Shikera looked up.
"Tomorrow? But Grandma Cooper is still sick. I can’t just leave her alone when there’s no one to take care of her. And also, I made a few friends I have to say goodbye to," she said.
"Is that good friend Alan?" Ethan asked.
Shikera raised her brows, a mischievous twinkle in her chocolate brown eyes.
"What if it is? But don’t worry, Husband, the friend I’m talking about is Jodi," she replied.
"That’s alright. You can still say goodbye to her tomorrow before we leave and about Mrs Cooper, she agreed to stay in the hospital."
Shikera was shocked.
"Grandma Cooper agreed to do what?" she exclaid.
"Get herself admitted," Ethan stated.
"Wow! How did you do it? I tried to persuade her for so long but she disagreed. Tell how." Shikera stared earnestly at Ethan as she waited for his explanation, only for him to give her a one word answer.
"You."
"Uh?"
Ethan nodded. "She asked first if you were willing to follow back, and I told her yes. Then she asked if there was anything stopping us from leaving imdiately so I told her she’s the one, and she agreed to go to the hospital."
"As easily as that?" Shikera blinked in disbelief.
"Yeah. I asked her to co with us but she refused, saying another granddaughter might co to find her. I hired a private nurse on her behalf though," Ethan replied. He kissed Shikera on her forehead and walked past her to sit on the bed.
"It will be a long day tomorrow. Why don’t you get so sleep?" he said.
Shikera shook her head in answer.
"You didn’t tell why you said I am the reason she agreed," she said.
"She didn’t say anything either," Ethan shrugged. "Just sothing about how she wants you to spend as much ti as you can with , to see if you’ll change your mind about sothing. Just a bunch of inexplicable stuffs actually, so I figured she’s doing this because of you."
Shikera understood imdiately what Grandma Cooper had been trying to tell Ethan, and she sighed. Everyone around her seed to show their reluctance in letting her keep her pregnancy, one way or the other.
"You don’t have to think much about it," she assured Ethan. "Let’s go to sleep. Today has been a long day and apart from that, I have to wake up early tomorrow so I can pack up and say my goodbyes."
She jumped into bed even though she was fully dressed, snuggling into her favorite position on his chest.
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"We aren’t friends! You got yourself a handso man as husband and now, you ca to say goodbye?"
Shikera pressed her lips together to stop herself from laughing out loud at Jodi’s angry expression. The girl had a natural doll like face which was enhanced when she pouted, and that was unexpectedly cracking Shikera up at the mont.
"You won’t apologize and will just stare at my face?" Jodi’s voice broke into her thoughts.
"I’m sorry..." Shikera faked a sad expression. "You don’t think I want to leave you, right? But I still have to leave because I have a whole lot of things to do in the city."
Jodi kept quiet and Shikera could see the girl was really sad. She could not bear to imagine what would have happened if she hadn’t co to say goodbye to her.
"Jodi, don’t be sad. You won’t even bother listening to what I have to say?"
"And what is that? If it can change the fact that you’re leaving, say it," Jodi asked imdiately, startling Shikera.
Shikera had only ntioned that she had sothing to say because she wanted to lift Jodi’s mood, but she really didn’t prepare to say anything. However, since Jodi was now asking, she knew she had to think of sothing sensible to say.
With that, she looked around and saw Raymond and Ethan standing just a little distance away from them.
"Give a minute, Jodi," she excused herself and went to join the two n.
"Do you have your card with you, Ethan?" she asked.
"Black?"
"Business," Shikera replied. Seeing Ethan shake his head, she turned to Raymond and repeated her request.
"I think I should have one or two in my pocket. Ethan doesn’t always have a reason to offer his business card, you know," Raymond explained, digging his hand into his pocket to retrieve two cards.
Shikera bead; that was just what she needed.
"Thanks," she muttered her appreciation. Walking back to et Jodi where she was standing right in front of her house, Shikera switched her expression to that of a sad person.
"Here," she offered her the two cards. Noticing the confusion in Jodi’s gaze, Shikera continued, "You wanted to be an actress, didn’t you? When you’re done with high school and have decided to co to the city, you should visit this address on the card and request to see the person on it too."
Jodi frowned as she read both the na of the person and the corporation on the card.
"Is this fake?" she questioned.
"It’s not. That’s... Don’t worry about it. Whenever you decide to co to the city, don’t forget to visit this address. I will also co here once in a while so don’t worry, you won’t miss ," Shikera concluded. She could finally wear a light smile as it seed like Jodi’s mood had returned back to normal.
"Why can’t you give your own card though?"
"Because...I just felt like giving this to you. And besides, you still have a year left before leaving high school, right? We never know what can happen between now and then."
Jodi nodded. Even though she felt the explanation was kind of strange, she didn’t stress much over it.
Shikera added, "I have to leave now, Jo. You have my number so you can call anyti. I promise I won’t get annoyed. Give Alan one of the cards too. I know he’s going to refuse if I give him myself."
"Alright," Jodi stated. "Goodbye and thanks for... seeing as a little sister."
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