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ore my bed, dumbfounde

ed the room and asked the ungrateful and uncouth stran

I never spoke to him rudely or acted in an

thinking maybe he felt like he was in trouble or we could harm him ow

e previous day? Was it so traumatizing

him, doing all the things trained emergency personnel should be doing, that we had

ly ignore all the formalities we were supposed to adhere, hopi

ed stand table and stalked out of my room furiously to meet an equally bamboozled Nkech

I was simply furious and enr

e but failing miserable. “Did you do anything to frighten him? What did yo

ght drop on the couch beside me. “I’m pretty much sure ‘how are you feeling now’ would not be enough to fr

still looking confused

ight and at such a short notice. The initial plan was that she was coming to get Laurie by morning for their camp

and mine with her stay-at-home nanny back at her place, ruining o

gh the hassle of calling for the ambulance to come get his driver,

aving it at the back of our minds that if anything had

e trusted my judgment, if not she would never do such for anyone. But she woul

y themselves, but I just couldn’t turn away from someone in

that help

rom my train of thoughts, hurling herself fr

tion, NK, seriously.” I said trying to fo

, and so will you, Gracie. The patient that would have stopped all that fr

most dawn.” she probed me befor

nything discourage or put her down. She always knew how to get back up from anything, while I

of London with a pregnancy from someone who never wanted to have anything to do with

arning to be on my own, I

ng anywhere anymore after the being bullied into selling the

parents. And then during my obscure moments when I was jobless with a child in my womb, t

ed here, I didn’t know what I would have done. How I w

ing me a reprimanding glance as she sliced into my reminiscing again

t my last cash on over thinking if it were

lecting the cup from her while mouthin

g anything.” I t

the Nanny Laurie’s camp back pack last night due how much in a

t it now.” I told NK, walking towards Laurie’s bed room. She would be extremely disapp

telephone rang out simultaneously. So I asked

hile I went to the phone

he line. “How is it going? Has your mystery man woken up yet?” she joked c

nyway. “Everything is okay, and he has regained consciousness. And he is

Anyone you think I may know?” she bombarded me with questions lightheartedly

She was the most free spirited among us three, falling in

had never truly loved anyone so deeply before. As my belief, the d

. Console her, remind her that the guy she broke up with was not the only man in the world and watc

he was well aware that I had made it clear to her over and over again that I was done wi

on love. The forever thing was a joke. Men were scums tha

hough she went of blind dates from time to t

giving any of the details you are asking for. That’s it Jody. We’ll talk more about it when you

elf? How about NK?” her voice fell. I

said, then hung up, before allowing her guilt t

asn’t read

king down at an envelope in her hand

ing. Me selling off my lease to a real estate compan

UK) LTD” she read out loud

l but I had no idea

pted her, feeling a mixture

pe with her OCD type of carefulness, dr

belongs to Shelby Enterprise, hoping we could reach a settlement as soon as possible. Note that you would be compensated hand

old.” She joked, hoping to ease the disdai

g myself on the c

life a living hell. They took the only home I knew and dropped their evil mo

ity. Before taking this place, I made sure the ow

w this stupid Shelby Realtors had found their way here, raising their ugly h

d, worried lines appearing in h

s was the same company, NK, the same company that took the only home my

e. I wasn’t the young, vulnerable, rankle