Her Husband (Complete)

Chapter 8

This was the day Mr. Mason told me I was going to meet James Grant. I was glad that he knew about this plan, I didn't have to lied or pretended at him. 

I walked to Mr. Mason office, and saw Mr. Mason and Mr. James Grant were talking. 

They were stood up when I came in. 

" Anna, I want you to meet Mr. James Grant." Mr. Mason said.

Of course I knew who he was. He looked amazing in his age. I always adored him. His aura of authority was still visible. Although, I can see sadness in his eyes. I understood that his son accident took him a lot.

"James, this is Anastasia Hart." Mr. Mason introduced me to Mr. Grant. 

He shook my hand, but his eyes observed me. He was stunned by my appearance. 

" David... This is the girl from the university?" he asked Mr. Mason. 

" Yes, just like I told you before." Mr. Mason said then smiled at me. 

" Anna, I remember you, but you were much different backthen. How are you?" Mr. Grant said to me, still looked amaze with my appearance. 

" I'm fine Mr. Grant. And I still amazed by you" I replied to him and smiled widely. 

" I guess I'm the one who's amazed now." he said

" David was right, you pretty much like Emilia. I might think you are Emilia if David didn't told me his plan. " he said still looking at me. 

" I hope this plan will do just fine" he said looking at Mr. Mason. I can see his eyes were reflecting hope. 

" We hope so James." Mr. Mason said. 

Then we all sat down and heard Mr. Mason explanation about his plan. Linda joined us to talked about our plan. 

Mr. Mason said that tomorrow Emilia will be transfered to the hospital where Ethan been taken care of. So Ethan can meet me as Emilia. Linda will come along as she will be my personal doctor. 

I should acted as if I just woke up after the accident, and had an amnesia. It will give me some time to know about him, and he will understand things that I might missed on his relationship with Emilia.

Mr. Mason and his team will prepare everything. That sound as a good planed to me. 

As we planned, I will meet Ethan this morning. Linda dressed me in a hospital clothes and she made my face looked pale. Then she gave me hood jacket to covered my face when we arrived at the hospital.

I sat in the car with Linda and Mr. Mason while Jude drove us. Jude will be my driver and my body guard during my disguise.

We left the House where they trained and made over me to be Emilia. I kept all my stuff in the house until I finished the job. That was the only way I could focus to be Emilia. I will be stayed with Ethan after this. 

We finally arrived at the hospital. Jude stopped the car and opened the door for everyone. I put on the hood and sat on the wheelchair a nurse had provided for me, and then we walked inside the hospital.

The nurse pushed my wheelchair while Mr. Mason and Linda walked behind me. We went to the top floor of the hospital where Ethan's room were. He already stayed in the VVIP hospital room for  2 weeks.

We stopped for awhile in front of his room and Linda took off my hood jacket.

“ Are you ready?” Linda asked me. 

I closed my eyes and exhaled.

This is it. My days of disguise.

'I will act like Emilia. I am Emilia.' I said to my self. There was no way of turned back now.

I opened my eyes and nodded to Linda and Mr. Mason. Mr. Mason opened the door and let us in. 

The room was big and comfortable, complete with a lounge for visitor or family to sit.

I saw Ethan sat on his wheelchair, wore his hospital robe. A nurse stood beside him. His mother was standing next to his bed. While his father sat on the lounge couch. He must had been informed that Emilia will be transferred. He waited for me.

Ethan sat straight when he saw me and asked the nurse to take him to me.

Ethna and I met in the middle of the room. 

Ethan still looked pale, but he looked exactly the same as the video that I watched on my training. A young handsome man with blonde hair and blue orb, but he looked thinner than his video appearance as I recalled. 

" Emilia?" he called me and hugged me as soon as we met. I can feel how warm he was. How he missed Emilia and worried about her. I hugged him as Emilia would. A wife who just met his husband after a along time.

I nodded as I saw his teary eyes were looking at me with full of longing. I felt like I knew Ethan very well even though this was the first time I met him in person. I can felt how his feeling, and how Emilia's feeling when she met him. I was into Emilia's character. 

