"You sneaky girl why didn't you tell me you were the one assigned to my man?"Jane yelled when Laura picked up her phone."You wanna blow up her ears she heard Nathan ask."She removed the phone from her ears and placed it on the loudspeaker."Sorry ma," she replied"There was no time you already left the hospital before the doctor told me and also when I came in this morning you were not around. And I was in a hurry so..""So how is it like being Devon's nurse?" She asked cutting her off."For one I have not started my job so I don't know yet, two he is not here yet so don't bother asking me about him.""Show-off I dislike you right now," Jane replied."I love you too Jane," Laura answered."But seriously girl I envy you, I will give up everything including my annoying cousin to be Devon's nurse you are so lucky."Laura laughed."Sylvia is gonna cry when she finds out that you are the one taking care of Devon when it was her turn to do home service.""I already told her she seemed qu
Devon woke up feeling useless he wanted to get up from his bed and use the restroom but he couldn't.he felt hopeless. The events of the past two days playing over in his head."Man, this sucks big time." He said to himself.If someone had told him he will be stuck in a wheelchair he would have at least left a punch on the person's face.but here he was looking helpless. He got his job taking and all his plans gone. It's been a while he had felt this helpless the last time he had felt like this was five years ago when he lost his aunt Maya. She had been his only parent. When she died he had been devastated. Music had been the only thing to keep him going now he can't even perform.Trying not to dwell too much on his negative thoughts, He tried to at least sit up but he couldn't do that either, the lower part of his body was partially dead. From his waist down felt useless. The reality of his situation dawn on him again and he couldn't keep the tears away he let them drop. Crying wasn't
Laura closed the door and rested her back on it. Her heart was racing so fast. She placed her hand on her chest to calm it down."What happened there, Lau?" She questioned herself."Why did you tell him that?"It's was his fault for saying she had a beautiful smile. She had almost lost her head thereShe moved to her bed and laid face down on it."I must be out of my mind," she said to herself.Before the phone had rung was had been going over his report and the precautions listed in the note sent with him from the hospital.Going by what was written on his injury wasn't that severe but it is nothing to be ignored. More than his injury he needed rest which was why he needed at least three months to heal. His body was exhausted he just doesn't feel it yet. Even if he had not had the accident he might have still ended in the hospital. He should be able to move his legs with the aid of crutches in a few weeks.She sat up and picked up the file she had been going through.Going over the n
Running into Devon's room Laura was surprised to find them both talking normally, she looked at them confused."You want anything, Laura?" Mark asked"No, I thought I heard you scream." She replied trying to catch her breath."Me? Not me Devon did." He disclosed."Oh, I missed your voices, what happened?" She asked sitting down to calm herself."Don't mind him, he tried moving his legs on his own and the pain he felt made him scream," Mark explained."You guys almost gave me a heart attack I thought he was having a late post-surgery compilation."Turning to her patient she scolded him."Dev, I told you before you can't move your legs anyhow, for now, it may rip off and you would have to go back for a restitch which will not be good cuz a restitch is twice as painful as the actual surgery.""I didn't do it deliberately, "He replied scratching his ears. He looked tired even though he just woke up."Did you sleep well last night?"She asked walking close to his bed and examining his pul
Devon stared up at the ceiling in his room, he had been looking at it for more than two hours now. His Nurse abandoned him, that was the only logical conclusion since she has been missing for almost two hours now. She had come back into his room bearing food, made sure he ate every bit of it while watching him with the most beautiful sets of eyes he has ever seen, he could get lost in them, they were prettier than he has ever seen. She let him eat and when he had finished the food she had given him medicine, made sure he was lying properly, and disappeared with the parting words"Make sure to get a rest and by rest I mean sleep." She had said the words so firmly.He had tried to fall asleep but sleep wasn't one of his best friends because he has not closed his eyes for one bit since she left. He was exhausted and trying so hard not to get depressed because of his present situation, but the loneliness he was feeling didn't do anything to help him so he pushed himself gently up to a s
"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
"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