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Chapter Seventeen I
02:32 pm, September 19.
'You're almost fully recovered now, Enyi, you just have to spend one more day here to fully recover and you'll be discharged by the weekend.' The doctor straightened up from examining her eyes and turned off the beam of the light.
Eniiyi smiled at him and shook her head. 'It is Eniiyi, not Enyi, sir.'
The doctor laughed at this. 'Of course, Enyi.'
She puckered her lips and frowned at him not finding it funny.
'Kedu?' the doctor asked, confused as to why she was angry.
The girl remained silent, her frown deepening.
'Okay, okay, I'm sorry, Eniiyi.'
'Better,' said Eniiyi. She now smiled at him and pushed herself up on the hospital bed. 'When are they coming?' she asked the question that had been on the tip of her tongue since she'd been told Lastborn and the woman who helped them were around.
'They are just outside, I'll tell them that they can see you now.'
Eniiyi smiled again, exc
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