" Ethan" I called his name.

I felt my cheeks wet with my own tears. I felt his sorrow and carried away with him.

Ethan wiped my tears with his hand and caressed my face. 

"I worried about you Emilia." he held me in his arms and kissed my temple. It gave me a little spark when he kissed my temple, but in my surprised, I felt comfortable with that.

Ethan's mother approached us and caressed Ethan's shoulder. She was crying to see us met. His father came and rubbed his son back. I saw his eyes were teary even though he know this was just an act. The acted that might save his son's life. 

Linda cough at a sudden and broke the moment.

" Mr. Grant, I think it's best for her to go to her room now. She needs rest." Linda told Ethan. 

" What? No! She stay here with me." Ethan told Linda.

Everyone in the room looked at him. 

" She stay here. This room is big. We can add a bed for her. She is not going anywhere without me." he said and then he looked at Mr. Mason. 

" Well, I suppose we could arrange it. I'll talk to the hospital supervisor." Mr. Mason said to him.

He had no choice but to agreed to Ethan.  Mr. Mason walked out of the room to arrange for Emilia's bed in the room. 

" Ethan, let's sit in the couch." her mother talked to him. 

“ Come on son” His father asked the same thing.

His nurse pushed his wheelchair next to the couch. And so was mine. The nurse helped me moved to sit next to Ethan. Ethan embraced me in his arm and I rested my head on his chest. 

After we all sat down, the nurses left the room. James and Kathryn also sat on the couch with us 

" Baby, are you alright? They told me you just woke up yesterday." he asked me. 

" I am fine now Ethan, I just... don't know what happen.. I don’t remember things" I told him.

Linda said, that she already inform Ethan about my amnesia yesterday, to let Ethan know the fact that I might not remember things and to go easy on me. 

" It's alright baby, I'm here now." he soothed me and kissed my head. 

Ethan didnt want to let me go even for a second. Ethan kept me in his embrace.

I smelled his body scent while he embraced me, and I love the scent, It was vetiver. I breath in and held him tight reflectly.

Anna, don’t get your self too comfortable, my inner warned me.

Not long after, the hospital staffs came with my bed and prepared it. They put my bed next to Ethan's. 

" She needs rest." Linda said as she came about to helped me moved to the bed.

Linda looked like a real doctor, not sure if she really a doctor or not. She worked for Mr. Mason for few years and became used to play act.

Ethan let her took me and Kathryn moved to sit close to her son, to gave him support.

Linda pretended to check on my condition and stood next to my bed.

" She is still weak, but her vitals are good." she said loudly and winked to me. Ethan didn't see that and I kept my flat expression. 

Linda turned around and looked to the couch where Ethan and his parents sat. 

" Don't make her think too much. She still need to recover her self." Linda said and eeryone nodded.

Mr. Mason came into the room. 

" How are you feeling Emilia? Are you comfortable with the bed?" Mr. Mason asked me to make sure I felt comfortable. 

" Yes David, thank you." I answer him. I called him just the way Emilia used to. 

“AAARRHHH”

Suddenly I heard Ethan groaned in pain. I looked at him holding his head scream in pain. He was wincing and growling. His eyelid were closed. Mr. Mason and his father helped him to walked to his bed. He had his pain attack. 

" Ethan, are you alright? "I  asked him worried. I  sat straight in my bed. I wanted to approach him but Linda stopped me. Linda approached Ethan and check on him.

I heard Mr. Mason told me about his pain attack, but I felt sorry for him, seeing him like that. He really in severe pain.

James pushed the help button and not long a nurse came. Linda told her to called for his doctor. 

The nurse walked fast and came back with his doctor in few minutes. The doctor checked on him and told the nurse to get him some pills. Ethan were still growling in pain and holding his head. His mother held him, to comfort him. I wished I could help.

" How is he doctor?" I asked the doctor from my bed. I was worried about him. And It wasn't an acted. 

The doctor looked at me. Stunned. And Then he looked at Mr. Mason, and Mr. Mason gave him sign. He seemed know about the plan too. 

