Just like Hayden had promised, he got off work early in the afternoon and drove
to the hospital to visit my grandmother. The hospital staff were gracious enough to keep
inford daily of my grandmother’s condition. Thankfully, she was stable. That said, it wasn’t like her condition had improved. At this point, I guessed that I should be thankful that her condition didn’t get worse.
"You want to get her sothing before we go up?" Hayden asked, catching
a little off guard.
Now that he ntioned it, maybe so fruits would be good?
"Maybe so fruits? I think there’s a store over there that has so," I replied, pointing a finger in the direction of the store.
"Let’s go," Hayden said before reaching for my hand.
He held my hand as we walked towards the store. I couldn’t help but feel conscious of his warm hand holding mine. Hayden’s been holding my hand most of the ti if not all the ti now when we were together and, surprisingly, I didn’t hate it.
I wondered if people thought that we were a real couple when they looked at us walking hand-in-hand this way. We purchased the fruits together and made our way up to my grandmother’s hospital room.
Coming to visit my grandmother reminded
that I need to make so solid progress on her painting. So many things have been going on that I haven’t had the ti to concentrate on it. I’ll get to it first thing when we get back to the penthouse.
"Hi grandma!" I said cheerfully when we entered her room.
As always, my grandmother was laying on her hospital bed with a white blanket covering her body and there were multiple machines hooked to her body. She seed excited and very happy to see . However, her eyes widened in slight surprise when she saw that Hayden was with .
I guess the last ti that he was here, he gave her a little shock as well.
"It’s good for you two to visit," my grandmother said before smiling kindly at us.
"We got you so fruits," Hayden said as he held up the basket of fruits that we had purchased.
"Oh wow, how nice of you," my grandmother said before her smile widened.
It looked like my grandmother had taken a liking to Hayden and his gentlemanly acts and angelic face. Looks can be deceiving, grandma!
"How have you been feeling?" I asked, trying not to sound overly worried.
"Good…quite well. I think I’m getting used to the dicine. I feel less sleepy than before…" grandma said followed by a relieved laugh.
"That’s great. Maybe if you get better, the doctors will allow you to go outside…for a walk or sothing," I said, encouragingly.
"That would be nice, it’s sort of boring being stuck in here…" grandma said, and I could see her eyes straying towards the window where she could see a glimpse of the world outside.
"Do you like flowers, grandma?" Hayden asked.
I didn’t miss the fact that he had just called her ’grandma’ either. This guy is sucking up so much to my grandma, seriously…
"I love them, yes," my grandma said.
"If that’s the case, I can arrange for the florist here to bring a bouquet for you everyday to decorate your room. It might help you to freshen up," Hayden suggested.
"If it’s not too much trouble, that would be great…" my grandma said happily.
"Great. Let
go and arrange it now. Malissa, I’ll be back to pick you up in a bit…" Hayden said as he excused himself.
I knew that Hayden probably wanted to give us so privacy to be alone so that we could talk, and I appreciated his considerate gesture. We watched as Hayden silently headed for the door and left the room.
"How’s Hayden? Is he…a good guy?" my grandmother asked once the door to the room had closed.
Ok…does she think that we’re dating because of what Hayden told her last ti?
"Umm…I guess he’s got his rough points but…I think he’s ok…" I replied honestly.
I had decided to let it slide and go with the flow. It wasn’t true that I was dating Hayden but if I tried to correct what he said then I would have to tell her that I’m still with Ethan and that wasn’t true either. Lies will just lead to more lies.
"I see. Well, that’s a relief," she said before sighing loudly.
I hated to see her so worried for
when there wasn’t much that I could do for her. I’ve probably been a burden to her my whole life since I moved to live with her in the countryside.
"As I keep telling you, there’s nothing for you to be worried about," I told her, plastering my best smile on my face.
I wasn’t sure if I could fool her though.
"I’m a little scared, you know…" she said softly.
"What are you scared of?" I asked.
For a mont, I thought that she was going to tell
that she was scared of dying. I would have absolutely no response for that.
"I’m scared…that you will be all alone when I’m gone…" she confessed softly.
"Can you please stop saying things like that?" I said with a sigh.
"It’s no point trying to fool
or anyone at this point. Malissa, I just want you to find happiness and live life for yourself. Many things happened, but I don’t want you to suffer," she said as she looked
deep in the eyes.
"Grandma…" I whispered.
"When I’m gone, I will no longer be a burden to you. You can focus on yourself more without having to worry about ," she said.
"I have never thought of you as being a burden. You helped
so much and you took
in when I had nowhere left to go…" I said passionately.
"Do you like Hayden?" she asked abruptly.
--To be continued…
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