too, is my dad around?""Oh no, he went to the market in town, the boss came in three days and we are low on food supply,""What,? Devon is here? I thought he was in the city,""Yes, but he came in surprisingly three nights ago and he has been in a foul mood since, not coming out of his room, he just stays there, no one knows what happened to him, the boss might be a celebrity but he is very private too, I wish he can talk to someone, now that you are here you should help get him out, he needs to eat at least," Percy said and walked off without waiting for her response, she didn't know he would be here, she thought he would be in the city since that's where he has been staying for a while, she has been avoiding him, he called her a couple of time but she hadn't answered, hadn't r
Devon drove to a stop on his way to Clovers and parked his car by the roadside, he stood there for hours wondering how he could have been so stupid and trusting, this would not have happened if he had just had the sense to verify what Cleo had said, no he chose to believe her and look where that has landed him, he should have known not to trust her, she lied to him while they were still dating so what stopping her from lying again, he needed answers from her, he could go without finding those he got into his car and drove back to his house, he met her while she was moving her stuff she looked shocked to see him, the first thing he noticed was that she no longer had the baby bump,"You are back? I was just leaving" she said, she didn't even feel remorseful which made him angry all over again."I have a question Cleo did we really sleep together that night because till now I don't have any memory of that happening.""I don't have to answer that,""Oh you do because if you don't give me
"What? You are doubting me now?"She asked, getting up and walking away from him, which gave him even more reason to doubt her, she looked uncomfortable."I am not doubting you but the doctor said he carried out a scan to see if the baby was doing fine but nothing was seen and also he did a pregnancy test which turned out negative, forgive me for not trusting you Cleo but you just have to do the test and it will be clear because as it stands now I don't know what to believe.""I don't want to do a test, I am pregnant and you can see the baby bump, you saw the scan photos last week and that's enough proof,""No, that's not proof," he said getting annoyed. "That's not proof because I just realized that even though I go with you to your appointment you always make me do one thing or the other when its time to see your doctor and I only saw the picture but I wasn't there when the scan was done, neither did I see my baby, so if you don't mind going to the bathroom with me and peeing on a s
"Doctor, what did you just say?"Devon asked in confusion."Mr. Williams, I said that your girlfriend is not pregnant, no the test results came out negative,""Are you sure? Then why is her stomach getting bigger?"Devon asked in confusion, he was at the city hospital, he received a call earlier that Cleo had collapsed at a filming set, he had told her to stop or pause her activities or at least limit them but she had not listened and just kept doing what she liked, guess she was still angry over his decision not to rush into marrying her, she wanted them to get married before their child is born but he didn't want that and going by what the doctor just said there might not be a child in the first place, but that can't be possible because he had gone with her to two or three doctors appointment."That I can't explain now until I examine her again, we just did a few tests and also gave her some medications to revive her, more tests will be carried out when she finally is stable but fo
The days slowly turned into weeks and before long Laura returned to work and soon even the weeks turned into months, Christmas came by and went, she spent the holiday with her family, it was the best Christmas ever for her, she had a great time meeting her extended family, are aunties, uncles, grandparents, and cousins, she got used to been called Selena, the best part was the days she spent at her dad's house in Clovers, she had so much fun that at some point she had forgotten her heartbreak, that's a lie, she didn't forget, not even once, throughout everything she always remembered him, her thought always drift off to him, sometimes it hurt thinking about him and other times, it didn't he was in her head going to bed and waking up, she tried to avoid looking him up on the net to see what he was up to and when she did give in and checked on him, there wasn't much except the fact that he had an upcoming album, that was it, no news on the possible birth of a baby neither was there any
"So this is how it's gonna be?" She asked crying, he didn't know what to do with her tears didn't like it when he is the reason someone is crying but he couldn't promise her marriage either not when he knew he didn't love her and when he had some else in his heart if they got married they would both be unhappy, he just didn't know why she isn't seeing it like that, getting married cuz of a child is not it."I don't know what else to say to you Cleo, you just don't get it, I can't marry you, I am in love with someone else,""But you were in love with me once, we almost got married, remember? You can love me again, I am willing to wait until you love me again,"She said in a pleading voice, he sighed in tiredness, he had explained over and over again the reasons that he can't marry her but she seemed to be bent on marrying him."You know what, Cleo, can we give this some time, let's just see how this whole thing plays out, right now I am going through a lot, and getting married is not
"I am not gonna marry you, Cleo, I am not ready for marriage yet, and I don't want to spend the rest of my life in regret, we give birth to this child and just wait to see how far it goes, I didn't break up with Laura just so I can marry you, no, I just felt it was right since you were going to need all the help you can get and I don't want to miss out of anything for my child, also I don't want her to feel less, so if you think you have won then think again,"They were at her house, he had come to check up on her and she had brought up the topic of marriage, again for the hundred times, but his answer reminded the same, he wasn't going to marry her, not only for him but for her too, them getting married would be a big mistake, he has seen a lot of couples who married for love ending up getting a divorce not to talk of them, he couldn't do it."Well, if you don't marry me, then kiss goodbye to having a say in our child's life, I am not gonna settle for less,""I am not gonna have this