Passing the lunch boxed into Joe’s hand, I said, “Mr. Quinn, you don’t mind bringing these to Dr. Crest’s room, do you?”
Joe raised his eyebrows. “You made them?”
“It was Anthony!” With that, he took the food containers. I did not say much but went to the surgical ward.
John seemed especially good at berating people. At the door of the ward, I could hear him telling the nurse to get out in a very cold tone.
The nurse came out of the ward looking ashen. When she saw me, she pulled my hand and said, “Ms. Stanhope, something urgent has come up at home so, I am unable to continue working here. Please will you contact another nurse quickly?”
“Letty, are you here?” From inside the bedroom came John’s voice.
The nurse left without saying much.
Entering the ward, I saw John on the hospital bed with a mobile phone in his hand. Seeing me, his gloomy face started smiling “You’ve got the pasta ready?”
I nodded as I passed the pasta to him, “Don’t make things difficult for the nurses. Tonight I’m leaving for K City with Anthony. We’ll be there for some time. You’d better get someone to come and take care of you.”
He was taken aback. “What are you and Anthony doing in K City?”
I didn’t explain much to him. Besides, he was not seriously injured. Staying in the hospital was just a ploy to get my sympathy. I looked at him and said plainly, “Some business to deal with!”
As I turned around to leave, he raised his voice, with a bit of coldness, “You’d better leave Anthony soon.”
I frowned, not wanting to engage in further conversation with him.
When I returned to Macy’s ward, she had finished eating the pasta. She had been medicated and was up by herself, peeling the green mangoes I had brought for her.
Seeing me back in her ward, she acted really silly. “Babe, where did you get these green mangoes? They taste exactly like those from the tree in the garden back in R Province.
I sat down beside her and watched her eat quite a few at one go. I couldn’t help but feel worried. “You’re eating too many. Are you okay?”
She shook her head. “I can finish all that you brought!”
I was speechless. John had brought quite a lot and I almost took all the green mangoes here.
The main reason was that she ate a portion of pasta and then so many green mangoes. Will this affect the baby she is carrying?
“Darn it, you’re eating like a horse!” Jackson walked in and exclaimed when he saw the way Macy was eating.
Seeing Nick coming together with him, I felt surprised. “Mr. Harrison, are you with Jackson most of the time?”
Macy was a busybody. With her hands full of green mangoes and looking at the two men, she put on an evil smile. “Are you two doing it?”
“Doing what?” Jackson looked at her and asked, “You’d better stop eating or else you’ll die of overeating. Eat less but more frequently. Be careful of your eating habits, Macy.”
She sneered and ignored him but turned her attention on Nick. “Mr. Harrison, are you here to visit me?”
Nick looked at me and smiled gently. “Yeah!” It was obviously perfunctory.
Macy curled her lips and kept quiet.
Nick looked at me and asked, “Are you going to K City?”
I glanced at Jackson. This guy told him everything. Nodding my head, I replied, “I’ll be there for a few days and will be back soon.”
He nodded, “That’s good. I have to go over to run an errand. What time are you leaving?”
“My flight is at six in the evening.”
“F****!” Jackson cursed, “Why didn’t you mention it earlier?”
I was stunned. “What business do you have there?”
“I could go with you!” When Macy gave him a contemptuous look, he rubbed his nose. “If I had known that you were going to K City, I would have returned to M Country to work.”
“Too many things happened in the past few days so I forgot all about it.” Then, I looked at Nick and asked, “When are you going to K City?”
“I’ll go tomorrow!” He raised his eyebrows. “Perhaps, we’ll meet again in a few days’ time.”
Seeing that we were all leaving, Macy complained, “None of you will be in J City so what am I supposed to do here? That’s it. I’m going back to the village and staying there.”
Jackson found a seat and sat down. Looking at me, he asked, “Did Anthony plan to take you to a doctor in K City?”
I nodded, “That’s part of the plan but not the only reason.”
After we had chatted for a while, Anthony came over and asked us to have lunch together.
Macy was well enough to move around but not Jared.
Naturally, I asked, “Is Dr. Crest well enough to move around freely?”
“He’s a doctor so he knows better!”
Having said that, I did not have much to say. It was just that when both our friends got together for lunch, the atmosphere might get odd.
Anthony booked a restaurant and we had a big private room in which Nick and Jackson seemed to have an unending list of topics to discuss.
Macy was all focused on the food while Joe was busy looking after Rylee.
Rylee tried hard to serve Anthony with some dishes while I took a few mouthfuls of food that he got for me.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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