It was only God that could forgive. He only has the answer to giving inner peace, Joseph knew he was incapable of doing that so he just didn't want to bother. He didn't know he had moved close to Anna, Angel also saw Joseph and started to run towards him, calling his name though not making out the words rightly. Joseph lifted the little girl and tickling her she laughed out loud and Anna also smiled watching the two play like they were related.
She never knew any doctor as wonderful as Joseph, he was her gynecologist, and he knew almost everything about her, he had taken a different liking to her which always scares Anna, the way the doctor looks at her with souch care always scared her, she felt he wanted more from her.
"Dr Joseph, what brings you by?
She asked as she ushered him with her hands toc sit close to her in the long bench in the garden.
"Well I came to check up on you, I wanted to know how you are. How are you Anna?
He asked with the coolest voice she had ever heard, he held her hand in hers as he helped her seat before taking his own seat and placing Angel on his laps.
He took another look at Anna and didn't want to repeat his question because he could see that she was already close to tears, Angel saw a bird and jumped down, she started to go close to the bird but before she could reach it, the bird was gone, it perched on another tree and Angel raced after it, leaving the elders to talk.
"I am not fine doctor Joseph"
She answered officially, he didn't like the fact that she wouldn't listen to him, he had told her many times to stop adding the title to his name but she kept on adding it.
"I am also not fine"
His statement made her look up with a widen eye ball, enquiring about why he wasn't fine. Looking at him she could see a dark part in him, he indeed looks sad, he looked beaten. He must have issues of his own so she shouldn't bore him too much, but she needed to show him care too now that he said he wasn't fine, maybe he was sick, after all he was a human being.
"Why are you not fine?
She asked with all seriousness.
"Because you wouldn't stop calling me doctor Joseph, I have told you many times to call me Joseph, we are friends, the title is not needed.
She didn't know why he was insisting, truth be told he had said it many times but she just couldn't bring herself to calling him by name as though they were mate, even though he was more like a family to her husband, he was also older than she was and she just couldn't call him by his name.
"Alright I will only call you Joseph from hence forth. She said, and he smiled and tapped her shoulder, she didn't feel comfortable with his hands on her shoulder but she didn't want to appear scared or uncomfortable so she just smiled shyly.
"Anna, I know you are going through alot in this marriage, but I here, I will take care of you, I wouldn't let anything happen to you, I will take good care of you.
Anna didn't understand why he was making such promises but she felt happy that atleast, someone cared for her.