"How long till the grand opening date?" Hayden asked, half teasingly.
I knew that he was quite serious about it, though. Before I knew it, Hayden’s presence had beco reassuring and supportive.
"Maybe in a few months’ ti?" I voiced my best guess.
"That long?" Hayden asked skeptically.
"Well, the designs are not even done, and the refurbishing hasn’t even started…so…yeah…" I replied hesitantly.
Hayden will probably urge for
to rush things just like he always does. Guess that is part of how he tried to motivate
and keep on my feet. Slacking off on this wasn’t going to be an option.
"Are you free now?" he asked.
"I can be. Is there sowhere that you want to go?" I asked.
The last ti he asked
out we went to see options for my art galleries, so I couldn’t help but wonder where we were going to this ti. I had a feeling that he wasn’t just asking
out on a random brunch date.
"I do. There’s sothing I want to show you," Hayden replied with a little smile.
I wondered what he was referring to, but I knew that rather than asking, I should wait and see.
To my surprise, we ended up in his private jet instead of driving. Hayden had not disclosed any details about where he was taking
or what he wanted to show . I felt a strange mixture of unease and excitent as I sat next to him on the plane.
The flight was a short one. After around one hour on the plane, we landed at our destination. One look out of the window told
that we were in a very remote place. The endless tall grass field stretched far and wide on the landscape and there were no large or tall buildings around.
Where are we? Sowhere in the countryside?
"Are we in the countryside or sothing?" I asked.
"Co along," Hayden urged as he got up from his seat and offered
his hand.
Without any explanation from him, I found myself following Hayden out of the plane where there was a car waiting for us. Hayden drove after leaving the pilot along with the plane. I wasn’t sure what to expect at all and I had no idea why he had taken
to a place like this. It also felt strange to see Hayden in the middle of nowhere like this.
After around 30 minutes together with him in the car, the car ca to an abrupt stop in front of a tall tal sheet wall that seed to surround the area. There was a gate, but I couldn’t see beyond it.
What is this place?
We got out of the car, and I found myself standing in front of that tall wall. What is on the other side and why are we here?
"It’s still under construction but…maybe we can ask them to take a peek inside," Hayden said before winking at .
What is inside?
Hayden grabbed my hand and semi-dragged
after him towards the closed gate.
"Excuse ! It’s …" Hayden called quite loudly into the intercom speaker.
There were sounds of static for a few seconds before the deep voice of a man greeted Hayden.
"I’m here with my wife. I want to show her the place. Can you open the gate?" Hayden requested.
"Sure thing. Please wear helts for your safety the mont that you get in. It’s on the right-hand side," the man instructed.
The automatic gate slowly started to slide open, and Hayden imdiately pulled
inside. While Hayden grabbed us helts as the man had instructed, I stared speechless at the large structure that was still under construction. I couldn’t tell just from the structure what it was supposed to be. However, it was clear that it was going to be a very large building.
Sure, it wasn’t going to be a skyscraper due to the lack in its height but it was still very big although not very tall.
"What is this supposed to be?" I asked in a breathless whisper, my eyes still glued to the large structure in front of .
Please don’t tell
that this is our new house. Please…it’s too big and I had no idea why we had to move to this place in the middle of nowhere. I wasn’t the one who needed fresh and cleaner air!
"It’s not our new house, unfortunately," Hayden teased as if he could read my mind.
Sothing heavy plopped onto my head and I realized that Hayden had just placed the construction safety helt on top of my head before he clicked close the clasp underneath my chin. He smiled a little at
before he patted the top of the helt instead of my head.
"Care to explain?" I requested as I stared up into his face.
"Well…this is going to be a hospital…" Hayden said before he turned to smile at .
"A hospital?" I exclaid.
He’s building a hospital here?
"Co. We can walk around a little, although there’s not much for you to see just yet," Hayden urged for
to follow him.
He held my hand in his, so it wasn’t like I had an option but to follow after him. Hayden led
slowly closer to the building. Although it was far from complete, the main structure and walls seed to be in place already.
"Why are you building a hospital here?" I asked curiously.
Shouldn’t hospitals be in the middle of the city?
"Hospitals in the city are for the rich. This one is for the less fortunate," Hayden explained simply.
My eyes widened at his words and my feet were glued to the spot. Is this what he had in mind all along? How long had he been building this massive building?
"Hayden…" I called his na softly, but I knew that he could hear .
"Hmm?" he turned to face
when he realized that I wasn’t following him.
"Is this…what you want to do?" I asked.
--To be continued…
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