"Why did you not tell me that you are coming to this hospital to work?! OMG!" Stacy slapped Liam playfully on his back, the moment she entered the hospital and found the person that she was looking for. She could barely hold her wits to herself after Nadia told her, and had called his phone many times to confirm it was his own Liam Wilson, but his phone was unreachable no matter how many times she tried to call him. Carlton didn't end up coming downstairs for his session even when she waited longer, and James told her that she could leave for the day because Carlton was still so busy with work. She drove straight to the hospital after she left CARLHILLS neighborhood, and arrived just in time to see the most surprising person coming out of the department head's office. "Are you that happy to see me?" His voice twinkled with excitement when he saw how bewildered she was when she saw him, "I didn't know news would spread this fast," he grinned."Hmph! You and your crazy surprises. Y
The bright rays of the sun permeated through the drapes of the window in the living room, and assaulted Stacy's eyes, who was sleeping comfortably on the cold floor with a smile. Groaning at the sudden intrusion of light, she rolled non-stop as she turned her face to the other side of the room, while struggling with something silky-like in her mouth. "Shit! Shit! Oh my goodness!" She suddenly jumped up the moment her eyes simultaneously flashed open, and her eyes darted immediately to the huge golden clock that was centered in her living room. Reality hit her immediately that she had woken up late again, just twenty-eight minutes before her time for work. She turned to look around to observe the situation in the room, and was startled to see how messy everywhere was. There were empty bottles of wine lying carelessly on the table, leftover food and clothes littered everywhere like they were robbed overnight. That was when she remembered that she and Nadia had partied all night for he
Stacy thought long about Liam's suggestion the entire weekend and as she drove to work on Monday, with so many thoughts in her mind that were supporting the reasons why she should agree to the suggestion instantly. She didn't know if Liam could truly get Carlton changed from being her home client, but she wasn't sure she would have a definite answer, even if he would do it for her. 'Was she really willing to change Carlton even if she hated that he was making her feel so guilty?' she thought endlessly. Ever since she left his house the previous week with the atmosphere around him heavy with distance, the weight of how awkward the situation ended, bore on her shoulders wearily, and left her drained with the disturbing speculations of how to handle things between her and Carlton. Though she knew it was weird to handle the fact that she and him were once married with levity, she at least wanted to make something work between them, even if it wasn't marriage. 'If she couldn't be enough
Stacy had her mind constantly scrutinized by the thought of the embarrassment which flooded through her like tidal waves, and engulfed every inch of her being as they replayed the unlikely situation that happened between her and Carlton over and over again.It took extra effort to help him from the floor after he reflexively rolled off her body after their face bumped further, and he tried to stand up hastily to save his mortification too. However, it wasn't easy to stand on his own, which ended up with Stacy helping him back on the chair and into the house. She shook her head in pity and blamed herself endlessly, because of how guilty she felt for causing him further pain instead of helping him to get better. If only she had not played a prank on him, made him lose his balance, and made their lips….. Oh!"I am so sorry this happened, Mr. Howard. I didn't intend for it to be like this. I just wanted to help," she apologized profusely as she pushed him on the wheelchair back into the h
"How was your day? You look so tired," Nadia asked Stacy as soon as she opened the door after it rang, just moments after drying her hair from leaving the bathroom. "You are home," Stacy's face brightened up at the sight of Nadia, as she hugged her with a big smile on her face. Living in the same house with her had made her life change better than she thought it would, and it cured the boredom of having to live in the same building with a hundred unknown others. "Yeah, I got off work early today," Nadia pulled her inside in that embracing position with an endearing motherly smile, "I made dinner. Go and have your bath and come eat every good thing I cooked for you," she added. "You are the best," Stacy pouted cutely with a thankful grin and entered her room instantly to have her bath to wash out every stress out of her body. It had been a long day. After she left Carlton's house, she drove for almost forty minutes to a coffee shop that was far from the city, so that she could get t
Carlton's heart had been bound by the same weariness ever since he met Stacy again, and seeing their relationship after meeting one another degraded even more by misunderstandings made him frustrated. As usual, sleep evaded him with anxiety nestling nonstop at the corners of his mind at night, and he faced pain that consumed him like a dark cloud and followed him relentlessly without a bright day to offer. The guilt of having to toss away the one good person he had and landing in a hot mess afterward, drowned him endlessly in a deafening silence of loneliness. He had never ever thought that they would ever meet again, and that she would ever become his doctor or that they would ever share the same space for hours in a day. However, from the moment they met again as doctor and patient, everything had become a jumbled ball of mess. Their lives had become tethered once again. Carlton had thought in his heart that time would help him and Stacy find a part to tread on peacefully with on
"You should raise your legs a bit above this level, and then try to match up with the pace of the leg press. We will go for two minutes and then increase the weight and number of minutes with time," Stacy stood in front of Carlton as she re-positioned his legs on the machine, and helped him get ready for the exercise. She was dressed in comfortable sports clothes that she had brought along intending to make him exercise, and also wanted to ensure that she would not rile him up till their session for the day ended. She wanted to have her first successful training day with him. "Please inform me when it gets too uncomfortable. We do not want you to push beyond your limits," she constantly reminded him as his legs went back and forth, steadily for many minutes, while she had in her hand a stopwatch to record his progress from the previous records she had gone through. Carlton continued the exercise carefully and calculatively with so many thoughts in his mind, which was centered on
Nadia's head hung tiredly by the side of the bus she had entered home, with her mind wandering endlessly in the weariness of the unexpected fact that she had just stumbled upon. It was so unbelievable to know that the new doctor who was even better in attitude than every other person in their department, was a direct offspring of the family that owned the hospital. 'How unbelievable!'"Nadia……" Stacy's voice trailed happily as soon as she heard the door open, and walked up to welcome the only friend of hers, who she had been expecting since she got home. "Hey babe," Nadia smiled. "Come in," she greeted and tugged Nadia's cheeks as she made her way inside, "You look tired," Stacy observed looking at the stress etched upon her face, "Come, I cooked something nice for you already," she added as she ushered her in. As they both sat in the dining room to eat the waffles and chicken that Stacy made for dinner, Nadia's mind continued to wander endlessly in thoughts of how she would act ar