" It's his pain attack." the doctor said. 

The nurse came with his pills and a Glass of water. She helped Ethan to drink them. 

" Take some rest Ethan." he said to Ethan. 

The doctor asked his parent and Mr. Mason to his office. Linda excused her self and left me, while the nurse stayed in the room. 

After awhile Ethan looked calm down and he closed his eyes. The medicine help him.

" he is sleeping" the nurse said to me before she walked out of the room

I stepped down my bed and approached him. I stared at his pale sleeping face. The pills made him asleep. 

I held his hand and looked at him. 

" I' ll save you Ethan. I promise." I said in low voice. 

His eyes opened for a while and then it was close again. 

I took my hand off of him in surprised. I thought he woke up. 

Mr. James Grant and Mr. Mason backed to the room and looked at me standing beside Ethan's bed. 

" He is sleeping" I said and get back to my bed. They both nodded. 

 ***

It had been 2 weeks I stayed in the hospital with Ethan. He still had his pain attack and vomit few time a day on his first week, but it was getting better. Sometime the pain came in the middle of the night.

I wondered what was he been thinking about to made him in pain like that? I asked him about it one day when we were in the hospital park. The nurses took us outside to had some fresh air and sun shine in the morning.

“ Ethan, what have you been thinking about? When the pain attack came?" I asked him, trying to make conversation. 

" Many things," he said, "Sometimes memory came, and it felt pain." 

" What kind?" I  asked him again

" The accident, us, a man, I'm not sure. "He said

" It came in partial. I cant recall what really happen." he said

I held his hand and stared at him. 

" Don’t think to much. Maybe you should forget about it, because we are fine now. " I said in concern.

" Please promise me, you will not over think about everything. " I said to him as I held his hand to assure him I was there for him. He looked at me and put his hand on my face. 

" Emilia, thank you for being here with me. I promise I'll do my best to get heal. " he said rubbing my cheek with his tumb. 

We were allowed to walked without wheelchair under nurses supervisions and I tried to accompany him everywhere he go, to gave him support. I hoped he heal fast.

I was glad that he started to have his passion back. He started to eat more. He gained his weight back, and less vomit these days. I gained more weight as well, as I had to eat more because Linda said I was too skinny. She should looked into the mirror her self.. 

The doctor also allowed him to have a limited visitor, which only approved by Mr. Mason Security guard outside our room.

Ethan's Friend, Christ came to visit him every few days. He had been taking care of Ethan company during his illness. I can see that they were close friend. 

 Ethan's doctor took another X-ray on him this afternoon and his mother accompanied him. James cant visited us, because he had important meeting to attend.

And I was alone in the room. 

" Emilia" a women voice revived me from zoned out.

I turned to the voice and found Kathryn, Ethan's mother was standing beside my bed. 

" Mrs. Grant." I  called her. 

" Anna right?” She asked my real name.

“Yes, Mrs. Grant” I answered her

“ I want to say thank you for being here for him." she said. 

" He looked better after he met you." she said. 

" It's part of my job Mrs. Grant." I said

" You can called me Kathy when Ethan is not around." she said. 

" Ok, Kathy" I  said and smiled at her. 

" I'm really glad David found you. " she said.

The door suddenly opened and Ethan came in on his wheelchair. I smiled at him and was glad that he was fine. Ethan told the nurse to stopped the wheelchair, and then he stood up and walked closer to me.

He held my hand and kissed my cheek.

" How is your x-ray?" I asked him. 

" Just like any other x-ray" he said looking at my eye deeply.

I looked down, refused to looked at his eyes, scared if he would find out about me or the lens I wore.

I remembered Patricia once said, 

“ The eyes is the hardest thing to disguise. Eyes can reveal whether we are lying or telling the truth.” 

And it worried me. In my surprised, he lifted my chin, made our eyes met again. 

" What are you thinking?" he said, raising his brow. 

Kathy was coughing. I knew she was trying to distracted Ethan. 

" I have to go now. I'll leave you two alone." she said, distracted Ethan eyes from me .

