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Lydia laughed and held her stomach, Henry glared at her and she tried to stop laughing, she giggled and smiled.
"Am sorry for laughing, its just really funny."
"It's not."
"Okay, fine. Am sorry."
"Better."
"You know what? Tell the nurse you want to take a walk around tomorrow and hopefully you will see her and try talking to her this time, don't chicken out."
"Fine, I will try."
"Good, now I really need to sleep, am so tired."
"What have you been doing? You have never complained that you are tired."
"Well, I am now so?"
"Fine, get some rest."
"What about you?"
"Just help me down, am not sleeping yet."
"Okay." Lydia replied and helped him down. She smiled at him and sat on the chair.
**********
THE NEXT DAY
Henry sighed repeatedly as he went through the channels, he just wished he had the strength to walk around.
He was about to give it a try to walk on his own when a knock sounded at the door.
He raised a brow and thought about who it could be. The nurses doesn't knock neither does the doctor and Lydia, who could it be?
The knocked sounded again and he sighed.
"Come in." He answered and the door opened, his eyes widen in shock when he saw Claire walking in.
"Hmm, hmm, good afternoon." He stammered and smiled. Claire smiled back and walked towards him.
"Am sorry to disturb you, were you sleeping cause you kind of answered me late."
"Oh, yeah. Sorry about that, I was wondering who it could be since you knocked."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
"Well, am I welcome here?"
"Yeah, sure." He replied with a nervous laugh.
"Am kind of bored and the television seems kind of boring today."
"Same here." He answered and smiled. She looked at him and returned the smile.
"I don't think you told me your name yesterday."
"Oh, it's Henry. My name is Henry."
"Okay Henry, am... "
"Claire." Henry cut her off and she looked at him surprised.
"You know my name?"
"Yeah, the maid called your name yesterday when she asked you to take me back."
"Oh, yeah."
"And thanks by the way."
"It's okay." She said and looked around.
"I asked you if you would come yesterday and you said no, why did you come?"
"Really? Do you want me to leave?"
"What? No, absolutely not. I was just surprised to see you."
"Well, like I said earlier. I was bored and the television was boring, that is why I'm here."
"Okay, thanks for coming."
"So, how long have you been here?" Claire asked and walked to his drug cart.
"I think it's up to three months now."
"Oh."
"Yeah, what about you?"
"Have always been here since I was five, I had a tumor since then, i don't really live in the hospital, I just come here sometimes for some months."
"Oh, haven't you undergone any surgery?"
"I have, twice. But I still have it, i dont know why though."
"You are getting paralyzed, why haven't you done the surgery yet?"
"Actually it's a financial problem."
"Really? What kind of job are your parents into?" Claire asked and sat beside him.
"My parents are dead, they died years ago."
"Oh my God, I had no idea. I am so sorry for asking, I will keep my big mouth shut." She said and Henry chuckled.
"It's fine, am over it already."
"So you have no one now?" She asked and he smiled.
"Actually I have, my elder sister. She has been working a lot to pay for the hospital bills and save up for the surgery."
"Awwwn, that's so sweet."
"Yeah, I know." He replied with a smile.
"Am just worried she is stressing herself a lot."
"She is doing it for you and you should be grateful."
"Yeah I know, but still worried." He said and smiled.
"It's okay and I believe you will survive this."
"Yeah, you too." Henry said and she laughed.
"What's funny?"
"Nothing." She replied with a smile.
"Do you want to take a walk around the hospital?" Claire asked standing up.
"Yes please, am dying here." He joked and they both laughed.
"But am going to slow you down somehow, I can't walk properly."
"No problem, fine by me." She replied and helped him up, Henry smiled happily and thought about how shocked Lydia will be when he tells her.
He just can't wait till night so he could tell her how awesome his day went.
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"And that comes to the end of today's presentationn." A voice said and they clapped, the sound of the claps woke Lydia up from her nap and she opened her eyes to see they were done with the presentation.
She sighed in relief and arranged Logan's files as everyone walked out, the hall became empty and Logan turned to her.
"You slept through out the presentation, what kind of personal assistant are you?" Logan asked and folded his arms.
She sighed and rolled her eyes.
"It was boring, like f*****g boring. Who the hell is interested in stuffs like that?" She asked and Logan scoffed.
"It's called business Lydia, a means of making money so get that into your thick skull."
"Really? You know, your workers know a lot more than you, i can bet my salary on it that you don't know everything they say, all you do is give orders, accept deals and contracts then sit back and do nothing."
"Shut the f**k up." Logan scoffed and adjusted his jacket.
"I win." Lydia giggled and carried the files.
"Where are we heading to now?" She asked and Logan froze before turning to her.
"Are you for real?"
"Yes of course, where are we heading to?"
"Wait, what exactly is your job here?"
"Being a personal assistant to you."
"Thank goodness you remember your job, if you are a personal assistant then why are you asking me where we are going next? As a personal assistant you should have my schedule for the day so why are you asking?"
Lydia gasped and suddenly laughed.
"Am sorry, I forgot." She laughed and brought out a file to check his schedule.
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