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“Not right now.”
We both smiled at each other, and I pointed to the lounge. I didn’t want to leave Angelo, even for a minute, but it wouldn’t be bad to catch some fresh air.
“How bad is it?” Dorothy said as we stepped out.
“Not so bad. He’ll pull through. He’s a strong one, you know. The bullet did some pretty bad damage. If we hadn’t tended to the wound on time, he would have bled out and… and whoknowswhat might have happened? It looked really bad for a minute there. I guess it’s just lucky I’m a certified nurse.”
She giggled and offered me a cup of green tea. It didn’t taste great, but it did make me feel better. “He should definitely have some when he wakes.”
“He should. I was so scared when they brought him in. Mr. Angelo is a good man... He’s done a lot of good. God knows better than to reward good men in such bad ways.”
I took the other cup of tea for Angelo. “If he doesn’t wake soon, I’ll wake him up to drink it. I need to go back and be with him… But again, thank you for this.”
“You don’t have to mention it.”
A thought suddenly crossed my mind, and I wanted to ask her about the woman I had seen on his laptop. But it was probably not the right time. He had assured me that it was in the past and even deleted them. So, what did it matter now? I should probably let the sleeping dog lie. Curiosity had the better of me almost all the time, but not this time. The last thing I wanted was to hurt myself all over again for something that did not matter.
I shrugged and smiled at her. She gave a small bow and turned away.
Angelo was still asleep when I walked into the room, so I was careful not to wake him up. I dropped the tea on the shelf and crept back into bed beside him. He stirred a little, but he did not wake. It was now two hours, and he was still asleep.
I was fighting the urge to pinch him until he woke. I giggled to myself. What kind of person would that make me? But it was too quiet without him and way too boring. I would read a book to pass the time away, but I knew that I would not concentrate on it, no need to fool myself.
Angelo’s hand wrapped around my waist. I looked up and found him staring down at me, his eyes half-open.
“You’re up!” I was not aware of how broadly I was smiling until I felt the tinge in my cheeks. He smiled back at me and held me tighter.
“I had a wonderful dream.”
“Did you now? Tell me about it. Well, you should drink this first.”
I stood up and handed him the cup of tea. I would have been really disappointed if he had woken up when I was out with Dorothy. I was grateful to be the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes.
“You’re so beautiful,” he said out of the blue, and I wondered if the meds were still coursing through him.
“You are beautiful too, Angelo. Outside andinside. You can trust me. I just took a bullet out of you, I’ve seen in there.”
He tried to chuckle and struggled as he began to cough. I pushed the cup into his hands, and he took a large gulp of it.
“What is this?” He asked with a squinted face.
“Green tea sprinkled with a magic ingredient that’s supposed to help you feel better.”
“Ugh… It tastes like misery.”
We both laughed, and thankfully he didn’t seem to be in pain this time.
“You’ll be fine. I promise.”
He pulled me in and kissed me long and passionately. His lips were so soft and tempting, pulling me in for more.
“Don’t ever scare me like that again, do you hear? Don’t you ever do that again.”
“I won’t.” He held my head and kissed it softly. “I’ll be more careful.”
I could not deny that lately, I was seeing a different side of him, a more vulnerable side of him that I didn’t mind.
“I’ve been close to death so many times that it no longer scares me. But this time, it felt so different. I’ve been so different with you in my life. It’s like you’ve changed… everything.”
