chapter10 hospital

Apparently someone thought it was a good idea to play drums in Grace's head, or was it the fact that the lights were too bright or that grace herself in an unfamiliar room

'where am i?' Grace tried sitting up then she noticed Anna sleeping face down on the bed and yet ever so gently holding her hand.

Grace being Grace had major trust issues but she knew she could always count on Anna to be there for her when things get tough, how did things gets to this point after having such a shitty relationship for years. she did not know but she appreciates Anna's presence in her life way more than she would ever let anyone know

"ugh" the memories of her accident came rushing to her with a headache of vengeance

'great, I had one of those glorious panic attacks and almost got myself killed' Grace thought sarcastically

'Anna is going to kill me with her nagging'

grace rushed back to sleeping position when she noticed Anna was waking up from sleep

"I know you're awake Grace" Anna stated but grace refused to oblige

"yeah?" grace said with a fake yawn

" cut the act Grace, why did you rush back to work, huh? you promised to take a break" Anna scolded

"shhh, I have a headache" grace whined

"I was so worried"

"you are not my mo-mo..ther"

Anna just sighed and hugged her. grace went completely stiff patting Anna's back awkwardly. 'what the heck' grace shrugged before hugging her back

someone coughed by the doorway,

"am I interrupting something" Ethan walking in with two bags of presumably food,

"potato salad for you and Chicken dumplings for my beautiful wife

" thank you" grace said with a sincere smile, well as sincere as she can muster

'awkward'

"sure" Ethan said breaking the awkward silence. damn she should really make friends with Ethan, at least for Anna's sake.

both Grace and Ethan looked at Anna for help but she just shrugged with a smug grin

"what did the doctors say" grace tried

"oh-ehm, they said that your head injury isn't that bad, you only have a mild concussion and you need at least three days of bed rest, other than that there are no other injuries. the accident wasn't serious, your driver only broke his right leg and he is expected to be back in action in a couple of weeks" Ethan informed shamelessly feeding Anna dumplings

"thanks again, ehh, don't you have work?"

"yeah, but Anna has a check up in about 30 minutes, I'll escort her for it and then leave for work"

and that's how you make friends with your sister's husband.

grace wasn't aiming to become Ethan's bff but at least she could build a certain level of comradery and that what she intend to do

the three of them sat there eating their lunch in a peaceful silence, actually, grace was eating in silence while the couple were shamelessly feeding each other and behaving like love sick teenagers

'romance' grace thought rolling her eyes, grace was about to 'comment' when her father came into the room and following behind was her stepmother Ivory

"Dad?" grace called uncertainly

her father just sat on the bed taking hold of both hands gently staring at her affectionately.

her father was never good at expressing his emotions verbally and neither was she, so she understood clearly his worry and care for her, she just nodded and allowed her father to pat and caress her head

and with that, her father stood up and left the room. just like that, no verbal exchange, no overly intimate actions but in their own weird little Father - daughter way, a lot of love was shown and a lot of love was received

ivory just stood there awkwardly, their relationship was still very strained. in fact their relationship was nonexistent

Ivory placed a soup flask on the bedside table

"uh...ehm, I made you my special 'get well soon' soup so....get well soon. bye Anna baby" with that her stepmother practically ran out of the room

Grace just chuckled from step mother's reaction earning a smack on the shoulder from Anna

"hey...." grace whined

"how many times do I have to tell you to stop intimidating my mom"

"I didn't do anything" grace denied

"babe, we should get going your check up is five minutes" Ethan said leading Anna out of the hospital room when they got to the door, Anna smiled and waved goodbye whiled Ethan nodded in acknowledgement and they left, heading to the gynecological section of the hospital leaving Grace...alone