Ethan broke the eyes contact and walked to his mother. 

" OK mom, I love you." he said to her mother and hugged her

" I love you too Ethan." her mother replied, and then she turned to me. 

" Take care Emilia. Thank you so much." she said as she hugged me warm . 

" Take care mom."I replied. 

Ethan walked his mother to the door, and then he walked back to me once his mother left. He climbed up on my bed and I slided over to gave him more space. 

" I hope we can go home soon." he said. 

" Yeah, me too. what the doctor said?" I asked him

" He said my head is getting better. And my vitals are good, but we have to wait for the x-ray tomorrow." he explained. 

" I really hope the result is good." I said truly 

" How about you?" he asked me. 

" Linda said my vitals are good, but the memory.... " I pouted my mouth and he  laughed at my expression. 

" I hope you remembered the good ones" he said and winked at me

" But if you still forget, we can make a lot of good memory for now on." he said and wrapped his arm on my shoulder. I liked when he did that and leaned my head on his shoulder.  

" Sure, just remind me" I said and smile at him. Ethan kissed my temple gently and smiled back.

“ Lets watch some movie” I said after awhile. 

“ Sure, let's move to my bed. We have better vision there. “ He said, as he climbed down my bed and walked to his bed. He reached for TV remote control on the side table, and turned the TV on.

I followed him to his bed and sat beside him. He embraced me again while he changed the TV channel. The doctor didn’t allow us to use gadgets yet. So the TV was the only one we had in the room.

“ Do you think we can have pizza ?” He asked me

“ Are you hungry?” I asked him back

“ A little, it had been awhile since the last time I ate one” He said.

“ Me too. Lets asked the nurse. “ I said.

I reached for the hospital phone and asked if the nurse can ordered us pizza. And we were glad that the nurse helped us order them. We ordered a box of pizza with pepperoni, beef and cheese. And Ethan added few more boxes for the nurse at the station.

Ethan stopped at a channel, it showed The pursuit of happyness movie. 

“ Not this one please” I said. 

“ Why? Its good one.” He said as he turned his face to me. 

“ I know, but…. Its so sad.” I said. The movie reminded me of my father. And I lost my father when I was teenager.

“ Fine, lets find another. Do you want comedy?” He asked. 

“ Anything but the sad one.” I said. 

He changed the channel again, and stopped on Adam Sandler movie, Grown Ups 2.

“ Yep, this one” he said and I nodded as an agreement.   

The pizza came half hour after the movie start and we ate it right away when it was still warm.

We were having fun, watching and laughing at adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James and David Spade hilarious acted. 

Late at night, I woke up and felt the urgent of peeing. I looked around. No one was in the room except me and Ethan. Ethan was sleeping on his bed. 

I stepped down from my bed and walked to the bathroom. I took a pee and walked back to my bed.

I looked at Ethan, he was sleeping snuggle up on his deep slumber. I took the liberty to observed his attractive oval face. He really was the younger version of his father.

After few minutes, I was about to go back to my bed when I saw a mosquite perched on Ethan's nose. 

I moved slowly, didn't want to wake Ethan. I used my index finger to snapped at the mosquito, but it flied away. Damn!

Ethan opened his eyes and saw me. I realized my face was too close to him and I pulled back. 

" What are you doing babe?" he asked me with his sleepy face. 

" I thought I saw a mosquito on your nose."  I said. I bit my lower lip reflectly. 

" I... I'm going to sleep now. Sorry to wake you up." I said, turned around to my bed. 

" Babe... Come here." Ethan called me. 

I looked back at him

" Come.." he asked me to approach him. He taped his hand on his pillow as he slided aside. He asked me to sleep in his bed. 

I was hesitate, but if I refused him, he might be suspicious.

So I walked to Ethan's bed and climbed up to his side. I rested my head on the pillow we share together. Ethan wrapped his arms around me from behind, planting his head on the crook of my neck. He pulled the blanket to covered both of us.

I sniffed his vetiver scent again, and I felt warm and comfortable on his embrace. I kinda get used to his scent after awhile. I closed my eyes and slept. .